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12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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!. It celebrated excellence across various film categories including directing, acting, writing, and technical achievements.

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Highlights of 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007 – Best Moments, Winners, Speeches & Red Carpet Recap

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Total movie nominations

Total movie wins

Total people nominations

Total people wins

Most Nominations

Dreamgirls

7 nominations

Most Wins

Dreamgirls

4 wins

Most recognized genres

Drama

34 nominations 2 wins

Comedy

18 nominations 2 wins

Adventure

9 nominations 0 win

Most Nominations

Leonardo DiCaprio

2 nominations

Best Picture

Find out who won the Best Picture category at the 12th Critics' Choice Awards.

WINNER

The Departed

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.

Nominees

Babel

Blood Diamond

Dreamgirls

Letters from Iwo Jima

Little Children

Little Miss Sunshine

Notes on a Scandal

The Queen

United 93

All Best Director Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

The Departed

Nominees

Dreamgirls

Letters from Iwo Jima

The Queen

United 93

All Best Actor Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Forest Whitaker

The Last King of Scotland

Nominees

Leonardo DiCaprio

Blood Diamond

Leonardo DiCaprio

The Departed

Ryan Gosling

Half Nelson

Peter O'Toole

Venus

Jada Pinkett Smith

The Pursuit of Happyness

All Best Actress Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Helen Mirren

The Queen

Nominees

Penélope Cruz

Volver

Judi Dench

Notes on a Scandal

Meryl Streep

The Devil Wears Prada

Kate Winslet

Little Children

All Best Supporting Actor Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Eddie Murphy

Dreamgirls

Nominees

Ben Affleck

Hollywoodland

Alan Arkin

Little Miss Sunshine

Adam Beach

Flags of Our Fathers

Djimon Hounsou

Blood Diamond

Jack Nicholson

The Departed

All Best Supporting Actress Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Jennifer Hudson

Dreamgirls

Nominees

Adriana Barraza

Babel

Cate Blanchett

Notes on a Scandal

Rinko Kikuchi

Babel

Catherine O'Hara

For Your Consideration

Emma Thompson

Stranger Than Fiction

All Best Young Actor Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Paul Dano

Little Miss Sunshine

Nominees

Cameron Bright

Thank You for Smoking

Joseph Cross

Running with Scissors

Freddie Highmore

A Good Year

Jaden Smith

The Pursuit of Happyness

All Best Young Actress Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Abigail Breslin

Little Miss Sunshine

Nominees

Ivana Baquero

Pan's Labyrinth

Shareeka Epps

Half Nelson

Dakota Fanning

Charlotte's Web

Keke Palmer

Akeelah and the Bee

All Best Acting Ensemble Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Little Miss Sunshine

Nominees

Babel

Bobby

The Departed

Dreamgirls

A Prairie Home Companion

All Best Writer Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Little Miss Sunshine

Nominees

Babel

The Departed

Little Children

The Queen

Stranger Than Fiction

All Best Animated Feature Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Cars

Nominees

Flushed Away

Happy Feet

Monster House

Over the Hedge

All Best Documentary Feature Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

An Inconvenient Truth

Nominees

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Who Killed the Electric Car?

Wordplay

All Best Family Film Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Charlotte's Web

Nominees

Akeelah and the Bee

Flicka

Lassie

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

All Best Foreign Language Film Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Letters from Iwo Jima

Nominees

Apocalypto

Days of Glory

Pan's Labyrinth

Volver

Water

All Best Composer Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

The Illusionist

Nominees

Babel

The Da Vinci Code

The Departed

The Fountain

The Good German

All Best Song Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Dreamgirls

Nominees

An Inconvenient Truth

Flicka

Bobby

Charlotte's Web

All Best Comedy Movie Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Nominees

The Devil Wears Prada

For Your Consideration

Little Miss Sunshine

Thank You for Smoking

All Best Soundtrack Winners and Nominees – 12th Critics' Choice Awards 2007

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WINNER

Dreamgirls

Nominees

Babel

Cars

Happy Feet

Marie Antoinette

All Winners and Nominees – Full 12th Critics' Choice Awards Awards 2007 Category Breakdown

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12th Critics' Choice Awards - Best Picture

WINNER

The Departed

NOMINEES

Babel

Blood Diamond

Dreamgirls

Letters from Iwo Jima

Little Children

Little Miss Sunshine

Notes on a Scandal

The Queen