BEST FILMS of 2005

We’ll get started with the Top 10…. but as always, you can scroll down the page for honorable mentions and the worst movies of the year.

1. Pride & Prejudice
The most romantic film in years and the best adaptation of this classic Austen tale.
2. The Girl in the Cafe
If you loved “Lost in Translation”, then you simply have to find this small gem.
3. The New World
Terrence Malick directs Colin Farrell in this epic.
4. The Squid and the Whale
So uncomfortably funny and observant… Noah Baumbach delivers again.
5. Syriana
Clooney is at the center of this important movie.
6. The Libertine
Maybe Johnny Depp’s best performance.
7. The Wedding Crashers
The funniest comedy of the year by a mile.
8. The Matador
A superbly entertaining little film with Pierce Brosnan.
9. Duane Hopwood
David Schwimmer in a tremendously poignant family drama.
t10. Ellie Parker
Another incredible lesson in acting from Naomi Watts.
t10. Shopgirl
Clare Danes and Steve Martin star in one of the most haunting romantic dramas you’ll see.

Honorable Mentions

Match Point
Cinderella Man
Crash
Her Name is Carla
Good Night, and Good Luck
Munich
The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Lila Says
Der Tunnel
Unleashed
Di Que Si
Broken Flowers
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
The Interpreter
Downfall
9 Songs
Nathalie…
Old Boy
Haute Tension (High Tension)