2005 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 2005. Top 30 & many honorables. Also a "Best in Film" ballot for select categories of 2005. Here's the countdown:






30.      WAR OF THE WORLDS

29.       THE WHITE DIAMOND

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-tie- 29.      GRIZZLY MAN

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28.            THE INTRUDER

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27.          THROW DOWN

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26.        TURTLES CAN FLY

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25.              MINDGAME

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24.                   2046

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23.             THE WORLD

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22.                ROBOTS

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21.              LAST DAYS

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20.

THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE

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19.        SURVIVE STYLE 5+

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            WALLACE & GROMIT: 
18. CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

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17.                  CACHÉ

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16.        MYSTERIOUS SKIN

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    THE CENTURY OF THE SELF

15.      [Roadshow version]

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14.           CAFE LUMIERE

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13.  THE SQUID AND THE WHALE

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12.          KUNG FU HUSTLE

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11.      DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE

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10.          KINGS & QUEEN

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9.     HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE

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            THE BEST OF YOUTH

8.   [Theatrical cut version]

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7.                   MUNICH

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6.                    PULSE

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5.         TROPICAL MALADY

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4.     A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

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3.           NOBODY KNOWS

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2.       MEMORIES OF MURDER

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1.          THE NEW WORLD

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ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.
(the other titles from '05 I loved that could've placed)

DUELIST 형사

PRIDE & PREJUDICE

JUNEBUG

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THE BEAT

THAT MY HEART SKIPPED

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THE MEANING OF LIFE

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TONY TAKITANI

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WOLF CREEK

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HAZE

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THE GOODTIMESKID

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MUTUAL APPRECIATION

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THE DEVIL'S REJECTS

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CRIMEN FERPECTO

 
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FORTY SHADES OF BLUE

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THE THREE BURIALS OF 

MELQUIADES ESTRADA

 
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KONTROLL

 
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LAND OF THE DEAD

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FUNKY FOREST: 

THE FIRST CONTACT

 

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RUBBER JOHNNY

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OR: MY TREASURE

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RED EYE

 
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KING KONG

 
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VITAL

  
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THE HOLY GIRL

 
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I AM A SEX ADDICT

 
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BOB DYLAN:

NO DIRECTION HOME

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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

 
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KABALA

 
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BROKEN FLOWERS

 
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THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

 
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HEAD-ON

 
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3-IRON

 
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SIN CITY

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THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON

 
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SERENITY

 
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9 [Short]

 
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DUMA

 
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INNOCENCE

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THE FEARLESS FREAKS

 
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SKY HIGH

 
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KEANE

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SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: 
THE JOURNEY OF ROMEO DALLAIRE

 

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ME AND YOU
AND EVERYONE WE KNOW

 
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SIX SHOOTER

 
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FEVER PITCH

 
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CORPSE BRIDE

 
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LILA SAYS

 
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SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES

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FUNNY HA HA

 

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BULLET BALLET

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S.P.L. [KILL ZONE]

 

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GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK

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MILLIONS

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THE ICE HARVEST

 

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SARABAND

 

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THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN

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ZATHURA: 
A SPACE ADVENTURE

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BATMAN BEGINS

 
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HUSTLE & FLOW

.49 UP

 
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MURDERBALL

 
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CAPOTE

 
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A NOTE OF TRIUMPH:
 THE GOLDEN AGE OF NORMAN CORWIN

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JARHEAD

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RIZE

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MATCH POINT

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LE COULOIR

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JACK-JACK ATTACK

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2005 recap
TOP 30

1. THE NEW WORLD (Malick)
2. MEMORIES OF MURDER (Bong Joon-ho)
3. NOBODY KNOWS (Hirokazu Koreeda)
4. HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (Cronenberg)
5. TROPICAL MALADY (Weerasethakul)
6. KAIRO (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
7. MUNICH (Spielberg)
8. BEST OF YOUTH (M.Tullio Giordana)
9. HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Miyazaki)
10. KINGS & QUEEN (Desplechin)
11. DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE (Sauper)
12. KUNG FU HUSTLE (Chow)
13. SQUID & THE WHALE (Baumbach)
14. CAFE LUMIERE (Hsiao-hsien)
15. CENTURY OF THE SELF: Theatrical (Adam Curtis)
16. MYSTERIOUS SKIN (Araki)
17. CACHE (Haneke)
18. CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (Nick Park)
19. SURVIVE STYLE 5+ (Gen Sekiguchi)
20. CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE (Sorrentino)
21. LAST DAYS (Van Sant)
22. ROBOTS (Wedge,Saldanha)
23. THE WORLD (Jia Zhangke)
24. 2046 (Wong Kar-Wai)
25. MIND GAME (Masaaki Yuasa)
26. TURTLES CAN FLY (Ghobadi)
27. THROW DOWN (To)
28. THE INTRUDER (Claire Denis)
29. GRIZZLY MAN (Herzog)                                                             -tie- WHITE DIAMOND (Herzog)
30. WAR OF THE WORLDS (Spielberg) 

RUNNER-UP:
DUELIST (Lee Myung-se), PRIDE & PREJUDICE (Joe Wright), JUNEBUG (Phil Morrison), THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (Audiard), THE MEANING OF LIFE (Hertzfeldt), TONY TAKITANI (Jun Ichikawa), WOLF CREEK (McLean), HAZE (Tsukamoto), THE GOODTIMESKID (A.Jacobs), MUTUAL APPRECIATION (Bujalski), DEVIL'S REJECTS (Zombie), CRIMEN FERPECTO (de la Iglesia), FORTY SHADES OF BLUE (Ira Sachs), 3 BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (T.Lee Jones), KONTROLL (Antal), LAND OF THE DEAD (Romero), FUNKY FOREST (Katsuhito Ishii), RUBBER JOHNNY (C.Cunningham), OR: MY TREASURE (Keren Yedaya), RED EYE (Craven), KING KONG (P.Jackson), VITAL (Tsukamoto), THE HOLY GIRL (Lucrecia Martel), I AM A SEX ADDICT (Zahedi), NO DIRECTION HOME (Scorsese), BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Ang Lee), KABALA (Assane Kouyaté), BROKEN FLOWERS (Jarmusch), THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY (H.Petter Moland), HEAD-ON (Akin), 3-IRON (Kim ki-duk), SIN CITY (Rodriguez), FAR SIDE OF THE MOON (Lepage), SERENITY (Whedon), 9 short (Acker), DUMA (Ballard), INNOCENCE (Hadzihalilovic), FEARLESS FREAKS (Beesley), SKY HIGH (Mitchell), KEANE (Kerrigan), SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL (Raymont), ME & YOU & EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July), SIX SHOOTER (McDonagh), FEVER PITCH (Farrelly Bros.), CORPSE BRIDE (Burton), LILA SAYS (Doueiri), SCHULTZE GETS THE BLUES (Schorr), FUNNY HA HA (Bujalski), BULLET BALLET (Tsukamoto), KILLZONE S.P.L. (Wilson Yip), GOOD NIGHT & GOOD LUCK (Clooney), MILLIONS (Boyle), THE ICE HARVEST (Ramis), SARABAND (Bergman), 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN (Apatow), ZATHURA (Favreau), BATMAN BEGINS (Nolan), HUSTLE & FLOW (Brewer), 49 UP (Apted), MURDERBALL (H.Alex Rubin), CAPOTE (B.Miller), NOTE OF TRIUMPH (Eric Simonson), JARHEAD (Mendes), RIZE (LaChapelle), MATCH POINT (Allen), LE COULOIR (Gagnol), JACK-JACK ATTACK (Bird)