National Board of Review Awards 2005

77th NBR Awards

January 10, 2006

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Best Film:
Good Night, and Good Luck.

The 77th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 10 January 2006.

## Top 10 films

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1. Good Night, and Good Luck.
2. Brokeback Mountain
3. Capote
4. Crash
5. A History of Violence
6. Match Point
7. Memoirs of a Geisha
8. Munich
9. Syriana
10. Walk the Line

## Top Foreign Films

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1. Paradise Now
2. 2046
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
4. Downfall (Der Untergang)
5. Walk on Water

## Top Five Documentaries

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1. March of the Penguins
2. Ballets Russes
3. Grizzly Man
4. Mad Hot Ballroom
5. Murderball

## Winners

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* Best Film:
* Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Best Foreign Language Film:
* Paradise Now
* 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 Director:
* Ang Lee \- Brokeback Mountain
* Best Directorial Debut:
* Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
* Best Documentary Feature:
* March of the Penguins
* Best Animated Feature:
* Corpse Bride
* Best Screenplay - Adapted:
* Syriana \- Stephen Gaghan
* Best Screenplay - Original:
* The Squid and the Whale \- Noah Baumbach
* Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV:
* Lackawanna Blues
* Career Achievement Award:
* Jane Fonda
* Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
* David Cronenberg
* Career Achievement - Music Composition:
* Howard Shore
* Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects:
* King Kong
* William K. Everson Award for Film History:
* George Feltenstein
* Special Achievement in Producing:
* Saul Zaentz
* Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of Expression:
* Innocent Voices
* The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
* Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking:
* 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

## External links

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* National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 2005

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