Alternate Oscars: 2005

* = winner

BEST PICTURE:

Caché

King Kong*

L'Enfant

The Proposition

War of the Worlds

BEST DIRECTOR:

David Cronenberg, A History of Violence

Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, L'Enfant

Michael Haneke, Caché

John Hillcoat, The Proposition

Peter Jackson, King Kong*

BEST ACTOR:

Russell Crowe, Cinderella Man

Matthew McConaughey, Sahara*

Joaquin Phoenix, Walk the Line

Ahmad Razvi, Man Push Cart

David Strathairn, Good Night, and Good Luck.

BEST ACTRESS:

Joan Allen, The Upside of Anger

Toni Collette, In Her Shoes

Q'orianka Kilcher, The New World

Keira Knightley, Pride and Prejudice*

Naomi Watts, King Kong

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Kevin Costner, The Upside of Anger*

Jeff Daniels, The Squid and the Whale

Paul Giamatti, Cinderella Man

Ed Harris, A History of Violence

Danny Huston, The Proposition

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Amy Adams, Junebug

Maria Bello, A History of Violence

Dakota Fanning, War of the Worlds*

Laura Linney, The Squid and the Whale

Rachel McAdams, The Family Stone

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:

Batman Begins

A History of Violence*

The Ice Harvest

King Kong

Pride and Prejudice

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

Caché

L’Enfant

Man Push Cart*

The Proposition

The Squid and the Whale

BEST ART DIRECTION:

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

King Kong*

Pride and Prejudice

Sin City

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Batman Begins

Good Night, and Good Luck.

The New World*

Pride and Prejudice

The Proposition

BEST COSTUME DESIGN:

Memoirs of a Geisha

The New World

Pride and Prejudice*

Sin City

Walk the Line

BEST FILM EDITING:

Batman Begins

King Kong

Munich

Sin City*

War of the Worlds

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:

Batman Begins*

Brokeback Mountain

Cinderella Man

King Kong

War of the Worlds

BEST ORIGINAL SONG:

"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle & Flow*

"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from Brokeback Mountain

"Magic Works" from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"Travelin’ Thru" from Transamerica

"Who's Minding the Store" from Good Night, and Good Luck.

BEST MAKEUP:

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Memoirs of a Geisha

Sin City*

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

BEST SOUND:

Batman Begins

King Kong*

Last Days

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

War of the Worlds

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

King Kong*

Sin City

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

War of the Worlds

BEST STUNTS:

Batman Begins

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Sahara

Serenity

Transporter 2*

BEST CASTING:

The Family Stone*

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Me and You and Everyone We Know

The Proposition

Sin City

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Caché*

L'Enfant

The Proposition

Where the Truth Lies