18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards (2005)

Best Film

	Crash
	Brokeback Mountain
	Good Night, and Good Luck.
	A History of Violence
	King Kong

Best Director

	David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
	George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
	Peter Jackson - King Kong
	Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
	Steven Spielberg - Munich

Best Actor

	Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
	Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
	Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
	Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
	David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress

	Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
	Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
	Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
	Naomi Watts - King Kong
	Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor

	Mickey Rourke - Sin City
	Matt Dillon - Crash
	Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
	Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
	Terrence Howard - Crash
	Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice

Best Supporting Actress

	Maria Bello - A History of Violence
	Amy Adams - Junebug
	Scarlett Johansson - Match Point
	Catherine Keener - Capote
	Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
	Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Best Screenplay

	Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
	Brokeback Mountain - Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
	Capote - Dan Futterman
	Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
	A History of Violence - Josh Olson

Best Cinematography

	Brokeback Mountain - Rodrigo Prieto
	Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
	King Kong - Andrew Lesnie
	Munich - Janusz Kamiński
	The New World - Emmanuel Lubezki
	Pride & Prejudice - Roman Osin

Best Original Score

	Brokeback Mountain - Gustavo Santaolalla
	Batman Begins - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Danny Elfman
	King Kong - James Newton Howard
	Memoirs of a Geisha - John Williams

Best Foreign Language Film

	Caché (Hidden), France
	2046, Hong Kong
	Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
	Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
	Oldboy, South Korea

Best Documentary Film

	Grizzly Man
	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
	Mad Hot Ballroom
	March of the Penguins
	Murderball

Most Promising Filmmaker

	Bennett Miller - Capote
	Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow
	Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
	Phil Morrison - Junebug
	Joe Wright - Pride & Prejudice

Most Promising Performer

	Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
	Chris "Ludacris" Bridges - Crash and Hustle & Flow
	Georgie Henley - The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
	Q'Orianka Kilcher - The New World
	Owen Kline - The Squid and the Whale