Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2005

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

• Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck.

  Best Actress

• Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
• Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
• Naomi Watts – King Kong
• Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

  Best Cinematography

• Good Night, and Good Luck. – Robert Elswit
• King Kong – Andrew Lesnie
• Munich – Janusz Kamiński
• The New World – Emmanuel Lubezki
• Pride & Prejudice – Roman Osin

  Best Director

• George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Peter Jackson – King Kong
• Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
• Steven Spielberg – Munich

  Best Documentary Film

• Mad Hot Ballroom
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball

  Best Film

• Brokeback Mountain
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• A History of Violence
• King Kong

  Best Foreign Language Film

• 2046, Hong Kong
• Downfall , Germany
• Kung Fu Hustle , Hong Kong
• Oldboy, South Korea

  Best Original Score

• Batman Begins – Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Danny Elfman
• King Kong – James Newton Howard
• Memoirs of a Geisha'' – John Williams

  Best Screenplay

• Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
• Capote – Dan Futterman
• Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• A History of Violence – Josh Olson

  Best Supporting Actor

• Matt Dillon – Crash
• Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
• Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Howard – Crash
• Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice

  Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams – Junebug
• Scarlett Johansson – Match Point
• Catherine Keener – Capote
• Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
• Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

  Most Promising Filmmaker

• Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
• Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Phil Morrison – Junebug
• Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

  Most Promising Performer

• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges – Crash and Hustle & Flow
• Georgie Henley –
• Q'Orianka Kilcher – The New World
• Owen Kline – The Squid and the Whale