12th Critics' Choice Awards

The 12th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 14, 2007, honoring the finest achievements of 2006 filmmaking. The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California and broadcast on E!.

Top 10 films

BabelBlood DiamondThe DepartedDreamgirlsLetters from Iwo JimaLittle ChildrenLittle Miss SunshineNotes on a ScandalThe Queen

''United 93''

Winners and nominees

The DepartedBabelBlood DiamondDreamgirlsLetters from Iwo JimaLittle ChildrenLittle Miss SunshineNotes on a ScandalThe QueenUnited 93	Martin Scorsese – The Departed Bill Condon – Dreamgirls Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima Stephen Frears – The Queen Paul Greengrass – United 93
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin Leonardo DiCaprio – Blood Diamond as Danny Archer Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed as Billy Costigan Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson as Dan Dunne Peter O'Toole – Venus as Maurice Russell Will Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Chris Gardner	Helen Mirren – The Queen as Queen Elizabeth II Penélope Cruz – Volver as Raimunda Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal as Barbara Covett Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada as Miranda Priestly Kate Winslet – Little Children as Sarah Pierce
Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early Ben Affleck – Hollywoodland as George Reeves Alan Arkin – Little Miss Sunshine as Edwin Hoover Adam Beach – Flags of Our Fathers as Ira Hayes Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond as Solomon Vandy Jack Nicholson – The Departed as Frank Costello	Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls as Effie White Adriana Barraza – Babel as Amelia Hernández Cate Blanchett – Notes on a Scandal as Sheba Hart Rinko Kikuchi – Babel as Chieko Wataya Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration as Marilyn Hack Emma Thompson – Stranger than Fiction as Karen Eiffel
Paul Dano – Little Miss Sunshine as Dwayne Hoover Cameron Bright – Thank You for Smoking as Joey Naylor Joseph Cross – Running with Scissors as Augusten Burroughs Freddie Highmore – A Good Year as Young Max Jaden Smith – The Pursuit of Happyness as Christopher Gardner Jr.	Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth as Ofelia / Princess Moanna Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson as Drey Dakota Fanning – Charlotte's Web as Fern Arable Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee as Akeelah Anderson
Little Miss SunshineBabelBobbyThe DepartedDreamgirlsA Prairie Home Companion	Little Miss Sunshine – Michael ArndtBabel – Guillermo ArriagaThe Departed – William MonahanLittle Children – Todd Field and Tom PerrottaThe Queen – Peter MorganStranger than Fiction – Zach Helm
CarsFlushed AwayHappy FeetMonster HouseOver the Hedge	An Inconvenient TruthDixie Chicks: Shut Up and SingThis Film Is Not Yet RatedWho Killed the Electric Car?Wordplay
Charlotte's WebAkeelah and the BeeFlickaLassiePirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Letters from Iwo Jima • United StatesApocalypto • United StatesDays of Glory • Algeria / Belgium / France / MoroccoPan's Labyrinth • Mexico / SpainVolver • SpainWater • Canada / India / United States
The Illusionist – Philip GlassBabel – Gustavo SantaolallaThe Da Vinci – Hans ZimmerThe Departed – Howard ShoreThe Fountain – Clint MansellThe Good German – Thomas Newman	"Listen" – Dreamgirls "I Need to Wake Up" – An Inconvenient Truth "My Little Girl" – Flicka "The Neighbor" – Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing "Never Gonna Break My Faith" – Bobby "Ordinary Miracle" – Charlotte's Web
BoratThe Devil Wears PradaFor Your ConsiderationLittle Miss SunshineThank You for Smoking	DreamgirlsBabelCarsHappy FeetMarie Antoinette

Best Picture Made for Television

Elizabeth IThe Librarian: Return to King Solomon's MinesNightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen KingThe Ron Clark Story

''When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts''

Statistics

Wins	Film
4	Dreamgirls
4	Little Miss Sunshine
2	The Departed