Our Hollywood correspondent Sandro Monetti has seen more than a hundred films this year in the service of Sky Showbiz and here he ranks them all in order.
So, what gets his vote?
Outrageous comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin comes out on top, ahead of British fatherless boy drama Dear Frankie and clever crime thriller A History of Violence.
Also making his top five are racial tensions story Crash and Steven Spielberg’s new revenge thriller, Munich – which is yet to be released in the UK.
Bottom of the pile is the truly terrible Dukes of Hazzard, starring Jessica Simpson and Burt Reynolds – who Sandro says is “the luckiest actor in Hollywood because he’s sustained a long career making countless films and has been rubbish in all of them.”
No.70: Brokeback Mountain
No.70: Brokeback Mountain
Sandro’s cinematic rankings for the films of 2005, together with his best actor, actress and director selections, are as follows…
1. The 40-Year-Old Virgin
[b] 2. Dear Frankie [/b]
3. A History Of Violence
4. Crash
5. Munich
6. Pride & Prejudice
7. Goal
8. Just Friends
9. Match Point
10. Downfall
11. Madagascar
12. In Her Shoes
13. King Kong
14. The Game Of Their Lives
15. The World’s Fastest Indian
16. Broken Flowers
17. Deuce Bigalow: European Gigiolo
18. Derailed
19. Green Street Hooligans
20. Elizabethtown
21. The Greatest Game Ever Played
22. Wallace And Gromit In The Curse Of The Wererabbit
23. Sin City
24. Wedding Crashers
25. Batman Begins
26. War Of The Worlds
27. March Of The Penguins
28. Hitch
29. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
30. Kinky Boots
31. The Island
32. Shopgirl
33. Good Night, And Good Luck
34. Fun With Dick And Jane
35. Must Love Dogs
36. The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
37. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire
38. The Producers
39. The Skeleton Key
40. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
41. Walk The Line
42. Kicking And Screaming
43. Millions
44. The Upside Of Anger
45. Meet The Fockers
46. Serenity
47. Greyfriars Bobby
48. Flightplan
49. Bad News Bears
50. The Family Stone
51. In My Father’s Den
52. The Longest Yard
53. Cinderella Man
54. Pretty Persuasion
55. In Good Company
56. Be Cool
57. Mr And Mrs Smith
58. House Of Wax
59. Red Eye
60. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith
61. Transamerica
62. Memoirs Of A Geisha
63. Monster In Law
64. Elektra
65. Jarhead
66. The Assasination Of Richard Nixon
67. Domino
68. Breakfast On Pluto
69. Dark Water
70. Brokeback Mountain
71. Bewitched
72. The Interpreter
73. Ray
74. The Libertine
75. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
76. Hide And Seek
77. The Perfect Match
78. Kingdom Of Heaven
79. Me And You And Everyone We Know
80. The Fantastic Four
81. The Constant Gardener
82. The Legend Of Zorro
83. Capote
84. The Weather Man
85. North Country
86. Rent
87. The Aristocrats
88. The New World
89. Stay
90. Syriana
91. The Wedding Date
92. A Lot Like Love
93. Miss Congeniality 2
94. The Ice Harvest
95. Constantine
96. The House Of D
97. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
98. The Brothers Grimm
99. The Jacket
100. Winter Solstice
101. Sahara
102. The Dukes Of Hazzard
No.102: The Dukes Of Hazzard
No.102: The Dukes Of Hazzard
Best Actor: Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence
Best Actress: Cameron Diaz, In Her Shoes
Best Supporting Actor: Matt Dillon, Crash
Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Match Point
Best Director: Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice