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Critics' Choice 2007 Winners & Nominees

The 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007) took place on January 14, 2007. The Departed won Best Picture and one more award. Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine won the most, 4 each. Every winner and nominee in all 18 categories is below.

All 18 categories Most wins
categories
18
nominations
101
films nominated
49
winners
18
Held on
Best Picture
The Departed
Headline winners

Critics' Choice 2007: The Winners

The Departed won Best Picture against 9 other nominees. Martin Scorsese (Best Director), Forest Whitaker (Best Actor) and Helen Mirren (Best Actress) took the main individual prizes.

The Departed (2006) movie poster Best Picture

Best Picture

The Departed

2006 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · $291M worldwide

2 wins from 7 nominations at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007)

  • Best Director

A tense crime thriller set in South Boston, the story follows two men whose lives unexpectedly intersect. Colin Sullivan, an ambitious state trooper, rises through the ranks while secretly working for a dangerous Irish mob boss. Simultaneously, Billy Costigan infiltrates the same mob as an undercover cop. As both men navigate a perilous game of deception and corruption, they risk everything to expose the other's true identity, leading to a deadly confrontation.

About The Departed
Scoreboard

Critics' Choice 2007: Which Films Won the Most

Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine won 4 awards each. 11 films won at least once, while Babel went home empty-handed from 7 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Dreamgirls (2006) movie poster
    Dreamgirls 4 / 7
    2006 · Drama, Musical · 4 wins from 7 nominations
  2. Little Miss Sunshine (2006) movie poster
    Little Miss Sunshine 4 / 7
    2006 · Adventure, Drama · 4 wins from 7 nominations
  3. The Departed (2006) movie poster
    The Departed 2 / 7
    2006 · Mystery, Thriller · 2 wins from 7 nominations
  4. The Queen (2006) movie poster
    The Queen 1 / 4
    2006 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  5. Charlotte's Web (2006) movie poster
    Charlotte's Web 1 / 3
    2006 · Fantasy, Comedy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) movie poster
    Letters from Iwo Jima 1 / 3
    2006 · Drama, History · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. Cars (2006) movie poster
    Cars 1 / 2
    2006 · Sport, Comedy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  8. An Inconvenient Truth (2006) movie poster
    An Inconvenient Truth 1 / 2
    2006 · Documentary · 1 win from 2 nominations
  9. The Last King of Scotland (2006) movie poster
    The Last King of Scotland 1 / 1
    2006 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. The Illusionist (2006) movie poster
    The Illusionist 1 / 1
    2006 · Drama, Mystery · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 18 Critics' Choice 2007 Categories: Winners & Nominees

18 categories and 101 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 · 101 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Critics' Choice 2007 Best Picture Marathon

All 10 Best Picture nominees at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007), back to back: 20 hours 51 minutes.

Total running time 20h 51m 20 hours 51 minutes All 10 films
Longest
The Departed 2h 31m
Shortest
Notes on a Scandal 1h 32m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Critics' Choice 2007 Winners

Drama led with 74 nominations across 34 films and won 12. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 12 wins · 74 nominations · 16%
  2. Comedy 7 wins · 33 nominations · 21%
  3. Adventure 4 wins · 19 nominations · 21%
  4. Thriller 4 wins · 17 nominations · 24%
  5. Mystery 3 wins · 16 nominations · 19%
  6. Family 2 wins · 15 nominations · 13%
  7. Romance 1 win · 14 nominations · 7%
  8. Crime 2 wins · 12 nominations · 17%
  9. History 2 wins · 11 nominations · 18%
  10. Biography 2 wins · 9 nominations · 22%
2007 season

How the Rest of the 2007 Awards Season Voted

The other 10 ceremonies of 2007, with the winner of each top prize. The Departed also won the top prize at 2 of them. Little Miss Sunshine took as many.

All 2007 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 2007: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Picture at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007)?

The Departed (2006) won Best Picture. The other nominees were Babel, Blood Diamond, Dreamgirls, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Children, Little Miss Sunshine, Notes on a Scandal, The Queen and United 93.

About The Departed

Which film won the most awards at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007)?

Dreamgirls and Little Miss Sunshine each won 4 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007)?

Dreamgirls (2006), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), The Departed (2006) and 1 other led with 7 nominations each.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007)?

Best Director: Martin Scorsese for The Departed. Best Actor: Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland. Best Actress: Helen Mirren for The Queen. Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls. Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls.

When was the 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007)?

The 12th Critics' Choice Awards (2007) took place on January 14, 2007. The database has 18 categories and 101 nominations for it.