Cel mai bun actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (in Blood Diamond), Ryan Gosling (in Half Nelson), Peter O’Toole (in Venus), Will Smith (in The Pursuit of Happyness) si Forest Whitaker (in The Last King of Scotland). Cel mai bun actor in rol secundar: Alan Arkin (in Little Miss Sunshine), Jackie Earle Haley (in Little Children), Djimon Hounsou (in Blood Diamond), Eddie Murphy (in Dreamgirls) si Mark Wahlberg (in The Departed).
Cea mai buna actrita: Penelope Cruz (in Volver), Judi Dench (in Notes on a Scandal), Helen Mirren (in The Queen), Meryl Streep (in The Devil Wears Prada) si Kate Winslet (in Little Children). Cea mai buna actrita in rol secundar: Adriana Barazza (in Babel), Cate Blanchett (in Notes on a Scandal), Abigal Breslin (in Little Miss Sunshine), Jennifer Hudson (in Dreamgirls) si Rinko Kikuchi (in Babel).
La cel mai bun film concureaza: Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine si The Queen.
Cel mai bun regizor va fi ales dintre: Alejandro Inaritu (pentru Babel), Martin Scorsese (pentru The Departed), Clint Eastwood (pentru Letters from Iwo Jima), Stephen Frears (pentru The Queen) si Paul Greengrass (pentru United 93).
La cel mai bun desen animat vor concura: Cars, Happy Feet si Monster House.
La cel mai bun scenariu original vor fi: Babel, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, Pan’s Labyrinth si The Queen. Cel mai bun scenariu adaptat va fi adjudecat de unul dintre: Borat, Children of Men, The Departed, Little Children sau Notes on a Scandal.
Cele mai bune efecte speciale: Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man’s Chest, Poseidon sau Superman Returns.
Cel mai bun documentar: Deliver Us from Evil, An Inconvenient Truth, Iraq in Fragments, Jesus Camp sau My Country, My Country.
Celelalte premii (costume, melodie, montaj, sunet, machiaj) sunt mai putin importante. Personal abia astept sa vad Babel, Blood Diamond si The Last King of Scotland.