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The Best Movies of 2005   (196 Most Notable)

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# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Animation Show 2005 2005 unknown USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Aristocrats 2005 Provenza, Paul USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Aurora Borealis 2005 Burke, James C.E. USA D
# 60 for 2005, # 2108 Overall Ballets russes 2005 Geller, Daniel / Goldfine, Dayna USA DO
# 17 for 2005, # 1384 Overall Batman Begins 2005 Nolan, Christopher USA DBPS
# 81 for 2005, # 2282 Overall Battle in Heaven 2005 Reygadas, Carlos Mexico / Belgium / France / Germany D
# 81 for 2005, # 2282 Overall Be with Me 2005 Khoo, Eric Singapore D
# 41 for 2005, # 1937 Overall The Beat That My Heart Skipped 2005 Audiard, Jacques France D
# 87 for 2005, # 2294 Overall Because of Winn-Dixie 2005 Wang, Wayne USA DOS
# 76 for 2005, # 2268 Overall Bee Season 2005 McGehee, Scott / Siegel, David USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Big White 2005 Mylod, Mark Germany / Canada / New Zealand / USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania 2005 Eldred, Jody / Hunt, David USA D
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall The Bondmaid 2005 Kwan, Stanley Singapore
# 47 for 2005, # 2006 Overall Breakfast on Pluto 2005 Jordan, Neil Ireland / UK DO
# 48 for 2005, # 2007 Overall Brick 2005 Johnson, Rian USA DO
# 1 for 2005, # 205 Overall Brokeback Mountain 2005 Lee, Ang USA DB
# 22 for 2005, # 1492 Overall Broken Flowers 2005 Jarmusch, Jim USA / France D
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall The Brothers Grimm 2005 Gilliam, Terry Czech Republic / USA DB
# 67 for 2005, # 2181 Overall Bubble 2005 Soderbergh, Steven USA DB
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That 2005 Ricker, Bruce USA
# 21 for 2005, # 1477 Overall Caché 2005 Haneke, Michael France / Austria / Germany / Italy DO
# 3 for 2005, # 632 Overall Capote 2005 Miller, Bennett USA DBOP
# 60 for 2005, # 2108 Overall Casanova 2005 Hallström, Lasse USA DB
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Caveman: V. T. Hamlin & Alley Oop 2005 Collins, Max Allan USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005 Burton, Tim USA DOP
# 72 for 2005, # 2212 Overall The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe		 2005 Adamson, Andrew USA DB
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Cigarette Burns 2005 Carpenter, John USA D
# 38 for 2005, # 1877 Overall Cinderella Man 2005 Howard, Ron USA DBO
# 11 for 2005, # 1178 Overall The Constant Gardener 2005 Meirelles, Fernando USA / UK DOP
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Conversations with Other Women 2005 Canosa, Hans UK / USA DO
# 73 for 2005, # 2215 Overall Corpse Bride 2005 Burton, Tim / Johnson, Mike UK / USA DB
# 33 for 2005, # 1770 Overall C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005 Vallée, Jean-Marc Canada D
# 87 for 2005, # 2294 Overall Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul 2005 Akin, Fatih Germany / Turkey D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Dark Water 2005 Salles, Walter USA DB
# 80 for 2005, # 2281 Overall Deadwood: The Complete Series 2005 Bianchi, Edward / Minahan, Daniel / Guggenheim, Davis / Fienberg, Gregg / Tinker, Mark / Shill, Steve / Taylor, Alan USA DS
# 24 for 2005, # 1574 Overall The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 2005 Puiu, Cristi Romania D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Derailed 2005 Håfström, Mikael USA D
# 76 for 2005, # 2268 Overall The Descent 2005 Marshall, Neil UK DBO
# 86 for 2005, # 2291 Overall The Devil & Daniel Johnston 2005 Feuerzeig, Jeff USA DO
# 81 for 2005, # 2282 Overall Don't Come Knocking 2005 Wenders, Wim France / Germany / USA DO
# 61 for 2005, # 2114 Overall Don't Tell 2005 Comencini, Cristina Italy / UK / France / Spain D
# 58 for 2005, # 2052 Overall Down in the Valley 2005 Jacobson, David USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Dreams in the Witch-House 2005 Gordon, Stuart USA D
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Duane Hopwood 2005 Mulhern, Matt USA D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall Duma 2005 Ballard, Carroll USA DOP
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Edison: The Invention of the Movies 2005 unknown USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Edmond 2005 Gordon, Stuart USA D
# 13 for 2005, # 1300 Overall Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 2005 Gibney, Alex USA DBO
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Espelho Mágico 2005 de Oliveira, Manoel Portugal
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Everything Is Illuminated 2005 Schreiber, Liev USA DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Factotum 2005 Hamer, Bent France / Germany / Sweden / USA / Norway D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Fall of Fujimori 2005 Perry, Ellen USA D
# 74 for 2005, # 2249 Overall The Family Stone 2005 Bezucha, Thomas USA DO
# 87 for 2005, # 2294 Overall Fantastic Four 2005 Story, Tim USA DB
# 86 for 2005, # 2291 Overall Fateless 2005 Koltai, Lajos Hungary / Germany / UK D
# 57 for 2005, # 2050 Overall Fever Pitch 2005 Farrelly, Bobby / Farrelly, Peter USA DO
# 67 for 2005, # 2181 Overall 51 Birch Street 2005 Block, Doug Germany / USA D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall Flightplan 2005 Schwentke, Robert USA DB
# 51 for 2005, # 2018 Overall 49 Up 2005 Apted, Michael UK D
# 40 for 2005, # 1934 Overall Forty Shades of Blue 2005 Sachs, Ira USA D
# 39 for 2005, # 1888 Overall The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2005 Apatow, Judd USA DBO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Four Brothers 2005 Singleton, John USA DBO
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Gabrielle 2005 Chéreau, Patrice France / Italy D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall Game 6 2005 Hoffman, Michael USA DO
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Garpastum 2005 German, Aleksei Ml. Russia
# 2 for 2005, # 460 Overall Good Night, and Good Luck. 2005 Clooney, George USA DB
# 77 for 2005, # 2270 Overall The Greatest Game Ever Played 2005 Paxton, Bill USA DB
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Green Street Hooligans 2005 Alexander, Lexi USA / UK D
# 7 for 2005, # 853 Overall Grizzly Man 2005 Herzog, Werner USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Happy Endings 2005 Roos, Don USA D
# 70 for 2005, # 2208 Overall Hard Candy 2005 Slade, David USA DO
# 25 for 2005, # 1606 Overall Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 Newell, Mike UK / USA DB
# 42 for 2005, # 1941 Overall The Heart of the Game 2005 Serrill, Ward USA D
# 4 for 2005, # 724 Overall A History of Violence 2005 Cronenberg, David USA DBOP
NR          Hitch 2005 Tennant, Andy USA DBOPS
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005 Jennings, Garth USA / UK DBS
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall House of Sand 2005 Waddington, Andrucha Brazil D
# 44 for 2005, # 1977 Overall Hustle & Flow 2005 Brewer, Craig USA DBO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall I Build the Tower: The Life and Work of Sam Rodia 2005 Landler, Edward / Byer, Brad USA
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall I Giorni dell'abbandono 2005 Faenza, Roberto Italy
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Ice Harvest 2005 Ramis, Harold USA D
# 87 for 2005, # 2294 Overall I'm the Angel of Death: Pusher III 2005 Refn, Nicolas Winding Denmark D
# 64 for 2005, # 2170 Overall In Her Shoes 2005 Hanson, Curtis USA DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Interpreter 2005 Pollack, Sydney UK / USA / France DO
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Into Great Silence 2005 Gröning, Philip France / Switzerland / Germany DO
# 55 for 2005, # 2040 Overall Jarhead 2005 Mendes, Sam USA DBOP
# 23 for 2005, # 1532 Overall Joyeux Noël 2005 Carion, Christian France / Germany / UK / Belgium / Romania DO
# 32 for 2005, # 1760 Overall Junebug 2005 Morrison, Phil USA DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Keeping Mum 2005 Johnson, Niall UK D
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall The King 2005 Marsh, James USA / UK D
# 10 for 2005, # 1130 Overall King Kong 2005 Jackson, Peter / Singer, Bryan New Zealand / USA DBOPS
# 50 for 2005, # 2012 Overall Kingdom of Heaven 2005 Scott, Ridley Spain / Germany DBO
# 64 for 2005, # 2170 Overall Kontroll 2005 Antal, Nimród Hungary D
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall La Seconda notte di nozze 2005 Avati, Pupi Italy
# 63 for 2005, # 2154 Overall Lady Vengeance 2005 Park, Chan-wook South Korea D
# 80 for 2005, # 2281 Overall Land of the Dead 2005 Romero, George A. Canada / France / USA DBOP
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Lassie 2005 Sturridge, Charles France / UK / USA / Ireland D
# 45 for 2005, # 1979 Overall Last Days 2005 Van Sant, Gus USA D
# 12 for 2005, # 1299 Overall L'Enfant 2005 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc Belgium / France DO
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Les Amants réguliers 2005 Garrel, Philippe France D
# 53 for 2005, # 2030 Overall Live and Become 2005 Mihaileanu, Radu France / Belgium / Israel / Italy
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Loggerheads 2005 Kirkman, Tim USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Lonesome Jim 2005 Buscemi, Steve USA DO
# 37 for 2005, # 1854 Overall Look Both Ways 2005 Watt, Sarah Australia D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World 2005 Brooks, Albert USA DO
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall Lord of War 2005 Niccol, Andrew USA DBOP
# 87 for 2005, # 2294 Overall Lost: The Complete First Season  New at Films101! 2005 various USA DBS
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Lower City 2005 Machado, Sérgio Brazil D
# 59 for 2005, # 2053 Overall Mad Hot Ballroom 2005 Agrelo, Marilyn USA DO
NR          Madagascar 2005 Darnell, Eric / McGrath, Tom USA DBS
# 76 for 2005, # 2268 Overall Man Push Cart 2005 Bahrani, Ramin USA D
# 54 for 2005, # 2039 Overall March of the Penguins 2005 Jacquet, Luc France DOP
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Mary 2005 Ferrara, Abel France / USA
# 54 for 2005, # 2039 Overall The Matador 2005 Shepard, Richard USA / Germany / Ireland DOP
# 16 for 2005, # 1342 Overall Match Point 2005 Allen, Woody UK / USA / Luxembourg D
# 26 for 2005, # 1639 Overall Me and You and Everyone We Know 2005 July, Miranda USA / UK D
# 46 for 2005, # 2005 Overall Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 Marshall, Rob USA DBOPS
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Mirrormask 2005 McKean, Dave UK / USA DBO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Monarch of the Moon 2005 Lowry, Richard USA DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Mr. & Mrs. Smith 2005 Liman, Doug USA DBO
# 52 for 2005, # 2029 Overall Mrs. Henderson Presents 2005 Frears, Stephen UK D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 2005 Ireland, Dan UK D
# 6 for 2005, # 796 Overall Munich 2005 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
# 20 for 2005, # 1468 Overall Murderball 2005 Rubin, Henry Alex / Shapiro, Dana Adam USA D
# 49 for 2005, # 2010 Overall The New World 2005 Malick, Terrence USA DOP
# 42 for 2005, # 1941 Overall Nine Lives 2005 García, Rodrigo USA DO
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005 Scorsese, Martin UK / USA / Japan DO
# 66 for 2005, # 2180 Overall North Country 2005 Caro, Niki USA D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall The Notorious Bettie Page 2005 Harron, Mary USA D
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall O Fatalista 2005 Botelho, João Portugal / France
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Oliver Twist 2005 Polanski, Roman UK / Czech Republic / France / Italy DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall On a Clear Day 2005 Dellal, Gaby UK DO
# 9 for 2005, # 1023 Overall Paradise Now 2005 Abu-Assad, Hany France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Patriot Act: A Jeffrey Ross Home Movie 2005 Ross, Jeffrey USA D
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Persona non grata 2005 Zanussi, Krzysztof Russia / Poland / Italy
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Pierrepoint 2005 Shergold, Adrian UK D
# 76 for 2005, # 2268 Overall The Polar Express:
An IMAX 3D Experience		 2005 Zemeckis, Robert USA S
# 27 for 2005, # 1640 Overall Pride & Prejudice 2005 Wright, Joe France / UK DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Prime 2005 Younger, Ben USA D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio 2005 Anderson, Jane USA D
# 78 for 2005, # 2274 Overall The Producers 2005 Stroman, Susan USA DOP
# 78 for 2005, # 2274 Overall The Promise 2005 Chen, Kaige China / Hong Kong / Japan / South Korea DO
# 34 for 2005, # 1817 Overall Proof 2005 Madden, John USA D
# 76 for 2005, # 2268 Overall The Proposition 2005 Hillcoat, John Australia / UK DBP
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall The Real Dirt on Farmer John 2005 Siegel, Taggart USA D
# 86 for 2005, # 2291 Overall Red Eye 2005 Craven, Wes USA D
# 60 for 2005, # 2108 Overall Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles 2005 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China / Japan D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall Robots 2005 Wedge, Chris / Saldanha, Carlos USA DO
# 62 for 2005, # 2126 Overall Romance & Cigarettes 2005 Turturro, John USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Sa-kwa 2005 Kang, Yi-kwan South Korea
# 86 for 2005, # 2291 Overall Separate Lies 2005 Fellowes, Julian UK D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Serenity 2005 Whedon, Joss USA D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Shadowboxer 2005 Daniels, Lee USA DO
# 82 for 2005, # 2283 Overall Shanghai Dreams 2005 Wang, Xiaoshuai China
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall Shopgirl 2005 Tucker, Anand UK / Switzerland / USA D
# 28 for 2005, # 1710 Overall Sin City 2005 Rodriguez, Robert / Miller, Frank / Tarantino, Quentin USA DBS
# 68 for 2005, # 2193 Overall The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2005 Kwapis, Ken USA DOP
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Sketches of Frank Gehry 2005 Pollack, Sydney Germany / USA D
# 88 for 2005, # 2296 Overall Sky High 2005 Mitchell, Mike USA DB
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The Songwriters Collection 2005 unknown USA D
# 30 for 2005, # 1728 Overall Sophie Scholl - The Final Days 2005 Rothemund, Marc Germany DBO
# 14 for 2005, # 1314 Overall The Squid and the Whale 2005 Baumbach, Noah USA DO
# 31 for 2005, # 1729 Overall Star Wars: Episode III -
Revenge of the Sith		 2005 Lucas, George USA DS
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Stay 2005 Forster, Marc USA D
# 60 for 2005, # 2108 Overall Sweet Land 2005 Selim, Ali USA DO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater 2005 Cattarulla, Kay / Tranchin, Rob USA
# 19 for 2005, # 1426 Overall Syriana 2005 Gaghan, Stephen USA DBOS
# 36 for 2005, # 1849 Overall Thank You for Smoking 2005 Reitman, Jason USA DO
# 79 for 2005, # 2279 Overall 13 Tzameti 2005 Babluani, Géla France / Georgia D
# 8 for 2005, # 868 Overall The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2005 Jones, Tommy Lee USA / France DO
# 76 for 2005, # 2268 Overall Three Times 2005 Hou, Hsiao-hsien France / Taiwan D
# 60 for 2005, # 2108 Overall Thumbsucker 2005 Mills, Mike USA DO
# 72 for 2005, # 2212 Overall Transamerica 2005 Tucker, Duncan USA D
# 65 for 2005, # 2174 Overall Tristram Shandy:
A Cock & Bull Story		 2005 Winterbottom, Michael UK D
# 5 for 2005, # 761 Overall Tsotsi 2005 Hood, Gavin UK / South Africa D
# 69 for 2005, # 2194 Overall 12 and Holding 2005 Cuesta, Michael USA DOP
# 56 for 2005, # 2048 Overall Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky 2005 Curtis, Simon UK B
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Two for the Money 2005 Caruso, D.J. USA DOP
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall An Unfinished Life 2005 Hallström, Lasse Germany / USA D
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Unknown White Male 2005 Murray, Rupert USA / UK D
# 35 for 2005, # 1831 Overall The Upside of Anger 2005 Binder, Mike USA / Germany / UK D
# 29 for 2005, # 1718 Overall V for Vendetta 2005 McTeigue, James USA / Germany DBO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Valiant 2005 Chapman, Gary UK D
# 75 for 2005, # 2263 Overall Heading South 2005 Cantet, Laurent France / Canada D
# 15 for 2005, # 1335 Overall Walk the Line 2005 Mangold, James USA DOP
# 18 for 2005, # 1424 Overall Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit		 2005 Park, Nick / Box, Steve UK D
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Walt Disney Treasures - Disneyland - Secrets, Stories & Magic 2005 Scribner, George / Rees, Jerry USA D
# 85 for 2005, # 2290 Overall War of the Worlds 2005 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
# 43 for 2005, # 1967 Overall Water 2005 Mehta, Deepa Canada / India DOP
# 42 for 2005, # 1941 Overall The Weather Man 2005 Verbinski, Gore USA DO
# 71 for 2005, # 2209 Overall Wedding Crashers 2005 Dobkin, David USA DB
# 55 for 2005, # 2040 Overall Why We Fight 2005 Jarecki, Eugene USA / France / UK / Canada / Denmark DO
# 83 for 2005, # 2284 Overall Winter Passing 2005 Rapp, Adam USA DO
# 80 for 2005, # 2281 Overall The Wire: The Complete Series 2005 various USA DS
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall The World's Fastest Indian 2005 Donaldson, Roger New Zealand / USA DBO
# 84 for 2005, # 2286 Overall Zathura 2005 Favreau, Jon USA DO
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