FILMS SEEN IN THE YEAR 2005

1.) REPATRIATION - video 97

South Korea Dong-won Kim

2.) THE WORLD 96

China Japan France Jia Zhang-ke

3.) CACHÉ (HIDDEN) 96

Austria France Germany Michael Haneke

4.) MYSTERIOUS SKIN 96

USA Gregg Araki

5.) BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN 95

USA Ang Lee

6.) LOGGERHEADS 95

USA Tim Kirkman

7.) OFF THE MAP 95

USA Campbell Scott

8.) YES 95

USA Sally Potter

9.) HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE 95

Japan Hayao Miyazaki

10.) DAYS OF BEING WILD 94

(1991 released in Chicago 2005)

Hong Kong Wong Kar-wai

11.) A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE 94

USA David Cronenberg

12.) GRIZZLY MAN 94

Germany Werner Herzog

13.) HUSTLE AND FLOW 94

USA Craig Brewer

14.) SARABAND - video 94

Sweden Ingmar Bergman

15.) THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE 94

Italy Paolo Sorrentino

16.) THE SQUID AND THE WHALE 94

USA Noah Baumbach

17.) DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE 94

Austria Belgium France Herbert Sauper

18.) CAPOTE 94

USA Bennett Miller

19.) ROADS TO KOKTEBEL – video 93

Russia Boris Khiebnikov and Alexei Popogrebsky

20.) 3-IRON 93

South Korea Japan Kim Ki-duk

21.) PLAY 93

Chile Alicia Scherson

22.) I AM CUBA: THE SIBERIAN MAMMOTH 93

Brazil Vicente Ferraz

23.) CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY 93

USA Tim Burton

24.) DOWNFALL 93

Germany Oliver Hirschbiegel

25.) GIRAFFE’S NECK 93

France Safy Nebbou

26.) TWIST OF FAITH – video 93

USA Kirby Dick

27.) GABRIELLE 92

France Germany Italy Patrice Chéreau

28.) THE BEAT THAT SKIPPED MY HEART 92

France Jacques Audiard

29.) MY NIKIFOR 92

Poland Krzysztof Krauze

30.) 5 X 2 92

France François Ozon

31.) BE WITH ME 92

Singapore Eric Khoo

32.) THUMBSUCKER 92

USA Mike Mills

33.) PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 92

Great Britain Joe Wright

34.) LAST DAYS 92

USA Gus van Sant

35.) GAMBLERS 92

France Frédéric Balekdijan

36.) DUMA 92

USA Carroll Ballard

37.) A PECK ON THE CHEEK 92

India Mani Ratman

38.) THE JACKET 92

USA John Maybury

39.) SUNSET STORY 92

USA Laura Gabbert

40.) CHECKPOINT 91

Israel Yoav Shamir

41.) A SONG OF INNOCENCE 91

France Antoine Santana

42.) THE WHITE DIAMOND – video 91

Germany Japan Great Britain Werner Herzog

43.) IN MEMORY OF MY FATHER 91

USA Christopher Jaymes

44.) LOOK AT ME 91

France Agnes Jaoui

45.) THE WAYWARD CLOUD 91

Japan France Tsai Ming-liang

46.) MY SUMMER OF LOVE 91

Great Britain Paul Pawlikowsky

47.) THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU 91

Romania Cristi Puiu

48.) NORDESTE 91

Argentina France Spain Belgium Juan Diego Solanas

49.) KINGS AND QUEEN 91

France Arnaud Desplechin

50.) BLACK BRUSH 91

Hungary Roland Vranik

51.) WORK HARD, PLAY HARD 91

France Marc Moutot

52.) MEMORY OF A MURDER 91

Belgium Erik Van Looy

53.) BRICK 91

USA Rian Johnson

54.) DOLLS 91

Japan Takeshi Kitano

55.) 2046 91

Hong Kong Germany France China Wong Kar-wai

56.) EVERLASTING REGRET 90

Hong Kong Stanley Kwan

57.) MILK AND HONEY 90

USA Joe Maggio

58.) SOMETIMES IN APRIL – made for HBO television 90

France Rwanda USA Raoul Peck

59.) PURE 90

(2002 film released in 2005)

Great Britain Gillies MacKinnon

60.) BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE 90

USA Wayne Wang

61.) WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT 90

Great Britain Nick Park and Steve Box

62.) THE UPSIDE OF ANGER 90

USA Mike Binder

63.) LORD OF WAR 90

USA Andrew Niccol

64.) MARCH OF THE PENGUINS 90

USA France Luc Jacquet

65.) THE HOLY GIRL 89

Argentina Lucrecia Martel

66.) PALE EYES 89

France Jérôme Bonnell

67.) KEANE 89

USA Lodge Kerrigan

68.) BROKEN FLOWERS 89

USA Jim Jarmusch

69.) BREAKFAST ON PLUTO 88

Ireland Great Britain Neil Jordan

70.) SUMMER IN BERLIN 88

Germany Andreas Dresen

71.) SUNFLOWER 88

China Zhang Yang

72.) GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK 88

USA George Clooney

73.) IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL 88

USA Jessica Yu

74.) POET OF THE WASTES 87

Iran Japan Mohammad Ahmadi

75.) WHEN THE SEA RISES... 87

France Yolande Moreau and Gilles Porte

76.) ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM 87

USA Alex Gibney

77.) BRIGHT FUTURE 87

Japan Kiyoshi Kurosawa

78.) SHOUJYO: AN ADOLESCENT 87

(made in 2001, released in Chicago in 2005)

Japan Eiji Okuda

79.) GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE 87

Canada Great Britain Vikram Jayanti

80.) MADAGASCAR 86

USA Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath

81.) THE CONSTANT GARDENER 86

USA Great Britain Fernando Meirelles

82.) SYRIANA 86

USA Stephen Gaghan

83.) GUNNER PALACE 86

USA Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein

84.) THE INTERPRETER 85

USA Sydney Pollack

85.) IN GOOD COMPANY 85

USA Paul Weitz

86.) CATERINA IN THE BIG CITY 85

Italy Paolo Virzi

87.) RED EYE 85

USA Wes Craven

88.) ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW 84

USA Miranda July

89.) HOW TO EAT YOUR WATERMELON IN WHITE COMPANY (AND ENJOY IT) 84

USA Joe Angio

90.) MILLIONS 83

Great Britain Danny Boyle

91.) COLD SHOWER 83

France Antony Cordier

92.) WALK THE LINE 83

USA James Mangold

93.) GUERNSEY 82

Netherlands Belgium Nanouk Leopold

94.) ICE PRINCESS 82

USA Tim Fywell

95.) MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY 82

USA Norway Hans Petter Moland

96.) THE ZEROS - video 82

USA John Ryman

97.) WINTER SOLSTICE 81

USA Josh Sternfeld

98.) MUTUAL APPRECIATION 81

USA Andrew Bujalski

99.) ROBOTS 81

USA Chris Wedge

100.) JESUS, YOU KNOW 80

Austria Ulrich Seidl

101.) MUNICH 80

USA Stephen Spielberg

102.) FEAR AND TREMBLING 80

France Alain Corneau

103.) JOHANNA 80

Hungary Kornél Mundruczó

104.) SHE’S ONE OF US 79

France Siegrid Alnoy

105.) VIOLENT DAYS 78

France Lucile Chaufour

106.) AGATHA AND THE STORM 78

Italy Switzerland Great Britain Silvio Soldini

107.) ENTRE SES MAINS 78

aka: IN HIS HANDS

France Anne Fontaine

108.) MILWAUKEE, MINNESOTA 77

USA Allan Mindell

109.) 9 SONGS 77

Great Britain Michael Winterbottom

110.) ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 77

USA Jean-François Richet

111.) ONE MISSED CALL 76

Japan Takeshi Miike

112.) THE BURIED FOREST 76

Japan Kôhei Oguri

113.) THIRTYFIVE SOMETHING 76

France Cécile Telerman

114.) KING KONG 75

USA Peter Jackson

115.) CRASH 75

USA Paul Haggis

116.) BE COOL 74

USA F Gary Gray

117.) OPERATION: DREAMLAND – video 74

USA Garrett Scott and Ian Olds

118.) STEAL ME 73

USA Melissa Painter

119.) JESUS THE DRIVER 73

USA Bradley Battersby

120.) MELINDA AND MELINDA 72

USA Woody Allen

121.) LET’S BE FRIENDS 72

France Nakache, Olivier and Eric Toledano

122.) HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE 72

Great Britain Mike Newell

123.) THE FUTURE OF FOOD – video 72

USA Deborah Koons Garcia

124.) LE COURAGE D’AIMER 72

aka: The Courage to Love

France Claude Lelouch

125.) WILLIAM EGGLESTON IN THE REAL WORLD 71

USA Michael Almereyda

126.) FACE 71

USA Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

127.) SAVE THE GREEN PLANET 70

South Korea Jang Jun-Hwan

128.) APRIL SNOW 68

South Korea Hur Jin-ho

129.) THE ISLAND 67

USA Michael Bay

130.) NORTH COUNTRY 66

USA Niki Caro

131.) THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE 65

USA Adam Adamson

132.) ZE FILM 65

France Guy Jacques

133.) WELL-TEMPERED CORPSES 64

Bosnia-Herzegovina Slovenia France Italy Benjamin Filipovic

134.) ASSISTED LIVING 61

USA Elliot Greenebaum

135.) THREE DAYS OF RAIN 59

USA Michael Meredith

136.) NOWHERE MAN – video 20

USA Tim McCann

BEST ACTOR

Leslie Cheung – Days of Being Wild

Bruno Ganz - Downfall

Joseph Gordon-Leavitt – Mysterious Skin (1) + Brick (2)

Terrence Howard – Hustle and Flow

Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence

*Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

David Straithairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain

BEST ACTRESS

*Joan Allen – Yes (1) + Off the Map (2) + The Upside of Anger (3)

Emmanuelle Devos – Kings and Queen

Sylvie Testud – Fear and Trembling

Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi – 5 X 2

Liv Ullman – Saraband

Krystyna Feldmann – My Nikifor

Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

BEST SUPP ACTOR

Jim True-Frost – Off the Map

Anthony Anderson – Hustle and Flow

*Eamonn Walker – Duma

Lars Rudolph – Pale Eyes

Ed Harris – A History of Violence

Simon Abkarian – Gamblers (1) + Yes (2)

BEST SUPP ACTRESS

Maggie Cheung – Days of Being Wild

Carina Lau – Days of Being Wild

Taraji P. Henson – Hustle and Flow

Abigail Breslin – Keane

*Monica Bello – A History of Violence

Frances McDormand – North Country

BEST DIRECTOR

Wong Kar-wai Hong Kong Days of Being Wild

Gregg Araki USA Mysterious Skin

*David Cronenberg USA A History of Violence

Ang Lee USA Brokeback Mountain

Jia Zhang-ke China The World

Michael Haneke Austria Caché (Hidden)

BEST SCREENPLAY

Gregg Araki, adapted from Scott Heim – Mysterious Skin

*Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale

Michael Haneke - Caché (Hidden)

Dan Futterman, adapted from Gerald Clarke – Capote

Tim Kirkman - Loggerheads

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, adapted from E. Annie Proulx – Brokeback Mountain

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Christopher Doyle – Days of Being Wild + 2046

*Yu Lik-wai – The World

Luca Bigazzi – The Consequences of Love

Roman Osin – Pride and Prejudice

Yorgos Arvanitis – A Song of Innocence

Jorge Prieto – Brokeback Mountain

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

*Days of Being Wild

Off the Map

Saraband

Loggerheads

Capote

The Squid and the Whale

BEST ART DIRECTION

Dolls

Howl’s Moving Castle

*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The World

2046

Everlasting Regret

BEST EDITING

3-Iron

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

A History of Violence

The Squid and the Whale

*Loggerheads

Brokeback Mountain

BEST COSTUMES

*Dolls

A Peck on the Cheek

The World

9 Songs

2046

Everlasting Regret

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

*Harold Budd and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins – Mysterious Skin

Joe Hisaishi – Howl’s Moving Castle

The Polyphonic Spree and Elliot Smith – Thumbsucker

Lim Giong – The World

Mychael Danna – Capote

Bartlomiej Gliniak – My Nikifor

Pasquale Catalano – The Consequences of Love

Belle and Sebastian – In Memory of My Father