2005
Kingdom of Heaven
(2005)
William Monahan
4 wins & 13 nominations.
It is the time of the Crusades during the Middle Ages - the world shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East. A blacksmith named Balian has lost his family and nearly his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that immense drama. Amid the pageantry and intrigues of medieval Jerusalem he falls in love, grows into a leader, and ultimately uses all his courage and skill to defend the city against staggering odds. Destiny comes seeking Balian in the form of a great knight, Godfrey of Ibelin, a Crusader briefly home to France from fighting in the East. Revealing himself as Balian's father, Godfrey shows him the true meaning of knighthood and takes him on a journey across continents to the fabled Holy City. In Jerusalem at that moment--between the Second and Third Crusades--a fragile peace prevails, through the efforts of its enlightened Christian king, Baldwin IV, aided by his advisor Tiberias, and the military restraint of the legendary Muslim leader Saladin. But Baldwin's days are numbered, and strains of fanaticism, greed, and jealousy among the Crusaders threaten to shatter the truce. King Baldwin's vision of peace--a kingdom of heaven--is shared by a handful of knights, including Godfrey of Ibelin, who swear to uphold it with their lives and honor. As Godfrey passes his sword to his son, he also passes on that sacred oath: to protect the helpless, safeguard the peace, and work toward harmony between religions and cultures, so that a kingdom of heaven can flourish on earth. Balian takes the sword and steps into history.
Red Eye
(2005)
Carl Ellsworth (screenplay), Carl Ellsworth (story), Dan Foos (story)
2 wins & 9 nominations.
A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician.
Revolver
(2005)
Luc Besson (adaptation), Guy Ritchie
1 win.
Gambler Jake Green enters into a game with potentially deadly consequences.
Romanzo Criminale
(2005)
Giancarlo De Cataldo (novel), Stefano Rulli (screenplay), Sandro Petraglia (screenplay), Giancarlo De Cataldo (screenplay), Michele Placido (screenplay)
26 wins & 20 nominations.
Set in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.
Saw II
(2005)
Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman
3 wins & 7 nominations.
A detective and his team must rescue eight people trapped in a factory by the twisted serial killer known as Jigsaw.
Sin City
(2005)
Frank Miller (graphic novels)
29 wins & 45 nominations.
A film that explores the dark and miserable town, Basin City, and tells the story of three different people, all caught up in violent corruption.
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
(2005)
Seo-Gyeong Jeong, Chan-wook Park
11 wins & 10 nominations.
After a thirteen-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a six-year-old boy, Guem-Ja Lee seeks vengeance on the man truly responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow ...
Thank You for Smoking
(2005)
Jason Reitman (screenplay), Christopher Buckley (novel)
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 27 nominations.
Satirical comedy follows the machinations of Big Tobacco's chief spokesman, Nick Naylor, who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his twelve-year-old son.
The Business
(2005)
Nick Love
1 nomination.
Frankie decides enoughs enough with his life as a street thug living on a South London estate, and jets off to spain where he meets big time businessman Charlie who's currently running the hottest bars in the land and also a South London bank robber and drug kingpin, from here on in Frankie signs up to a lifetime of crime women and drugs and works his way from the bottom to the top of the Spanish cocaine empire with Charlie and Fellow bank robber and drug kingpin Sammy who does'not give Frankie the best reception.
The Cave
(2005)
Michael Steinberg, Tegan West
N/A
Decades after a rock church in communist Romania's Carpathians caved when an expedition caused a landslide and buried everyone, Dr. Nicolai's scientific team exploring the associated Templar Knights monster fighting-legend discovers a deep, flooded cave system and hires the brothers Jack and Tyler's brilliant divers team to explore it. Another explosion traps them, after finding a mysterious parasite turning all species carnivore, and later an independently evolved predator species. Jack may be infected and turning, but Tyler sticks with him, so the group splits, hunted by the monsters, which also fly.
The Descent
(2005)
Neil Marshall
8 wins & 17 nominations.
A woman goes on vacation with her friends after her husband and daughter encounter a tragic accident. One year later she goes hiking with her friends and they get trapped in the cave. With a lack of supply, they struggle to survive and they meet strange blood thirsty creatures.
The Devil's Rejects
(2005)
Rob Zombie, Rob Zombie (characters)
10 wins & 5 nominations.
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
(2005)
Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson
4 wins & 8 nominations.
A lawyer takes on a negligent homicide case involving a priest who performed an exorcism on a young girl.
The Fog
(2005)
Cooper Layne (screenplay), John Carpenter, Debra Hill
2 wins.
The inhabitants of Antonio Island, off the coast of Oregon, are about to unveil a statue honoring the four men (Castle, Wayne, Williams and Malone) who founded their town in 1871. Nick Castle is one of the descendants of the men, and owns a fishing charter company, using his vessel, the Seagrass, for tourism. When his girlfriend Elizabeth Williams returns to the island after spending six months in New York, a bizarre series of events begin to occur, including several gruesome deaths and the presence of a mysterious fog. When Elizabeth slips in Nick's boathouse and falls into the sea, she finds an old journal from 1871, written by Patrick Malone, one of the town's founders. It tells how a man named Blake bought half the island for use as a leper colony. While bringing his people to Antonio Island in their clipper ship, the Elizabeth Dane, Blake is betrayed by Castle, Wayne, Williams and Malone. The four men locked Blake and his people in the vessel, stole their money and possessions, and then set fire to the ship, killing everyone aboard. In the present day, the ghosts of Blake and his crew have risen from their watery grave to seeking revenge on the descendants of the four men.
The Proposition
(2005)
Nick Cave (screenplay)
13 wins & 26 nominations.
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
(2005)
Guillermo Arriaga
4 wins & 8 nominations.
Ranch hand Pete Perkins looks to fulfill the promise to his recently deceased best friend by burying him in his hometown in Mexico.
The Zodiac
(2005)
Alexander Bulkley, Kelly Bulkley
N/A
An elusive serial killer known as the Zodiac terrorizes the San Francisco Bay in the late 1960s, while detectives aim to stop him before he claims more victims. Based on a true story.
V for Vendetta
(2005)
Lilly Wachowski (screenplay), Lana Wachowski (screenplay), David Lloyd (graphic novel art)
7 wins & 27 nominations.
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.
Wolf Creek
(2005)
Greg McLean
3 wins & 24 nominations.
Three backpackers travel into the Australian Outback, only to find themselves stranded at Wolf Creek crater. Once there they are encountered by a bushman, Mick Taylor, who offers them a ride back to his place. Little do the three know that their adventure into the Outback, would be a complete nightmare after the backpackers find a way to escape.