2005 Film Year: Oscar Winners & Nominees
The AwardWentTo archive contains 109 Academy Award records for the 2005 film year, covering 54 films and including 24 wins.
Years follow the source film eligibility/dataset year, which may differ from the ceremony calendar year. Counts describe film-linked archive records, including historical and special-award context where supplied.
Best Picture result
- ★ CrashPaul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
5 Best Picture award records for this film year. See the full result · Best Picture history
Acting category results
Leading winning films
Ranked by winning records in this film-year selection.
- Brokeback Mountain
3 wins from 8 award records
- Crash
3 wins from 6 award records
- Memoirs of a Geisha
3 wins from 6 award records
- King Kong
3 wins from 4 award records
- Capote
1 win from 5 award records
- Walk the Line
1 win from 5 award records
Category winners
Select a category to explore its history, or jump to this year's full records.
- ★ Crash
- ★ Capote — Truman Capote
- ★ Syriana — Bob Barnes
- ★ Walk the Line — June Carter
- ★ The Constant Gardener — Tessa Quayle
- ★ Crash
- ★ Tsotsi
- ★ Hustle & Flow — It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp
- ★ Crash
Nominations and award records by category
Showing 109 of 109 archive records. Gold stars mark winning records.
Best Picture
- ★ Crash IMDB — Paul Haggis and Cathy Schulman, Producers
- Brokeback Mountain IMDB — Diana Ossana and James Schamus, Producers
- Capote IMDB — Caroline Baron, William Vince and Michael Ohoven, Producers
- Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDB — Grant Heslov, Producer
- Munich IMDB — Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg and Barry Mendel, Producers
Best Actor
- ★ Capote IMDB — Philip Seymour HoffmanTruman Capote
- Hustle & Flow IMDB — Terrence HowardDJay
- Brokeback Mountain IMDB — Heath LedgerEnnis Del Mar
- Walk the Line IMDB — Joaquin PhoenixJohn R. Cash
- Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDB — David StrathairnEdward R. Murrow
Best Supporting Actor
- ★ Syriana IMDB — George ClooneyBob Barnes
- Crash IMDB — Matt DillonOfficer Ryan
- Cinderella Man IMDB — Paul GiamattiJoe Gould
- Brokeback Mountain IMDB — Jake GyllenhaalJack Twist
- A History of Violence IMDB — William HurtRichie Cusack
Best Actress
- ★ Walk the Line IMDB — Reese WitherspoonJune Carter
- Mrs. Henderson Presents IMDB — Judi DenchMrs. Laura Henderson
- Transamerica IMDB — Felicity HuffmanBree
- Pride & Prejudice IMDB — Keira KnightleyElizabeth Bennet
- North Country IMDB — Charlize TheronJosey Aimes
Best Supporting Actress
- ★ The Constant Gardener IMDB — Rachel WeiszTessa Quayle
- Junebug IMDB — Amy AdamsAshley
- Capote IMDB — Catherine KeenerNelle Harper Lee
- North Country IMDB — Frances McDormandGlory
- Brokeback Mountain IMDB — Michelle WilliamsAlma
Animated Feature Film
- ★ Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit IMDB — Nick Park and Steve Box
- Howl's Moving Castle IMDB — Hayao Miyazaki
- Tim Burton's Corpse Bride IMDB — Mike Johnson and Tim Burton
Art Direction
- ★ Memoirs of a Geisha IMDB — Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gretchen Rau
- Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDB — Art Direction: Jim Bissell; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire IMDB — Art Direction: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
- King Kong IMDB — Art Direction: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Dan Hennah and Simon Bright
- Pride & Prejudice IMDB — Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
Cinematography
Costume Design
Best Director
Documentary Feature
- ★ March of the Penguins IMDB — Luc Jacquet and Yves Darondeau
- Darwin's Nightmare IMDB — Hubert Sauper
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room IMDB — Alex Gibney and Jason Kliot
- Murderball IMDB — Henry-Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro
- Street Fight IMDB — Marshall Curry
Documentary Short Subject
- ★ A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin IMDB — Corinne Marrinan and Eric Simonson
- The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club IMDB — Dan Krauss
- God Sleeps in Rwanda IMDB — Kimberlee Acquaro and Stacy Sherman
- The Mushroom Club IMDB — Steven Okazaki
Film Editing
- ★ Crash IMDB — Hughes Winborne
- Cinderella Man IMDB — Mike Hill and Dan Hanley
- The Constant Gardener IMDB — Claire Simpson
- Munich IMDB — Michael Kahn
- Walk the Line IMDB — Michael McCusker
International Feature Film
- ★ Tsotsi IMDB — South Africa
- Don't Tell IMDB — Italy
- Joyeux Noël IMDB — France
- Paradise Now IMDB — The Palestinian Territories
- Sophie Scholl - The Final Days IMDB — Germany
Makeup and Hairstyling
- ★ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe IMDB — Howard Berger and Tami Lane
- Cinderella Man IMDB — David Leroy Anderson and Lance Anderson
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith IMDB — Dave Elsey and Nikki Gooley
Original Score
Original Song
- ★ Hustle & Flow IMDB — Music and Lyric by Jordan Houston, Cedric Coleman and Paul BeauregardIt's Hard Out Here For A Pimp
- Crash IMDB — Music by Kathleen \"Bird\" York and Michael Becker; Lyric by Kathleen \"Bird\" YorkIn The Deep
- Transamerica IMDB — Music and Lyric by Dolly PartonTravelin' Thru
Animated Short Film
- ★ The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation IMDB — John Canemaker and Peggy Stern
- Badgered IMDB — Sharon Colman
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello IMDB — Anthony Lucas
- 9 IMDB — Shane Acker
- One Man Band IMDB — Andrew Jimenez and Mark Andrews
Live Action Short Film
- ★ Six Shooter IMDB — Martin McDonagh
- Ausreisser (The Runaway) IMDB — Ulrike Grote
- Cashback IMDB — Sean Ellis and Lene Bausager
- The Last Farm IMDB — Rúnar Rúnarsson and Thor S. Sigurjónsson
- Our Time Is Up IMDB — Rob Pearlstein and Pia Clemente
Sound Editing
- ★ King Kong IMDB — Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
- Memoirs of a Geisha IMDB — Wylie Stateman
- War of the Worlds IMDB — Richard King
Sound Mixing
- ★ King Kong IMDB — Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe IMDB — Terry Porter, Dean A. Zupancic and Tony Johnson
- Memoirs of a Geisha IMDB — Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Rick Kline and John Pritchett
- Walk the Line IMDB — Paul Massey, D.M. Hemphill and Peter F. Kurland
- War of the Worlds IMDB — Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and Ronald Judkins
Visual Effects
- ★ King Kong IMDB — Joe Letteri, Brian Van't Hul, Christian Rivers and Richard Taylor
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe IMDB — Dean Wright, Bill Westenhofer, Jim Berney and Scott Farrar
- War of the Worlds IMDB — Dennis Muren, Pablo Helman, Randal M. Dutra and Daniel Sudick
Adapted Screenplay
- ★ Brokeback Mountain IMDB — Screenplay by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana
- Capote IMDB — Screenplay by Dan Futterman
- The Constant Gardener IMDB — Screenplay by Jeffrey Caine
- A History of Violence IMDB — Screenplay by Josh Olson
- Munich IMDB — Screenplay by Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
Original Screenplay
- ★ Crash IMDB — Screenplay by Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco; Story by Paul Haggis
- Good Night, and Good Luck. IMDB — Screenplay by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
- Match Point IMDB — Written by Woody Allen
- The Squid and the Whale IMDB — Written by Noah Baumbach
- Syriana IMDB — Written by Stephen Gaghan
Nominated films and other recorded entries
54 films represented in the 2005 archive selection.
- 9
- A History of Violence
- A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
- Ausreisser (The Runaway)
- Badgered
- Batman Begins
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- Cashback
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Cinderella Man
- Crash
- Darwin's Nightmare
- Don't Tell
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
- God Sleeps in Rwanda
- Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Howl's Moving Castle
- Hustle & Flow
- Joyeux Noël
- Junebug
- King Kong
- March of the Penguins
- Match Point
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Mrs. Henderson Presents
- Munich
- Murderball
- North Country
- One Man Band
- Our Time Is Up
- Paradise Now
- Pride & Prejudice
- Six Shooter
- Sophie Scholl - The Final Days
- Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith
- Street Fight
- Syriana
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- The Constant Gardener
- The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
- The Last Farm
- The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
- The Mushroom Club
- The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello
- The New World
- The Squid and the Whale
- Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
- Transamerica
- Tsotsi
- Walk the Line
- Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- War of the Worlds
About these award records
This independent archive groups film-linked award records by film, credited name, category and eligibility year. The film year can differ from the year the ceremony took place. Ceremony numbers are shown where supplied by the records.
Each distinct performance, song or award credit remains a separate record, even when it belongs to the same film. Shared credits stay together. A person's page covers the name shown, without combining aliases or shared credits into a complete career total.
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