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2005 in film

The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels takes place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, The Ring Two, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, XXX: State of the Union, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Batman Begins. (more)

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  • Batman Begins: Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman. Christopher Nolan directed the film, which stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Mor
  • The Devil's Rejects: The Devil's Rejects is a 2005 horror film written and directed by Rob Zombie. It is the sequel to his 2003 film House of 1000 Corpses. The movie is about the family of psychopathic killers from the previous film now on the run.
  • Cheaper by the Dozen 2: Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is a film produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 2005. It is the sequel to the family comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). Shawn Levy, the director of the first film, did not return as director for this sequel, which
  • The Ring Two: The Ring Two is a 2005 American horror film, and a sequel to the 2002 film The Ring, which was a remake of the 1998 Japanese film Ring (1998). It was directed by Hideo Nakata, the original director of Ring. This sequel is not based on any of the prev
  • Brokeback Mountain: Brokeback Mountain is a 2005 romantic-drama film that depicts the complex romantic and sexual relationship between two men in the American West from 1963 to 1983. The film was directed by Taiwanese director Ang Lee from a screenplay by Diana Ossana a
  • Munich (film): Munich is a 2005 semi-fictionalized film about the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli Olympic athletes by Black September gunmen and of the Israeli government's secret retaliation. The film stars Eric Bana and was co-produced and directed by Steven Spie
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a 2005 fantasy film directed by Andrew Adamson based on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the first published novel in C. S. Lewis's children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Nar
  • Sin City (film): Sin City is a 2005 film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is based on Miller's graphic novel series of the same name. The film is primarily based on three of Miller's works: "The Hard Goodbye" focuses on a hulkin
  • Serenity (film): Serenity is a 2005 space western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It follows on from the canceled Fox science fiction television series Firefly, taking place about two months after the events of the final episode. Set 510 years in the future
  • Robots (film): Robots is a 2005 computer-animated comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox (the same companies behind the film Ice Age), and was released theatrically (both in normal theaters and in IMAX theaters) on March 11th, 2005. The story
  • Elektra (2005 film): Elektra is a 2005 action movie directed by Rob Bowman. It is a spin-off to the 2003 movie Daredevil, starring the Marvel comics character Elektra Natchios (played by Jennifer Garner). The story follows Elektra, an international assassin whose weapon
  • War of the Worlds (2005 film): War of the Worlds is a 2005 science fiction disaster film based on H. G. Wells' original novel starring Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning. It was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It was released on June 29, 2005.
  • Doom (film): Doom is a 2005 science fiction horror film adaptation of the popular Doom series of video games created by id Software. It was directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and was released in the United States on October 21 2005 and in the United Kingdom on Decemb
  • Capote (film): Capote is a 2005 biographical film about Truman Capote on a writing assignment for The New Yorker. Philip Seymour Hoffman won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his critically acclaimed portrayal of the title role. The fil
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film): Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 fantasy adventure film, based on J. K. Rowling's novel of the same name, and is the fourth film in the popular Harry Potter film series. Directed by Mike Newell, the film concerns Harry Potter's fourth ye
  • Prime (film): Prime is a 2005 American romantic comedy film starring Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep & Bryan Greenberg. It was written and directed by Ben Younger.
  • Elizabethtown (film): Elizabethtown is a 2005 American British film written and directed by Cameron Crowe starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Orlando Bloom plays a shoe designer visiting his father's hometown in Kentucky in the days following the father's death, and
  • The Dukes of Hazzard (film): The Dukes of Hazzard is a 2005 film loosely based on the American television series of the same name. The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released to theaters in the US on August 5 2005. The Dukes of Hazzard depicts the adventures of cousi
  • Rent (film): Rent is a 2005 film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name. It details the struggles of a group of young friends in the East Village area of New York City in the late-1980s, early-1990s. The film, directed by Chris Columbus, had six of t
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 2005 film directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp. Based on the 1964 Roald Dahl children's novel of the same name, the film also stars Freddie Highmore as Charlie Bucket and is the second film adaptation
  • Proof (2005 film): Proof is a 2005 film starring Anthony Hopkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Hope Davis. The movie was directed by John Madden, who also directed Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love (1998). Proof was written by David Auburn (who also wrote Proof,
  • Goal! (film): Goal! (also known as Goal! The Dream Begins! in the United States) is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon. This is the first installment of a trilogy named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual
  • Bewitched (film): Bewitched is a 2005 comedy-fantasy produced by Columbia Pictures and inspired by the classic television series of the same name (produced by Columbia's Screen Gems television studio, now Sony Pictures Television). The film was released in the United
  • Oliver Twist (2005 film): Oliver Twist is a 2005 film directed by Roman Polanski. It is based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The screenplay is by Ronald Harwood. The plot is considerably simplified in the film, omitting Monks (Oliver's half-brother) and the May
  • Cello (film): Cello is a 2005 South Korean horror film.
  • Hitch (film): Hitch is a 2005 romantic comedy film starring Will Smith, Eva Mendes, Kevin James and Amber Valletta. The film is directed by Andy Tennant and written by Kevin Bisch. Smith plays a professional matchmaker, who makes a living teaching men how to woo w
  • Domino (film): Domino is a 2005 Action film inspired by the story of Domino Harvey, the English daughter of stage and screen actor Laurence Harvey, who became a bounty hunter working in Los Angeles. The film is dedicated to Domino Harvey, who died from an accidenta
  • Hostage (film): Hostage is a 2005 action/thriller movie which was directed by Florent Emilio Siri. The film was based on a novel by Robert Crais, and was adapted for the screen by Doug Richardson.
  • Casanova (film): Casanova is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Lasse Hallström based on the life of Giacomo Casanova. *Tagline: A partially true story about lies told, virtue lost and love found.
  • Valiant (2005 film): Valiant is a 2005 computer-animated film, which tells the tale of a group of messenger pigeons during World War II. Produced by Vanguard Animation, it was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures in the United States and a variety of other companies inter
  • The 40-Year-Old Virgin: The 40-Year-Old Virgin is a 2005 comedy film written by Judd Apatow and co-written by Steve Carell, though it features a great deal of improvised dialogue. Commentary track for the unrated DVD version of the film. It also stars Catherine Keener, Roma
  • Rebound (film): Rebound (2005) is a comedy starring Martin Lawrence. The film was directed by Steve Carr who has directed several other films including for Next Friday, Dr. Dolittle 2, and Daddy Day Care. In addition to Lawrence, Rebound also has an additional cast
  • Smile (2005 film): Smile is a 2005 film written and directed by Jeffrey Kramer. *Tagline: Based on 80,000 true stories.
  • Chicken Little (2005 film): Chicken Little a 2005 CGI animated film, and the forty-fifth animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and the first not created by Pixar. It was written by Mark Dindal and Mark Kennedy with the screenplay by Steve Bencich, Ron J. Fr
  • The Honeymooners (film): The Honeymooners is a 2005 comedy film, directed by John Schultz. It is based on the groundbreaking TV series of the same name, which also inspired television shows such as The Flintstones. It was heavily panned by both critics and fans of the origin
  • 78th Academy Awards: The 78th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by The Daily Show host Jon Stewart. The ceremony was pushed back from its newly established Februar
  • Saw II: This article is about the horror film. For the Aphex Twin album, see Selected Ambient Works Volume II Saw II is a 2005 horror film, and the sequel to the 2004 Saw. The film (apart from external shots) was filmed in one building over the span of 25 da
  • Good Night, and Good Luck.: Good Night, and Good Luck. is a 2005 film directed by George Clooney and written by Clooney and Grant Heslov that portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, es
  • Jarhead (film): Jarhead is a 2005 film based on U.S. Marine Anthony Swofford's 2003 Gulf War memoir Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Swofford. The title comes from the slang term used to refer to Marines (s
  • Kingdom of Heaven (film): Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic film, directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and written by William Monahan. It stars Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Marton Csokas, Brendan Gleeson, Alexander Siddig, Ghassan Massoud, Edward No
  • Cinderella Man: Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname and inspired by the real life story of former Heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer.
  • Dreamer (2005 film): Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story is a 2005 film starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning, inspired by the true story of an injured Thoroughbred racehorse named Mariah's Storm. It marked the directing and screenwriting debut of John Gatins.
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film): Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 action/comedy film, directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The original music score was composed by John Powell. The film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a bored married couple who learn that they are bo
  • The Producers (2005 film): The Producers is a 2005 comedy-musical film based on the 2001 Broadway musical of the same name, which is in turn based on the 1968 movie starring Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, and Andréas Voutsinas. The movie is directed by Susan Stroman (the director a
  • Transamerica (film): Transamerica is a 2005 independent dramedy produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman (Felicity Huffman), who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Kevin Zegers). The movie is mar
  • Sky High (2005 film): Sky High is a 2005 superhero film from Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Mike Mitchell and was written by Paul Hernandez, Robert Schooley, and Mark McCorkle.
  • Unleashed (film): Unleashed (also known as Danny the Dog), is a 2005 action/thriller film, directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Luc Besson. It is set in Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Corpse Bride: Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is a 2005 stop-motion-animation film based loosely on a 19th century Russian-Jewish folktale version of an older Jewish story and set in a fictional Victorian era village. It was directed by Tim Burton and Mike Johnson, and
  • North Country (film): North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jensen and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and L
  • White Noise (film): White Noise is a 2005 drama/supernatural horror film, directed by Geoffrey Sax and produced by Brightlight Pictures. The title refers to electronic voice phenomena (EVP), where voices, which some believe to be from the "other side," can be heard on a
  • Coach Carter: Coach Carter is a 2005 film from Paramount Pictures, directed by Thomas Carter. It is based on a true story, in which Richmond High School (Richmond, California, USA) head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated
  • Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (also known as Wallace and Gromit The Movie: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit, The Wallace and Gromit Movie, or Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) is a 2005 British stop-motion animated film,
  • Lords of Dogtown: Lords of Dogtown is an American film from 2005 from both Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, written by Stacy Peralta. The film is based on the story of "The Z-Boys", an influential group of skateboarders who revo
  • The Constant Gardener (film): The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles. The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on the John le Carré novel of the same name. It tells the story of Justin Quayle, a man who seeks to find the motivating forces behind
  • The Amityville Horror (2005 film): The Amityville Horror is a 2005 horror film directed by Andrew Douglas for United Artists and Dimension Films. It is a remake of the original 1979 film version of the same name, which was based on Jay Anson's 1977 novel of the same name. The film is
  • Guess Who (film): Guess Who is a 2005 comedy film, directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. It is a loose remake of the award-winning 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. The majority of the movie was filmed in Cranford, New Jersey.
  • House of Wax (2005 film): House of Wax is a 2005 horror film, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. It is a very loose remake of the 1953 movie of the same name starring Vincent Price and the 1933 film Mystery of the Wax Museum, reworked into the format of a slasher movie. It was r
  • Alone in the Dark (2005 film): Alone in the Dark 2005 Brightlight Pictures horror film very loosely based on Infogrames' popular video game series of the same name. It is directed by Uwe Boll, and stars Christian Slater as supernatural detective Edward Carnby. The film's tagline i
  • Mrs Henderson Presents: Mrs Henderson Presents is a comedy film of 2005 directed by Stephen Frears. It stars Bob Hoskins, Dame Judi Dench, Kelly Reilly and Will Young in his acting debut.
  • Hide and Seek (2005 film): Hide and Seek is a 2005 film starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning. It was directed by John Polson. The film opened in the United States in January 2005 and was top of the box office. It did not reach the same level of critical success; the maj
  • Just Like Heaven (film): Just Like Heaven is a romantic comedy film released on September 16, 2005, in the U.S. and Canada. Set in San Francisco, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, and Jon Heder (in his first film appearance following Napoleon Dynamite). It reached #1
  • The Squid and the Whale: The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. It tells the semi-autobiographical story of two boys in Brooklyn dealing with their parents' divorce in the 1980s. The film is named after a giant squid and sperm wha
  • Supercross (film): Supercross is a 2005 film, directed by expert stunt director Steve Boyum. The movie is a mixture of youthful relationships set in the intense world of professional Supercross.
  • Wolf Creek (film): Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean. It has strong themes of torture, rape and murder. The film is not based on real events as stated at the beginning of the film, it is merely inspired by them
  • Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film): Get Rich or Die Tryin' is a 2005 film starring Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. It was released on November 9, 2005. Similar to the Eminem film 8 Mile, the story is a semi-autobiographical account of 50 Cent's own life. It was directed by six-time Oscar nom
  • Red Eye (film): Red Eye is a 2005 thriller film, directed by Wes Craven and written by Carl Ellsworth (screenplay and story) and Dan Foos (story). Rachel McAdams plays a hotel manager ensnared in an assassination plot by Cillian Murphy while aboard a red eye flight
  • Hoodwinked!: Hoodwinked! is a 2005 computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. It was released by The Weinstein Company in selected markets on December 16, 2005, before expanding nationwide on January 13, 2006. It was
  • Waiting...: Waiting... (2005) is an American independent film starring Ryan Reynolds, Justin Long and Anna Faris. It was written and directed by Rob McKittrick. McKittrick wrote the screenplay while working as a waiter. Friend and producer Dean Shull, who met Mc
  • Match Point: Match Point is a 2005 film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton. Meyers plays Chris Wilton, a tennis pro seeking a new direction for hi
  • The Interpreter: The Interpreter is a 2005 drama/thriller film, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener and was the final film to be directed by Sydney Pollack.
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a 2005 crime/black comedy film, which follows many conventions of the classic film noir genre. It is based, in part, on the novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday. The screenplay was written by Shane Black who a
  • Hustle & Flow: Hustle & Flow is a 2005 film written and directed by Craig Brewer about a Memphis hustler called DJay, played by Terrence Howard, who aspires to become a rapper. The film was nominated an Academy Awards for Best Actor for Howard and won an Academy Aw
  • Assault on Precinct 13 (2005 film): Assault on Precinct 13 is a 2005 action / thriller movie, directed by Jean-François Richet. It is a loose remake of the 1976 movie of the same name by John Carpenter, with an updated plot, and was distributed and produced by Rogue Pictures.
  • The Pacifier: The Pacifier is a 2005 action comedy film, directed by Adam Shankman, and written by Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. It stars Vin Diesel, Faith Ford, Lauren Graham, Brittany Snow, Max Thieriot, Carol Kane, and Brad Garrett. The film was released in Mar
  • The New World: The New World is a 2005 drama / romance film directed by Terrence Malick. It is a historical adventure set during the founding of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement and inspired by the historical figures Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. The New Wor
  • Ice Princess: Ice Princess is a 2005 Disney live action film, directed by Tim Fywell.
  • Æon Flux (film): Æon Flux is a 2005 science fiction film released on December 2, 2005. The film is a loose adaptation of the animated science fiction television series of the same name, which was created by animator Peter Chung (who had a minor role in this film vers
  • The Fog (2005 film): The Fog is a 2005 horror film directed by Rupert Wainwright. It is a remake of John Carpenter's film of the same name (1980), but with more of a "teen horror film" angle. The original music score is composed by Graeme Revell.
  • The Legend of Zorro: The Legend of Zorro is a 2005 sequel to 1998's The Mask of Zorro, both directed by Martin Campbell. Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles as the titular hero and his spouse, and Rufus Sewell stars as the villain. The film, whi
  • Undiscovered: Undiscovered is a 2005 film directed by Meiert Avis. The plot is about a group of aspiring entertainers who intend to establish their careers in Los Angeles. Released on August 26, 2005, the film received a largely negative reception - as of January
  • Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo: Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) is the sequel to the 1999 film Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.
  • The Island (2005 film): The Island is a 2005 science fiction film directed by Michael Bay and starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. It is described as a pastiche of "escape-from-dystopia" science fiction films produced in the late 1960s and 1970s such as Fahrenheit
  • Broken Flowers: Broken Flowers is a 2005 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. Its main actors are Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, and
  • Four Brothers (film): Four Brothers (2005) is an action crime film directed by John Singleton. The movie stars Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg, and Garrett Hedlund. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This film is loosely based on the 1965 western
  • You Are My Sunshine (film): You Are My Sunshine ( , Literaly: You are my destiny) is a 2005 South Korean film, directed by Park Jin-pyo and starring Jeon Do-yeon and Hwang Jung-min in the lead roles. Released in Korea on September 23, it was the ninth most successful domestic f
  • Dark Water (2005 film): Dark Water is a 2005 American horror film directed by Walter Salles and starring Jennifer Connelly. The film is a remake of the 2002 Japanese film of the same name, and also stars John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Perla Haney-Jardine and Ariel Gade. The film
  • The Exorcism of Emily Rose: The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a 2005 horror/thriller film directed by Scott Derrickson. The film is based on the true story of Anneliese Michel, a young Catholic woman from Germany who died in 1976 after unsuccessful attempts to cure her from the all
  • Son of the Mask: Son of the Mask is the Raspberry Award-Winning 2005 sequel to the 1994 comedy film, The Mask, directed by Lawrence Guterman. The movie had a $84 million budget and a $17 million domestic box office gross, along with a $40 million foreign box office g
  • Rumor Has It...: Rumor Has It... (also known as Rumour Has It... in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia) is a 2005 comedy film. It stars Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Costner and is directed by Rob Reiner. It was released in North America on December 25 2005. The enti
  • In Her Shoes: In Her Shoes is a 2005 American drama film directed by Curtis Hanson. The screenplay by Susannah Grant is based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Weiner.
  • Little Fish (film): Little Fish is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield.
  • Fun with Dick and Jane (2005 film): Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 comedy film, and remake of the 1977 film of the same name. The story revolves around an upper-middle class couple, Dick and Jane Harper, who turn to robbery after Dick's company goes bankrupt and they run out of money
  • Cry Wolf: Cry_Wolf is a murder mystery 2005 film directed by Jeff Wadlow after he won one million dollars at the 2002 Chrysler Film Competition.
  • The Weather Man: The Weather Man is a 2005 American comedy-drama film, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine. The film revolves around David Spritz (Cage), a successful weatherman on a Chicago news program, who is seen by both others and himself as a failure in all
  • Man of the House (2005 comedy film): Man of the House is a 2005 comedy crime film starring Tommy Lee Jones as a Texas Ranger given the thankless task protecting a group of cheerleaders, who have witnessed a murder. Much of the movie was shot in Austin, Texas on the University of Texas c
  • The Descent: The Descent is a 2005 British horror film, written and directed by Neil Marshall. The story concerns a group of friends on a caving expedition who find themselves trapped and hunted by inhuman creatures. The Descent was released on July 8, 2005, havi
  • Paradise Now: Paradise Now ( ) is a 2005 film directed by Hany Abu-Assad about two Palestinian men preparing for a suicide attack in Israel. It won a Golden Globe for best foreign language film and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. "The film
  • Racing Stripes: Racing Stripes is a 2005 adventure/comedy movie, directed by Frederik Du Chau. It is similar in the style to the 1995 movie Babe, in that the protagonist is a talking animal who lives on a farm and succeeds at an activity not expected of his species.
  • The Cave (film): The Cave is a 2005 sci-fi/horror film directed by Bruce Hunt. The MPAA rated this film with a PG-13 for intense creature violence.
  • Into the Blue: Into the Blue is a 2005 film directed by John Stockwell. This is the first MGM movie to be released as the MGM/Sony Pictures co-production. This film is loosely based on the 1977 film The Deep which is based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name
  • The Chumscrubber: The Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford, starring an ensemble cast. The film focuses on the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents, and the prevalence of prescriptio
  • Roll Bounce: Roll Bounce is a 2005 comedy-drama film starring rapper Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Kellita Smith and Jurnee Smollett. It is directed by Malcolm D. Lee. The film was shot at the Lynwood Roller Rink in Lynwood, IL, as well as Fleetwood Roller Rink in Summit
  • Transporter 2: Transporter 2 is a 2005 action film directed by Louis Leterrier and produced by Luc Besson. It is the sequel to 2002's The Transporter. It is itself followed by Transporter 3. Jason Statham returns as Frank Martin, a professional "transporter" who de
  • Two for the Money (film): Two for the Money is a 2005 film directed by D. J. Caruso and starring Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, and Rene Russo. The movie is about the world of sports gambling. McConaughey plays Brandon Lang, a former college football star who, after sustaini
  • Because of Winn-Dixie (film): Because of Winn-Dixie is a 2005 film, adapted from the book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo and directed by Wayne Wang. It was produced by Walden Media and Twentieth Century Fox.
  • Where the Truth Lies: Where the Truth Lies is a 2005 dramatic film directed by Atom Egoyan, based on the novel by Rupert Holmes. It stars Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, David Hayman, and Maury Chaykin. The film generated some controversy for its NC-17 rating in
  • The Upside of Anger: The Upside of Anger is a 2005 drama/comedy/romance written and directed by Mike Binder and filmed in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It stars Joan Allen, Kevin Costner and Evan Rachel Wood. It received a 74% rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Tagline: Sometimes
  • Aurore (film): Aurore is a 2005 Quebec biographical drama movie that was directed by Luc Dionne and produced by Denise Robert and Daniel Louis. The movie is a remake of Jean-Guy Bigras 1952 movie La Petite Aurore : l'enfant martyre.
  • The Matador: The Matador is a 2005 dark comedy film written and directed by Richard Shepard and starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. As of February 12, 2006, the film grossed a total of $10.5 million in the domestic box office. The film was released on DVD o
  • Dirty Love: Dirty Love is a 2005 comedy film, written by and starring Jenny McCarthy and directed by John Mallory Asher. At the time of filming the couple were married but have since filed for divorce. The film heavily plays off McCarthy's reputation for scatolo
  • Bad News Bears: Bad News Bears is a 2005 comedy film, which is a remake of the 1976 film The Bad News Bears, produced by Paramount Pictures. It is directed by Richard Linklater and stars Billy Bob Thornton, Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, and Sammi Kane Kraft. The
  • The Family Stone: The Family Stone is a 2005 American dramedy film written and directed by Thomas Bezucha. It is an ensemble piece focusing on the Christmas holiday misadventures of the titular family when the eldest son brings his girlfriend home with the intention o
  • The Jacket: The Jacket is a 2005 psychological thriller, directed by John Maybury partly based on the Jack London novel, The Star Rover. . Quotes director Maybury: "'I know you think it is a load of Hollywood nonsense,' he says amiably, 'but it is in fact loosel
  • Must Love Dogs: Must Love Dogs is a 2005 romantic comedy film directed by Gary David Goldberg and originally written by Claire Cook. This movie makes many references to the classic Doctor Zhivago, a movie that one of the characters loves and watches over and over ag
  • Are We There Yet?: Are We There Yet? is a 2005 comedy film which was produced by Revolution Studios and was distributed by Columbia Pictures, directed by Brian Levant. Although it was panned by criticshttp://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/arewethereyet?q=Are%20We%20The
  • Breakfast on Pluto (film): Breakfast on Pluto is a 2005 Irish comedy-drama film directed by Neil Jordan and based on the novel of the same name by Patrick McCabe, as adapted by Jordan and McCabe. This dark comedy stars Cillian Murphy as a transgendered orphan searching for lov
  • A Sound of Thunder (film): A Sound of Thunder is a 2005 film directed by Peter Hyams, which is loosely based on the short story of the same name by Ray Bradbury. The movie was originally planned for a 2002 release. However, flooding in Prague (where the movie was shot) and oth
  • Monster-in-Law: Monster-in-Law is a 2005 romantic comedy film, directed by Robert Luketic. It marks a return to cinema for Jane Fonda, being her first film in 15 years. The screenplay is written by Anya Kochoff. The original music score is composed by David Newman a
  • The Ice Harvest: The Ice Harvest is a 2005 neo-noir/comedy-drama film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Richard Russo and Robert Benton, based on the novel of the same name by Scott Phillips. It is distributed by Focus Features. The DVD was released on February
  • Tsotsi: Tsotsi is a 2005 film directed by Gavin Hood and set in a Soweto slum, near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is based on a novel of the same name by Athol Fugard. The soundtrack features Kwaito music performed by the popular South African artist Zola a
  • Shopgirl (film): Shopgirl is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by Steve Martin is based on his bestselling 2000 novella of the same name.
  • Bee Season (film): Bee Season is a 2005 feature film based on the 2000 novel by Myla Goldberg. The film was directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel and written by Naomi Foner.
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada is a 2005 drama film directed by Tommy Lee Jones (debut) and written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Julio Cedillo, and Dwight Yoakam.
  • Haute Tension: High tension may also refer to high voltage. Haute Tension (also known as Switchblade Romance in the UK and High Tension in the U.S.) is a French slasher film originally released in 2003, and later released in 2004 in the UK and 2005 in the U.S. and
  • Pooh's Heffalump Movie: Pooh's Heffalump Movie is an animated Winnie the Pooh film, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2005. This was the last theatrical feature-length film based on Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise.
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  • The Man (film): The Man is a 2005 comedy/action/crime film starring Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson. The Man is directed by Les Mayfield and produced by Rob Fried from a screenplay by Jim Piddock, Margaret Oberman and Steve Carpenter, based on the story by Jim Pid
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  • First Descent: First Descent is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s. The snowboarders featured in this movie (Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter and Shaun White with guest appearances from Travis Rice) rep
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