Ratings: 1 star (Loser) to 4 stars (Winner) (reviews linked to RottenTomatoes.com/forums & IMDb
ratings on a scale of 1-poor to 10-excellent)
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2005 DVD ARCHIVES (A-B-C) (Recommended titles in BOLD/USA
release dates only - foreign release skeds may vary)
"A" Titles:
Aeon Flux [USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.5 the Animation Show #2 [12 animated shorts/(1999-2005)] - IMDb rating: 7.2 Apres Vous [aka 'After You'/(2003)France/2005 USA release/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6
David MacKenzie's "Asylum" [UK/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.1
"B" Titles:
Rebecca Miller's "the Ballad of Jack and Rose [USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.6 Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress [Balzac et la petite tailleuse Chinois/(2002)France/2005 USA release] - IMDb rating: 7.3 Batman Begins [USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 8.4 the Baxter [USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.5 the Beat my Heart Skipped [De Battre Mon Coeur S'est Arrete/France] - IMDb rating: 7.4 the Beautiful Country [(2004)Norway-US/2005 USA release/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.3 the Boys & Girl from County Clare [(2003)Ireland-UK-Germany/2005 USA release/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.4
Neil Jordan's "Breakfast on Pluto [Ireland-UK/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.3
Gurinder Chadha's "Bride and Prejudice" [(2004)UK-US/2005 USA
release/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 6.4
(OSCAR) Brokeback Mountain [USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.9 - [**OSCAR WINS for BEST director, Screenplay (Adapted), and Original Score/Also won 4 Golden Globes]
Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers" [US- France/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.4
Susanne Bier's "Brothers" [Brødre/(2004)Denmark/2005 USA release/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.7
Terry Gilliam's "the Brothers Grimm" [(2004)UK-Czech Republic-US/2005 USA release/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 5.9
"C" Titles:
Michael Haneke's Caché (Hidden) [France-Austria-Germany-Italy/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.4 Café Lumière [(2003)Japan-Taiwan/2005 USA release] - IMDb rating: 6.8
Joseph Cedar's "Campfire [Medurat hashevet campfire/(2004)Israel/2005 USA release] - IMDb rating: 7.3
(**OSCAR) Capote [US-Canada/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.8 - [** OSCAR WIN for BEST actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman]
Lasse Hallstrom's Casanova [USA/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 6.5 Caterina in the City [Caterina Va In Citta/(2003)Italy/2005 USA release] - IMDb rating: 7.1 the Cave [US-Germany/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 4.5
(FAMILY) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory [USA/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.4
(FAMILY) Chicken Little [Animated/USA/Rated G] - IMDb rating: 5.8
(**OSCAR) CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: the Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe [USA/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.4 - [**OSCAR WIN for BEST Makeup] Cinderella Man [USA/Rated PG-13] - IMDb rating: 8.1
(**OSCAR) the Constant Gardener [US-UK/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.7 - [OSCAR WIN for BEST Supp. actress: Rachel Weisz]
Tim Burton's "the Corpse Bride" [Animated/UK-US/Rated PG] - IMDb rating: 7.5 Côte d'Azur [aka 'Mariscos Beach'/Crustacés et coquillages/France] - IMDb rating: 6.9
(**3 OSCARS) Paul Haggis "Crash" [(2004)US-Germany/2005 USA release/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 8.3 - [**OSCAR WINS for BEST PICTURE, Orig. Screenplay, & editing] Cronicas [aka 'Chronicles'/Mexico-Ecuador/Rated R] - IMDb rating: 7.1
