Academy Award Nominations & Oscar Winners - 2005

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Below are the Academy Award nominees and winners for 2005. Which movie was given the Best Picture Oscar? Who won the Best Actor Oscar? Which movies were denied an Academy Award?

Best Picture
WINNER: Crash - (My pick)	A-
Brokeback Mountain - (My prediction)	A-
Capote	A-
Good Night, and Good Luck	B+
Munich	B+
Best Director
WINNER: Brokeback Mountain - Ang Lee (My prediction)	A-
Capote - Bennett Miller	A-
Crash - Paul Haggis	A-
Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney (My pick)	B+
Munich - Steven Spielberg	B+
Best Actor in a Leading Role
WINNER: Capote - Philip Seymour Hoffman (My pick and prediction)	A-
Brokeback Mountain - Heath Ledger	A-
Good Night, and Good Luck - David Straithairn	B+
Hustle & Flow - Terrence Howard	B-
Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix	B+
Best Actress in a Leading Role
WINNER: Walk the Line - Reese Witherspoon (My pick and prediction)	B+
Mrs. Henderson Presents - Judy Dench	B
North Country - Charlize Theron	C+
Pride and Prejudice - Keira Knightley	A-
Transamerica - Felicity Huffman	A
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
WINNER: Syriana - George Clooney	B+
Brokeback Mountain - Jake Gyllenhaal (My prediction)	A-
Cinderella Man - Paul Giamatti	B
Crash - Matt Dillon (My pick, barely)	A-
A History of Violence - William Hurt	A-
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
WINNER: The Constant Gardener - Rachel Weisz (My pick and prediction)	A-
Junebug - Amy Adams
Brokeback Mountain - Michelle Williams	A-
Capote - Catherine Keener	A-
North Country - Frances McDormand	C+
Best Original Screenplay
WINNER: Crash	A-
Good Night, and Good Luck	B+
Match Point - (My pick and prediction)	A
The Squid and the Whale	A-
Syriana	B+
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER: Brokeback Mountain - (My prediction)	A-
Capote	A-
The Constant Gardener	A-
A History of Violence - (My pick)	A-
Munich	B+
Best Foreign Picture
WINNER: Tsotsi
Don't Tell
Joyeux Noël
Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
Paradise Now - (My prediction)	A
Best Documentary Picture
WINNER: March of the Penguins - (My prediction)	B
Darwin's Nightmare
Street Fight
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room - (My pick)	A-
Murderball	B
Best Animated Picture
WINNER: Wallace & Gromit: Tale of the Were-Rabbit - (My pick and prediction)	B-
Corpse Bride	B-
Howl's Moving Castle	B+
Best Art Direction
WINNER: Memoirs of a Geisha	A-
Good Night, and Good Luck	B+
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire	A
King Kong	B+
Pride and Prejudice	A-
Best Cinematography
WINNER: Memoirs of a Geisha	A-
Batman Begins	A
Brokeback Mountain	A-
Good Night, and Good Luck	B+
The New World	A
Best Costume Design
WINNER: Memoirs of a Geisha	A-
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	B-
Mrs. Henderson Presents	B
Pride and Prejudice	A-
Walk the Line	B+
Best Film Editing
WINNER: Crash	A-
Cinderella Man	B
The Constant Gardener	A-
Munich	B+
Walk the Line	B+
Best Makeup
WINNER: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe	B
Cinderella Man	B
Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith	B-
Best Original Score
WINNER: Brokeback Mountain	A-
The Constant Gardener	A-
Memoirs of a Geisha	A-
Munich	B+
Pride and Prejudice	A-
Best Original Song
WINNER: Hustle & Flow	B-
Crash	A-
Transamerica	A
Best Sound Mixing
WINNER: King Kong	B+
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe	B
Memoirs of a Geisha	A-
Walk the Line	B+
War of the Worlds	B
Best Sound Editing
WINNER: King Kong	B+
Memoirs of a Geisha	A-
War of the Worlds	B
Best Visual Effects
WINNER: King Kong - (My pick and prediction)	B+
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe	B
War of the Worlds	B
Best Documentary Short
WINNER: A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
God Sleeps in Rwanda
The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
The Mushroom Club
Best Animated Short Film
WINNER: The Moon and the Sun: The Imagined Conversation
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Badgered
One Man Blind
The Mysterious Geographical Explorations of Jasper Morillo
Best Live-Action Short Film
WINNER: Six Shooter
Ausreisser
Cashback
Our Time is Up
The Last Farm