40th National Society of Film Critics Awards (2005)

Best Picture

	1. Capote
	2. A History of Violence
	3. 2046

Best Director

	1. David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
	2. Wong Kar-wai - 2046
	3. Bennett Miller - Capote

Best Actor

	1. Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
	2. Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
	3. Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain

Best Actress

	1. Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
	2. Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
	3. Kate Dollenmayer - Funny Ha Ha
	3. Vera Farmiga - Down to the Bone

Best Supporting Actor

	1. Ed Harris - A History of Violence
	2. Mathieu Amalric - Munich
	2. Frank Langella - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Supporting Actress

	1. Amy Adams - Junebug
	2. Zhang Ziyi - 2046
	3. Catherine Keener - The 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Ballad of Jack and Rose, Capote, and The Interpreter

Best Screenplay

	1. Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
	2. Dan Futterman - Capote
	3. Tony Kushner and Eric Roth - Munich

Best Cinematography

	1. Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun Leung, and Lai Yiu-fai - 2046
	2. Robert Elswit - Good Night, and Good Luck.
	3. Emmanuel Lubezki - The New World

Best Foreign Language Film

	1. Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
	2. 2046
	3. Caché

Best Non-Fiction Film

	1. Grizzly Man
	2. Darwin's Nightmare
	3. Ballets Russes