2005 : Movies Must See
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1. Alien Siege (2005 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An advanced race of aliens descends upon Earth with a single goal - the blood of eight million humans to save their own dying planet.
Director: Robert Stadd | Stars: Brad Johnson, Erin Ross, Lilas Lane, Nathan Anderson
Votes: 905
2. Angel-A (2005)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A beautiful woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Rie Rasmussen, Jamel Debbouze, Gilbert Melki, Serge Riaboukine
Votes: 35,673 | Gross: $0.20M
3. Empire of the Wolves (2005)
R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A disgraced policeman helps a young detective to hunt down a serial killer who targets Turkish women in Paris.
Director: Chris Nahon | Stars: Jean Reno, Arly Jover, Jocelyn Quivrin, Laura Morante
Votes: 12,185
4. The Myth (2005)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Archeologist Jack keeps having reoccurring dreams of a past life, where he is the great general Meng Yi, who is sworn to protect a princess named Ok-Soo. Jack decides to go investigate everything with his friend William.
Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Bing Shao, Jackie Chan, Weixing Yao, Jianzhong Zhang
Votes: 16,316
5. Cerberus (2005 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A band of mercenaries steals Attila the Hun's fabled sword and inadvertently awakens the most feared creature in all of mythology - Cerberus, the monstrous three-headed dog with a thirst for blood.
Director: John Terlesky | Stars: Greg Evigan, Garret Sato, Bogdan Uritescu, Gabi Andronache
Votes: 1,320
6. Slipstream (2005)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist goes to a bank to meet a pretty bank teller. His time machine allows him to go 10 minutes back in time and correct his approaches to her. He's shadowed by two FBI agents and the bank gets robbed.
Director: David van Eyssen | Stars: Sean Astin, Vinnie Jones, Ivana Milicevic, Kevin Otto
Votes: 3,514
7. Hammerhead (2005 TV Movie)
R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A scientist tries to save his son from cancer but his experiments turn him into a shark-man instead. A group of people from a pharmaceutical corporation are sent to the mad doctor's island to investigate his activities.
Director: Michael Oblowitz | Stars: William Forsythe, Hunter Tylo, Jeffrey Combs, Elise Muller
Votes: 1,807
8. Locusts: The 8th Plague (2005 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Top-secret lab experiments have resulted in genetically-engineered locusts that devour the flesh from any humans in their path. When the swarm escapes, a determined researcher heads a team to stop the menace before it consumes the world.
Director: Ian Gilmour | Stars: Dan Cortese, Julie Benz, David Keith, Kirk B.R. Woller
Votes: 965
9. Man-Thing (2005)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.
Director: Brett Leonard | Stars: Jack Thompson, Matthew Le Nevez, Steve Bastoni, Rachael Taylor
Votes: 7,037 | Gross: $0.14M
10. Runaway (2005)
80 min | Drama, Thriller
Michael Adler has run away from his suburban home with his little brother Dylan. Hiding out in a quiet, rural town, Michael's convinced he can make a better life for both of them. While ... See full summary »
Director: Tim McCann | Stars: Aaron Stanford, Robin Tunney, Peter Gerety, Melissa Leo
Votes: 515
11. Bloodline (2005)
R | 98 min | Drama
Two brothers, Marcus and Nate have chosen opposite sides of the law. Marcus, a police officer confronts Nate, the city's biggest drug lord. Marcus is then faced with having to choose between his blood and his duty to protect and serve.
Director: Antwan Smith | Stars: Benzino, Tanorris Blash, Karina Bonnefil, Paul Campbell
Votes: 137
12. Supercross (2005)
PG-13 | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Faced with the suspicious death of their father, two brothers must motivate one another to get back on their bikes and take the Las Vegas Motocross Championships by storm.
Director: Steve Boyum | Stars: Steve Howey, Mike Vogel, Sophia Bush, Cameron Richardson
Votes: 4,859 | Gross: $3.10M
13. Unleashed (2005)
R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man enslaved by the mob since childhood and raised into behaving like a human attack dog escapes his captors and attempts to start a new life.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jet Li, Bob Hoskins, Morgan Freeman, Kerry Condon
Votes: 108,092 | Gross: $24.52M
14. Transporter 2 (2005)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Transporter Frank Martin, surfaces in Miami, Florida and is implicated in the kidnapping of the young son of a powerful USA official.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Jason Statham, Amber Valletta, Kate Nauta, Alessandro Gassmann
Votes: 215,420 | Gross: $43.10M
15. Walk the Line (2005)
PG-13 | 136 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick
Votes: 265,886 | Gross: $119.52M
16. Survival Island (I) (2005)
TV-MA | 95 min | Drama, Thriller
Three people - a rich couple and a crew member - are shipwrecked on a tropical island and their subsequent fight for survival becomes even tougher when they begin to turn on each other.
Director: Stewart Raffill | Stars: Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Todd Collins
Votes: 10,478
17. Just Like Heaven (2005)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A lonely landscape architect falls for the spirit of the beautiful woman who used to live in his new apartment.
Director: Mark Waters | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue, Dina Spybey-Waters
Votes: 117,388 | Gross: $48.32M
18. A Perfect Fit (2005)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A psychological drama about an unstable man, tormented by nightmares, who seeks help from a shrink but is pushed over the edge into increasingly dangerous, psychotic territory by a relationship he is unable to control.
Director: Ron Brown | Stars: Adrian Grenier, Polly Draper, Leila Arcieri, Michele Santopietro
Votes: 446
19. Mrs. Harris (2005 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 94 min | Drama
Based on the sensational 1980s media event, famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower meets a particularly brutal end at the hands of his jilted lover, Jean Harris.
Director: Phyllis Nagy | Stars: Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Cloris Leachman, Lawrence O'Donnell
Votes: 1,561
20. Aurora Borealis (2005)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A troubled young man struggling to right himself after the premature death of his father.
Director: James C.E. Burke | Stars: Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis, Steven Pasquale
Votes: 1,810 | Gross: $0.06M
21. Strangers with Candy (2005)
R | 97 min | Comedy
A prequel to the critically-acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46-year-old ex-junkie ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to restart her life.
Director: Paul Dinello | Stars: Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Paul Sedaris
Votes: 8,449 | Gross: $2.07M
22. The Tenants (2005)
R | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
In an abandoned tenement, an African-American militant writer and a Jewish novelist develop a friendship while struggling to complete their novels, but inner tension rises between the two.
Director: Danny Green | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Snoop Dogg, Rose Byrne, Seymour Cassel
Votes: 1,114 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Issues (2005)
87 min | Comedy
Royce, a straight-laced accountant and Damien, a playboy real-estate agent are cousins and housemates at the crossroads of their lives. Royce is looking for true love and commitment, while ... See full summary »
Director: Van Elder | Stars: Ben Watkins, Laz Alonso, Shawna Vinson, Barri Whittaker
Votes: 115
24. A Sound of Thunder (2005)
PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A single mistake in the past, by a time travel company in the future, has devastating and unforeseen consequences.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, Armin Rohde
Votes: 20,505 | Gross: $1.89M
25. Thumbsucker (2005)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Justin throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Director: Mike Mills | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 21,990 | Gross: $1.33M
26. Neo Ned (2005)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Like most kids, Ned idolized his father and dreamed of following in his footsteps. Unfortunately, his father was a two-bit crook who spent most of his life in jail. Without a family of his ... See full summary »
Director: Van Fischer | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Gabrielle Union, David E. Allen, Blaine Gray
Votes: 1,822
27. Wah-Wah (2005)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
Ralph witnesses the disintegration of his parents' marriage through adultery and alcohol during the last gasp of the British Empire in Swaziland in 1969. Ralph finds his new step-mother is the only one who understands his inner turmoil.
Director: Richard E. Grant | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Gabriel Byrne
Votes: 3,297 | Gross: $0.23M
28. A History of Violence (2005)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
Votes: 252,895 | Gross: $31.49M
29. The Legend of Zorro (2005)
PG | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Romance
Despite trying to keep his swashbuckling to a minimum, a threat to California's pending statehood causes the adventure-loving Don Alejandro de la Vega and his wife, Elena, to take action.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rufus Sewell, Alberto Reyes
Votes: 107,656 | Gross: $46.46M
30. Hide and Seek (2005)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
As a widower tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide, his daughter finds solace, at first, in her imaginary friend.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, Famke Janssen, Elisabeth Shue
Votes: 88,797 | Gross: $51.10M
31. The Proposition (2005)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Western
A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him nine days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Ray Winstone, Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Richard Wilson
Votes: 54,990 | Gross: $1.90M
32. Proof (2005)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Mystery
The daughter of a brilliant but mentally disturbed mathematician, recently deceased, tries to come to grips with her possible inheritance: his insanity. Complicating matters are one of her father's ex-students, who wants to search through his papers, and her estranged sister, who shows up to help settle his affairs.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, Hope Davis, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 46,318 | Gross: $7.52M
33. Derailed (I) (2005)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Addison Timlin
Votes: 76,396 | Gross: $36.02M
34. Tideland (2005)
R | 120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Tilly, Jodelle Ferland, Janet McTeer
Votes: 34,690 | Gross: $0.07M
35. Cry Wolf (2005)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Eight unsuspecting high school seniors at a posh boarding school, who delight themselves on playing games of lies, come face-to-face with terror and learn that nobody believes a liar - even when they're telling the truth.
Director: Jeff Wadlow | Stars: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Erica Yates
Votes: 28,523 | Gross: $10.05M
36. Rumor Has It... (2005)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sarah Huttinger is a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film "The Graduate" -- and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event.
Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Mark Ruffalo, Shirley MacLaine, Kevin Costner
Votes: 61,678 | Gross: $43.00M
37. The Marksman (2005 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
With Russia on the brink of nuclear annihilation, there's only one man who can save it: an elite U.S. Special Forces operative who's been ordered to take out a Chechen nuclear power plant before terrorists set off a live reactor.
Director: Marcus Adams | Stars: Wesley Snipes, William Hope, Emma Samms, Anthony Warren
Votes: 4,660
38. Southern Belles (2005)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Bell and Belle want to break out of their trailer park lives and get up and out to the "Big City" of Atlanta. Just when they think they are on their way to getting a nest egg Bell falls for a handsome police officer named Rhett Butler.
Directors: Paul Myers, Brennan Shroff | Stars: Anna Faris, Laura Breckenridge, Justin Chambers, Frederick Weller
Votes: 999
39. Rx (2005)
R | 89 min | Thriller, Crime, Romance
What is meant to be a weekend party across the border soon becomes a heartbreaking journey that tests the boundaries of companionship, romantic love and personal ethics.
Director: Ariel Vromen | Stars: Eric Balfour, Colin Hanks, Lauren German, Danny Pino
Votes: 981
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