2005 Year in Review


The year 2005 featured a wide variety of high quality films, better than most years.
I've included my top 20 and I've also listed some of my favourite performances of this year.

10 Best Movies of 2005

1

Crash

2

A History Of Violence

3

Downfall

4

Jarhead

5

Good Night And Good Luck

6

Look At Me

7

Syriana

8

The Aristocrats

9

Brokeback Mountain

10

3-Iron

The Next 10: Honourable Mentions

11

Match Point

12

40 Year-Old Virgin

13

Munich

14

Water

15

The Constant Gardener

16

Cinderella Man

17

Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire

18

Capote

19

Howl's Moving Castle

20

Sin City



The Most Overrated Film I Saw This Year

Shopgirl



Outstanding Performance from a
Lead Actress

Maria Bello

A History Of Violence

Marilou Berry

Look At Me

Laura Linney

The Squid And The Whale

Charlize Theron

North Country

Zhang Ziyi

2046



Outstanding Performance from a
Lead Actor

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Look At Me

Don Cheadle

Crash

Russell Crowe

Cinderella Man

Jeff Daniels

The Squid And The Whale

Ralph Fiennes

The Constant Gardener

Bruno Ganz

Downfall

Viggo Mortensen

A History Of Violence

Phillip Seymour-Hoffman

Capote

David Strathairn

Good Night And Good Luck



Outstanding Performance from a
Supporting Actress

Sandra Bullock

Crash

Scarlett Johansson

Match Point

Catherine Keener

Capote

Frances McDormand

North Country

Emily Mortimer

Match Point

Thandie Newton

Crash

Rachel Weisz

The Constant Gardener



Outstanding Performance from a
Supporting Actor

George Clooney

Syriana

Matt Dillon

Crash

Jamie Foxx

Jarhead

Paul Giamatti

Cinderella Man

Terrence Howard

Crash

Mickey Rourke

Sin City

Peter Sarsgaard

Jarhead