# 3/4-ways through 2005: Best Films of the Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939 "2005-10-05T19:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/1 "2005-10-05T19:37:21Z")
My list: 1. **The Memory of a Killer** 2. **A History of Violence** 3. **The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill** 4. **Crash** 5. **The 40-Year Old Virgin** 6. **The Beat that My Heart Skipped** 7. **Almost Brothers** 8. **Turtles Can Fly** 9. **Tim Burton’s The Corpse Bride** 10. **Mysterious Skin** 10 Runners-up (in alpha order): _The Constant Gardener, Grizzly Man, Howl’s Moving Castle, Junebug, Keane, Kung Fu Hustle, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Serenity, The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, 3-Iron_ 10 highest films on my Must See List (already released): _The Beautiful Country, The Best of Youth, Murderball, My Summer of Love, Nobody Knows, The Other Side of the Street, Tony Takitani, Tropical Malady, 2046, Up and Down_ How is this year panning out for you thus far? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/2 "2005-10-06T14:41:11Z")
Come on–_nobody_ has any opinions on what the best movies have been this year so far? 😕 Also, I should’ve added _Last Days_ to the list of films I still haven’t caught up with yet. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/3 "2005-10-06T15:09:30Z")
I haven’t seen any of your top 10 – but I’d put **Constant Gardener** and **Grizzly Man** on a short list of excellent films for this year. I’m looking forward to the new David Croenenberg and to **Capote** as well. I also want to see **Junebug** , but my current beau isn’t nearly the movie-goer I am, so that may wait till it’s out on DVD. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/4 "2005-10-06T15:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Come on–nobody has any opinions on what the best movies have been this year so far? Well, I rarely go to the theater so I have to wait for DVD releases of most films. From your list I’ve only seen _Crash_ (good, but overrated) and _Turtles Can Fly_ (very good). I’ve also seen _3-Iron_ (good, but not something I’d necessarily watch again). _Tropical Malady_ is interesting, but definitely not for all tastes. ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/5 "2005-10-06T15:56:35Z")
I’ve seen a shitload of movies this year, but it’s because I’m on the programming comittee for a film festival. As you might expect, most of them suck, but a few of them have been good. Of the movies I’ve seen in release, I’ve really enjoyed _Hustle and Flow_, _The Aristocrats_, and _Serenity_. **Archive Guy** ’s post reads like a list of movies I’d like to see but either haven’t had a chance or missed them while they were here. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/6 "2005-10-10T17:29:37Z")
Metacritic (more reliable and discretionary than rotten tomatoes, IMHO) has assembled the [best-reviewed films](http://www.metacritic.com/film/awards/) of the year thus far: 1. _Capote_ 90 2. _Best of Youth, The_ 89 3. _Nobody Knows_ 87 4. _Murderball_ 87 5. _Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit_ 87 6. _Grizzly Man_ 86 7. _Turtles Can Fly_ 85 8. _Kings and Queen_ 84 9. _Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride_ 83 10. _White Diamond, The_ 83 11. _Duma_ 82 12. _Constant Gardener, The_ 82 13. _Memories of Murder_ 82 14. _Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room_ 82 15. _Downfall_ 82 16. _My Summer of Love_ 82 17. _Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till, The_ 82 18. _History of Violence, A_ 82 19. _Darwin’s Nightmare_ 81 20. _Squid and the Whale, The_ 81 A few of my must-sees are listed here, including #1 & 5, which opened after I posted the OP. #11 hasn’t been released wide yet (and still may not, sadly), and neither has #20 yet, though I’m looking forward to when it does. I don’t remember a few (10, 13, 17) opening in my neck of the woods, and I know some (especially 16) I’m going to have to catch on video. Any other recent developments for movie fans out there? Oscar season approaches… ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/7 "2005-10-10T17:37:49Z")
I’ve only seen a few. But I rank _Sin City_ pretty high on my all-time list. _Crash_ was also pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-ways-through-2005-best-films-of-the-year/324939/8 "2005-10-10T19:54:46Z")
1. A History of Violence 2. Millions (released in Canadian theatres in 2005) 3. Crash 4. Sin City 5. Batman Begins 6. The Constant Gardener 7. Broken Flowers 8. The 40 Year Old Virgin 9. Thank You For Smoking 10. Proof or maybe Serenity I’m just going by a quick glance at my IMDb list, I’m probably forgetting one or two.