2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
# 2005 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

The 31st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, honored the best in film for 2005.

## Winners

* Best Picture:
   * Brokeback Mountain
   * Runner-up: A History of Violence
* Best Director:
   * Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
   * Runner-up: David Cronenberg – A History of Violence
* Best Actor:
   * Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
   * Runner-up: Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
* Best Actress:
   * Vera Farmiga – Down to the Bone
   * Runner-up: Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents
* Best Supporting Actor:
   * William Hurt – A History of Violence
   * Runner-up: Frank Langella – Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Best Supporting Actress:
   * Catherine Keener – The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Capote, and The Interpreter
   * Runner-up: Amy Adams – Junebug
* Best Screenplay (TIE):
   * Dan Futterman – Capote
   * Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale
* Best Cinematography:
   * Robert Elswit – Good Night, and Good Luck.
   * Runner-up: Christopher Doyle, Pung-Leung Kwan, and Lai Yiu-fai – 2046
* Best Production Design:
   * William Chang – 2046
   * Runner-up: James D. Bissell – Good Night, and Good Luck.
* Best Music Score:
   * Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura – Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)
   * Runner-up: Ryuichi Sakamoto – Tony Takitani
* Best Foreign-Language Film:
   * Caché • France/Austria/Germany/Italy
   * Runner-up: 2046 • Hong Kong
* Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
   * Grizzly Man
   * Runner-up: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
* Best Animation:
   * Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
* The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
   * Peter Watkins – La Commune (Paris, 1871)
* New Generation Award:
   * Terrence Howard
* Career Achievement Award:
   * Richard Widmark
* Special Citation:
   * Kevin Thomas for his contribution to film culture in Los Angeles.
   * David Shepard, Bruce Posner, and the Anthology Film Archives to honor Unseen Cinema, an unprecedented 8-disc collection of films from 1894 to 1941.
