Good Movies of 2005*


1. Capote
2. Oldboy
3.The New World
4. Batman Begins
4 1/2. Caché
5. The Beat That My Heart Skipped
6. Brokeback Mountain
7. 2046
8. High Tension
9. The Weather Man
10. The Baxter

Honorable Mentions:
Good Night, and Good Luck ; Constantine ; The Constant Gardener ; The Squid & The Whale ; Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Best Supporting Performance:
Ray Wise in Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Opening Sequence:
Walk The Line

Moments of Really, Really Good-ness:
Munich ; Dear Wendy

66% Pretty Good, 33% Pretty Poopy:
Fear X ; The Jacket

Great Direction, Terrible Script:
Stay

Best Spielberg Movie of the Year:
Munich

Best Tim Burton Movie of the Year:
Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

Best Ron Howard Movie In Over A Decade:
Cinderella Man

Better Than It Was Given Credit For, At Least As Good As Gladiator:
Kingdom of Heaven

Overrated, Overloved:
Sin City

The Emperor's New Clothes of 2005:
A History of Violence

Best From 2004 That I Saw in 2005:
Reconstruction ; Primer

*The quality of this list is limited by the quality of Mr. Oblivian's opinion. The breadth of this list is limited by the number of trips Mr. Oblivian took to the movie theater this year**.

**For example, Mr. Oblivian regrets having not yet seen March of the Penguins ; Grizzly Man ; You, Me & Everyone We Know ; Match Point ; The Dying Gaul ; 3-Iron ; Pride & Prejudice ; Breakfast on Pluto ; Murderball and The Aristocrats
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