1905 in film
      
The year 1905 in film involved some significant events.
Events
Films released in 1905
-  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom, directed by J. Stuart Blackton
-  Airy Fairy Lillian Tries On Her New Corsets
-  Baby's Toilet, directed by Cecil Hepworth
-  The Black Imp, directed by Georges Méliès
-  Boarding School Girls At Coney Island
-  Esmeralda, directed by Alice Guy-Blaché and Victorin-Hippolyte Jasset
-  Halifax Catholic Procession, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
-  An Interesting Story, directed by James Williamson
-  The Kleptomaniac, directed by Edwin S. Porter
-  The Living Playing Cards, directed by Georges Méliès
-  The Night Before Christmas, directed by Edwin S. Porter, starring Harry Eytinge
-  Ormond Beach Florida Auto Races
-  The Other Side Of The Hedge, produced by Cecil Hepworth and directed by Lewin Fitzhamon
-  La presa di Roma, directed by Filoteo Alberini; possibly the first Italian short film
-  Rescued by Rover, starring Cecil Hepworth, Margaret Hepworth (his wife), Barbara Hepworth (their baby daughter), and Blair (their dog); co-directed by Lewin Fitzhamon and Cecil Hepworth
-  La Revolution en Russie, directed by Ferdinand Zecca
-  Special March Past of St. Joseph's Scholars and Special Parade of St. Matthew's Pupils, Blackburn, produced by Mitchell and Kenyon
-  The Weavers, directed by the Manaki brothers; most likely the first film shot in the (then-Ottoman) Balkans
-  The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog, directed by Edwin S. Porter
Births
-  January 3 - Anna May Wong, actress (d. 1961)
-  January 12 - Tex Ritter, actor, singer (d. 1974)
-  January 13 - Kay Francis, actress (d. 1968)
-  January 17 - Grant Withers, actor (d. 1959)
-  January 26 - Charles Lane (d. 2007)
-  February 27 - Franchot Tone, actor (d. 1968)
-  March 18 - Robert Donat, actor (d. 1958)
-  March 23 - Joan Crawford, actress (d. 1977)
-  April 17 - Arthur Lake, actor (d. 1987)
-  May 1 - Leila Hyams, actress (d. 1977)
-  May 15 - Joseph Cotten, actor (d. 1994)
-  May 16 - Henry Fonda, actor (d. 1982)
-  June 19 - Mildred Natwick, actress (d. 1994)
-  July 29 - Clara Bow, actress (d. 1965)
-  August 2 - Myrna Loy, actress (d. 1993)
-  August 3 - Dolores del Río, actress (d. 1983)
-  September 18 - Greta Garbo, actress (d. 1990)
-  September 21 - Marguerite Roberts, writer (d. 1989)
-  October 10 - Aksella Luts, screenwriter and actress (d. 2005)
-  November 5 - Joel McCrea, actor (d. 1990)
-  December 5 - Otto Preminger, director (d. 1986)
-  December 11 - Gilbert Roland, actor (d. 1994)
-  December 24 - Howard Hughes, director, producer, editor (d. 1976)
Deaths
Debuts