My Oscar Ballot

I had to submit an awards ballot for a critics group I belong to, so please indulge me. If I had an Oscar ballot, this is what I'd vote for.

PICTURE
Downfall
Howl’s Moving Castle
Munich
Murderball
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

DIRECTOR
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Downfall
Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Hayao Miyazaki, Howl’s Moving Castle
Steven Spielberg, Munich
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady

ACTOR
Eric Bana, Munich
Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale
Bruno Ganz, Downfall
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain

ACTRESS
Felicity Huffman, Transamerica
Q’Orianka Kilcher, The New World
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Nathalie Press, My Summer of Love
Liv Ullmann, Saraband

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Clifton Collins Jr., Capote
Brady Corbet, Mysterious Skin
Jesse Eisenberg, The Squid and the Whale
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
William Hurt, A History of Violence

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Junebug
Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Catherine Keener, Capote
Jane Lynch, The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Emily Mortimer, Match Point

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Downfall
Head-On
Howl’s Moving Castle
Oldboy
Tropical Malady

ANIMATED FILM
Howl’s Moving Castle
Robots
Wallace & Gromit

DOCUMENTARY
Grizzly Man
March of the Penguins
Murderball

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Match Point
Oldboy
The Squid and the Whale
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Downfall
Howl’s Moving Castle
Munich

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Millions
My Summer of Love
The New World
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Tropical Malady

EDITING
Capote
Downfall
Murderball
Oldboy
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

ART DIRECTION
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Downfall
Howl’s Moving Castle
King Kong
The New World

COSTUME DESIGN
2046
Downfall
Memoirs of a Geisha
The New World
Pride & Prejudice

ORIGINAL SCORE
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kung Fu Hustle
Murderball
The New World
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

ORIGINAL SONG
“Augustus Gloop,” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
“So Long and Thanks for All the Fish,” The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
“The Wedding Song,” Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride

SOUND
Downfall
King Kong
Munich
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
War of the Worlds

SOUND EDITING
Howl’s Moving Castle
Kung Fu Hustle
War of the Worlds

VISUAL EFFECTS
King Kong
Sin City
War of the Worlds

MAKE UP
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The New World

--The Tally--
Downfall - 9
Howl's Moving Castle - 8
The New World - 6
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - 6
Capote - 5
Munich - 5
Murderball - 4
Brokeback Mountain - 3
King Kong - 3
Match Point - 3
Oldboy - 3
The Squid and the Whale - 3
Tropical Malady - 3
War of the Worlds - 3
The 40-Year-Old Virgin - 2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - 2
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 2
Kung Fu Hustle - 2
My Summer of Love - 2
Pride & Prejudice - 2
2046 - 1
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - 1
Grizzly Man - 1
Head-On - 1
A History of Violence - 1
Junebug - 1
March of the Penguins - 1
Memoirs of a Geisha - 1
Millions - 1
Mysterious Skin - 1
Robots - 1
Saraband - 1
Sin City - 1
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith - 1
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - 1
Transamerica - 1
Wallace & Gromit - 1