Best of 2005

In preparation for the upcoming Oscar nominations, and along the lines of the format of AFI, I'm listing my choices for the Oscar top categories and the Best of TV for 2005.

Movies:
Top 10 Movies of the year (in order):
1. Cinderella Man
2. Crash
3. Sin City
4. Jarhead
5. March Of The Penguins
6. Shopgirl
7. Assault On Precinct 13
8. The Skeleton Key
9. Junebug
10. Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, The
11. Mr. and Mrs. Smith
12. Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
13. Batman Begins
14. Derailed
15. The Producers

Best Actor:
1. Russell Crowe (Cinderella Man)
2. Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain)
3. Matthew Broderick (The Producers)
--tough choice between all three of the above--
4. Joaquin Phoenix (Walk The Line)
5. Clive Owen (Dwight; Sin City)
6. Steve Martin (Shopgirl)
7. Jake Gyllenhaal (Jarhead)
8. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote)
9. Kurt Russell (Dreamer: Inspired By A True Story)
10. Lawrence Fishburne (Assault On Precinct 13)

Best Actress:
1. Claire Danes (Shopgirl)
2. Naomi Watts (King Kong)
3. Kimberly Elise (Diary Of A Mad Black Woman)
4. Reese Witherspoon (Walk The Line)
5. Ziyi Zhang (Memoirs Of A Geisha)
6. Charlize Theron (North Country)
7. Jennifer Aniston (Derailed)
8. Maria Bello (A History Of Violence)
9. Joan Allen (The Upside Of Anger)
10. Julianne Moore (Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, The)

Best Director:
1. Ron Howard (Cinderella Man)
2. Frank Miller/Robert Rodriguez (Sin City)
3. Rob Marshall (Memoirs Of A Geisha)
4. George Clooney (Good Night, And Good Luck)
5. Paul Haggis (Crash)
6. Sam Mendes (Jarhead)
7. Jean-Francois Richet (Assault On Precinct 13)
8. James Mangold (Walk The Line)
9. Iain Softley (The Skeleton Key)
10. Anand Tucker (Shopgirl)


Best Supporting Actor:
1. Paul Giamatti (Joe Gould; Cinderella Man)
2. Terrence Howard (Cameron Thayer; Crash)
3. Ciaran Hinds (Carl; Munich)
4. Ken Wattanabe (Chairman; Memoirs Of A Geisha)
5. Tyler Perry (Brian/Madea/Joe; Diary Of A Mad Black Woman)
6. Sean Bean (Kyle; North Country)
7. James McAvoy (Mr. Tumnus; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe)
8. Woody Harrelson (Bill White; North Country)
9. Freddie Highmore (Charlie; Charlie And The Chocolate Factory)
10. Robert Downey, Jr. (Joe Wershba; Good Night, And Good Luck)

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Michelle Yeoh (Mameha; Memoirs Of A Geisha)
2. Suzuka Ohgo (Chiyo; Memoirs Of A Geisha)
3. Francis McDormand (Glory; North Country)
4. Thandie Newton (Christine Thayer; Crash)
5. Alicia Witt (Hadley Wolfmeyer; The Upside Of Anger)
6. Michelle Williams (Alma Del Mar; Brokeback Mountain)
7. Rosario Dawson (Gail; Sin City)
8. Stockard Channing (Dolly; Must Love Dogs)
9. Maria Bello (Alex Sabian; Assault On Precinct 13)
10. Judy Greer (Heather; Elizabethtown)

And the Razzie award for Worst movie of the year:
1. The New World
2. Rent
3. Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The
4. Transamerica
5. The Squid and the Whale

I'll add a disclaimer that there are still a few movies that I have not yet seen. So the following movies could be added at a later time:
* The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada


Television (a little awkward halfway through the season):
Top 12 shows of the year (in order) (I couldn’t stop at 10):
1. Arrested Development (no contest – the very best)
2. Battlestar Gallactica
3. 24
4. Lost
5. Three Wishes (the best in sappy TV, plus it's Amy)
6. Grey's Anatomy
7. Survivor: Guatemala
8. Boston Legal
9. My Name Is Earl (excellent at first, declining some)
10. How I Met Your Mother
11. Wanted (excellent depiction of a conflicted conservative Christian in a violent world)
12. The Office (improving)

Best Actor:
** Kiefer Sutherland (24)
Jason Bateman (Arrested Development)
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Gallactica)

Best Actress:
** Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Gallactica)
Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives)
Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy)
Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives)

Best Supporting Actor:
** Michael Cera (Arrested Development)
David Cross (Arrested Development)
T. R. Knight (Grey’s Anatomy)
Ryan Hurst (Wanted)
Will Arnett (Arrested Development)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Tony Hale (Arrested Development)
William Shatner (Boston Legal)

Best Supporting Actress:
** Jessica Walter (Arrested Development)
Jaime Pressly (My Name Is Earl)
Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy)
Shohreh Aghdashloo (24)
Evangeline Lilly (Lost)
Candice Bergen (Boston Legal)
Reiko Aylesworth (24)