National Board of Review Awards 2005



77th NBR Awards January 10, 2006

Best Film: ''' Good Night, and Good Luck.  The 77th National Board of Review Awards''', honoring the best in film for 2005, were given on 10 January 2006.

Top 10 films

 * 1) Good Night, and Good Luck.
 * 2) Brokeback Mountain
 * 3) Capote
 * 4) Crash
 * 5) A History of Violence
 * 6) Match Point
 * 7) Memoirs of a Geisha
 * 8) Munich
 * 9) Syriana
 * 10) Walk the Line

Top Foreign Films

 * 1) Paradise Now
 * 2) 2046
 * 3) Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
 * 4) Downfall (Der Untergang)
 * 5) Walk on Water

Top Five Documentaries

 * 1) March of the Penguins
 * 2) Ballets Russes
 * 3) Grizzly Man
 * 4) Mad Hot Ballroom
 * 5) Murderball

Winners

 * Best Film:
 * Good Night, and Good Luck.
 * Best Foreign Language Film:
 * Paradise Now
 * Best Actor:
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
 * Best Actress:
 * Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Gong Li - Memoirs of a Geisha
 * Best Acting by an Ensemble:
 * Mrs Henderson Presents
 * Breakthrough Performance Actor:
 * Terrence Howard - Crash, Get Rich or Die Tryin' and Hustle & Flow
 * Breakthrough Performance Actress:
 * Q'Orianka Kilcher, The New World
 * Best Director:
 * Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
 * Best Directorial Debut:
 * Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
 * Best Documentary Feature:
 * March of the Penguins
 * Best Animated Feature:
 * Corpse Bride
 * Best Screenplay - Adapted:
 * Syriana - Stephen Gaghan
 * Best Screenplay - Original:
 * The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
 * Best Film or Mini-Series Made for Cable TV:
 * Lackawanna Blues
 * Career Achievement Award:
 * Jane Fonda
 * Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing:
 * David Cronenberg
 * Career Achievement - Music Composition:
 * Howard Shore
 * Outstanding Achievement in Special Effects:
 * King Kong
 * William K. Everson Award for Film History:
 * George Feltenstein
 * Special Achievement in Producing:
 * Saul Zaentz
 * Special Recognition of Films That Reflect Freedom of Expression:
 * Innocent Voices
 * The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till
 * Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking:
 * Breakfast on Pluto
 * Cape of Good Hope
 * The Dying Gaul
 * Everything Is Illuminated
 * Hustle & Flow
 * Junebug
 * Layer Cake
 * Lord of War
 * Nine Lives
 * The Thing About My Folks
 * The Upside of Anger