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11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)
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Critics' Choice 2006 Winners & Nominees

The 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006) took place on January 9, 2006. Brokeback Mountain won Best Picture and 2 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

All 18 categories Most wins
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97
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Best Picture
Brokeback Mountain
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2006: The Winners

Brokeback Mountain won Best Picture against 9 other nominees. Ang Lee (Best Director), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Actor) and Reese Witherspoon (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

Brokeback Mountain

2005 · Drama, Romance, Western · $178M worldwide

3 wins from 8 nominations at the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)

  • Best Director
  • Best Supporting Actress

In the rugged landscape of Wyoming, two cowboys, the rough-edged Jack Twist and the reserved Ennis Del Mar, develop a surprising connection while working on Brokeback Mountain. What begins as a summer job evolves into a complex and enduring relationship, marked by stolen moments and unspoken desires. As they return to their separate lives, the pull between them persists, forcing them to confront the societal constraints and personal sacrifices that define their unconventional love.

About Brokeback Mountain
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2006: Which Films Won the Most

Brokeback Mountain won 3 awards from 8 nominations. 15 films won at least once, while Good Night, and Good Luck. went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Brokeback Mountain (2005) movie poster
    Brokeback Mountain 3 / 8
    2005 · Drama, Romance · 3 wins from 8 nominations
  2. Crash (2005) movie poster
    Crash 2 / 6
    2005 · Drama, Crime · 2 wins from 6 nominations
  3. Walk the Line (2005) movie poster
    Walk the Line 2 / 4
    2005 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  4. Capote (2005) movie poster
    Capote 1 / 4
    2005 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  5. Cinderella Man (2005) movie poster
    Cinderella Man 1 / 4
    2005 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) movie poster
    Memoirs of a Geisha 1 / 3
    2005 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) movie poster
    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1 / 2
    2005 · Adventure, Fantasy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) movie poster
    The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 1 / 2
    2005 · Adventure, Fantasy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. Hustle & Flow (2005) movie poster
    Hustle & Flow 1 / 2
    2005 · Drama, Crime · 1 win from 2 nominations
  10. Junebug (2005) movie poster
    Junebug 1 / 1
    2005 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 18 Critics' Choice 2006 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 97 nominations; Best Picture had the most nominees (10). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

18 categories · 97 nominations

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By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2006 Winners

Drama led with 73 nominations across 31 films and won 13. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 13 wins · 73 nominations · 18%
  2. Romance 7 wins · 35 nominations · 20%
  3. Comedy 5 wins · 24 nominations · 21%
  4. Crime 5 wins · 20 nominations · 25%
  5. Adventure 4 wins · 18 nominations · 22%
  6. Biography 4 wins · 15 nominations · 27%
  7. Family 4 wins · 14 nominations · 29%
  8. Thriller 1 win · 12 nominations · 8%
  9. Fantasy 3 wins · 11 nominations · 27%
  10. Music 3 wins · 10 nominations · 30%
2006 season

How the Rest of the 2006 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 2006, with the winner of each top prize. Brokeback Mountain also won the top prize at 4 of them.

All 2006 awards
Earlier years

Previous Critics' Choice Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Critics' Choice page has every year back to 1996.

Every Critics' Choice ceremony

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Critics' Choice 2006: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)?

Brokeback Mountain (2005) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Capote, Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardener, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck., King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich and Walk the Line.

About Brokeback Mountain

Which film won the most awards at the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)?

Brokeback Mountain (2005) won the most: 3 awards from 8 nominations. Crash and Walk the Line followed with 2 wins each.

Which film had the most nominations at the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)?

Brokeback Mountain (2005) led with 8 nominations and won 3 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)?

Best Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain. Best Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote. Best Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line. Best Supporting Actor: Paul Giamatti for Cinderella Man. Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams for Junebug.

When was the 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006)?

The 11th Critics' Choice Awards (2006) took place on January 9, 2006. The database has 18 categories and 97 nominations for it.