My final Oscar nominee picks

Best Picture
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Walk the Line
3. Good Night and Good Luck
4. Crash
5. Capote
Runner-Up: Munich

Best Director
1. Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
2. George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
3. Bennet Miller – Capote
4. Paul Haggis – Crash
5. Steven Spielberg – Munich
Runner up: David Cronenberg – A History of Violence

Best Actor
1. Phillip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
2. Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
3. Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
4. David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
5. Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
Runner-up: Jeff Daniels – The Squid and the Whale

Best Actress
1. Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
2. Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
3. Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents
4. Charlize Theron – North County
5. Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
Runner-up: Zhang Ziyi – Memoirs of a Geisha

Supporting Actor
1. George Clooney - Syriana
2. Paul Giametti – Cinderella Man
3. Matt Dillon – Crash
4. Jake Gyllenhall – Brokeback Mountain
5. William Hurt – A History of Violence
Runner-up: Terrence Howard - Crash

Supporting Actress
1. Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
2. Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
3. Maria Bello – A History of Violence
4. Catherine Keener – Capote
5. Amy Adams – Junebug

Runner Up: Frances McDormand – North Country

Best Original Screenplay
1. Crash
2. Good Night, and Good Luck
3. Match Point
4. The Squid and the Whale
5. Cinderella Man
Runner up: The Three Buriels of Melquiades Estrada

Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Capote
3. Walk the Line
4. The Constant Gardener
5. A History of Violence
Runner up: Munich