Films: 2005

Our 30 Favorite Films of 2005

1. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach) - 10/10

2. The New World (Terrence Malick) - 9.5/10

3. L'Enfant (Dardenne Brothers)

4. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee) - 10/10

5. Cache (Michael Haneke)

6. Sin City (Robert Rodriguez) - 8.75/10

7. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg) - 9/10

8. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan) - 9.5/10

9. Broken Flowers (Jim Jarmusch) - 8.75/10

10. Me + You + Everyone We Know (M. July) - 9.25/10

11. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeig)

12. The Secret Life of Words (Isabel Coixet)

13. Capote (Bennett Miller) - 7.5/10

14. Munich (Steven Spielberg) - 8/10

15. Match Point (Woody Allen) - 9.25/10

16. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Shane Black)

17. War of the Worlds (Steven Spielberg) - 7/10

18. The Beat that My Heart Skipped (Jacqurs Audiard)

19. Jarhead (Sam Mendes) - 8/10

20. The Proposition (John Hillcoat)

21. Hard Candy (David Slade)

22. Last Days (Gus Van Sant)

23. No Direction Home (Martin Scorsese)

24. Lord of War (Andrew Niccol)

25. The Ballad of Jack and Rose (Rebecca Miller)

26. Walk the Line (James Mangold)

27. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog) - 6/10

28. The Weather Man (Gore Verbinski)

29. Palindromes (Todd Solondz)

30. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton) - 7/10

31. Mysterious Skin (Greg Araki)

32. 40 Year Old Virgin (Judd Apatow) - 7.75/10

33. Millions (Danny Boyle)

34. Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman)

35. Junebug (Phil Morrison) - 8/10

36. Harry Potter and the Goblet  of Fire (Mike Newell) - 7.5/10

37. Keane (Lodge Kerrigan)

38. Thumbsucker (Mike Mills) - 7/10

39. Cinderella Man (Ron Howard) - 5.5/10

40. Bad News Bears (Richard Linklater) - 3.5/10

41. Elizabethtown (Cameron Crowe) - 6.75/10 

42. Waiting ... (Rob McKittrick)

43. The Upside of Anger (Mike Binder) - 6.25/10

44. North Country (Niki Caro) - 5.5/10

45. The Island (Michael Bay) - 4/10

46. Good Night and Good Luck (George Clooney)

47. Fever Pitch (Farrelly Brothers) - 5/10

48. Crash (Paul Haggis) - 6.5/10

49. Robots (Chris Wedge) - 5.5/10

50. Revenge of the Sith (George Lucas) - 3/10


BEST ACTOR: Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain or Sarah Polley in The Secret Life of Words

BEST DIRECTOR: Terrence Malick for The New World

BEST SCREENPLAY: Noah Baumbach for The Squid and the Whale


Best Actor (Male):

1. Heath Motherfucking Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)

2. Philip Seymore Hoffman (Capote)

3. Christian Bale (Batman Begins)

4. Bill Murray (Broken Flowers)

5. Eric Bana (Munich)

6. Peter Skarsgaard (Jarhead)

 

Best Actor (Female):

1. Sara Polley (The Secret Life of Words)

2. Amy Adams (Junebug)

3. Miranda July (Me and You)

4. Laura Linney (The Squid and the Whale)

5. Frances McDormand (North Country)

 

Best Director:

1. Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins)

2. Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)

3. Steven Spielberg (Munich)

 

Best Screenplay:

1. The Squid and the Whale

2. Brokeback Mountain

3. Match Point

4. Me and You and Everyone We Know

5. The Secret Life of Words