Top ten list of 2005

[rudeboy]

Well as usual it feels like more of the year’s supposedly quality releases haven’t reached me yet – so no Squid & the Whale, Goodnight and Good Luck, Capote, Walk the Line, Junebug, Syriana, Grizzly Man… we haven’t even seen some early US movies like The Upside of Anger yet. The New World and Munich opened this weekend and I haven’t caught either yet. But this is my top ten list as it stands.

1. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki)
2. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
3. Hidden (Michael Haneke)
4. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
5. Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
6. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
7. The Constant Gardener (Fernando Mereilles)
8. Batman Begins (Christopher Nolan)
9. How’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyazaki)
10. King Kong (Peter Jackson)

[Heksagon]

Including latest additions:

***½

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. A History of Violence
3. The Best of Youth
4. Howl’s Moving Castle

***

5. Mysterious Skin
6. Oldboy
7. Downfall

**½

8. Sin City
9. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
10. 2046
11. Kings and Queen

**

12. Jarhead
13. War of the Worlds
14. The Land of the Dead
15. Murderball
16. The Constant Gardener
17. Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
18. Kung Fu Hustle
19. Crash

*½

20. King Kong
21. 40-Year Old Virgin
22. The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion, Witch & Wardrobe
23. Syriana
24. The Brothers Grimm
25. Broken Flowers
26. Cinderella Man
27. Me and You and Everyone We Know

*

28. Red Eye
29. Corpse Bride
30. The March of the Penguins

½

31. Batman Begins
32. Memoirs of a Geisha
33. The Devil’s Rejects
34. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
35. Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
36. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
37. Kingdom of Heaven

zero stars

38. Wedding Crashers

[The Original BJ]

1. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana)
2. The New World (Terrence Malick)
3. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
4. Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney)
5. Junebug (Phil Morrison)
6. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
7. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)
8. Mysterious Skin (Gregg Araki)
9. Murderball (Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro)
10. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach)

[MovieWes]

1. King Kong (d. Peter Jackson) ****
2. Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee) ****
3. March of the Penguins (d. Luc Jacquet) **** [NEW]
4. Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) *** ½
5. Munich (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½
6. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** ½
7. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (d. Mike Newell) ***
9. Crash (d. Paul Haggis) ***
10. Wedding Crashers (d. David Dobkin) ***
11. Red Eye (d. Wes Craven) *** [NEW]
12. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (d. Andrew Adamson) ***
13. Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (d. George Lucas) ***
14. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (d. Garth Jennings) ** ½
15. Kingdom of Heaven (d. Ridley Scott) ** ½
16. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (d. Tim Burton) ** ½
17. Sin City (d. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller) ** ½
18. Hitch (d. Andy Tennant) ** ½
19. Cinderella Man (d. Ron Howard) **
20. Bewitched (d. Nora Ephron) **
21. Kicking and Screaming (d. Jesse Dylan) * ½
22. Monster-in-Law (d. Robert Luketic) BOMB

[FilmFan720]

Still have lots to see, but here's how I see it now. 1 and 2 are so close, they could flip places at any moment. 3-6 are all pretty wonderful choices also...all in all, a great year, and still more to come:)

1. Brokeback Mountain (dir: Ang Lee, USA)
2. Match Point (dir: Woody Allen, USA)
3. Good Night, and Good Luck. (dir: George Clooney, USA)
4. Downfall (dir: Oliver Hirschbiegel, Germany)
5. A History of Violence (dir: David Croenenberg, USA)
6. Capote (dir: Bennett Miller, USA)
7. Howl’s Moving Castle (dir: Hayao Miyazaki, Japan)
8. Land of the Dead (dir: George Romero, USA)
9. Kung-Fu Hustle (dir: Stephen Chow, Hong Kong)
10. The Upside of Anger (dir: Mike Binder, USA)

Tripp

[Cinephile101]

Hi, all. I'm way behind on 2005 movies because I was abroad in the spring and extremely busy in the fall, but I'm starting to catch up a bit.

**** stars
1. The Edukators

*** ½ stars
2. My Summer of Love
3. Capote
4. Syriana
5. Good Night and Good Luck
6. Breakfast on Pluto

*** stars
7. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
8. Off the Map
9. Mysterious Skin
10. Mondovino
11. Dear Frankie
12. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
13. Murderball
14. King Kong
15. Reel Paradise
16. The Constant Gardener
17. Oliver Twist
18. Brokeback Mountain
19. Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit
20. The Ballad of Jack and Rose
21. Land of the Dead
22. Last Days
23. The Fearless Freaks
24. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
25. Me and You and Everyone We Know
26. Munich
27. Walk the Line
28. Junebug
29. The Producers

** ½ stars
30. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
31. The Ringer
32. The Grizzly Man
33. Sin City
34. The Beautiful Country
35. The Bad News Bears
36. Head On
37. March of the Penguins
38. The 40-Year Old Virgin
39. Red Eye

** stars
40. Melinda and Melinda
41. Wedding Crashers
42. The Squid and the Whale
43. Nine Songs
44. Happy Endings

* ½ stars

* star

[Sonic Youth]

Top sixty:

****
1. Murderball
2. Nobody Knows
3. Mondovino

***1/2
4. Nina's Tragedies
5. Junebug
6. Tropical Malady
7. Turtles Can Fly
8. The Squid and the Whale
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
10. Broken Flowers
11. Simon
12. Good Night and Good luck

***
13. A History of Violence
14. Brokeback Mountain
15. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
16. Kung Fu Hustle
17. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbitt
18. Me and You and Everyone We Know
19. Paheli
20. Red Eye
21. Howl's Moving Castle
22. Look at Me
23. Downfall
24. Capote
25. Millions
26. Crash
27. Star Wars: Episode III - the Revenge of the Sith
28. King Kong
29. The Wedding Crashers
30. Because of Winn-Dixie
31. Munich

**1/2
32. Grizzly Man
33. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
34. Mysterious Skin
35. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
36. Walk the Line
37. Fever Pitch
38. Cinderella Man
39. The Brothers' Grimm
40. Mad Hot Ballroom

**
41. The Constant Gardener
42. Proof
43. March of the Penguins
44. Head-On
45. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
46. The World
47. Casanova
48. Bride and Prejudice
49. Last Days
50. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
51. Oldboy

*1/2
52. 2046
53. 3-Iron
54. The Chronicles of Narnia
55. Tim Burton's The Corpse Bride

*
56. The Interpreter
57. Melinda and Melinda
58. Jarhead
59. The Upside of Anger

1/2
60. Batman Begins

N/A Pride and Prejudice
(Air in theater was hot and suffocating; miserable viewing experience. I can't fairly rate the film, although there wasn't much to entice me to give it another chance.)

[Larry79]

Here's my updated Top 10:

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. The Squid and the Whale
3. Munich
4. Capote
5. Oldboy
6. Junebug
7. A History of Violence
8. Murderball
9. Good Night, and Good Luck.
10. King Kong

Honorable Mentions: Syriana, Millions, Walk the Line, Grizzly Man, My Summer of Love

[criddic3]

Updated List:

****
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion,
The Witch and the Wardrobe
Capote
Cinderella Man
Crash
Downfall
Grizzly Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
A History of Violence
King Kong
Lord of War
March of the Penguins
Mysterious Skin
Nobody Knows
Oldboy
Pride & Prejudice
Sin City
Walk the Line

***½
The Ballad of Jack & Rose
The Constant Gardener
Dreamer
Good Night, and Good Luck
Howl's Moving Castle
Kung Fu Hustle
Mad Hot Ballroom
Shopgirl
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
The Squid and the Whale
Star Wars -- Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
Syriana
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
The Upside of Anger
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

***
Assault on Precinct 13
Beauty Shop
Bee Season
Broken Flowers
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
Flightplan
Four Brothers
Guess Who
Hitch
Hostage
In Her Shoes
The Interpreter
Jarhead
Just Like Heaven
Memoirs of a Geisha
Millions
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Munich
Murderball
Oliver Twist
The Producers
Red Eye
Rumor Has It
The Thing About My Folks
2046
An Unfinished Life
War of the Worlds

**½
After the Sunset
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Brothers Grimm
Casanova
Cheaper By the Dozen 2
Coach Carter
Constantine
Elektra
Ethan Mao
Everything is Illuminated
Fever Pitch
40 Year Old Virgin
Green Street Hooligans
Junebug
The Matador
North Country
Paradise Now
Proof
Rent
Sky High
The Wedding Crashers
The Wedding Date
Yes

**
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
The Amityville Horror
The Aristocrats
The Bad News Bears
Bewitched
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Chicken Little
Cursed
The Family Stone
The Fantasic Four
Hide and Seek
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The House of D
The Ice Harvest
The Island
Land of the Dead
The Legend of Zorro
The Longest Yard
The New World
Prime
Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Robots
Zathura

*½
The Chumscrubber
The Crow: Wicked Prayer

The Jacket
Melinda and Melinda
Vampire Assassins (straight-to-video)
War of the Worlds (straight-to-video)
XXX: State of the Union

*
Derailed

No Stars
The Fog

Total So Far: 112

[MovieWes]

1. King Kong (d. Peter Jackson) ****
2. Brokeback Mountain (d. Ang Lee) ****
3. Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) *** ½
4. Munich (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½
5. Batman Begins (d. Christopher Nolan) *** ½
6. Crash (d. Paul Haggis) *** ½
7. War of the Worlds (d. Steven Spielberg) *** ½
8. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (d. Mike Newell) ***
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (d. Andrew Adamson) ***
10. Wedding Crashers (d. David Dobkin) ***
11. Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith (d. George Lucas) ***
12. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (d. Garth Jennings) ** ½
13. Kingdom of Heaven (d. Ridley Scott) ** ½
14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (d. Tim Burton) ** ½
15. Sin City (d. Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller) ** ½
16. Hitch (d. Andy Tennant) ** ½
17. Cinderella Man (d. Ron Howard) **
18. Bewitched (d. Nora Ephron) **
19. Kicking and Screaming (d. Jesse Dylan) * ½
20. Monster-in-Law (d. Robert Luketic) BOMB

[Penelope]

Wow, I didn't realize I hadn't updated my list since mid-November! Still, yet to see several films that haven't opened here (Caché, The New World) or are enroute from Netflix (2046, Kings and Queen).


1. Brokeback Mountain – ****

2. Downfall – *** ½
3. Mysterious Skin – *** ½
4. A History of Violence – *** ½
5. Gunner Palace – *** ½
6. Shopgirl – *** ½
7. Capote – *** ½

8. The Beat that My Heart Skipped – ***
9. Happy Endings – ***
10. Look at Me – ***
11. Walk on Water – ***
12. Lords of Dogtown – ***
13. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants – ***
14. Me and You and Everyone We Know – ***
15. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – ***
16. Nobody Knows – ***
17. In Her Shoes – ***
18. March of the Penguins – ***
19. Wedding Crashers – ***
20. The Upside of Anger – ***
21. Hustle & Flow – ***
22. Red Eye – ***
23. Walk the Line – ***
24. Prime – ***
25. Heights – ***
26. Pride & Prejudice – ***
27. The Family Stone – ***

28. Proof – ** ½
29. Junebug – ** ½
30. Roll Bounce – ** ½
31. King Kong – ** ½
32. Munich – ** ½
33. The Squid and the Whale – ** ½
34. Syriana – ** ½
35. The Skeleton Key – ** ½
36. North Country – ** ½
37. Fever Pitch – ** ½
38. The Brothers Grimm – ** ½
39. The Constant Gardener – ** ½
40. Mad Hot Ballroom – ** ½
41. Jarhead – ** ½
42. Saving Face – ** ½
43. Sahara – ** ½
44. Crash – ** ½
45. Broken Flowers – ** ½
46. The Edukators – ** ½
47. Just Friends – ** ½
48. Mr. And Mrs. Smith – ** ½
49. The Interpreter – ** ½
50. Constantine – ** ½
51. Bad News Bears – ** ½
52. Fantastic Four – ** ½
53. Batman Begins – ** ½
54. The Island – ** ½
55. Rent – ** ½
56. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith – ** ½
57. Monster-in-Law – ** ½

58. Good Night, and Good Luck – **
59. The Producers – **
60. The Ice Harvest – **
61. An Unfinished Life – **
62. The 40 Year-Old Virgin – **
63. Waiting... – **
64. Must Love Dogs – **
65. Cinderella Man – **
66. Kingdom of Heaven – **
67. Millions – **
68. Hitch – **
69. Into the Blue – **
70. The Wedding Date – **

71. Flightplan – * ½
72. Bride & Prejudice – * ½

73. Elizabethtown – *

[abcinyvr]

Favourite movies of 2005.
Note: this list contains 2004 movies that didn't surface here until 2005, so I will extend it to include 10 from 2005. And they are my faves not what I consider to be the best - although they are close.

1. A History Of Violence
2. Good Night And Good Luck
3. Capote
4. Closer
5. Million Dollar Baby
6. Hotel Rwanda
7. Murderball
8. Crash
9. Memoirs Of A Geisha
10. Munich
11. Corpse Bride
12. March Of The Penguins
13. Walk The Line

(I ask myself...A top 10 list with a Spielberg movie on it?!)

Didn't live up the hype:
Syriana - huh?
Brokeback Mountain - found it very distant and I never bought into their deep affection for each other until half way into the film. I blame that on the screenplay. It was trying to be too subtle. I went in expecting to see something timeless and deeply affecting - Larry McMurtry and Ang Lee should have been able to do that...

Have not seen - The Constant Gardener, Hustle And Flow, Grizzly Man, Squid and the Whale, the monkey movie.

Best of the Film Fest (viff.org) out of 24
1. Le Grande Voyage
2. Citizen Dog
3. Paradise Now
4. Dhakiyarr VS The King
5. The Mosquito Coast
6. M.A.I.D.
7. Stolen Children
8. Kissed By Winter
9. The Devils Miner
10. Sorry For Kung Foo

[filmgabber]

Best

1 Brokeback Mountain
2 Nobody Knows
3 Mysterious Skin
4 Look At Me
5 Good Night, and Good Luck
6 Murderball
7 The Squid and the Whale
8 Wedding Crashers
9 Downfall
10 Munich

Yet to see: Syriana, Memoirs of a Geisha, Transamerica

Worst

same list as before

[Franz Ferdinand]

1) Brokeback Mountain
2) Good Night, and Good Luck.
3) Capote
4) A History of Violence
5) The Squid and the Whale
6) Munich
7) King Kong
Syriana
9) The Chronicles of Narnia
10) Wedding Crashers / 40-Year Old Virgin

[filmgabber]

Best

1 Brokeback Mountain
2 Nobody Knows
3 Mysterious Skin
4 Look At Me
5 Good Night, and Good Luck
6 Murderball
7 The Squid and the Whale
8 Wedding Crashers
9 Downfall
10 The Aristrocrats

Still haven't seen: Munich, Syriana, Transamerica, Memoirs of a Geisha

Worst

1 The Dukes of Hazzard
2 Crash
3 Monster-in-Law
4 Stealth
5 Bad News Bears
6 Beauty Shop
7 The Honeymooners
8 Racing Stripes
9 In the Mix
10 House of Wax