1st Annual AML Film Award Nominees

Here are my personal nominees for the best in film of 2005:

Film of the Year
~ Brokeback Mountain
~ Capote
~ Crash
~ Good Night, and Good Luck
~ Pride & Prejudice

Performance of the Year
~ Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
~ Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
~ Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
~ Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
~ Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Director of the Year
~ Andrew Adamson – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
~ George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
~ Peter Jackson – King Kong
~ Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
~ Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

Ensemble of the Year
~ Brokeback Mountain
~ Crash
~ Good Night, and Good Luck
~ The Family Stone
~ Rent

Screenplay of the Year
~ Brokeback Mountain
~ Crash
~ Good Night, and Good Luck
~ Munich
~ The Squid and the Whale

Drama Film of the Year
~ Brokeback Mountain
~ Capote
~ Crash
~ Good Night, and Good Luck
~ Munich

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Film
~ Eric Bana – Munich
~ Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
~ Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
~ Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence
~ David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Film
~ Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
~ Tilda Swinton – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
~ Charlize Theron – North Country
~ Naomi Watts – King Kong
~ Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Film
~ George Clooney - Syriana
~ Matt Dillon – Crash
~ Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
~ Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain
~ Terrence Howard – Crash

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Film
~ Maria Bello – A History of Violence
~ Sandra Bullock – Crash
~ Gong Li – Memoirs of a Geisha
~ Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener
~ Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Outstanding Director for a Drama Film
~ Andrew Adamson – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
~ George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck
~ Paul Haggis – Crash
~ Peter Jackson – King Kong
~ Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain

Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Film
~ Brokeback Mountain
~ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
~ Crash
~ Good Night, and Good Luck
~ King Kong

Comedy/Musical Film of the Year
~ Mrs. Henderson Presents
~ Pride & Prejudice
~ The Producers
~ Rent
~ Walk the Line

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy/Musical Film
~ Steve Carell – The 40 Year-Old Virgin
~ Jeff Daniels – The Squid and the Whale
~ Nathan Lane – The Producers
~ Bill Murray – Broken Flowers
~ Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy/Musical Film
~ Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
~ Rosario Dawson – Rent
~ Judi Dench – Mrs. Henderson Presents
~ Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
~ Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy/Musical Film
~ Matthew Broderick – The Producers
~ Wilson Jermaine Heredia – Rent
~ Bob Hoskins – Mrs. Henderson Presents
~ Jesse L. Martin – Rent
~ Donald Sutherland – Pride & Prejudice

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy/Musical Film
~ Amy Adams – Junebug
~ Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale
~ Idina Menzel – Rent
~ Meryl Streep – Prime
~ Wanda Sykes – Monster-In-Law

Outstanding Director for a Comedy/Musical Film
~ Tim Burton – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
~ Stephen Frears – Mrs. Henderson Presents
~ James Mangold – Walk the Line
~ Susan Stroman – The Producers
~ Joe Wright – Pride & Prejudice

Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy/Musical Film
~ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
~ The Family Stone
~ Pride & Prejudice
~ Rent
~ The Upside of Anger

Animated Film of the Year
~ The Corpse Bride
~ Madagascar
~ Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Breakthrough Performance of the Year
~ Amy Adams – Junebug
~ Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
~ Terrence Howard – Crash
~ Q’Orianka Kilcher – The New World
~ Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Youth Performance of the Year
~ Dakota Fanning – War of the Worlds
~ Georgie Henley – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
~ Q’Orianka Kilcher – The New World
~ William Mosely – The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
~ AnnaSophia Robb – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

AML Film Achievement Award
~ King Kong