2005 - New Films listed in order of preference

Submitted by WB on Mon, 08/08/2005 - 03:12
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  1. Bu jian "The Missing" (Taiwan / Kang-sheng Lee) ***3/4 / ****
  2. (1) Dare mo shiranai "Nobody Knows" (Japan / Hirokazu Koreeda) ***1/2 / ****
  3. (2) Te doy mis ojos "Take my Eyes" (Spain / Iciar Bollain) ***3/4 / ****
  4. (3) Shi mian mai fu "House of flying daggers" (China, Hong Kong / Yimou Zhang) ***3/4 / ****
  5. (4) L’esquive (France / Abdellatif Kechiche) ***3/4 / ****
  6. (5) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (USA / Wes Anderson) ***1/2 / ****
  7. (6) Tony Takitani (Japan / Jun Ichikawa) ***1/2 / ****
  8. Trilogia I: To Livadi pou dakryzei "Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow" (Greece, Germany, France, Italy / Theo Angelopoulos) ***1/2 / ****
  9. (7) Broken Flowers (USA, France / Jim Jarmusch) ***1/2 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  10. (8) Uzak (Turkey / Nuri Bilge Ceylan) ***1/4 / **** RECOMMENDED
  11. Bu san "Good Bye, Dragon Inn" (Taiwan / Ming-liang Tsai) ***1/2 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  12. (9) Sud Pralad "Tropical Malady" (Thailand, France, Germany, Italy / Apichatpong Weerasethakul) **3/4 / **** RECOMMENDED
  13. (10) The Aviator (USA / Martin Scorsese) ***1/2 / ****
  14. Kajmak in marmelada (Slovenia / Branko Djuric) ***1/4 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  15. Ceský sen “Czech Dream“ (Czech Republic / Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda) ***1/4 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  16. Nicht ohne Risiko ( Germany / Harun Farocki) ***1/4 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  17. Svoi “Us“ (Russia / Dmitri Meskhiyev) ***1/4 / ****
  18. (11) Cremaster 3 (Matthew Barney / USA) *** / **** RECOMMENDED
  19. La face cachée de la lune “The Far Side of the Moon“ (Canada / Robert Lepage) **3/4 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  20. (12) Agnes und seine Brüder (Germany / Oskar Roehler) *** / ****
  21. (13) Finding Neverland (USA, UK / Marc Forster) *** / ****
  22. (14) Turtles can fly (Iran, France, Iraq / Bahman Ghobadi) *** / ****
  23. (15) Maria Full of Grace (USA, Colombia / Joshua Marston) **3/4 / ****
  24. (16) Cremaster 2 (USA / Matthew Barney) **3/4 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  25. Inosensu: Kôkaku kidôtai "Innocence" (Japan / Mamoru Oshi) **3/4 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  26. Chi to hone "Blood and Bones" (Japan / Yoichi Sai) **1/2 / ****
  27. Ebolusyon ng isang pamilyang pilipino "Evolution of a Filipino Family" (Philippines / Lav Diaz) **1/2 / **** HONORABLE MENTION
  28. (17) Cremaster 5 (USA / Matthew Barney) **1/2 / ****
  29. Steamboy (Japan / Katsuhiro Ôtomo) **1/2 / ****
  30. (18) Crash (USA / Paul Haggis) **1/2 / ****
  31. The Saddest Music in the World (Canada / Guy Maddin) **1/2 / ****
  32. (19) Udalionnyy dostup (Russia / Svetlana Proskurina) **1/2 / ****
  33. (20) Batman Begins (USA / Christopher Nolan) **1/2 / ****
  34. (21) Closer (USA / Mike Nichols) **1/2 / ****
  35. Izo (Japan / Takashi Miike) **1/2 / ****
  36. Devot (Germany / Igor Zaritzki) **3/4 / ****
  37. Hair High (USA / Bill Plympton) **1/2 / ****
  38. (22) Cremaster 1 (Matthew Barney / USA) **1/2 / ****
  39. (23) The Syrian Bride (Israel, France, Germany / Eran Riklis) **1/4 / ****
  40. The colonial misunderstanding (Cameroon,Germany / Jean-Marie Teno) **1/4 / ****
  41. (24) Barefoot (Germany / Til Schweiger) **1/4 / ****
  42. (25) Saw [german-dubbed version] (USA / James Wan) **1/4 / ****
  43. (26) Danny the Dog (UK, France, USA / Louis Leterrier) **1/4 / ****
  44. Il vento, di sera "The Wind in the Evening" (Italy / Andrea Adriatico) **1/4 / ****
  45. (27) Dumplings (Hong Kong / Fruit Chan) **1/4 / ****
  46. (28) Manderlay (Denmark, Germany, USA, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Lars von Trier) ** / ****
  47. (29) Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (USA / George Lucas) ** / ****
  48. (30) Cremaster 4 (UK, USA, France / Matthew Barney) **1/4 / ****
  49. (31) Saw II (USA / Darren Lynn Bousman) ** / ****
  50. GOOD
  51. ---------------------------------------------------------------
  52. BAD
  53. (32) Melinda and Melinda (USA / Woody Allen) ** / ****
  54. Laissez-passer “Safe Conduct“ (France, Spain, Germany / Bertrand Tavernier) *3/4 / ****
  55. Falling Angels (Canada, France / Scott Smith) *3/4 / ****
  56. (33) Immortal (France / Enki Bilal) seen last year, but probably *3/4 / ****
  57. (34) El abrazo partido "Lost Embrace" (Argentina, France, Italy, Spain / Daniel Burman) *3/4 / ****
  58. Kontakt (Republic of Macedonia, Germany / Sergej Stanojkovski) *3/4 / ****
  59. (35) AVP: Alien Vs. Predator (USA,UK, and others / Paul W.S. Anderson) *3/4 / ****
  60. Atomik Circus - Le retour de James Bataille "The Return of James Battle" (France, Germany, UK / Didier Poiraud, Thierry Poiraud) *1/2 / ****
  61. Moy svodnyy brat Frankensteyn “My Step Brother Frankenstein“ (Russia / Valeri Todorovsky) *1/2 / ****
  62. (36) Sin City [german-dubbed version] (Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Quentin Tarantino / USA) * / ****
  63. (37) Allein (Germany / Thomas Durchschlag) * / ****
  64. The Garden of Earthly Delights (Poland, UK, Italy / Lech Majewski) 1/2* / ****
  65. Pod njenim oknom “Beneath Her Window“ (Slovenia / Metod Pevec) 1/4* / ****
  66. Top Spot (UK / Tracey Emin) 1/4* / ****
  67. (38) Blade: Trinity (USA / David S. Goyer) 1/4* / ****
Author Comments: 

I've listed all films I've seen 2005 that came to the cinema, or were introduced on TV or on festivals in order of preference
Cinema releases have also their position in brackets.

Favorites are in bold.
Recommended films are worth seeing.
Films that get an honorable mention have something that`s worth a second look.