Academy Awards ke-78

Penghargaan Oscar ke-78 diadakan pada 5 Maret 2006 di Kodak Theatre di Hollywood, California, Amerika Serikat. Pembawa acaranya adalah Jon Stewart. Nominasinya diumumkan pada 31 Januari 2006. Film dengan nominasi terbanyak adalah Brokeback Mountain yang memperoleh 8 nominasi termasuk Film dan Sutradara Terbaik. Empat film menjadi pemenang terbanyak kategori, masing-masing tiga piala bagi Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Memoirs of a Geisha dan King Kong.

Academy Awards ke-78
Tanggal	Minggu, 5 Maret 2006
Tempat	Kodak Theatre di Hollywood, California
Pembawa Acara	Jon Stewart
Pra-acara	Billy Bush Chris Connelly Cynthia Garrett Vanessa Minnillo
Produser	Gil Cates
Pengarah Acara	Louis J. Horvitz
Jangkauan Televisi
Durasi	3 jam 33 menit
Academy Awards

Daftar unggulan dan pemenang

Pemenang dicetak tebal.

Film Terbaik

• Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Munich

Sutradara Terbaik

• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Paul Haggis - Crash
• Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
• Bennett Miller - Capote
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

Aktor Terbaik

• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Aktris Terbaik

• Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
• Charlize Theron - North Country
• Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Aktor Pendukung Terbaik

• George Clooney - Syriana
• Matt Dillon - Crash
• Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• William Hurt - A History of Violence

Aktris Pendukung Terbaik

• Amy Adams - Junebug
• Catherine Keener - Capote
• Frances McDormand - North Country
• Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
• Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Film Animasi Terbaik

• Howl's Moving Castle
• Corpse Bride
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Film Berbahasa Asing Terbaik

• Don't Tell (Italia)
• Joyeux Noël (Prancis)
• Paradise Now (Otoritas Palestina)
• Sophie Scholl - The Final Days (Jerman)
• Tsotsi (Afrika Selatan)

Skenario Adaptasi Terbaik

• Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• The Constant Gardener
• A History of Violence
• Munich

Skenario Asli Terbaik

• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Match Point
• The Squid and the Whale
• Syriana

Tata Artistik Terbaik

• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Pride & Prejudice

Sinematografi Terbaik

• Wally Pfister - Batman Begins
• Rodrigo Prieto - Brokeback Mountain
• Robert Elswit - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Dion Beebe - Memoirs of a Geisha
• Emmanuel Lubezki - The New World

Desain Kostum Terbaik

• Gabriella Pescucci - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Colleen Atwood - Memoirs of a Geisha
• Sandy Powell - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Jacqueline Durran - Pride & Prejudice
• Arianne Phillips - Walk the Line

Film Dokumenter Terbaik

• Darwin's Nightmare
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball
• Street Fight

Penyuntingan Film Terbaik

• Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Crash
• Munich
• Walk the Line

Tata Rias Terbaik

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Cinderella Man
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

Musik Orisinal Terbaik

• Brokeback Mountain
• The Constant Gardener
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Munich
• Pride & Prejudice

Lagu Orisinal Terbaik

• "In the Deep" – Crash
• "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" – Hustle & Flow
• "Travelin' Thru" – Transamerica

Penyuntingan Suara Terbaik

• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• War of the Worlds

Tata Suara Terbaik

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Walk the Line
• War of the Worlds

Efek Visual Terbaik

• The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• King Kong
• War of the Worlds

Penghargaan istimewa

• Penghargaan Kehormatan: Robert Altman

Pranala luar

• Academy Awards official website
• Academy 2006 press releases Diarsipkan 2008-12-05 di Wayback Machine.
• Video: The First 10 Minutes of the 78th Academy Awards Diarsipkan 2006-11-16 di Wayback Machine.