2006 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
72nd NYFCC Awards
December 11, 2006
Best Film:
United 93
The 72nd New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2006, were given on 11 December 2006.
Winners
- Best Actor:
- Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
- Runners-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson and Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
- Best Actress:
- Helen Mirren – The Queen
- Runners-up: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal and Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
- Best Animated Feature:
- Happy Feet
- Runners-up: A Scanner Darkly and Cars
- Best Cinematography:
- Best Director:
- Martin Scorsese – The Departed
- Runners-up: Stephen Frears – The Queen and Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
- Best Film:
- United 93
- Runners-up: The Queen and The Departed
- Best First Film:
- Best Foreign Language Film:
- Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Deliver Us from Evil
- Runners-up: 49 Up, Borat and An Inconvenient Truth
- Best Screenplay:
- Peter Morgan – The Queen
- Runners-up: William Monahan – The Departed and Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
- Best Supporting Actor:
- Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
- Runners-up: Eddie Murphy – Dreamgirls and Steve Carell – Little Miss Sunshine
- Best Supporting Actress:
- Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
- Runners-up: Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson and Catherine O'Hara – For Your Consideration