the original Top 10 Films of 2005 thread

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:35pm

What are your choices for the Top 10 Films of 2005?

Make your current list and then list the films you have yet to see that you think could make your list. As you see films, update your post to adjust your top 10 list.

1. Good Night, and Good Luck
2. Crash
3. Sin City
4. Transamerica
5. Munich
6. King Kong
7. Brokeback Mountain
8. Capote
9. A History of Violence
10. Cinderella Man

Want to mention 3 great docs: March of the Penguins, Murderball, and Inside Deep Throat

Have not seen: Mad Hot Ballroom, In Her Shoes, Jarhead, Family Stone, Shopgirl, The New World, The White Countess, Syriana, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and any of the possible foreign films.

Updated On: 4/10/06 at 07:35 PM

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:37pm

Mad Hot Ballroom
The Aristocrats

[broadway86]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:39pm

I haven't assembled my top 10, but here's my (long) film diary...

****
Batman Begins
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
The Constant Gardener
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
High Tension
A History of Violence
Junebug
King Kong
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Little Manhattan
Munich
Murderball
Mysterious Skin
November
Pride & Prejudice
Sin City
The Squid and the Whale
The Upside of Anger

***1/2
The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Dark Water
Dear Frankie
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Grizzly Man
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
House of Wax
Hustle & Flow
In Her Shoes
Jarhead
Keane
Kung Fu Hustle
Layer Cake
Match Point
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
Proof
Thumbsucker
2046
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
War of the Worlds
The Weather Man
Wolf Creek

***
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Broken Flowers
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Devil's Rejects
The Family Stone
Fever Pitch
Good Night, and Good Luck
Happy Endings
Heights
Hidden
The Matador
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Millions
Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Henderson Presents
My Summer of Love
North Country
Paradise Now
The Producers
Red Eye
Rent
Shopgirl
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Syriana
Unknown White Male
Walk the Line
Zathura

**1/2
Assault on Presinct 13
Bad News Bears
Bee Season
Cry_Wolf
Domino
Everything is Illuminated
Flightplan
Hitch
Hoodwinked
Hostage
The Interpreter
Loggerheads
Lords of Dogtown
Melinda and Melinda
Prime
The Ring Two
Saw II
The Skeleton Key
The Thing About My Folks
Transamerica
Wedding Crashers

**
Be Cool
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cinderella Man
Crash
Cursed
Elizabethtown
Fun with Dick and Jane
Herbie: Fully Loaded
Hide and Seek
The Jacket
Just Like Heaven
Kicking and Screaming
Memoirs of a Geisha
The Ringer
Rumor Has It
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Stay

*1/2
The Amityville Horror
Corpse Bride
The Dukes of Hazzard
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Last Days
Monster-in-Law
An Unfinished Life

*
The Brothers Grimm
Fantastic Four
The Honeymooners
The Island
Kingdom of Heaven
Stealth
X: State of the Union

1/2
Aeon Flux
Boogeyman
The Cave
White Noise

*none*
Alone in the Dark
The Fog Updated On: 1/1/06 at 07:39 PM

[gavrochegirl]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:39pm

Oh, Jerby, you must see Wallace and Gromit!

I don't really have a top ten list because I haven't even seen ten movies this year.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:41pm

broadway86: I used to see movies like that! But, now, I rarely do.

Updated On: 11/18/05 at 07:41 PM

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:44pm

Me too. Now I'm strapped for cash and movies (and all the fixings) are almost prohibitively expensive. I only go to the theatre for a very special movie - HP today, Rent next week, Memoirs and Munich are the only films I'll have seen in theatre this year.

[broadway86]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:49pm

Well, I had to sacrifice a little to see that many movies. Some of them were free (or I saw them through Netflix), but I just cut back on other things, like going out to eat, etc. Updated On: 11/18/05 at 07:49 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:51pm

While $ is something of an issue at $10.50 a film, I just have no time it seems. Or I HAVE to see certain films with my best friend who has no time. Ugh.

But, Netflix HAS been a blessing.

[mabel]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:51pm

Thus far, in alphabetical order, because I just can't come up w/ an order that I'm happy with:

Capote
Constant Gardener
Crash
Fever Pitch (c'mon it's the Red Sox!)
Good Night, and Good Luck
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
North Country
Proof
Shopgirl

[Plum]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:52pm

Moooooovies. I'm goin to catch The Constant Gardener on Wednesday, but honestly, right now I don't know if I have enough to fill out a Top 10. Okay, my Movies I Didn't Hate, in no particular order:

1. Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2. A History of Violence
3. Batman Begins
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
5. Pride and Prejudice
6. Wedding Crashers
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Isn't it a bit sad that maybe 2 of those movies aren't targeted at the under-18 crowd?

[Type_A_Tiff]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:55pm

Try one, Plum.

[mabel]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:58pm

Eh, it's okay, Plum. If you don't have more than a couple "not targeted at the under-18 crowd" by January when the onslaught of not-quite-so-trashy/"Oscar-caliber" movies come out, then we might start to worry.

[RobbO]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 7:59pm

lord, i thought i was behind when i saw jerby's list and then i saw 86's list....

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:02pm

You need to see a list to realise you're behind, RobbO?

[Aigoo]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:03pm

Wallace and Gromit was adorable.


Harry Potter 4 was breathtaking, visually, but I wish they wouldn't have skipped over so many parts.

[Plum]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:27pm

Hey, then there's the movies that I wouldn't even put on my list:

1. Crash
2. Wolf Creek
3. Serenity
4. Fantastic Four
5. Broken Flowers


...I think that's all the movies I watched this year. Wait, I watched 12 movies this year?! Oy.

ETA: 12! 12 movies! Ha Ha Ha. /Count voice
Updated On: 11/18/05 at 08:27 PM

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:31pm

Crash is officially this year's love it or hate it film.

[broadway86]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:40pm

You got that right, jrb.

PS - My rating for House of Wax is neither a joke nor a misprint.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 8:59pm

I actually enjoyed House of Wax.

[Pinguin]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:13pm

I'm sure this will change as I see the rest of the year's films, but so far:

(**recently edited**)

1. The Constant Gardner
2. Crash
3. My Summer of Love
4. Me and You and Everyone We Know
5. Jarhead
6. The Squid and the Whale
7. March of the Penguins
8. Match Point
9. Brokeback Mountain
10. King Kong

Personal favorites: Apres Vous, Heights


Things I haven't seen: Capote, Proof, Pride and Prejudice, Transamerica, The New World, North Country, A History of Violence, Murderball, Mad Hot Ballroom, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mrs. Henderson Presents, The Matador.

So much work to do...

Updated On: 1/28/06 at 09:13 PM

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:21pm

Capote
The Constant Gardener
Proof
The Aristocrats
Saraband
Junebug
A History of Violence
Pride and Prejudice
Shopgirl
The Squid and the Whale

***List is subject to change, as I still have not seen every movie released this year***

[Pinguin]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:24pm

I think that's true for most of us with limited bank accounts and limited time...

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:31pm

While I'm not planning on seeing EVERY movie released this year , there are still a lot more that I'd like to view before I publish my final "Top 10" list.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 9:37pm

Sheesh... I've seen three movies this year.

But making a list of what I need to get on netflix. So thanks!

[alterego]

Posted: 11/18/05 at 10:11pm

Well, I can top that (3 films) I have seen two, My House In Umbria and Crash. I have no desire to see most of the over hyped crap that is released every other week.