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Best Movies of 2005, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
73 films from 2005 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is Batman Begins ('2005), at 8.2 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.1. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Saw II, 6.6 on IMDb against 40 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Batman Begins '2005 | Drama / Crime / Action | 8.2 | 85% | 70 | 7.7 | Christopher Nolan |
| 2 | Sin City '2005 | Crime / Thriller | 8.0 | 76% | 74 | 7.5 | Robert Rodriguez |
| 3 | Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith '2005 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.7 | 79% | 68 | 7.5 | George Lucas |
| 4 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire '2005 | Fantasy | 7.7 | 88% | 81 | 7.8 | Mike Newell |
| 5 | Pride & Prejudice '2005 | Drama / Romance | 7.8 | 87% | 82 | 8.1 | Joe Wright |
| 6 | Crash '2005 | Drama | 7.7 | 73% | 66 | 7.2 | Paul Haggis |
| 7 | Brokeback Mountain '2005 | Drama / Romance | 7.7 | 88% | 87 | 7.8 | Ang Lee |
| 8 | Serenity '2005 | Sci-Fi / Action / Thriller | 7.8 | 82% | 74 | 7.4 | Joss Whedon |
| 9 | Cinderella Man '2005 | Romance / Drama | 8.0 | 80% | 69 | 7.6 | Ron Howard |
| 10 | Walk the Line '2005 | Drama / Musical / Romance | 7.8 | 83% | 72 | 7.5 | James Mangold |
| 11 | Lord of War '2005 | Crime / Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 62% | 62 | 7.4 | Andrew Niccol |
| 12 | Match Point '2005 | Drama / Romance / Thriller | 7.6 | 77% | 72 | 7.4 | Woody Allen |
| 13 | Munich '2005 | Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 79% | 74 | 7.1 | Steven Spielberg |
| 14 | Corpse Bride '2005 | Romance / Fantasy / Animation | 7.4 | 85% | 83 | 7.6 | Mike Johnson |
| 15 | Thank You for Smoking '2005 | Comedy / Drama | 7.5 | 86% | 71 | 7.2 | Jason Reitman |
| 16 | A History of Violence '2005 | Drama / Thriller / Crime | 7.4 | 88% | 82 | 7.2 | David Cronenberg |
| 17 | Kingdom of Heaven '2005 | Drama / Action / War | 7.3 | 39% | 63 | 7.1 | Ridley Scott |
| 18 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang '2005 | Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller | 7.4 | 86% | 73 | 7.2 | Shane Black |
| 19 | King Kong '2005 | Drama / Action | 7.2 | 84% | 81 | 6.9 | Peter Jackson |
| 20 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit '2005 | Animation / Comedy | 7.5 | 95% | 87 | 7.1 | Steve Box |
| 21 | Coach Carter '2005 | Drama | 7.4 | 63% | 57 | 7.6 | Thomas Carter |
| 22 | Green Street Hooligans '2005 | Crime / Drama | 7.4 | 45% | 55 | 7.3 | Lexi Alexander |
| 23 | The 40 Year-Old Virgin '2005 | Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 85% | 73 | 6.4 | Judd Apatow |
| 24 | The Descent '2005 | Horror | 7.2 | 87% | 71 | 7.0 | Neil Marshall |
| 25 | Memoirs of a Geisha '2005 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 35% | 54 | 7.6 | Rob Marshall |
| 26 | Lady Vengeance '2005 | Drama / Thriller | 7.5 | 76% | 75 | 7.5 | Park Chan-wook |
| 27 | Madagascar '2005 | Animation / Comedy | 7.0 | 55% | 57 | 6.9 | Eric Darnell |
| 28 | Constantine '2005 | Fantasy / Action / Horror | 7.0 | 46% | 50 | 7.2 | Francis Lawrence |
| 29 | Wedding Crashers '2005 | Comedy / Romance | 7.0 | 75% | 64 | 6.5 | David Dobkin |
| 30 | Jarhead '2005 | Drama / War | 7.0 | 60% | 58 | 6.7 | Sam Mendes |
| 31 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe '2005 | Fantasy | 6.9 | 76% | 75 | 7.1 | Andrew Adamson |
| 32 | Unleashed '2005 | Action / Crime | 7.0 | 66% | 58 | 7.0 | Louis Leterrier |
| 33 | The Island '2005 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 6.8 | - | 50 | 6.7 | Michael Bay |
| 34 | Four Brothers '2005 | Action / Crime | 6.8 | - | 49 | 6.8 | John Singleton |
| 35 | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory '2005 | Comedy / Fantasy | 6.7 | 83% | 72 | 7.0 | Tim Burton |
| 36 | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy '2005 | Comedy / Sci-Fi | 6.7 | 60% | 63 | 6.7 | Garth Jennings |
| 37 | The Exorcism of Emily Rose '2005 | Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller | 6.7 | 20% | 46 | 6.6 | Scott Derrickson |
| 38 | Just Like Heaven '2005 | Comedy / Romance / Fantasy | 6.7 | 54% | 47 | 7.0 | Mark Waters |
| 39 | Nanny McPhee '2005 | Fantasy / Comedy | 6.6 | 74% | 59 | 6.7 | Kirk Jones |
| 40 | Saw II '2005 | Horror | 6.6 | 39% | 40 | 6.6 | Darren Lynn Bousman |
| 41 | Hitch '2005 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 6.6 | 68% | 58 | 6.6 | Andy Tennant |
| 42 | War of the Worlds '2005 | Thriller / Sci-Fi | 6.6 | 76% | 73 | 6.6 | Steven Spielberg |
| 43 | Hoodwinked! '2005 | Animation / Comedy / Crime / Mystery | 6.5 | 46% | 45 | 6.3 | Cory Edwards |
| 44 | Hostage '2005 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 6.5 | 35% | 44 | 6.4 | Florent-Emilio Siri |
| 45 | The Skeleton Key '2005 | Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller | 6.5 | 38% | 47 | 6.6 | Iain Softley |
| 46 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith '2005 | Action / Comedy / Drama / Thriller | 6.5 | 60% | 55 | 6.7 | Doug Liman |
| 47 | Red Eye '2005 | Thriller / Mystery | 6.4 | 80% | 71 | 6.4 | Wes Craven |
| 48 | Robots '2005 | Animation / Comedy / Sci-Fi | 6.4 | 64% | 64 | 6.5 | Chris Wedge |
| 49 | Sky High '2005 | Comedy | 6.3 | 74% | 62 | 6.3 | Mike Mitchell |
| 50 | The Longest Yard '2005 | Drama / Comedy / Crime | 6.4 | 31% | 48 | 6.7 | Peter Segal |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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