Best Films of 2005

2005 was a good year for film and a good year for film makers. The great auteur's, namely Ingmar Bergman, Terrence Mallick, Steven Speilberg, Woody Allen and David Cronenberg slapped the silverscreen with back-to-form cinema sweetness(with the movies Saraband, The New World, Munich, Match Point and A History of Violence respectively). Peter Jackson shredded all doubt by surpassing post Lord of the Rings expectations with King Kong. And, the irresistible indie genre saw its fair share of low-budget but on-the-money bull's-eyes. The Academy nominated 5 limited released, box-office light weights for best picture and the under appreciated Crash-- a film released 6 months before its oscar nominated counterparts-- baffled those in the Brokeback Mountain camp by stealing their "sure thing," golden boy statuette right from under their cowboy hats. It was a good year for film in deed. My picks for the top 10 of 2005:

10)Devil's Rejects
9)Nine Lives
8)Crash
7)The squid and the whale
6)Palindromes
5)A History of Violence
4)King Kong
3)Junebug
2)Munich
1)Shopgirl


Honorable Mentions: Hustle and Flow, Layer Cake, Sin City, Match Point, Saraband, Rize, Murderball, Good Night and Good Luck, Mysterious Skin, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.