Top 10 of 2005 - Final Word

[AngelinaJolieLover]

So I've finally seen all the movies I wanted to, all the big titles, and I am now ready to make my top 10 of the year. What do you all think? Whats yours?

1 - BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2 - JESUS IS MAGIC
3 - MR. AND MRS. SMITH
4 - HIGH TENSION
5 - MATCH POINT
6 - MYSTERIOUS SKIN
7 - THE ARISTOCRATS
8 - THREE EXTREMES
9 - BROKEN FLOWERS
10 - THE DYING GAUL

so there you have it!

[Tayzlor]

I live in the part between New York and Los Angeles that some people call America so I haven't seen all the big titles yet.

[Katsumoto]

I'm up north in canada, i won't be seeing The New World, Brokeback Mountain, Three burials, Caché & Match Pointtill late january and i'm pretty sure at least one of the those will have an impact on my top ten list. I'll have to hold off from now.

[Hannibal21]

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Batman Begins
3. Match Point
4. Mysterious Skin
5. King Kong
6. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
7. Junebug
8. Broken Flowers
9. Sin City
10. 5 X 2

[Sigur509]

I've seen one of your ten films, and Mrs Smith was okay in my book.

[blk_flower]

yeah i'm much happier with "true lies".

some of them I haven't seen

[Terror Australis]

That's a pretty good list. My top 10 for this year are....

10. WOLF CREEK - 4.5/5
9. WALK THE LINE - 4.5/5
8. CRASH - 4.5/5
7. THE DESCENT - 5/5
6. WAR OF THE WORLDS - 5/5
5. CAPOTE - 5/5
4. BATMAN BEGINS - 5/5
3. SIN CITY - 5/5
2. STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH - 5/5
1. KING KONG - 5/5

List subject to change in the next few weeks.

[ChemicalRomance]

1) Oldboy
2) Sin City
3) The Descent
4) Downfall
5) Murderball
6) Batman Begins
7) Lord of War
8) The 40 Year Old-Virgin
9) Unleashed
10) Land of the Dead

Things I haven't seen but could make it here: KING KONG, MUNICH, MYSTERIOUS SKIN, BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, CINDERELLA MAN and GRIZZLY MAN.

1 Edit Made: ***I FORGOT THE DESCENT! Placed it in at #3***

[ilovemovies]

Top 10:

01. Cinderella Man
02. Crash
03. Munich
04. Walk the Line
05. Batman Begins
06. The Family Stone
07. North Country
08. Proof
09. Syriana
10. The Wedding Crashers

Runners-up: Aeon Flux, The Jacket, Elizabethtown, Sin City, Star Wars Episode III- Revenge of the Sith.


Bottom 10:

01. Alone in the Dark
02. The Aristocrats
03. The New World
04. Lords of Dogtown
05. Chicken Little
06. Corpse Bride
07. The Fog
08. The Devil's Rejects
09. The Amityville Horror
10. High Tension

Runners-up: Transporter 2, The Brothers Grimm, Madagascar, Monster in Law, Hostage.

[Cronos]

1. Batman Begins
2. Devil's Rejects, The
3. Oldboy
4. Sin City
5. Descent, The
6. Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
7. Malefique
8. Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith
9. Land Of The Dead
10. Constantine

[Scarfather]

REMOVED

I'll wait till I see Munich, Brokeback, and Match Point.

[TylerDurden182]

Right Now:

1. King Kong
2. Oldboy
3. Batman Begins
4. Lord of War
5. Sin City
6. 3-Iron
7. Jarhead
8. Domino
9. Mysterious Skin
10. War of the Worlds

Still Need To See: Munich, The New World, Match Point, Brokeback Mountain, Three Burials, Three Extremes

I am almost positive that The New World and Match Point will make the final list.

[jaw2929]

My Top 10 of 2005:

1. Broken Flowers
2. King Kong
3. The Devil's Rejects
4. Land of the Dead
5. Crash
6. Star Wars Episode 3
7. Flight Plan
8. Red Eye
9. SAW 2
10. The 40 Year Old Virgin

[Lazy Boy]

1. War of the Worlds
2. Nine Lives
3. Breakfast on Pluto
4. Munich
5. Grizzly Man
6. Junebug
7. Palindromes
8. King Kong
9. Downfall
10. Mysterious Skin

[Katsumoto]

As of right now:
1. Capote
2. Batman Begins
3. King Kong
4. Jarhead
5. A History Of Violence
6. Mysterious Skin
7. Crash
8. Sin City
9. Murderball
10. The Squid And The Whale

[martyds761]

My list will change.

1. Murderball
2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
3. Sin City
4. Fantastic Four
5. Harry Potter 4
6. Serenity


Add more later..

[KTJ2004]

As of this second (I still haven't seen The New World, etc.)

Top 10:

1. Capote
2. Munich
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. Pride and Prejudice
5. Crash
6. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
7. Match Point
8. Hustle & Flow
9. Walk the Line
10. Sin City

[filmguy450]

Well, here are my favorites of the year:

1. Stay
2. Crash
3. Sin City
4. Serenity
5. Corpse Bride
6. King Kong
7. Constantine
8. Unleashed
9. Chronicles of Narina
10. March of the Penguins

And yeah, you read it right.

[VictimOfChanges]

1) Batman Begins
2) King Kong
3) The 40 Year Old Virgin
4) Corpse Bride
5) Crash
6) March of the Penguins
7) Jarhead
8) Red Eye
9) War Of The Worlds (overrated, but good.)
10) Cinderella Man

[SpacePuppet]

10) Red Eye: (7/10) or B+
9) March Of The Penguins: (7/10) or B+
8) The Chronicles of Narina: (8/10) or A-
7) The 40-Year-Old Virgin: (8/10) or A-
6) Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Wererabbit: (8/10) or A-
5) Crash: (8/10) or A-
4) King Kong: (8/10) or A
3) Batman Begins: (9/10) or A
2) Hotel Rwanda: (10/10) or A+
1) Cinderella Man: (10/10) or A+

[Tayzlor]

Here's my list thus far, and like everyon else the biggies haven't made their rounds yet. A sign of the excitement of 2005 movies: there are new films by Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Michael Haneke, and Terrence Malick left.

01. Grizzly Man
02. Capote
03. Broken Flowers
04. Nobody Knows
05. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
06. Last Days
07. Syriana
08. Munich
09. The Constant Gardener
10. Yes

To come (because I feel guilty for jumping the gun when there is a new Woody film out to be seen),

The Best of Youth
The World
Saraband
Keane
Nine Lives
Brokeback Mountain
Match Point
The New World
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Caché

[Sigur509]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
To come (because I feel guilty for jumping the gun when there is a new Woody film out to be seen),



I agree. it is bugging me that it has not come around here soon enough.

1. King Kong
2. Sin City
3. The Chronicles of Narina
4. The 40 Year Old Virgin
5. Happy Endings
6. Crash
7. Batman Begins
8. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
9. Serenity
10. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

I will not be happy with any year-end list, until I see every movie I desire in that year. Which, might take a while.

[APzombie]

I still need to check out a few, but here we go.

Not in any order as of now

Munich
Batman Begins
The Chronicles of Narina
Match Point
The Squid and the Whale
Crash
War of the Worlds
Millions
Downfall
Junebug

[Puck Bond]

My list as it stands right now...

1. King Kong-10/10
2. Cinderella Man-10/10
3. Kingdom of Heaven-9/10
4. Jarhead-9/10
5. Sin City-9/10
6. Munich-9/10
7. Elizabethtown-9/10
8. Walk the Line-9/10
9. War of the Worlds-9/10
10. Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith-9/10

[Rick-James]

10 - BATMAN BEGINS
09 - CRASH
08 - JARHEAD
07 - WALK THE LINE
06 - GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK
05 - MUNICH
04 - THE DEVIL'S REJECTS
03 - SIN CITY
02 - KING KONG
01 - STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH

[Bogey93']

Movies of 2005 that i have yet to see that could be later on the list:

MUNICH
MATCH POINT
THE NEW WORLD
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
JARHEAD
GOODNIGHT AND GOODLUCK
WALK THE LINE
THE PRODUCERS
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
CAPOTE
SYRIANA
TIM BURTONS CORPSE BRIDE
NORTH COUNTRY


The list:

1. Broken flowers 10/10
2. Elizabethtown - 9/10
3. War of the worlds - 9/10
4. Batman begins - 9/10
5. Star wars episode III: revenge of the sith - 9/10
6. Cinderella man - 9/10
7. Proof - 8/10
8. KIng kong - 8/10
9. Charlie and the chocolate factory - 8/10
10. Mad hot ballroom - 8/10

[FilmKing2000]

I have not seen films like Brokeback Mountain or Munich, but after I see them, my list will be complete. For now, here's my list....

1. King Kong
2. Crash
3. Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
4. Batman Begins
5. The 40 Year Old Virgin
6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
7. Cinderella Man
8. Walk the Line
9. Elizabethtown
10. Sin City

[Hucksta G]

Definitly Unfinished List, I'll just edit with the more movies I see:

1. King Kong
2. Sin City
3. Elizabethtown
4. Jarhead
5. Cinderella Man
6. Lord of War
7 Revenge of the Sith
8. Crash
9. War of the Worlds
10. Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire

Movies I Have Yet to See Which I Intend To:
Munich, Brokedown Mountain, Match Point, The New World, Syrinia, The Devil's Rejects, The Chronicles of Narnia, Broken Flowers, Serenity, Last Days, Mysterious Skin, Saw II, Domino, Good Night and Good Luck, Capote

[jolanar]

1. Jarhead 9/10

2. Elizabethtown 8/10

3. Sin City 8/10

4. Batman Begins 7/10

5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 8/10

6. Kingdom of Heaven 8/10

7. Revenge of the Sith 7/10

8. Serenity - 7/10

9. War of the Worlds 7/10

10. Constantine 7/10

[Bogey93']

Just to add to the lost of movies i have yet to see from 2005 that could go on my list CRASH and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.

[ChemicalRomance]

Hmmm..

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THE DESCENT DAMMIT.

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
Hmmm..

MORE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THE DESCENT DAMMIT.

I've been wanting to see this, and I'd really like to do so in theaters, but that's not gonna be til next year.

[IQuitMrWhite]

1. Crash
2. A History of Violence
3. King Kong
4. Batman Begins
5. Sin City
6. The Chronic- "WHAT?" -cles of Narnia
7. The 40 Year Old Virgin
8. Jarhead
9. Oldboy
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Like everyone else, my list is not final until I see Munich, Brokeback Mountain, The Descent, Downfall, The Squid and the Whale, Me, You and Everyone We Know and that Tommy Lee Jones movie everyone is raving about.

[bigred760]

I haven't seen all the movies I want to yet - still haven't checked out Brokeback Mountain, Memoirs of a Geisha or Match Point.

[morricone]

1. Capote
2. Broken Flowers
3. A History of Violence
4. Syriana
5. Munich
6. King Kong
7. The Constant Gardener
8. Downfall
9. Junebug
10. Cinderella Man

I stil have yet to see:
Saraband
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Shopgirl
The Squid and the Whale
Brokeback Mountain
Match Point
The New World
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Caché

[sarah1980]

my list 3 tied @#1


1.Batman Begins,Cinderella Man,Serenity-10/10 (all)
2.Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire-9/10
3.Sin City-9/10
4.Transporter 2-8/10
5.The War Of The Worlds-8/10
6.Star Wars EP III-7.5/10
7.Unleashed-7.5/10
8.The 40 Year Old Virgin-7/10
9.Fantastic Four-7/10
10.Land Of The Dead-7/10


yes that's my list deal with it :p

[MickeyKnox]

My Top 10 of 2005:

1. King Kong (2005)
2. The Descent
3. Old Boy
4. Batman Begins
5. Sin City
6. Mysterious Skin
7. Jarhead
8. Broken Flowers
9. Munich
10. Crash

[FilmBuff84]

Many of 2005's films that could have a place in my Top 10 don't open till next year, so for now my Top 10 is as...

1. In Her Shoes
2. Sin City
3. The Upside of Anger
4. King Kong
5. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
6. Pride & Prejudice
7. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
8. Good Night, and Good Luck
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10. Batman Begins

*I take Mysterious Skin as a 2004 film, but it would've been Top 5 had I included it.

*Possible top 10 occupants still to see - Broken Flowers, The Family Stone, Rumor Has It, The Producers, Munich, Brokeback Mountain, Walk The Line, Jarhead, Syriana, The Descent, A History Of Violence, Rent, Transamerica, Match Point.

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Eh...King Kong was ok...but not hardly as good as the hype made it out to be. I'm not trying to be a hater...it was good, but...
1.) it dragged on a little at the beginning
2.) the natives were ridiculous {some were actually black, the old woman looked mexican, and a few of the extras like the little girl were white people painted black
3.)O... and for some reason the natives had gingivitis, and had yet to develop pupils.
4.) Most of the time the CGI was great, but when Naomi Watts started to "juggle" I actually laughed out loud in the theater.

Ok...sorry for the rant... i know it was uncalled for, but I'm just to lazy to reach for the backspace key. Now back to the subject at hand...

1.) Oldboy<--movie knocked me off my couch.
2.) Serenity<--I know I know...I'm such a nerd
3.)Sin City<--Great translation of Frank Miller's masterpiece
4.)Batman Begins<--The first batman movie in the past 16 years worth watching.
5.)The 40 Year Old Virgin<--Probably the funniest movie of the decade
6.) A History of Violence<--Aside from its completely useless first 5 minutes, this movie was great.

*I still need to see Broken Flowers, Munich, Syriana, and Junebug, and The New World. I'm sure that seeing these movies would help to complete my list. I doubt that I'll ever see Brokeback Moutain or Mysterious Skin though. I'm sure they are both great movies but man on man loving is a little to much for me. I'm a pretty tolerant person, however, that doesn't mean I want to spend $9 on seeing a movie that will ultimately just give me the heebeejeebies (is that a word?).

[urbanlegend23]

Top Ten Films of 2005

01. King Kong
02. Crash
03. Serenity
04. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith
05. Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire
06. Red Eye
07. Dark Water
08. Elizabethtown
09. House Of Wax
10. Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Close Calls: Lord Of War, The World's Fastest Indian, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose

Still To See: Munich, Syriana, Brokeback Mountain, Walk the Line, Capote, Jarhead, The New World, Memoirs Of A Geisha, North Country, Proof, The Weather Man

[SAI]

10: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (4/5)
(Marc Rothemund Germany)
This would have been quite an average film (albeit one about a riveting set of events) but for an outstanding central performance from Julia Jentsch as Scholl. Jentsch lifts the whole movie, with the single best performance by an actress this year.

9: Kinsey (4/5)
(Bill Condon USA)
Ambitious biopic of the still controversial Alfred Kinsey. It could have been preachy but is saved from that by a surprising and welcome sense of humour in the script and excellent performances from Liam Neeson, an Oscar nominated Laura Linney and Peter Sarsgaard.

8: A History of Violence (4/5)
(David Cronenberg USA)
Cronenberg's adaptation of the cult graphic novel doesn't seem, at first glance, like his typical type of movie. It ends up being his most Cronenbergian work since eXistenZ and his best since The Fly. Cronenberg's direction is strong but it's the performances of Viggo Mortenson and Maria Bello (an underrated actress who, surely, must get an Oscar nod here) that power the film and make it as memorable an experience as it is.

7: A Very Long Engagement (4/5)
(Jean Pierre Jeunet France)
Reuniting Jeunet and his Amelie star Audrey Tautou this world war one romantic comedy drama drops much of the sentimentality of that film to far more engaging effect.
Tautou is charm itself as Mathilde and there's able support, particularly from a near mute Marion Cotillard and Jodie Foster, proving that even in her second language she's one of the best actors in the world.

6: In Your Hands (5/5)
(Anette K Oleson Denmark)
Okay so it's very remeniscent of The Green Mile but this is actually a better film that that rather overrated one. Set in a Danish women's prison this last official Dogme film is a moving story about some very different people brought together by a miracle. Anette Oleson draws great performances from her whole cast, particularly the subtle and moving turn of Trine Dyrholm, as well as using the Dogme rules to create a sense of reality.

5: A Cock and Bull Story (5/5)
(Michael Winterbottom UK)
In his best film for many years Britain's most versatile and consistent director adapts the 'unfilmable' novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy not by adapting it but by making a film about the impossibility of doing so. Uproariously funny from end to end A Cock and Bull Story is a joy. Winterbottom blurs fact and fantasy expertly and the cast (including many of the director's stock players) are all on wonderful form with standouts including Rob Brydon and a wonderful cameo from Gillian Anderson.

4: Le Temps Qui Reste (5/5)
(Francois Ozon France)
The question of who the best working director in the world is isn't even up for debate. It's Francois Ozon. This isn't his best film (that's further up this list) but this second part of the trilogy on mourning he began with Under the Sand is as affecting a film as you're likely to see. Lead Melvil Poupard takes centre stage with a brilliantly underplayed performance. Support drifts in and out around him with Jeanne Moreau wonderful as Poupard's grandmother and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi very funny as a waitress. Ozon seems to grow visually from film to film and this sumptuous piece is no exception.

3: 3-Iron (5/5)
(Kim Ki Duk South Korea)
Korean auteur Kim is at perhaps his most accessible with this largely silent meditation on love and... well that'd be telling. Always visually impeccable Kim has outdone himself with the cinematography here, there's nothing on a grand scale, just suburban neighbourhoods and houses but it's crisply and beautifully captured. The silent leading performances are subtle yet never struggle to communicate the characters emotions nor does the lack of dialogue feel unnatural, it's just that they'll speak if they need to.

2: 5 X 2 (5/5)
(Francois Ozon France)
A couple's entire relationship is traced backwards in five segments from some disturbing sex right after the divorce papers are signed to a near idyllic first meeting. The structure serves a purpose... it lets us get caught up in the romance, even though we know it ends horribly.
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi and Stephane Freiss are stunning. They share the chemistry to convince as husband and wife and neither hits a false emotional beat the whole way.
Ozon wisely throws the focus entirely on his actors, letting them do the work and keeping his camera unobtrusive.

1: Downfall (5/5)
(Oliver Hirschbiegel Germany)
In a great year for German cinema this was the stand out. At the centre is Bruno Ganz simply outstanding performance as Hitler. Ganz looks so like Hitler you double take on first seeing him and his performance seems less like acting and more like posession. It's no one man show though. Every performance is brilliant from Alexandra Maria Lara's naïve Traudl Junge, to Ulrich Matthes eerie Goebbels but it's from Corinna Harfouch that the best performance comes. Harfouch is, as Magda Goebbels, utterly terrifying and completely convincingly unhinged in a disqueting way. Add to these stellar performances Hirschbiegel's almost documentary direction and you've the best film of 2005.

[tbone]

10. Cinderlla Man
9. Crash
8. Wedding Crashers
7. The 40 Year Old Virgin
6. Sin City
5. Match Point
4. Batman Begins
3. A History of Violence
2. King Kong
1. Munich

[Sheriff Wydell]

1. The Devil's Rejects
2. Crash
3. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
4. Syriana
5. Batman Begins
6. Capote
7. The Bridge of San Luis Ray
8. -
9. -
10. -

[morricone]

morricone's updated list
1. Capote
2. Broken Flowers
3. Shopgirl
4. A History of Violence
5. Syriana
6. Munich
7. The Constant Gardener
8. Junebug
9. Oldboy
10. Downfall

I stil have yet to see:
Saraband
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
The Squid and the Whale
Brokeback Mountain
Match Point
The New World
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Caché

[AngelDust06]

hmmmm.... Another Tough post.... but here are my top 10 of 2005:

1. King Kong
2. Sin City
3. Crash
4. Batman Begins
5. Broken Flowers
6. Cinderella Man
7. 40 Yr. Old Virgin
8. History of Violence
9. Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
10. Domino

This list will shift (I Hope) once I see Munich and Brokeback Mountain but Ill have to wait until Jan. to see them

[TylerDurden182]

Updated

1. King Kong
2. Oldboy
3. Batman Begins
4. Lord of War
5. Sin City
6. 3-Iron
7. Grizzly Man
8. Jarhead
9. Domino
10. Mysterious Skin

Still Need To See:

Munich, Match Point, The New World, Brokeback Mountain, Three Burials, Cache, Three Extremes

[QUENTIN]

1.) No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2.) Crash
3.) Syriana
4.) Munich
5.) Sin City
6.) Nine Lives
7.) Downfall
8.) The Weather Man
9.) Hustle and Flow
10.) A History of Violence

Runners up: Turtles Can Fly, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith, Murderball, The Constant Gardener, Good Night, and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain, Layer Cake, Jarhead, Broken Flowers, King Kong, Capote, Batman Begins, Walk The Line, Last Days, The Upside of Anger, Everything is Illuminated, The Devil's Rejects, Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room

Still have a lot to see, will edit the list accordingly as I catch new movies.

[notchreturns]

1. Munich
2. King Kong
3. A History of Violence
4. Sin City
5. Walk The Line
6. Jarhead
7. Syriana
8. The 40 Year Old Virgin
9. The Devil's Rejects
10. Batman Begins

Still have a crapload more to see.

[ChemicalRomance]

Originally posted by Lazy Boy
I've been wanting to see this, and I'd really like to do so in theaters, but that's not gonna be til next year.

I've got a DVD rip, around 900MB. Stunning video and sound quality, around an hour and 25 minutes.

Interested..?

[TylerDurden182]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
I've got a DVD rip, around 900MB. Stunning video and sound quality, around an hour and 25 minutes.

Interested..?

If he is not, then I definantly am.

[Lazy Boy]

Originally posted by ChemicalRomance
I've got a DVD rip, around 900MB. Stunning video and sound quality, around an hour and 25 minutes.

Interested..?

Ohhhh, it's temping, but I'll wait...thanks anyway. :)

[Deckard]

1. PRIMER
2. SIN CITY
3. OLD BOY
4. LORD OF WAR
5. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
6. DOWNFALL
7. SYRIANA
8. GOOD NIGHT and GOOD LUCK
9.JARHEAD
10. STAR WARS:REVENGE OF THE SITH

[dannywalker17]

I finally got to see Brokeback Mountain and since I missed Good Night, and Good Luck, this is going to be my final list.


Top 10 of 2005:

1. Crash (10/10 or A+)
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2. Brokeback Mountain (10/10 or A+)
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3. Batman Begins (10/10 or A+)
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4. Rent (10/10 or A+)
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5. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (10/10 or A+)
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6. Kingdom of Heaven (10/10 or A+)
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7. The Island (9/10 or A)
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8. Heights (9/10 or A)
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9. Munich (9/10 or A)
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10. Walk the Line (9/10 or A)
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Honorable Mentions: The Interpreter, War of the Worlds, King Kong, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

[Antonio]

1. BROKEN FLOWERS (Jim Jarmusch)
2. SIN CITY (Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller)
3. CRASH (Paul Haggis)
4. WALK THE LINE (James Mangold)
5. MUNICH (Steven Spielberg)
6. CAPOTE (Bennett Miller)
7. KING KONG (Peter Jackson)
8. CINDERELLA MAN (Ron Howard)
9. HUSTLE & FLOW (Craig Brewer)
10. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (David Cronenberg)

[Sigur509]

1. Sin City - 10/10
2. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - 10/10
3. King Kong - 9/10
4. Happy Endings - 9/10
5. Crash - 9/10
6. The 40 Year Old Virgin - 9/10
7. Batman Begins - 9/10
8. Serenity - 9/10
9. Broken Flowers - 8/10
10. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - 8/10

[zeppelin]

The only movie I definitely plan on seeing that I haven't seen is The Squid and the Whale, which most likely won't open near me in theaters, so I'll have to wait until it comes out on DVD in March. Other than that, some notable movies I haven't seen: Syriana; March of the Penguins; Transamerica; The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada; Howl's Moving Castle...that's about it.

1. Match Point
2. Batman Begins
3. King Kong
4. Sin City
5. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
6. Hustle & Flow
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. Grizzly Man
9. Me and You and Everyone We Know
10. Cinderella Man

runners-up: No Direction Home- Bob Dylan; Crash; Broken Flowers

[Macphist0]

I'm not sure yet, but here goes.

1- Brokeback Mountain
2- Sin City
3- Munich
4- King Kong
5- Serenity
6- Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang
7- Downfall
8- Crash
9- A History of Violence
10- Broken Flowers/Kung Fu Hustle

If i did'nt see Old Boy in 2004, then that would probaly be about 5.

Theres so much i havn't seen yet though.

[jaymckee74]

1. Crash (10/10)
2. King Kong (10/10)
3. Batman Begins (9/10)
4. The 40 Year Old Virgin (9/10)
5. War Of The Worlds (8/10)
6. A History of Violence (8/10)
7. Sin City (8/10)
8. Munich (8/10)
9. Good Night and Good Luck (8/10)
10. Star Wars Episode III:Revenge of the Sith (8/10)

[TracyFlick]

Runner's up: Howl’s Moving Castle, Shopgirl, Proof, Cache, Oliver Twist, 40 Year Old Virgin & The Interpreter

10. War Of The Worlds (Steven Spielberg, 2005) - ****/*****
9. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005) - ****/*****
8. George A. Romero's Land Of The Dead (George A. Romero, 2005) - ****/*****
7. The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jacques Audiard, 2005) - ****/*****
6. Match Point (Woody Allen, 2005) - ****/*****
5. Capote (Bennett Miller, 2005) - ****/*****
4. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004) - *****/*****
3. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai, 2004) - *****/*****
2. A History Of Violence (David Cronenberg, 2005) - *****/*****
1. The New World (Terrence Malick, 2005) - *****/*****

[Snowboy]

1. Crash
2. Sin City
3. King Kong
4. The Chronicles of Narnia
5. Revenge of the Sith
6. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
7. Serenity
8. Kung Fu Hustle
9. The Interpreter
10. Batman Begins

[bigred760]

1- King Kong
-A combination of great action, a heartwarming love story, and great special effects makes for a fantastic remake.

2 - Sin City
-What makes this movie so freakin' awesome is its originality. Its style, look, characters, and true adaptation from the comic book all makes for a kickass time at the movies.

3 - Batman Begins
-This Batman movie is dark, gritty, action packed, and has a great story that keeps kicking and brillantly restartsthe dark knight tale.

4 - Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
-A Star Wars movie that Star Wars fans can be proud of. It brings great light sabre fights, an excellent ending to the Star Wars saga.

5 - Munich
-Spielberg knows how to make every kind of movie imaginable. In this one he brings a modern perspective into a historical tragedy. There's very, very little wrong with this movie from its acting, story, direction, and moral values.

6 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith
-This movie screams popcorn movie baby. From its two gorgeous leads to its fun storyline, this movie is a blast to sit through.

7 - Layer Cake
-I liked this movie just because I liked the British style of filmmaking that's all over the flick. You also see the future James Bond in action as well.

8 - A History of Violence
-What can you expect from a movie with that title? I tell you what: great acting, great story, gritty violence, and a lot of character development.

9 - Walk the Line
-If you like Johnny Cash, you will like this movie. Even if you don't, you'll probably like this movie that isn't so much a biopic, but a love story that resonates through its two lead actors.

10 - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
-Johnny Depp can do no wrong, especially when he's around Tim Burton. The flick offers family fun, a cooky Willy Wonka, and - from what I understand - a truer adaptation to the original material.


Kindred spirits: Crash, Serenity, War of the Worlds, Unleashed, Kung Fu Hustle

[tooeasy]

1. Jarhead
2. Munich
3. Batman Begins
4. Sin City
5. OldBoy
6. Cinderella Man
7. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
8. Crash
9. Brokeback Mountain
10. Syriana


Still need to watch:
The New World
Capote
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Layer Cake
The Squid and The Whale
Thumbsucker
Match Point
Good Night, and Good Luck
Elizabethtown
Millions
Breakfast on Pluto

[blk_flower]

King kong
Me and you and everyone we know
Crash
Batman begins
King kong
Saw 2
Oldboy
the 40 year old virgin
Star wars 3

only 9... just need one more.

[Puck Bond]

My official Top 10 of 2005...and more...
1. King Kong-10/10
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2. Cinderella Man-10/10
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3. Kingdom of Heaven-9/10
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4. Jarhead-9/10
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5. Sin City-9/10
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6. Munich-9/10
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7. Brokeback Mountain-9/10
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8. Elizabethtown-9/10
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9. Walk the Line-9/10
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10. War of the Worlds-9/10
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11. Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith-9/10
12. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe-9/10
13. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire-9/10
14. Syriana-8/10
15. Crash-8/10
16. The New World-8/10
17. Memoirs of a Geisha-8/10
18. Lord of War-8/10
19. The Matador-8/10
20. The Weather Man-8/10
21. Batman Begins-8/10
22. Good Night, and Good Luck.-8/10
23. Casanova-8/10
24. The Producers-8/10
25. The Island-8/10
26. Domino-8/10
27. Mr. & Mrs. Smith-8/10
28. Unleashed-8/10
29. Serenity-8/10
30. House of Wax-8/10
31. The 40 Year-Old Virgin-8/10
32. Wedding Crashers-8/10
33. Corpse Bride-8/10
34. The Constant Gardener-8/10
35. The Interpreter-8/10
36. Hostage-8/10
37. The Great Raid-8/10

Best Director
Ron Howard-Cinderella Man
Peter Jackson-King Kong
Ang Lee-Brokeback Mountain
Ridley Scott-Kingdom of Heaven
Steven Spielberg-Munich

Best Actor
Pierce Brosnan-The Matador
Russell Crowe-Cinderella Man
Heath Ledger-Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix-Walk the Line
David Strathairn-Good Night, Good Luck.

Best Actress
Joan Allen-The Upside of Anger
Charlize Theron-North Country
Naomi Watts-King Kong
Reese Witherspoon-Walk the Line
Ziyi Zhang-Memoirs of a Geisha

Best Supporting Actor
George Clooney-Syriana
Paul Giamatti-Cinderella Man
Jamie Foxx-Jarhead
Jake Gyllenhaal-Brokeback Mountain
Mickey Rourke-Sin City

Best Supporting Actress
Kirsten Dunst-Elizabethtown
Dakota Fanning-War of the Worlds
Shirley MacLaine-In Her Shoes
Rachel Weisz-The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams-Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Screenplay
Cinderella Man
Crash
Elizabethtown
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Adapted Screenplay
Brokeback Mountain
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Munich
Sin City
War of the Worlds

[TheSharpshooter]

1. Sin City
2. King Kong
3. Rent
4. The Devil’s Rejects
5. Murderball
6. Batman Begins
7. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
8. Kung Fu Hustle
9. Crash
10. Hustle and Flow

Best Comedy:
40 Year Old Virgin

[somethingfast]

In no particular order...

1. SHOPGIRL
2. SYRIANA
3. BATMAN BEGINS
4. AN UNFINISHED LIFE
5. FAMILY STONE
6. STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH
7. MADAGASCAR
8. THE BAXTER
9. KING KONG
10. CRASH

[Antonio]

Originally posted by Puck Bond
Jamie Foxx-Jarhead

Not Peter Sarsgaard? Foxx was doing a bad Louis Gossett Jr. impersonation, much like his way overrated, overhyped "dressing up as Ray Charles for Halloween" last year.

[Sh8dy Milkman]

Originally posted by Antonio
Not Peter Sarsgaard? Foxx was doing a bad Louis Gossett Jr. impersonation, much like his way overrated, overhyped "dressing up as Ray Charles for Halloween" last year.

Foxx seems to have become an arrogant asshole since his Oscar, however, it doesn't change the fact that he was born to play that role. I doubt he will ever do anything that significant or watchable again. I must say that Peter Sarsgaard never disapoints though.

[AngelDust06]

Originally posted by Sh8dy Milkman
Foxx seems to have become an arrogant asshole since his Oscar, however, it doesn't change the fact that he was born to play that role. I doubt he will ever do anything that significant or watchable again. I must say that Peter Sarsgaard never disapoints though.

he did with Collateral that same year. Not to mention I thought he was great in Jarhead. Its just a shame I couldnt say the same for Stealth.

[Kucha]

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[10] [MUNICH]

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[09] [CINDERELLA MAN]

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[08] [SAW II]

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[07] [NORTH COUNTRY]

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[06] [PRETTY PERSUASION]

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[05] [PALINDROMES]

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[04] [CRASH]

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[03] [WALK THE LINE]

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[02] [RENT]

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[01] [BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN]

RUNNER UPS:
Mysterious Skin, In Her Shoes, March Of ThePenguins, An Unfinished Life, Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire

[wbgoose13]

1. A History of Violence
2. Capote
3. Sin City
4. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
5. Brokeback Mountain
6. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
7. Batman Begins
8. Oldboy
9. War of the Worlds
10. Munich
11. The Best of Youth
12. The Upside of Anger
13. Kung Fu Hustle
14. Millions
15. Breakfast on Pluto
16. The Aristocrats
17. Match Point
18. Downfall
19. The Devil's Rejects
20. Fever Pitch

[AaronisMe]

1. Sin City
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. Batman Begins
5. the 40 Year Old Virgin
6. the Aristocrats
7.Mr. and Mrs. Smith
8. Jesus is Magic: Sarah Silverman
9. Mysterious Skin
10. A Very Long Engagement

Close but Not quite:
-Syriana
-RENT
-Kung Fu Hustle
-The Brothers Grimm
-Lords of Dogtown

[bankholdup]

1. Crash - easily the year’s best film; thought-provoking, intelligent, and unforgettable. Paul Haggis (who got an Oscar nom writing last year’s best film “Million Dollar Baby”) does the best job of interweaving characters since 1999’s “Magnolia”. Dillon, Howard, Bullock, Cheadle head the brilliant cast.
2. The Squid and the Whale - it seemed overlooked there for a while, until the Golden Globe noms came out. It’s got a chance at some Oscars now, luckily. Laura Linney is my Best Actress, and Jeff Daniels is one of the tops.
3. Brokeback Mountain - the most emotionally involving film since “Mystic River”. Ledger, Gyllenhaal, Williams, and Hathaway go beyond what they have shown before. Ang Lee has Best Director written all over him.
4. Capote - a wonderful film about Truman Capote boasts the best male performance of the year and one of the best supporting males as well. Great chemistry throughout.
5. Broken Flowers - Jim Jarmusch’s offbeat love story with Bill Murray in a subtle, yet playful performance. Rush and Stone give great supporting turns.
6. Jarhead - not sure if I can gloat enough about Gyllenhaal, but he hit’s the nail on the head as an experienced/bored sniped in the Middle East in Sam Mende’s pre-Desert War film. note: Peter Sarsgaard gives a great supporting turn, as well.
7. Match Point - Woody Allen’s return to greatness features enough clever [key word] turns in the last 20 minutes to keep an audience on their toes. His best directorial effort since ‘89’s “Crimes and Misdemeanors”. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers stars as a former tennis pro who falls for a forbidden Scarlett Johansson. I say, give them at least noms, and Allen’s screenplay as well.
8. Grizzly Man - the best documentary in years. Herzog’s chilling film tells the story of a man who cared for and lived with bears…then, along with his girlfriend, was killed by them. Funny and heartbreaking at the same time. It has the honor of having the most disturbing moment in any film of the year.
9. Sin City - visually arresting, this kind of film doesn’t rely on amazing performances, yet still delivers: Bruce Willis, especially (his best since 1994’s “Pulp Fiction”). Best cast of the year.
10. Good Night, and Good Luck - one of the more surprising films of the year, with another great lineup (2005 = best year for great casts in years), with David Strathairn, Downey Jr. and director Clooney shining. This television news drama has the best cinematography of the year.

[Briare Rabbit]

Top 10:
1 Munich
2 Brokeback Mountain
3 The Weather Man
4 Walk the Line
5 Proof
6 Capote
7 Howl's Moving Castle
8 Jarhead
9 In Her Shoes
10 War of the Worlds

Immediate Runners up:
-Stay
-The 40 Year Old Virgin
-Red Eye
-Lord of War
-The Jacket

Bottom 10:
1 Elizabethtown
2 Undiscovered
3 Dark Water
4 Pretty Persuasion
5 Kung Fu Hustle
6 Madagascar
7 The Man
8 North Country
9 The Producers
10 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

[BCRITTS]

So far my list for this year is:

1) Jarhead
2) Batman Begins
3) Star Wars Episode III
4) Sin City
5) Walk the Line
6) Syriana
7) King Kong
8) A History of Violence
9) Crash
10) The 40-Year Old Virgin

[AceD]

10-1 (#1 being my favorite)


10- Hostage
9- Broken Flowers
8- Cinderella Man
7- My Date With Drew
6- Crash
5- Munich
4- Murderball
3- Walk the Line
2- Hustle & Flow
1- Junebug

[Lazy Boy]

Updated

1. War of the Worlds
2. Munich
3. Nine Lives
4. Breakfast on Pluto
5. Junebug
6. Grizzly Man
7. Palindromes
8. King Kong
9. Layer Cake
10. Mysterious Skin

[TylerDurden182]

Updated:

1. King Kong
2. Oldboy
3. Batman Begins
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. Munich
6. Lord Of War
7. Sin City
8. Broken Flowers
9. Grizzly Man
10. Jarhead

Still Need To See:

Match Point, The New World

[Clinty27]

Here my top 10

1- King Kong
2- Batman: Begins
3- Oldboy
4- C.R.A.Z.Y. (French Canadian movie)
5- Domino
6- Crash
7- Cinderella man
8- Haute tension
9- Kiss kiss, bang bang
10- Sin city

[moviegeek1987]

10. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
9. War of the Worlds
8. Lord of War
7. Sin City
6. Broken Flowers
5. Capote
4. Brokeback Mountain
3. King Kong
2. Munich
1. A History of Violence

[morricone]

01. Grizzly Man
02. Capote
03. Broken Flowers
04. A History of Violence
05. Syriana
06. Munich
07. Shopgirl
08. The Constant Gardener
09. Junebug
10. Murderball

[Tayzlor]

01. Grizzly Man
02. Capote
03. Brokeback Mountain
04. Broken Flowers
05. Nobody Knows
06. Munich
07. Kings and Queen
08. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
09. Last Days
10. Syriana

[Katsumoto]

01. The New World
02. Capote
03. Batman Begins
04. King Kong
05. A History Of Violence
06. Jarhead
07. Mysterious Skin
08. Brokeback Mountain
09. The Squid and the Whale
10. Crash

[TylerDurden182]

Updated:

1. King Kong
2. Oldboy
3. The New World
4. Match Point
5. Brokeback Mountain
6. Batman Begins
7. Munich
8. Lord Of War
9. Grizzly Man
10. Sin City

[yossarian13]

1. Munich
2. Match Point
3. Capote
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. A History of Violence
6. Syriana
7. Batman Begins
8. Broken Flowers
9. Walk the Line
10. Crash

[Lazy Boy]

Final Update

1. War of the Worlds
2. Munich
3. The New World
4. Breakfast on Pluto
5. Junebug
6. Grizzly Man
7. Palindromes
8. King Kong
9. Layer Cake
10. Mysterious Skin

[Pulp_Joker]

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Good Night, And Good Luck
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Junebug
5. Syriana
6. Match Point
7. The Squid and the Whale
8. Capote
9. Broken Flowers
10. Crash

[FerrellFan911]

Nick's Top 10 Movies of the Year*

1) Crash

2) King Kong

3) A History of Violence

4) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

5) Grizzly Man

6) Batman Begins

7) Cinderella Man

8) Munich

9) North Country

10) Capote


* I have seen 93 releases this year.

[at528]

1) Batman Begins
2) Munich
3) King Kong
4) Sin City
5) Syriana
6) The Constant Gardner
7) The 40 Year Old Virgin
8) Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
9) Junebug
10) Crash

[morricone]

Updated List:

01. Grizzly Man
02. The New World
03. Capote
04. Broken Flowers
05. A History of Violence
06. Syriana
07. Munich
08. Shopgirl
09. The Constant Gardener
10. Junebug

[Badbird]

1 - Chronicles of Narnia
2 - Serenity
3 - Stealth
4 - Zathura
5 - Exorcism of Emily Rose
6 - The 40 Year Old Virgin
7 - Legend of Zorro
8 - Mr. & Mrs. Smith
9 - The Island
10 - Batman Begins

Honerable Mentions:

War of the Worlds
Crash
Kingdom of Heaven
Happy Endings
Brokeback Mountain

[Savage Henry]

1. King Kong
2. Grizzly Man
3. Oldboy
4. Broken Flowers
5. Sin City
6. Junebug
7. Batman Begins
8. Kung Fu Hustle
9. Murderball
10. A History of Violence

I still need to see Munich, The Squid and the Whale, Brokeback Mountain and probably some more... chances are Ill end up catching those on dvd.

[Gian-Sergio]

1.Munich
2.Downfall
3.The Constant Gardener
4.King Kong
5.Brokeback Mountain
6.Crash
7.Sin City
8.The 40 Year Old Virgin
9TIE.Unleashed & Grizzy Man
10.Land of the Dead

Honorable Mentions: Syriana, Walk The Line, A History Of Violence, The Devil's Rejects, Kung Fu Hustle, War of the Worlds, Batman Begins, and Lord Of War

Films I missed and should have seen:
2046, The Best Of Youth, No Direction Home:Bob Dylan, Mysterious Skin, Capote, Hustle and Flow, Murderball, Matchpoint, Broken Flowers, and Ehron:The Smartest Guys In The Room

[Raoul Duke]

1. The Squid and the Whale

2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

3. Crash

4. Sin City

5. The 40 Year Old Virgin

6. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

7. Capote

8. Walk the Line

9. Good Night, and Good Luck

10. Munich

Honorable mentions: Wedding Crashers, Batman Begins, Jarhead, Oldboy, A History of Violence

[TheLoveBelow]

1) Crash 10/10
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2) Walk the Line 10/10
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3) King Kong 9.5/10
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4) Cinderella Man 9.5/10
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5) Hustle and Flow 9/10
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6) The 40 Year Old Virgin 9/10
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7) High Tension 9/10
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8) Batman Begins 9/10
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9) Red Eye 7/10
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10) House of Wax 7/10
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[Fergus]

Short Version:

1. "Mysterious Skin"
2. "Millions"
3. "Crash"
4. "Munich"
5. "Sin City"
6. "Batman Begins"
7. "Howl's Moving Castle"
8. "Grizzly Man"
9. "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"
10. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" & "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" (tie)


Runners up: Thumbsucker, Wallace & Gromit, Lord of War, The Constant Gardener, Downfall, Tarnation, Kung-Fu Hustle, A History of Violence, Star Wars III, War of the Worlds, Duma, Brokeback Mountain, Match Point, Me You and Everyone We Know, In Her Shoes, Good Night and Good Luck, The Family Stone, High Tension, The Producers, The Weather Man.

Extended Version:

"Mysterious Skin" - Araki, not an amazing director, manages to create one of the most raw and haunting films I've ever seen. Levitt's performance is shockingly good.

"Millions" - Danny Boyle always has something good to offer. A fantasy drama that is endlessly imaginative, good-natured and kept me smiling.

"Crash" - Most surprising film of the year came like a punch in the gut. A few very memorable scenes highlight this unforgettable movie. Favorite: the major car wreck---ooh, chilling.

"Munich" - A powerful political statement is suspenseful, thought-provoking and will incite much conversation.

"Sin City" - It may be largely digital, but this action-packed and beautifully rendered adaptation of graphic novels comes to life in a way that will spawn imitators, as it has set quite a standard.

"Batman Begins" - The single best Batman movie I've sat through, BUT there are so many things I like about Burton's two films that Begins could never rival. This has its many positive sides that Burton missed about Batman, and I like that.

"Howl's Moving Castle" - Miyazaki, the great master of animation shows once again how to make an endearing and beautiful animated film, amongst the sea of digital crap (except Pixar) we've been getting every year. John Lasseter took a lesson from Miyazaki, maybe Disney should try to do the same, because at this rate, they aren't getting out of the hole they've dug for themselves.

"Grizzly Man" - This is one remarkable experience about a man killed by his passion, the thing that packs a whallop is that he didn't mind a bit. Fascinating experience that could've been frightening had Herzog left in the actual audio from the attack, but I respect his direction plus he end the ordeal beautifully.

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - Hated by many a moviegoer, but its no fluke, I've watched this a few times and I'm put in an uncontrollable fit of laughter.

"The 40 Year-Old Virgin" - The second and last great comedy of the year. Carell's performance takes this film up a notch. Its rare that I actually care about a character in a comedy and still laugh really hard.

"Thumbsucker" - Not well loved, but I found it quite moving. I can let go the fact it borrows some style from earlier indie's. It's really the story and performances that I care about. And whoa, I thought I'd never witness Keanu Reeves deliver a good performance.

Strangely, the first down year in box office in 20 years was a fantastic year in film. There's a crapload of memorable runners up. I'm in shock.

NOTE: OldBoy would be my top film since they released it in the states in 2005 but its on my 2004 list since I saw it that year.

[FilmKing2000]

UPDATED:

1. Munich
2. King Kong
3. Crash
4. Batman Begins
5. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
6. The 40 Year Old Virgin
7. Walk the Line
8. Lord of War
9. The Constant Gardener
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

[TylerDurden182]

Most Likely Final List:

TOP 10

1. Oldboy
2. King Kong
3. The New World
4. Match Point
5. Munich
6. Batman Begins
7. Lord of War
8. 2046
9. Sin City
10. Brokeback Mountain

[Sigur509]

Crash
Sin City
King Kong
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
The 40 Year Old Virgin
Broken Flowers
Oldboy
Batman Begins
Walk the Line




This will be updated more and more. And More.

[AngelDust06]

My Final List:

1. King Kong
2. Crash
3. Capote
4. Munich
5. Sin City
6. Batman Begins
7. Cinderella Man
8. 40 Yr. Old Virgin
9. Broken Flowers
10. History of Violence

[Briare Rabbit]

Most likely the final list. I can't see Transamerica or Nine Lives making it on here, with a tiny bit of commentary for each choice.

Extensive Honorable Mentions:
Crash, War of the Worlds, In Her Shoes, The Ice Harvest, Red Eye, Stay, The Jacket, Lord of War, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Batman Begins, The Squid and the Whale, Broken Flowers, Bad News Bears, Shopgirl, A History of Violence

Top 10:
10 HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE
9 JARHEAD
8 MATCH POINT
7 CAPOTE
6 PROOF
5 THE NEW WORLD
4 WALK THE LINE
3 THE WEATHER MAN
2 BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
1 MUNICH

[screamer581]

1.Brokeback Mountain-9/10
2.Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith-8.5/10
3 Good Night, And Good Luck-8.5/10
4.Grizzly Man-8.5/10
5.Sin City-8/10
6.Murderball-8/10
7.The 40 Year Old Virgin-8/10
8.King Kong-8/10
9.Broken Flowers-8/10
10.War Of The Worlds-8/10


Still have a lot to see though.

[APzombie]

http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub/edt/ill/2006/01/24/h_3_ill_734195_munich_spielberg_2401_1.jpg
1. Munich
2. The Squid and the Whale
3. Crash
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. Batman Begins
6. War of the Worlds
7. Grizzly Man
8. Good Night, and Good Luck
9. Sin City
10. Junebug

[Strider]

http://movies.go.com/i/movies/643527/gallery/crash_2.jpg

01. "Crash"

02. "Good Night, And Good Luck"

03. "The New World"

04. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith"

05. "Batman Begins"

06. "Sin City"

07. "Downfall"

08. "Oldboy"

09. "The Constant Gardener"

10. "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada"

Honorable Mentions
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Broken Flowers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Grizzly Man
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Hustle & Flow
King Kong
Kung Fu Hustle
The Matador
Match Point
Munich
Pride & Prejudice
Serenity
Walk the Line

NOTE: Although there are several 2005 films I haven't seen yet, my Top 10 list is final. I will wait for and see the 2005 films I missed on DVD. Since I only count the films I see in theaters, none of the missed 2005 films will make it on my list, no matter how good, great, brilliant, or magnificent they may be. I've only broken my rule once, for the 2000 film season, but I've promised myself that I will never do it again.

Strider

[Mr. Mojo Risin']

01. Sin City
02. Batman Begins
03. Walk the Line
04. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
05. Lord of War
06. Wedding Crashers
07. King Kong
08. Cinderella Man
09. The 40 Year Old Virgin
10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I didn't get to see very many this year. Could change soon.

[shawn-o]

1. Sin City

2. Syriana

3. King Kong

4. Crash

5. Walk The Line

6. Lord of War

7. A History of Violence

8. Batman Begins

9. Oldboy

10. Wedding Crashers




I saw a good 125 or so movies this year, but i missed alot of the big ones at the end of the year like....Munich, The New World, Match Point, Capote...so i dont know it could change.

[Katsumoto]

* Haven't seen The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada & Munich, those are the two that I think I can have a impact on the list, but other then that, this is the final. *

Honorable Mention: 2046, Broken Flowers, Cinderella Man, Corpse Bride, The Devil's Rejects, Downfall, The Family Stone, Grizzly Man, Heights, Hustle & Flow, The Interpreter, Junebug, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Kung Fu Hustle, Layer Cake, Lord Of War, Match Point, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Mr. And Mrs. Smith, Proof, Sky High, Shopgirl, Thumbsucker, The Upside Of Anger, Wallace & Gromit In The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit, The Weatherman, Wedding Crashers & Zathura

Top 20

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20. Good Night, And Good Luck

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19. The Matador

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18. Fever Pitch

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17. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

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16. Syriana

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15. Sin City

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14. Murderball

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13. The Constant Gardener

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12. Crash

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11. The Squid And The Whale

[Katsumoto]

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/the_40_year_old_virgin/_group_photos/catherine_keener1.jpg
10. The 40 Year Old Virgin

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9. Brokeback Mountain

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8. Mysterious Skin

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7. Jarhead

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6. A History Of Violence

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5. King Kong

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4. Batman Begins

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3. Capote

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2. The New World

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1. The Best Of Youth

[FilmKing2000]

1. Munich
2. King Kong
3. Crash
4. Batman Begins
5. Star Wars - Episode III : Revenge of the Sith
6. The 40-Year Old Virgin
7. The Squid and the Whale
8. Capote
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10. The Constant Gardener


Still Need to See:

Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
Jarhead
A History of Violence

[TylerDurden182]

10. Sin City
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/2f/b8/ac2978311e13d9814421e034245044bb.jpg

9. Crash
http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/dvd/crash-4-large.jpg

8. Brokeback Mountain
http://v9.indiewire.com/ots/brokeback.jpg

7. Munich
http://www.filmtotaal.nl/images/newscontent/edc82fd.jpg

6. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
http://movies.themoviebox.net/images/threeburials/main.jpg

5. Match Point
http://www.scarlett-france.com/images/news/80/match%20point2.jpg

4. Batman Begins
http://bilder.filmstarts.de/verzeichnis/film/filme/b/batman.begins/BatmanBegins31.jpg

3. King Kong
http://cache.kotaku.com/gaming/King%20Kong%202005%201.jpg

2. The New World
http://images.allmoviephoto.com/2005_The_New_World/2005_the_new_world_001.jpg

1. Oldboy
http://indyfilmfest.org/oldboy.jpg

[Pulp_Joker]

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Good Night, And Good Luck
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Junebug
5. Syriana
6. Match Point
7. The Constant Gardner
8. Capote
9. The Squid and the Whale
10. Crash

Still need to see Munich, Three Burials, and AHOV.

[ilovemovies]

While I still haven't seen everything, I think I can call this my final top 10 (if I'm wrong then I will edit this post).

So, my final top 10 movies of 2005:

10. The Jacket
9. Aeon Flux
8. Proof
7. North Country
6. The Family Stone
5. Batman Begins
4. Walk the Line
3. Munich
2. Crash
1. Cinderella Man

Runners-up: The Interpreter, Syriana, Elizabethtown, King Kong, Sin City, The Wedding Crashers, Me and You and Everyone We Know, The Great Raid, The Skeleton Key, Kingdom of Heaven and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.


Bottom 10:

1. Alone in the Dark
2. The Aristocrats
3. Lords of Dogtown
4. The New World
5. Chicken Little
6. Corpse Bride
7. The Fog
8. The Amityville Horror
9. The Devil's Rejects
10. High Tension

Dishonorable mention: Transporter 2, Underclassman, Monster in Law, The Brothers Grimm, Madagascar.

[max]

Top Ten

1. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2. JUNEBUG
3. PARADISE NOW
4. THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN
5. A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
6. THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
7. THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA
8. MARCH OF THE PENQUINS
9. MYSTERIOUS SKIN
10. DOWNFALL

Runners-up - SYRIANA, WALK ON WATER, BATMAN BEGINS, WALK THE LINE, CAPOTE, OR, HEAD ON, ENRON, FEVER PITCH, THE CONSTANT GARDENER, THE UPSIDE OF ANGER

Bottom Ten

1. CRASH
2. ELIZABETHTOWN
3. THE LIBERTINE
4. THE PRODUCERS
5. MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
6. THE CHUMSCRUBBER
7. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY
8. RENT
9. NORTH COUNTRY
10. KING KONG

[zeppelin]

Final top 10:

1. Match Point
2. Batman Begins
3. King Kong
4. Sin City
5. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
6. Hustle & Flow
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
9. Grizzly Man
10. The Squid and the Whale

Honorable mentions: Me and You and Everyone We Know, Cinderella Man, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

[FilmKing2000]

1. Munich
2. Capote
3. King Kong
4. Crash
5. Batman Begins
6. Jarhead
7. The Constant Gardener
8. The 40-Year Old Virgin
9. Walk the Line
10. Star Wars Episode III : Revenge of the Sith

[blankpage]

Still Missing: Syriana, The New World, Match Point

If they make an impact on the list, I'll change it.


10. A History of Violence
9. The 40 Year Old Virgin
8. Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
7. War of the Worlds
6. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
5. Capote
4. Sin City
3. King Kong
2. Good Night, and Good Luck
1. Munich

[dennisv]

10. Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith
9. King Kong
8. Batman Begins
7. Sin City
6. Munich
5. The Matador
4. Good Night and Good Luck
3. Capote
2. Cinderella Man
1. Crash

[FilmKing2000]

OFFICIAL

10. The Squid and the Whale
9. The 40-Year Old Virgin
8. Walk the Line
7. Star Wars Episode III : Revenge of the Sith
6. Jarhead
5. Batman Begins
4. Crash
3. Capote
2. King Kong
1. Munich

[jimmyjdmb]

1- Syriana - 9.5/10
2- Munich - 9/10
3- Sin City - 9/10
4- Oldboy - 9/10
5- Downfall - 9/10
6- Proof - 8.5/10
7- Batman Begins - 8.5/10
8- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - 8.5/10
9- Crash - 8.5/10
10- Cinderella Man - 8.5/10

...
11- High Tension
12- Walk The Line
13- Good Night, and Good Luck.
14- Jarhead
15- Nine Lives
16- Broken Flowers
17- The Constant Gardener
18- The Squid and the Whale
19- Kung Fu Hustle
20- The Interpreter

-61 movies seen so far. Still need to see: The New World, Match Point, Shopgirl, Mysterious Skin, The Matador, The Best of Youth, The Three Burials of Melguidas Estrada, Me and You and Everyone We Know, The Upside of Anger, Junebug, The Producers, Murderball, Enron, The Devil's Rejects, No Direction Home, 2046, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Breakfast on Pluto, March of the Penguins...

[FilmKing2000]

FINAL LIST

Runner-Ups: Jarhead, Sin City, Lord of War, Good Night and Good Luck, Syriana, Chronicles of Narnia, War of the Worlds


10. The 40-Year Old Virgin
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_pictures/the_40_year_old_virgin/steve_carell/virgin3.jpg

9. The Squid and the Whale
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8. Walk the Line
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7. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
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6. Crash
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5. Batman Begins
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4. Capote
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3. King Kong
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2. The New World
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/new_line_cinema/the_new_world/colin_farrell/thenewworld1.jpg

1. Munich
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[vincent2]

anyone who put broken flowers should get disqualified

the best was syriana

[Bourne101]

Jarhead
Wedding Crashers
Crash
Sin City
Batman Begins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Saw II
Coach Carter
Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith
Munich
A History of Violence
King Kong



In no particular order. These were the best that I've seen of 2005, if I missed a movie that was amazing in your opinion, it probably means I didn't see it, like Capote. I would say Brokeback Mountain but it did make me feel a little uneasy and uncomportable when I saw it considering I was probably the only person under 18 in the theatre. I had to put 12 because I couldn't decide on 9 and 10.

[damien22]

1. Jarhead 10/10
2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 10/10
3. Batman Begins 9/10
4. Coach Carter 9/10
5. Walk the Line 8/10
6. King Kong 8/10
7. War of the Worlds 8/10
8. Cinderella Man 8/10


Those are the only three I really liked. I think 40 Year Old Virgin is really overrated, Harry Potter 4 was too short, Chronicles of Narnia Suckedand I still need to see Munich, Syriana, Capote, Crash, Brokeback Mountain, The Squid & the Whale, A History of Violence, Sin City, Wedding Crashers, The New World, Match Point, Saw II (along with Saw), Broken Flowers, and more.