1. King Kong
2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
3. Batman Begins
4. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
5. Saw II
6. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
7. The Island
8. War of the Worlds
9. The Longest Yard
10. Wedding Crashers

Unless Match Point can sneak in, I think this is close to final.

1. Star Wars Episode III
2. Munich
3. War of the Worlds
4. The Constant Gardner
5. The Interpreter
6. Sin City
7. Lord of War
8. Madagascar
9. Wedding Crashers
10. Batman Begins

Look at me, my list is full of commercial hits.

With only The New World left to see, this is how my top 10 breaks down:

1. King Kong
2. Munich
3. War of the Worlds
4. Sin City
5. 2046
6. Crash
7. The Chronicles of Narnia
8. Unleashed
9. Batman Begins
10 The Jacket

Much respect to Spielberg for providing two fantastic entertainments in the same year. Most directors would have trouble completing two films in the same year, let alone two films of such high quality. In the end though, it is the grand entertainment and emotional impact of King Kong that takes the top spot.

Not that there is anything wrong with that. Everyone has his/her own taste.

Loyal, see Downfall finally!

1.Harry Potter 4
2.King Kong
3.Red Eye
4.War of the Worlds
5.Wedding Crashers
6.40 Year Old Virgin
7.Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
8.Pride & Prejudice
9.Just Friends
10.Mr. and Mrs. Smith

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2. A History of Violence
3. Batman Begins
4. Proof
5. The 40 Year-Old Virgin
6. Sin City
7. Fever Pitch
8. King Kong
9. The Family Stone
10. Crash

Saw Proof. Rewatched Batman Begins(went up in grade) and Crash(went down). Still need to see Munich, Memoirs, Match Point, Walk The Line and many others.

1. Batman Begins A+
2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith A+
3. King Kong A
4. Sin City A
5. The 40 Year Old Virgin A
6. Hotel Rwanda A-
7. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story A-
8. War of the Worlds B+
9. Hitch B+
10. Wedding Crashers B

Makes it's way onto the list for probably a day. Most disappoiting movie of the year.

1. King Kong
2. Downfall
3. Batman Begins
4. Hostage
5. Crash
6. Wedding Crashers
7. War of the Worlds
8. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
9. A History of Violence
10. Domino

1. War of the Worlds (yep, still #1...)
2. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
3. The Family Stone
4. Sin City
5. Proof
6. The Upside of Anger
7. Crash
8. Red Eye
9. Caché
10. Dark Water (...?)


Crash goes down a few spots..

1. KING KONG (Naomi Watts, Jack Black) - Directed by Peter Jackson


2. HARRY POTTER & THE GOBLET OF FIRE (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson) - Directed by Mike Newell


3. RED EYE (Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy) - Directed by Wes Craven


4. THE FAMILY STONE (Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker) - Directed by Thomas Bezucha


5. BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal) - Directed by Ang Lee


6. PROOF (Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal) - Directed by John Madden


7. WOLF CREEK (John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath) - Directed by Greg McLean


8. CRASH (Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton) - Directed by Paul Haggis


9. WALK THE LINE (Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon) - Directed by James Mangold


10. JARHEAD (Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx) - Directed by Sam Mendes

My favorites of 2005.

1. Crash
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3. Cinderella Man
4. Batman Begins
5. The Exorcism of Emily Rose
6. The Skeleton Key
7. Red Eye
8. The Longest Yard
9. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
10. The Family Stone

Thompson, thank god Gyllenhaal didnt star in more films.

Hey, all of them were great. Not my fault

This was hard. What a great year for film.

1. Shopgirl
2. The Devil's Rejects
3. Munich
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. Stay
6. November
7. Junebug
8. Me and You and Everyone We Know
9. Capote
10. 2046

Seriously, most of these films could be considered among my favorites of all time.

1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2. Domino
3. Green Street Hooligans
4. Wedding Crashers
5. Pride and Prejudice
6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
7. Sin City
8. Hostage
9. King Kong
10. Saw II

This isn't even close to final. Still have to see Jarhead, Munich, Walk the Line, The Jacket, Just like Heaven,..

Hey, you saw "November"! So I am not the only one...

I liked it, too. Not as much as you, methinks, but definitely deserved better than a non-existant release and completely falli8ng into oblivion.

How did Batman Begins and Sin City get off your list?

Yay, Junebug.

I guess you were one of the 11 people who saw Stay, heh.

01 3-Iron
02 King Kong
03 2046
04 Memoirs of a Geisha
05 Oldboy
06 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
07 Good Night, and Good Luck
08 Syriana
09 Batman Begins
10 A History of Violence

(the rest: Grizzly Man, Breakfast on Pluto, Proof, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Sin City, The Constant Gardener, Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Jarhead, Stay, Walk the Line, Cinderella Man, Chronicles of Narnia, Rize)

Of course, I haven't seen Brokeback, Match Point, The New World and a bunch of other stuff...and I have Kings and Queen and Nobody Knows here right now. But so far, right?

November is great. Courtney Cox is stellar in it. I knew it would be one of those "hopelessly lost forever" films when I couldn't find the DVD anywhere the day it came out. When I asked the clerk at Suncoast (my last resort) about it, their face looked something like this:

Begins actually didn't hold up that well on DVD, I thought. When I wasn't in the throngs of fanboy passion, it was still a great film, and probably would have made my top ten in any other year, but this year was too good. Same story for Sin City.

I think Stay might be the most underrated film i've ever seen in my life. I'm not sure how it fell through the cracks the way it did. It's fantastic. The acting is superb, and Marc Forster is in a real show off mood, so we're treated to many breathtaking compositions and sequences (the scene with the groups of duplicates walking around in the background and no one seeming to care is a marvel). There's lots of little touches throughout the film, too (like Sam's pants being too short and the reason for that) that just make it fun to watch repeat times. Here's a little review I wrote for it on my blog awhile back:

this is a deeply sad film that demands a lot from it's audience. if you're patient with the film, and let it's images and themes work it's way under your skin and inside your head, the final five minutes will reward you with stark clarification. if you let it, this might just be one of the most haunting films you'll see this year. there are some moments in the film that, once you known the outcome, you will look back on and be overwhelmed with sadness and despair. stay is, at it's core, a very bitter and desperate story of missed opportunities. whether that is never getting to ask the person you love to marry them, or never giving your loved ones a proper goodbye. on top of all of this, marc forster pulls out all of the stops to deliver one of the most artistically satisfying films of the year.

1. Munich
2. King Kong
3. Good Night, And Good Luck
4. Capote
5. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
6. Batman Begins
7. Cinderella Man
8. Sin City
9. The Upside of Anger
10. The 40 Year Old Virgin

I'm still kind of trying to comprehend Munich. I'll probably post my thoughts about it tomorrow.

This list is probably not going to be the final one. I still need to see The Constant Gardener, and Syriana.

I pretty much agree with you all around...and I'm actually looking quite forward to watching it again on DVD (when is it out?), but I wanted to take special notice in the above. I'd kinda forgotten about that scene, but now that you mention it...I definitely agree. One of my favorite scenes of the year, certainly. :up: