St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2005

The 2nd St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards were given on January 8, 2006.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain as Ennis del Mar

• Pierce Brosnan - The Matador
• Russell Crowe - Cinderella Man
• Ralph Fiennes - The Constant Gardener
• Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
• Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
• Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress

Judi Dench - Mrs. Henderson Presents as Mrs. Henderson

• Claire Danes - Shopgirl
• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
• Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
• Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
• Gwyneth Paltrow - Proof
• Charlize Theron - North Country
• Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Animated, Musical or Comedy Film

Wedding Crashers

• The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• Corpse Bride
• Madagascar
• The Matador
• The Producers
• Robots
• Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Best Cinematography or Visual/Special Effects

King Kong

• Brokeback Mountain
• The Constant Gardener
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• Pride & Prejudice
• Sin City
• War of the Worlds

Best Director

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

• Woody Allen - Match Point
• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
• David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
• Peter Jackson - King Kong
• Fernando Meirelles - The Constant Gardener
• Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez - Sin City
• Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Documentary Feature

March of the Penguins

• The Aristocrats
• Born into Brothels
• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Grizzly Man
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• Murderball
• The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

Best Film

Brokeback Mountain

• Capote
• Cinderella Man
• The Constant Gardener
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Match Point
• Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Syriana

Best Foreign Language Film

Tsotsi • South Africa

• 2046 • China
• The Beautiful Country • Norway
• Downfall • Germany
• Kung Fu Hustle • China
• Oldboy • South Korea
• Paradise Now • Palestine
• Walk on Water • Israel

Best Overlooked Film or Most Original, Artistically Innovative or Creative Film

Sin City

• 2046
• The Dying Gaul
• Junebug
• Layer Cake
• Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Nobody Knows
• Thumbsucker

Best Screenplay

Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana

• Breakfast on Pluto - Neil Jordan
• Capote - Dan Futterman
• The Constant Gardener - Jeffrey Caine
• Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
• Good Night, and Good Luck - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• Match Point - Woody Allen
• Munich - Tony Kushner and Eric Roth

Best Supporting Actor

George Clooney - Syriana as Bob Barnes

• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
• Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
• Bob Hoskins - Mrs. Henderson Presents
• Greg Kinnear - The Matador
• Oliver Platt - Casanova
• Mickey Rourke - Sin City

Best Supporting Actress

Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener as Tessa Quayle

• Amy Adams - Junebug
• Catherine Keener - Capote
• Shirley MacLaine - In Her Shoes
• Frances McDormand - North Country
• Sharon Wilkins - Palindromes
• Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
• Renée Zellweger - Cinderella Man