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Check out Village Voice's poll:


Had they asked me, my ballot would have looked like:

Top 10 films released in North America in 2005:
1. Cache / Hidden
2. Grizzly Man
3. L'Intrus / The Intruder
4. Cafe Lumiere
5. Mysterious Skin
6. Howl's Moving Castle
7. Tropical Malady
8. A History of Violence
9. Memories of Murder
10. Saraband

Performance:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Mysterious Skin (much better than Heath Ledger, that's for sure)
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote
Viggo Morgenstern, A History of Violence
Timothy Treadwell, Grizzly Man
Naomi Watts, King Kong

Supporting Performance:
Maria Bello, A History of Violence
Julia Dufvenius, Saraband
Owen Kline, The Squid and the Whale
Yuen Qiu, Kung Fu Hustle
Ziyi Zhang, 2046

Director: Michael Haneke, Cache / Hidden
Screenplay: Brokeback Mountain
First Feature: The Grace Lee Project
Documentary: Grizzly Man
Cinematography: Agnes Godard, L'Intrus / The Intruder

Undistributed:
1. Through the Forest
2. Shape of the Moon
3. Regular Lovers
4. C.R.A.Z.Y.
5. Letter From an Unknown Woman
6. Los Muertos
7. A Tale of Cinema
8. What's Wrong with Frank Chin?
9. The Sun
10. Three Times

Bonus: Favorite movies that WILL be released in '06
1. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
2. L'Enfant
3. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
4. The Motel
5. The Hidden Blade