National Board of Review
Awards: December 12, 2005
Best Film
Good Night, And Good Luck
Best Foreign Language Film
Paradise Now
Best Documentary
March of the Penguins
Best Animated Feature
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Best Director
Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Best Actress
Felicity Huffman, TransAmerica
Best Supporting Actor
Jake Gyllenhaal, Brokeback Mountain
Best Supporting Actress
Gong Li, Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Acting By An Ensemble
Mrs. Henderson Presents
Breakthrough Performance Actor
Terrence Howard, Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin’ and Hustle & Flow
Breakthrough Performance Actress
Q’Orianka Kilcher, The New World
Best Directorial Debut
Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Best Adapted Screenplay
Stephen Gaghan, Syriana
Best Original Screenplay
Noah Baumbach, The Squid and the Whale
Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV
Lackawanna Blues
Career Achievement
Jane Fonda
Career Achievement in Film Music Composition
Howard Shore
Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects
King Kong
Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Direction
David Cronenberg
William K. Everson Award for Film History
George Feltenstein
Producer of the Year Award
Saul Zaentz
BEST TEN FILMS OF 2005
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Good Night, And Good Luck
History of Violence
Match Point
Memoirs of a Geisha
Munich
Syriana
Walk the Line
BEST FIVE FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILMS OF 2005
2046
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Downfall
Paradise Now
Walk on Water
BEST FIVE DOCUMENTARIES OF 2005
Ballets Russes
Grizzly Man
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of Expression
Innocent Voices and The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking
The National Board of Review, in keeping with its long tradition of recognizing excellence in filmmaking, is proud to salute the following films crafted by visionary artists, which demonstrate the creativity and determination always vital to the film industry.
Breakfast on Pluto
Cape of Good Hope
The Dying Gaul
Everything Is Illuminated
Hustle & Flow
Junebug
Layer Cake
Lord of War
Nine Lives
The Thing About My Folks
The Upside of Anger