Oh, Manchester, So Much To Answer For

Who I'd personally nominate right now, based solely on what I've actually seen.

Picture
The Departed
Curse of the Golden Flower
Children of Men
The Queen
Volver

Actor
Clive Owen - Children of Men
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Matt Damon - The Departed
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You for Smoking
Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat

Actress
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Gong Li - Curse of the Golden Flower
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children

Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Michael Sheen - The Queen
Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children

Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Carmen Maura - Volver
Clare-Hope Ashitey - Children of Men
Meryl Streep - A Prairie Home Companion
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada

Director
Martin Scorcese - The Departed
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Zhang Yimou - Curse of the Golden Flower
Pedro Almodovar - Volver
Sofia Coppola - Marie Antoinette

Original Screenplay
The Queen
Volver
Cars
Little Miss Sunshine
Borat*

Adapted Screenplay
The Departed
Children of Men
Dreamgirls
Thank You for Smoking
Little Children

Animated**
Cars
A Scanner Darkly

*Sorry, but to me just because the film's based around a character from a television series doesn't make it an adapted screenplay. I mean, what was more purely original this past year?
**There were only 2 I had an interest in seeing this year, and both exceeded my expectations.

Still haven't seen: Half Nelson, Letters from Iwo Jima, Notes on a Scandal, The History Boys, United 93, Babel, Venus, The Lives of Others, Pan's Labyrinth, Sherrybaby, The Last King of Scotland