11th Critics' Choice Awards

11th Critics' Choice Awards
Date	January 9, 2006
Highlights
Best Film	Brokeback Mountain

The 11th Critics' Choice Awards are given on January 9, 2006 to honor the finest achievements in 2005 filmmaking.

Top 10 Films

(alphabetical)

1. Brokeback Mountain
2. Capote
3. Cinderella Man
4. The Constant Gardener
5. Crash (Academy Award for Best Picture)
6. Good Night, and Good Luck
7. King Kong
8. Memoirs of a Geisha
9. Munich
10. Walk the Line

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

• Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

• Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
• Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride and Prejudice
• Charlize Theron - North Country

Best Animated Feature

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

• Chicken Little
• Corpse Bride
• Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)
• Madagascar

Best Cast

Crash

• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Rent
• Sin City
• Syriana

Best Composer

John Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha

• James Horner - The New World
• Gustavo Santaolalla - Brokeback Mountain
• Nancy Wilson - Elizabethtown

Best Director

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
• Paul Haggis - Crash
• Ron Howard - Cinderella Man
• Peter Jackson - King Kong
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Documentary Feature

March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur)

• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Grizzly Man
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Murderball

Best Family Film

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Best Film

Brokeback Mountain

• Capote
• Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Munich
• Walk the Line

Best Film - Comedy

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Mrs. Henderson Presents
• The Producers
• Wedding Crashers

Best Film Made for TV

Into The West

• No Direction Home
• Rome
• Warm Springs

Best Foreign Language Film

Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), China/Hong Kong

• 2046, China/France/Germany/Hong Kong
• Hidden (Caché), France
• Oldboy, South Korea
• Paradise Now, Palestine Authority

Best Song

"Hustle & Flow" - Hustle & Flow

• "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" performed by Emmylou Harris - Brokeback Mountain
• "Same in Any Language" performed by I Nine - Elizabethtown
• "Seasons of Love" performed by Tracie Thoms, Jesse L. Martin and Cast - Rent
• "Travelin' Thru" performed by Dolly Parton - Transamerica

Best Soundtrack

"Walk the Line"

• "Elizabethtown"
• "Memoirs of a Geisha"
• "The Producers: The Movie Musical"
• "Rent"

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man

• George Clooney - Syriana
• Kevin Costner - The Upside of Anger
• Matt Dillon - Crash
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard - Crash

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams - Junebug
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

• Maria Bello - A History of Violence
• Catherine Keener - Capote
• Frances McDormand - North Country
• Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener

Best Writer

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco - Crash

• Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
• George Clooney and Grant Heslov - Good Night, and Good Luck
• Dan Futterman - Capote
• Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana - Brokeback Mountain

Best Young Actor

Freddie Highmore - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

• Alex Etel - Millions
• Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
• Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale
• Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Best Young Actress

Dakota Fanning - War of the Worlds

• Flora Cross - Bee Season
• Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• Q'Orianka Kilcher - The New World
• Emma Watson - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire