page_title: 2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: 2005 New York Film Critics Circle Awards / Winners
caption_attribution_description: William Hurt signing autographs at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival while promoting History of Violence.
context_page_description: The 71st New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were announced on 12 December 2005 and presented on 8 January 2006.
context_section_description: Best Actor:
  Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
  Runners-up: Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote and Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence
  Best Actress:
  Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
  Runners-up: Emmanuelle Devos – Kings and Queen (Rois et reine) and Zhang Ziyi – 2046 and Memoirs of a Geisha
  Best Animated Feature:
  Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)
  Runners-up: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Corpse Bride
  Best Cinematography:
  Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, and Kwan Pun Leung – 2046
  Runners-up: Robert Elswit – Good Night, and Good Luck. and Emmanuel Lubezki – The New World
  Best Director:
  Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
  Runners-up: David Cronenberg – A History of Violence and Steven Spielberg – Munich
  Best Film:
  Brokeback Mountain
  Runners-up: A History of Violence and Good Night, and Good Luck.
  Best First Film:
  Bennett Miller – Capote
  Runners-up: Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know and Phil Morrison – Junebug
  Best Foreign Language Film:
  2046 • China/France/Germany/Hong Kong
  Runners-up: Caché • France/Austria and Look at Me (Comme une image) • France
  Best Non-Fiction Film (tie):
  Grizzly Man
  The White Diamond
  Runners-up: March of the Penguins and The Aristocrats
  Best Screenplay:
  Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale
  Runners-up: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain and Tony Kushner and Eric Roth – Munich
  Best Supporting Actor:
  William Hurt – A History of Violence
  Runners-up: Mathieu Amalric – Munich and Terrence Howard – Crash
  Best Supporting Actress:
  Maria Bello – A History of Violence
  Runners-up: Catherine Keener – The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, and Capote and Diane Keaton – The Family Stone
caption: William Hurt, Best Supporting Actor winner
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