2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts.
Evaluation of the year
Renowned American film critic and professor
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy is an American film critic and professor who has taught at Columbia University, New School for Social Research, Wellesley College, Arizona State University and UCLA Film School. Levy currently teaches in the department of cinema ...
stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are concerned. Hence, most American movies, such as Spielberg's ''E.T.'' and others, have ignored the fact that children and adolescents have sexual urges, a libido. Compared with European cinema (particularly French and British), there's been discomfort to address directly sexual issues. Things began to change over the past decade, when gay characters became routine in Hollywood movies and TV soaps. Just witness the popularity of ''Will and Grace'' and ''Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'', and the fact that there are specifically targeted gay cable channels." In terms of the graphic portrayal of sex in movies, Levy stated, "In the past, Hollywood was afraid to depict homosexual love on screen (both gay and lesbian). Thirty years ago, audiences were shocked when Peter Finch kissed Murray in ''Sunday Bloody Sunday''. But no more. Though ''Brokeback Mountain'' is about repressed sexuality, the movie contains a graphic scene, an anal intercourse between Ennis Del Mar and Jake, never before seen on screen. In “Transamerica,” a key scene depicts the penis of one of the central characters and fellatio in the car. In ''History of Violence'', two of the strongest scenes involve sex between husband and wife Tom and Edie Stall (played by Viggo Mortensen and Maria Bello). As writer-director and actor, Woody Allen has been obsessed with sex, or rather talks about sex, in his films. Yet arguably, he has never portrayed sex in a steamy and alluring way as he does in ''Match Point''. Just watch the passionate embrace between Scarlett Johnasson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, when they are caught but undeterred by heavy rains, a visual clich in film noir that nonetheless works well for this movie." Levy also stated, "What's encouraging about the new movies is that, with few exceptions, the sexual orientation of the characters is not an issue, and they are not about the traumatic experience of coming out."
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2005 by worldwide gross are as follows:
Events
Awards
2005 films
The list of films released in 2005, arranged by country, are as follows:
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List of American films of 2005
This is a list of American films that were released in 2005.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 2005, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as follows:
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List of Argentine films of 2005
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List of Australian films of 2005
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List of Brazilian films of 2005
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List of British films of 2005
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List of Chinese films of 2005
A list of mainland Chinese films released in 2005. There were 260 Chinese feature films produced of which 43 were screened in China in 2005.
See also
* 2005 in China
References
External linksIMDb list of Chinese films
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List of Hong Kong films of 2005
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List of French films of 2005
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List of German films of the 2000s
This is a list of some of the most notable films produced in Cinema of Germany in the 2000s.
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List of Bengali films of 2005
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List of Malayalam films of 2005
The following is a list of Malayalam films released in the year 2005.
Dubbed films
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List of Italian films of 2005
A list of films produced in Italy in 2005 (see 2005 in film):
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List of Japanese films of 2005
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List of Mexican films of 2005
This is a list of Mexican films released in 2005.
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References
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List of Pakistani films of 2005
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List of Spanish films of 2005
A list of Spanish-produced and co-produced feature films released in Spain in 2005. The theatrical release date is favoured.
Films
Box office
The ten highest-grossing Spanish films in 2005, by domestic box office gross revenue, are as fol ...
Births
* January 4 –
Dafne Keen
Dafne María Keen Fernández (born 4 January 2005) is a British-Spanish actress. She made her debut starring as Ana "Ani" Cruz Oliver on the television series '' The Refugees'' from 2014 to 2015, before her breakthrough starring as Laura in t ...
, Spanish-English actress
* February 25 –
Noah Jupe
Noah Jupe (born ) is a British actor. He is known for his roles in the television series ''The Night Manager'' (2016); the dark comedy film '' Suburbicon'' (2017); the drama film '' Wonder'' (2017); the horror film '' A Quiet Place'' (2018) and ...
, English actor
* April 29 -
Shahadi Wright Joseph, American actress, singer and dancer
* July 20 -
Alison Fernandez
Alison Fernandez (born July 20, 2005) is an American child actress best known for her role in ABC's '' Once Upon a Time'' as Lucy Mills and in the 2017 film ''Logan'' as Delilah. She has had recurring roles in Netflix's ''Orange Is the New Blac ...
, American actress
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Pierce Gagnon, American actor
* August 10 -
Sunny Suljic, American actor
* September 20 -
Jason Drucker, American actor
* October 1 -
Rosalie Chiang, American actress
* October 7 –
Lulu Wilson
Lulu Wilson (born October 7, 2005) is an American actress known mostly for the horror films '' Ouija: Origin of Evil'' (2016) and '' Annabelle: Creation'' (2017), as well as the television series adaptation of ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) ...
, American actress
* November 18 -
Lia McHugh, American actress
* December 16 –
Owen Vaccaro
Owen Wilder Vaccaro (born 2005/2006) is an American child actor. He has appeared in feature films since 2015, including '' Daddy's Home'' (2015), ''Daddy's Home 2'' (2017), and in the lead role of ''The House with a Clock in Its Walls'' (2018).
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, American actor
Deaths
Film debuts
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Matthew Bomer
Matthew Staton Bomer (born October 11, 1977) is an American actor. He is the recipient of accolades such as a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
In 2000, he made his television debu ...
– ''
Flightplan
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50 Cent – ''
Get Rich or Die Tryin'''
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Alexandra Daddario
Alexandra Anna Daddario (born March 16, 1986) is an American actress who had her breakthrough portraying Annabeth Chase in the ''Percy Jackson'' film series (2010–2013). In 2021, she starred in the first season of the HBO series ''The White ...
- ''
The Squid and the Whale''
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Domhnall Gleeson
Domhnall Gleeson (; born 12 May 1983) is an Irish actor and screenwriter. He is the son of actor Brendan Gleeson, with whom he has appeared in a number of films and theatre projects. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts from Dublin Inst ...
– ''
Boy Eats Girl''
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Blake Lively
Blake Ellender Lively ( Brown; born August 25, 1987) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles, Lively is the daughter of actor Ernie Lively, and made her professional debut in his directorial project ''Sandman'' (1998). She starred as Brid ...
– ''
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
''The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants'' is a series of five bestselling young adult novels by Ann Brashares: '' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2001),'' ''The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (2003),'' '' Girls in Pants'' (2005), '' Fore ...
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Chloë Grace Moretz
Chloë Grace Moretz (; born February 10, 1997) is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including four MTV Movie & TV Awards, two People's Choice Awards, two Saturn Awards, and two Young Artist Awards.
She began actin ...
– ''
The Amityville Horror
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Carey Mulligan
Carey Hannah Mulligan (born 28 May 1985) is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award.
Mulli ...
– ''
Pride & Prejudice''
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Robert Pattinson – ''
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire''
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Paula Patton
Paula Maxine Patton (born December 5, 1975) is an American actress and producer. Patton made her feature film debut in the 2005 comedy '' Hitch'', and has had starring roles in the films ''Déjà Vu'' (2006), '' Precious'' (2009), '' Jumping th ...
– ''
Hitch''
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Dave Willis
Dave Willis (born May 1, 1970) is an American voice actor, writer, animator, producer and musician. He is best known as the co-creator of the Adult Swim animated series ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'' and '' Squidbillies'', the former of which he ...
– ''Jackets, Inc.''
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Channing Tatum
Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor. Tatum made his film debut in the drama ''Coach Carter'' (2005), and had his breakthrough role in the 2006 dance film '' Step Up''. He gained wider attention for his leading rol ...
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Coach Carter
''Coach Carter'' is a 2005 American biographical teen sports drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Thomas Carter (no relation). The film is based on the true story of Richmond High School basketball coach Ken Carter (played ...
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Justin Timberlake – ''
Edison''
References
External links
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Internet Movie Database
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...
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