Best Picture:
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Mysterious Skin
The New World
Pride & Prejudice
HONORABLE MENTION: Downfall, Good Night and Good Luck, Match Point, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Grizzly Man, Cache, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Munich, Broken Flowers, Millions, The Constant Gardener
Best Director:
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Downfall
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Terrence Malick, The New World
Bennett Miller, Capote
Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice
HONORABLE MENTION: Woody Allen, Match Point; Gregg Araki, Mysterious Skin; Danny Boyle, Millions; George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck; Michael Haneke, Cache; Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man; Jim Jarmusch, Broken Flowers; Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada; Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know; Fernando Meirelles, The Constant Gardener; Steven Spielberg, Munich
Best Actor:
Bruno Ganz, Downfall
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Tommy Lee Jones, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Heath Ledger, Brokeback Mountain
HONORABLE MENTION: Daniel Auteuil, Cache; Nicolas Cage, The Weather Man; Steve Carell, The 40 Year-Old Virgin; Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man; Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale; Romain Duris, The Beat That My Heart Skipped; Ralph Fiennes, The Constant Gardener; Terrence Howard, Hustle & Flow; Tony Leung, 2046; Matthew Macfadyen, Pride & Prejudice; Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence; Bill Murray, Broken Flowers; Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line; David Strathairn, Good Night and Good Luck
Best Actress:
Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger
Juliette Binoche, Cache
Claire Danes, Shopgirl
Keira Knightley, Pride & Prejudice
Reese Witherspoon, Walk the Line
HONORABLE MENTION: Toni Collette, In Her Shoes; Rosario Dawson, Rent; Judi Dench, Mrs. Henderson Presents; Felicity Huffman, Transamerica; Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know; Q’orianka Kilcher, The New World; Lisa Kudrow, Happy Endings; Radha Mitchell, Melinda and Melinda; Gwyneth Paltrow, Proof; Charlize Theron, North Country; Naomi Watts, King Kong
Best Supporting Actor:
Brady Corbet, Mysterious Skin
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Terrence Howard, Crash
Mickey Rourke, Sin City
Donald Sutherland, Pride & Prejudice
HONORABLE MENTION: Gary Beach, The Producers; George Clooney, Syriana; Clifton Collins Jr., Capote; Kevin Costner, The Upside of Anger; Bob Hoskins, Mrs. Henderson Presents; Owen Kline, The Squid and the Whale; Jesse L. Martin, Rent; Clive Owen, Sin City; Barry Pepper, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada; Peter Sarsgaard, Jarhead; Alexander Siddig, Syriana; Jeffrey Wright, Syriana
Best Supporting Actress:
Amy Adams, Junebug
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Happy Endings
Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale
Rachel Weisz, The Constant Gardener
Michelle Williams, Brokeback Mountain
HONORABLE MENTION: Maria Bello, A History of Violence; Anne Hathaway, Brokeback Mountain; Taraji P. Henson, Hustle & Flow; Scarlett Johansson, Match Point; Diane Keaton, The Family Stone; Catherine Keener, Capote; Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha; Shirley MacLaine, In Her Shoes; Rachel McAdams, The Family Stone; Frances McDormand, North Country; Idina Menzel, Rent; Thandie Newton, Crash; Rosamund Pike, Pride & Prejudice; Tracie Thoms, Rent; Faye Wong, 2046; Zhang Ziyi, 2046
Best Original Screenplay
Broken Flowers – Jim Jarmusch
Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney & Grant Heslov
Match Point – Woody Allen
Me and You and Everyone We Know – Miranda July
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada – Guillermo Arriaga
HONORABLE MENTION: Cache, Cinderella Man, The Family Stone, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Happy Endings, Hustle & Flow, Junebug, Millions, The New World, Nine Lives, The Squid and the Whale, Syriana
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
Capote – Dan Futterman
Downfall – Bernd Eichinger
Mysterious Skin – Gregg Araki
Pride & Prejudice – Deborah Moggach
HONORABLE MENTION: The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence, Munich, Proof, Serenity, Shopgirl, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Ensemble:
Brokeback Mountain
The Family Stone
Good Night, and Good Luck
Nine Lives
Syriana
HONORABLE MENTION: Broken Flowers, Crash, Downfall, Happy Endings, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hustle & Flow, Junebug, Match Point, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Munich, Mysterious Skin, Pride & Prejudice, Rent, Sin City
Best Limited Performance – Male:
Paddy Considine, Cinderella Man
Christopher Guest, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Levon Helm, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
William Hurt, A History of Violence
Jason Isaacs, Nine Lives
HONORABLE MENTION: Chris Cooper, Jarhead; Ralph Fiennes, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Rupert Friend, Pride & Prejudice; Rutger Hauer, Sin City; Michael Lonsdale, Munich; Bill Nighy, The Constant Gardener; Bill Sage, Mysterious Skin; Ray Wise, Good Night and Good Luck
Best Limited Performance – Female:
Lynn Cohen, Munich
Judi Dench, Pride & Prejudice
Corinna Harfouch, Downfall
Jane Hogarth, Millions
Robin Wright Penn, Nine Lives
HONORABLE MENTION: Anna Faris, Brokeback Mountain; Annie Girardot, Cache; Carla Gugino, Sin City; Lisa Gay Hamilton, Nine Lives; Holly Hunter, Nine Lives; Gong Li, 2046; Roberta Maxwell, Brokeback Mountain; Sarah Paulson, Serenity; Miranda Richardson, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Chloe Sevigny, Broken Flowers
Breakthrough Performance:
Alex Etel, Millions
Miranda July, Me and You and Everyone We Know
Q’orianka Kilcher, The New World
Owen Kline, The Squid and the Whale
Tracie Thoms, Rent
HONORABLE MENTION: Georgie Henley, The Chronicles of Narnia; Ashton Holmes, A History of Violence; Michelle Monaghan, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang; William Moseley, The Chronicles of Narnia; Brandon Ratcliff, Me and You and Everyone We Know; Kelly Reilly, Mrs. Henderson Presents
Best Film Editing:
Brokeback Mountain – Geraldine Peroni & Dylan Tichenor
Match Point – Alisa Lepselter
Mysterious Skin – Gregg Araki
The New World – Richard Chew, Hank Corwin, Saar Klein & Mark Yoshikawa
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada – Roberto Silvi
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, Cache, Capote, Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardener, Downfall, Good Night and Good Luck, Grizzly Man, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hustle & Flow, King Kong, Munich, Pride & Prejudice, Red Eye, Serenity, Sin City, Syriana, 2046
Best Cinematography:
Brokeback Mountain – Rodrigo Prieto
The Constant Gardener – Cesar Charlone
Good Night, and Good Luck – Robert Elswit
Munich – Janusz Kaminski
The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, Cache, Capote, Downfall, Jarhead, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Millions, Nine Lives, Oldboy, Pride & Prejudice, Sin City, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, 2046
Best Original Score:
Brokeback Mountain – Gustavo Santaolalla
Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams
The New World – James Horner
Pride & Prejudice – Dario Marianelli
Syriana – Alexandre Desplat
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, The Chronicles of Narnia, Cinderella Man, The Constant Gardener, Corpse Bride, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Munich, Sin City, 2046, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Original Song:
Brokeback Mountain – “A Love That Will Never Grow Old” – Gustavo Santaolalla & Bernie Taupin
Corpse Bride – “Tears to Shed” – John August & Danny Elfman
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish” – Christopher Austin, Garth Jennings & Joby Talbot
Hustle & Flow – “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” – Paul Beauregard, Cedric Coleman & Jordan Houston
Transamerica – “Travelin’ Thru” – Dolly Parton
HONORABLE MENTION: The Chronicles of Narnia – “Can’t Take It In”; The Chronicles of Narnia – “Wunderkind”; Corpse Bride – “Remains of the Day”; Elizabethtown – “Same in Any Language”; Howl’s Moving Castle – “The Merry-Go-Round of Life”; Hustle & Flow – “Hustle & Flow (It Ain’t Over)”; Rent – “Love Heals”
Best Art Direction:
Good Night, and Good Luck – James D. Bissell & Jan Pascale
King Kong – Simon Bright, Dan Hennah & Grant Major
Mrs. Henderson Presents – Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski, Claudia Parker & Robert Wischhusen-Hayes
Pride & Prejudice – Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer
2046 – William Chang & Alfred Yau
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Chronicles of Narnia, Cinderella Man, Downfall, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Memoirs of a Geisha, Munich, The New World, Serenity, Sin City, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Costume Design:
Cinderella Man – Daniel Orlando
Memoirs of a Geisha – Colleen Atwood
Mrs. Henderson Presents – Sandy Powell
The New World – Jacqueline West
Pride & Prejudice – Jacqueline Durran
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Chronicles of Narnia, Downfall, Good Night and Good Luck, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, King Kong, Munich, Serenity, Sin City, 2046, Walk the Line
Best Makeup:
Capote
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The New World
Sin City
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Cinderella Man, King Kong, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Pride & Prejudice, Rent, Serenity, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 2046
Best Sound Mixing:
Good Night, and Good Luck
King Kong
Rent
Serenity
Walk the Line
HONORABLE MENTION: Batman Begins, Brokeback Mountain, The Chronicles of Narnia, Cinderella Man, Corpse Bride, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Hustle & Flow, Jarhead, Munich, The New World, Oldboy, The Producers, Red Eye, Sin City, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 2046, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, War of the Worlds
Best Sound Editing:
Batman Begins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Munich
Serenity
HONORABLE MENTION: The Chronicles of Narnia, Corpse Bride, Downfall, Jarhead, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Oldboy, Red Eye, Sin City, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, War of the Worlds
Best Visual Effects:
Batman Begins
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong
Serenity
War of the Worlds
HONORABLE MENTION: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Chronicles of Narnia, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Sin City, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Best Foreign Film:
The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Jacques Audiard
Cache – Michael Haneke
Downfall – Oliver Hirschbiegel
Oldboy – Park Chan-wook
2046 – Wong Kar-Wai
HONORABLE MENTION: Howl’s Moving Castle
Best Documentary:
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room – Alex Gibney
Grizzly Man – Werner Herzog
Mad Hot Ballroom – Marilyn Agrelo
Murderball – Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro
Twist of Faith – Kirby Dick
HONORABLE MENTION: March of the Penguins, Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Best Animated Film:
Corpse Bride – Tim Burton & Mike Johnson
Howl’s Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – Steve Box & Nick Park
HONORABLE MENTION: Chicken Little, Robots
Every 2005 Film I’ve Seen: Ranked
