| Month | Day | Event
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| January
| 6 | The Directors Guild of America nominates directors Martin Scorsese (The Aviator), Marc Forster (Finding Neverland), Taylor Hackford (Ray), Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) and Alexander Payne (Sideways) for its Directors Guild Awards.
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| 8 | The National Society of Film Critics awards go to Million Dollar Baby (film), Zhang Yimou (director, for: House of Flying Daggers), Imelda Staunton and Hilary Swank (tied for best actress), Jamie Foxx (actor), Thomas Haden Church (supporting actor) and Virginia Madsen (supporting actress).
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| 9 | The People's Choice Awards go to Fahrenheit 9/11 (favorite motion picture), Passion of the Christ for favorite drama, and Shrek 2 (favorite comedy, animated film, sequel, animated character: Eddie Murphy as "donkey", and movie villain: Jennifer Saunders as "Fairy Godmother").
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| 16 | Golden Globes awards film winners included three for The Aviator (Picture-Drama, Actor and Score), two for Sideways (Picture-comedy and Screenplay), two for Million Dollar Baby (Director and Actress), and two for Closer (Supporting Actor and Supporting actress for Clive Owen and Natalie Portman).
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| 22 | The Producers Guild of America picks The Aviator as its choice for best picture of 2004.
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| 24 | The Golden Raspberry Awards picks for worst film achievement in 2004 had Catwoman leading with seven nominations, Alexander, Fahrenheit 9/11 and White Chicks each with five and four nominations for Baby Geniuses 2.
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| 25 | The Academy Awards picks for best film achievement in 2004 had The Aviator leading nominations with 11, followed by Million Dollar Baby and Finding Neverland with seven, Ray with six, and Sideways with five.
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| February
| 2 | Pierce Brosnan officially announces that he will be resigning from the role of James Bond.
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| 12 | BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Imelda Staunton, Best Actress, Jamie Foxx, Best Actor and The Aviator, Best Film.
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| 26 | Catwoman and Fahrenheit 9/11 dominate the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards each. Four special awards were also handed out to comemorate the Razzies' 25th aniversary. Arnold Schwarzenegger was named the biggest loser of the previous 25 years, Battlefield Earth, Gigli, and From Justin to Kelly collected the worst film awards.
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| 29 | 77th Academy Awards: Million Dollar Baby wins the awards for Best Picture and Best Director. Acting honors were as follows:
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| May
| 20 | Revenge of the Sith reaches a record high at the box offices on opening day with States dollar >$" target="_blank" >*50 million on 9,400 screens at 3,661 theaters worldwide, edging out Spider-Man 2's top opening day record of $40.4 million and Shrek 2's top single day record of $44.8 million.
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| 22 | The Golden Palm in the 58th Edition of the Cannes Film Festival is awarded to L'enfant, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The Grand Prix is awarded to Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch, while the prize for best director is awarded to Michael Haneke for Caché ''.
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| June
| 21 | The American Film Institute holds its 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes. The greatest movie quote is "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" from Gone with the Wind.
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| August
| 11 | Roger Ebert publishes the list of his most hated films, distilled down from reviews he has written which date back to the 1960s. The list includes 2005 releases such as Constantine, European Gigolo, and A Lot Like Love.
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| October
| 14 | It is announced that Daniel Craig will be the new James Bond in the forthcoming Casino Royale.
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| December
| 10 | The Los Angeles Film Critics Association gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain won best picture and best director for Ang Lee. Capote won best actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman. Best actress went to Vera Farmiga for Down to the Bone. *
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| 11 | The Boston Society of Film Critics gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain won best picture and best director for Ang Lee. Capote won best actor for Philip Seymour Hoffman. Best actress went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line. *
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| The American Film Institute gives its picks for the ten most outstanding motion pictures of 2005, which are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Good Night, and Good Luck., A History of Violence, King Kong, Munich, The Squid and the Whale, and Syriana.*
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| 12 | The New York Film Critics Circle gives its awards for the most outstanding motion pictures of 2005. Brokeback Mountain won best picture, best director for Ang Lee and best actor for Heath Ledger. Best actress went to Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line. *
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| 13 | The Hollywood Foreign Press Association nominations for the Golden Globe Awards included Brokeback Mountain, The Constant Gardener, Good Night, and Good Luck, A History of Violence, and Match Point for best drama film. *
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; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten of 2005 as of
, 2006 (U.S. and Canada),
By the end of June, despite the releases of several long-anticipated big-budget films, the US box-office was entering the 20th week of a slump in which film attendance was lower than the comparable week in 2004. This was blamed by most analysts on the rise of ticket prices, gasoline prices and internet piracy.
, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:
Dates given are U.S. and Canadian release dates.
"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| Month | Day | Title | Studio | Notable Cast/Crew
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| April
| 1 | Sin City | Dimension Films | Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Rutger Hauer, Benicio Del Toro, Rosario Dawson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Josh Hartnett, Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Frank Miller (director), Robert Rodriguez (director), Quentin Tarantino (guest director)
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| 8
| Fever Pitch | 20th Century Fox | Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
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| Kung Fu Hustle ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah
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| Sahara | Paramount Pictures | Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penélope Cruz
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| 15 | The Amityville Horror | MGM | Ryan Reynolds
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| 22
| The Interpreter | Universal Pictures | Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener
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| King's Ransom | New Line | Anthony Anderson, Jay Mohr, Regina Hall
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| A Lot Like Love | Touchstone Pictures | Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Kal Penn
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| 29
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Touchstone Pictures | Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
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| State of the Union | Revolution Studios | Ice Cube, Samuel L. Jackson, Willem Dafoe
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| May
| 6
| Crash | Lions Gate | Sandra Bullock, Thandie Newton, Brendan Fraser, Ryan Phillippe, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, William Fichtner, Jennifer Esposito, Larenz Tate, Don Cheadle (actor and producer), Paul Haggis (writer and director)
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| House of Wax | Warner Bros. | Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray
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| Kingdom of Heaven | 20th Century Fox | Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Ridley Scott (director)
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| 13
| Kicking and Screaming | Universal Pictures | Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall
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| Mindhunters | Dimension Films | Val Kilmer, Christian Slater, LL Cool J
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| Monster-in-Law | New Line | Jennifer López, Jane Fonda
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| Danny the Dog (Unleashed) | Focus Features | Jet Li, Morgan Freeman
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| 19 | Revenge of the Sith | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz (voice), Samuel L. Jackson and Jimmy Smits
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| 20 | Prequel to the Exorcist | Warner Bros. | Stellan Skarsgard, Ralph Brown, Gabriel Mann
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| 27
| The Longest Yard | Paramount Pictures | Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds
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| Madagascar | DreamWorks | Ben Stiller (voice), Chris Rock (voice), David Schwimmer (voice), Jada Pinkett Smith (voice)
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| June
| 1 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants | Warner Bros. | Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera
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| 3
| Cinderella Man | Universal Pictures | Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti
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| Lords of Dogtown | Sony Pictures | Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, John Robinson, Johnny Knoxville, Eric West
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| 10
| The Adventures of Shark Boy & Lava Girl | Dimension Films | David Arquette, Robert Rodríguez
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| High Tension | Lions Gate | Cecile de France
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| The Honeymooners | Paramount Pictures | Cedric the Entertainer
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| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 20th Century Fox | Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vince Vaughn
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| 15 | Batman Begins | Warner Bros. | Christian Bale, Katie Holmes, Ken Watanabe, Michael Caine
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| 17 | The Perfect Man | Universal Pictures | Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear
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| 22 | Fully Loaded | Walt Disney Pictures | Lindsay Lohan, Michael Keaton, Breckin Meyer
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| 24
| Bewitched | Screen Gems | Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Jason Schwartzman
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| Land of the Dead | Universal Pictures | Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, George A. Romero (director)
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| March of the Penguins ‡ | Warner Independent Productions | Morgan Freeman (narrator)
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| 29 | War of the Worlds | Paramount Pictures | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, Steven Spielberg (director)
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"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| Month | Day | Title | Studio | Notable Cast/Crew
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| July
| 1 | Rebound | 20th Century Fox | Martin Lawrence, Breckin Meyer
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| 8
| Dark Water | Buena Vista | Jennifer Connelly
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| Fantastic Four | 20th Century Fox | Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon
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| 15
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Warner Bros. | Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, Helena Bonham Carter
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| Wedding Crashers | New Line | Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn
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| 22
| Bad News Bears | Paramount Pictures | Billy Bob Thornton
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| The Devil's Rejects | Lions Gate | Rob Zombie (director)
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| Hustle & Flow | Paramount Pictures | Anthony Anderson, Taryn Manning
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| The Island | DreamWorks | Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean
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| 29
| Must Love Dogs | Warner Bros. | Diane Lane, Dermot Mulroney, John Cusack
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| Sky High | Buena Vista | Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano, Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley
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| Stealth | Columbia Pictures | Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx
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| August
| 5 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Warner Bros. | Johnny Knoxville, Seann William Scott, Jessica Simpson, Burt Reynolds, Willie Nelson
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| 12
| European Gigolo | Columbia Pictures | Rob Schneider, Eddie Griffin
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| Four Brothers | Paramount Pictures | Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Darnell Gibson, André 3000
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| The Skeleton Key | Universal Pictures | Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands
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| The Great Raid | Miramax | Benjamin Bratt, James Franco
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| 17 | Supercross | 20th Century Fox | Daryl Hannah, Mike Vogel, Robert Patrick
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| 19
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Universal Pictures | Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Paul Rudd
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| Red Eye | Dreamworks | Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy
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| Valiant | Walt Disney Pictures | animated; voices of: Ewan McGregor, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent
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| 26
| The Brothers Grimm | Dimension Films | Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Terry Gilliam (director)
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| The Cave | Screen Gems | Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian
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| Undiscovered | Lions Gate | Ashlee Simpson, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon
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| 31 | The Constant Gardener | Focus Features | Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz
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| September
| 2
| The Transporter 2 | 20th Century Fox | Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Louis Leterrier (director)
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| Underclassman | Miramax Films | Nick Cannon, Cheech Marin, Roselyn Sanchez
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| A Sound of Thunder | Warner Brothers | Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Edward Burns
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| 9
| The Exorcism of Emily Rose | Sony Pictures | Laura Linney, Campbell Scott, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jennifer Carpenter
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| The Man | New Line | Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy
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| An Unfinished Life ‡ | Miramax | Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer López
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| 16
| Corpse Bride ‡ | Warner Bros. | Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter (voices)
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| Cry Wolf | Focus Features | Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki
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| Just Like Heaven | Dreamworks | Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo
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| Lord of War | Lions Gate | Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke, Monica Bellucci, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, Jeffrey Wright, Donald Sutherland
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| 23
| Flightplan | Buena Vista Pictures | Jodie Foster, Sean Bean, Peter Sarsgaard, Marlene Lawston
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| A History of Violence ‡ | New Line | Viggo Mortensen, Ed Harris, Maria Bello
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| Oliver Twist ‡ | Universal Pictures | Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin
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| Roll Bounce | Fox Searchlight | Bow Wow, Chi McBride, Meagan Good
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| 30
| Capote ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener
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| The Greatest Game Ever Played | Buena Vista | Shia LaBeouf, Bill Paxton (director)
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| Into the Blue | MGM | Paul Walker, Jessica Alba, Ashley Scott
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| Serenity | Universal Pictures | Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin
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"align=bottom" | ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.
| Month | Day | Title | Studio | Notable Cast/Crew
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| October
| 5 | The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | DreamWorks | Peter Sallis, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter (voices)
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| 7
| The Gospel | Screen Gems | Boris Kodjoe, Clifton Powell, Yolanda Adams
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| In Her Shoes | 20th Century Fox | Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Shirley MacLaine
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| Two for the Money | Universal Pictures | Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Rene Russo
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| Waiting... | Lions Gate | Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long
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| 14
| Domino | New Line | Keira Knightley, Christopher Walken, Mickey Rourke
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| Elizabethtown | Paramount Pictures | Kirsten Dunst, Orlando Bloom, Susan Sarandon
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| The Fog | Revolution Studios | Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair
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| 21
| Doom | Universal Pictures | Karl Urban, The Rock, Rosamund Pike
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| Inspired by a True Story | DreamWorks | Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson
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| Kids in America | Slowhand Cinema | Gregory Smith
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| North Country | Warner Bros. | Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand
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| Stay | 20th Century Fox | Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
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| 28
| The Legend of Zorro | Columbia Pictures | Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones
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| Prime | Universal Pictures | Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman
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| Saw II | Lions Gate Films | Donnie Wahlberg
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| The Weather Man | Paramount Pictures | Nicolas Cage, Hope Davis, Michael Caine
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| November
| 4
| Chicken Little | Walt Disney Pictures | Zach Braff, Joan Cusack, Steve Zahn (voices)
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| Jarhead | Universal Pictures | Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Black, Jamie Foxx
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| Good Night, and Good Luck ‡ | Warner Independent | George Clooney
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| 9 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Paramount Pictures | Joy Bryant, Terrence Howard
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| 11
| Derailed | The Weinstein Co. | Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston
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| Pride and Prejudice ‡ | Focus Features | Keira Knightley, Matthew Macfadyen
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| Zathura | Columbia Pictures |
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| 18
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Warner Bros. | Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes
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| Walk the Line | 20th Century Fox | Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon
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| 23
| The Ice Harvest | Focus Features | John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen
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| In the Mix | Lions Gate | Usher, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Chazz Palminteri
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| Just Friends | New Line | Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris
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| Rent | Columbia Pictures | Rosario Dawson
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| Syriana ‡ | Warner Bros. | George Clooney, Michelle Monaghan, Matt Damon
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| Yours, Mine and Ours | Paramount Pictures | Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo
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| 25
| The Libertine ‡ | Weinstein Co. | Johnny Depp, John Malkovich, Samantha Morton
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| December
| 2
| Æon Flux | Paramount Pictures | Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Karyn Kusama (director)
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| Transamerica ‡ | The Weinstein Company | Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers
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| 9
| Brokeback Mountain ‡ | Focus Features | Ang Lee (director), Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger
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| The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Walt Disney Pictures | Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson (voice)
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| Memoirs of a Geisha ‡ | Sony | Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li
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| 14 | King Kong | Universal Pictures | Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Peter Jackson (director)
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| 16
| The Family Stone | 20th Century Fox | Diane Keaton, Sarah Jessica Parker
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| Hoodwinked ‡ | Weinstein Co. | Anne Hathaway (voice), Glenn Close (voice), Jim Belushi (voice), Xzibit (voice), Andy Dick (voice), Patrick Warburton (voice)
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| The Producers ‡ | Universal Pictures | Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman
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| 21
| Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | 20th Century Fox | Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff
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| Fun with Dick and Jane | Columbia Pictures | Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin
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| 23
| Munich ‡ | DreamWorks | Eric Bana, Geoffrey Rush, Steven Spielberg (director)
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| The Ringer | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl
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| 25
| Casanova ‡ | Buena Vista | Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons
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| The New World ‡ | New Line | Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer
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| Rumor Has It | Warner Bros. | Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner
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| Wolf Creek | Weinstein Co. | John Jarratt, Nathan Phillips, Cassandra Magrath
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| 30 | The Matador ‡ | Weinstein Co. | Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis
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This section lists films which either did not achieve wide-release status in North America, or were not released in North America. Release dates refer to the North American release unless otherwise stated.
| Title | Release date | Studio | Other notes
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| 2046 | 5 August | Sony Pictures Classics | Wong Kar-wai (director), Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Zhang Ziyi
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| Aliens of the Deep | January 28 IMAX | Walt Disney Pictures | James Cameron (director)
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| Appleseed | January 14 | Geneon | Shinji Aramaki (director)
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| The Aristocrats | July 29 | ThinkFilm | Paul Provenza (director)
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| The Ballad of Jack and Rose | March 25 | IFC Films | Daniel Day-Lewis, Catherine Keener
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| The Baxter | August 26 | IFC Films | Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks
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| Bee Season | November 11 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche
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| Bigger Than the Sky | February 18 | MGM | John Corbett, Amy Smart, Sean Astin
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| Breakfast on Pluto | November 16 | Sony Pictures Classics | Liam Neeson, Cillian Murphy
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| Bride and Prejudice | February 11 | Miramax | Aishwarya Rai
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| Broken Flowers | August 5 | Focus Features | Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone
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| Caché | December 23 | Sony Pictures Classics | Michael Haneke (director), Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Annie Girardot
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| The Chorus | January 14 | Miramax | Gérard Jugnot
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| The Chumscrubber | January 14 | Newmarket films | Carrie-Anne Moss, Jamie Bell
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| Control | April 22 | ThinkFilm | Nimród Antal (director)
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| Creep | January 28 (UK) | Lions Gate Films | Franka Potente, (no North American theatrical release)
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| Daltry Calhoun | September 23 | Miramax | Johnny Knoxville, Ed Harris, Maria Bello
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| D.E.B.S. | March 25 | Screen Gems | Jordana Brewster, Meagan Good, Devon Aoki
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| Der Untergang (Downfall) | February 18 | Newmarket Films | Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara
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| Dirty Love | September 23 | First Look Pictures | Jenny McCarthy
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| Prequel to the Exorcist | May 20 | Morgan Creek International | Paul Schrader (director), Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann
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| Duma | September 30 | Warner Bros. | Hope Davis, Campbell Scott, Alexander Michaletos
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| First Descent | December 2 | Universal Pictures |
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| The Game of Their Lives | April 22 | IFC Films | Gerard Butler, Wes Bentley
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Green Street Hooligans || September 9 || Freestyle Releasing || Elijah Wood >
| Hating Alison Ashley | 17 March | Universal Pictures | Delta Goodrem
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| Heights | 17 June | Sony Pictures Classics | James Marsden, Glenn Close
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| Howl's Moving Castle | 10 June | Buena Vista | Hayao Miyazaki (director)
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| Inside Deep Throat | February 11 | Universal Pictures | Dennis Hopper (narrator)
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| Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang | October 21 | Warner Bros. | Val Kilmer, Robert Downey Jr.
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| Layer Cake | May 13 | Sony Pictures Classics | Daniel Craig
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| The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | June 3 (UK) | United International Pictures | (no North American theatrical release)
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| L'Enfant | May 17 | Sony Pictures Classics | Won the Golden Palm. Directed by Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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| ''Little Fish | 8 September (Australia) | First Look Pictures | Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving
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| Look at Me | April 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | Agnès Jaoui
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| Match Point | December 28 | DreamWorks | Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Woody Allen (director)
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| Me and You and Everyone We Know | June 17 | IFC Films | Miranda July (writer, director), John Hawkes
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| Melinda and Melinda | March 18 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Woody Allen (director)
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| MirrorMask | September 30 | Jim Henson Company | Jason Barry, Rob Brydon
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| Mondovino | March 23 | ThinkFilm | Jonathan Nossiter (director)
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| Mrs. Henderson Presents | December 9 | Weinstein Company | Judi Dench, Bob Hoskins
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| Nobody Knows | February 4 | IFC Films | Hirokazu Koreeda (director)
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| November | July 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | Courtney Cox
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| Muay Thai Warrior | February 11 | Magnolia Pictures | Tony Jaa
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| Proof | September 16 | Miramax Films | Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anthony Hopkins
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| Salaam Namaste | September 9 | Yash Raj | Saif Ali Khan
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| Schultze Gets the Blues | February 18 | Paramount Classics | Horst Krause
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| Shopgirl | October 21 | Buena Vista | Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman
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| Smile | April 8 | Dark Forest LLC | Sean Astin, Linda Hamilton
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| The Squid and the Whale | October 5 | The Samuel Goldwyn Company | Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg
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| Steamboy | March 18 | Toho | Anna Paquin (voice), Alfred Molina (voice), Patrick Stewart (voice), Katsuhiro Ôtomo (director)
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| Travellers and Magicians | January 7 | Zeitgeist Films | Khyentse Norbu (director)
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| Thumbsucker | September 16 | Sony Pictures | Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton
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| Turtles Can Fly | February 18 | IFC Films | Bahman Ghobadi (director)
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| Uncle Nino | February 11 | Lange Releasing | Joe Mantegna, Trevor Morgan
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| Where the Truth Lies | October 14 | ThinkFilm | Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth
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| The World's Fastest Indian | December 7 | Magnolia Pictures | Anthony Hopkins
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| The Year of the Yao | April 29 | Fine Line Features | Yao Ming, Colin Pine
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"2005 in film"