The 27th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2006, were given on 11 December 2006.

Winners

• Best Film:
  • The Departed
  • Runner-up: United 93
• Best Actor:
  • Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
  • Runner-up: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson
• Best Actress:
  • Helen Mirren – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Mark Wahlberg – The Departed
  • Runner-up (TIE): Alec Baldwin – The Departed, Running with Scissors and The Good Shepherd and Michael Sheen – The Queen
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
  • Runner-up (TIE): Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls and Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada
• Best Director:
  • Martin Scorsese – The Departed
  • Runner-up: Paul Greengrass – United 93
• Best Screenplay:
  • William Monahan – The Departed
  • Runner-up: Peter Morgan – The Queen
• Best Cinematography:
  • Guillermo Navarro – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
  • Runner-up (TIE): Stuart Dryburgh – The Painted Veil and Zhao Xiaoding – Curse of the Golden Flower (Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia)
• Best Documentary (TIE):
  • Deliver Us from Evil
  • Shut Up & Sing
  • Runner-up: 51 Birch Street
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) • Mexico/Spain/United States
  • Runner-up: Volver • Spain
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
  • Runner-up: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • United 93
  • Runner-up: The Departed