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THE BEST AND WORST OF 2005
The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.
The 10 Best Films
Worst Films
Best Director
Marc Forster – Stay
Peter Jackson – King Kong
Neil Marshall – The Descent
Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez – Sin City (*)
Christopher Nolan – Batman Begins
Best Original Screenplay
Batman Begins
Cry Wolf
Hard Candy (*)
Match Point
MirrorMask
Best Adapted Screenplay
Beowulf & Grendel
Hercules
King Kong
Sin City (*)
Tideland
Zathura: A Space Adventure
Best Actor
Christian Bale – Batman Begins
Jack Black – King Kong
John Jarratt – Wolf Creek
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Match Point
Patrick Wilson – Hard Candy (*)
Best Actress
Lindy Booth – Cry Wolf
Jodelle Ferland – Tideland
Scarlett Johansson – Match Point
Ellen Page – Hard Candy (*)
Naomi Watts – King Kong
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Chiklis – Fantastic Four
Laurence Fishburne – Assault on Precinct 13
William Forsythe – The Devil’s Rejects
Mickey Rourke – Sin City (*)
Stellan Skarsgård – Beowulf & Grendel
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bello – Assault on Precinct 13
Natalie Mendoza – The Descent
Charlotte Rampling – Lemming
Maggie Smith – Keeping Mum (*)
Leelee Sobieski – Hercules
Robin Sydney – The Lost
Best Cinematography
The Descent
Domino (*)
Sin City
Stay
13 Tzameti
Best Special Effects
Fantastic Four
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
King Kong (*)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning
War of the Worlds
Best Makeup Effects
The Descent (*)
Fantastic Four
Hostel
House of Wax
Land of the Dead
Best Production Design
Aeon Flux
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Corpse Bride (*)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
The Island
MirrorMask (*)