![]() | Sin City - Unrated (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $30.49 / Used from: $7.40 The coolest, most awesome movie of 2005
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![]() | Batman Begins (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition)
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $0.62 Batman has been resurrected in what may be the best comic book movie ever (sorry Spiderman 2)
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![]() | King Kong (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 While some of the film could have been cut it still gives you the most bang for your buck, most of the fx are amazing and the cast is awesome, do not bring little kids
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![]() | Good Night, and Good Luck (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $0.99 For relevance to today's media clampdown this is the year's most important film, Strathairn should have won the Oscar, and Clooney can direct
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![]() | A History of Violence (New Line Platinum Series)
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.29 there are too many things to like about this movie, the acting, the plotting, the directing, the violence
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![]() | Walk the Line (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy used from: $1.98 Amazing, both Phoenix and Witherspoon captured the late Cash couple perfectly
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![]() | Munich (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $28.96 It's not anit-Semitic or anti-Islamic, it's anti-perpetuation of stupidity (ie. revenge, war, hatred) a very important film
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![]() | The Constant Gardener (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $0.08 another socially conscious film that points an unwavering, accusing finger at pharmaceutical companies and their pillaging of Africa
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![]() | Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.01 If you weren't angry at oil companies and their corporate counterparts you will be fuming after watching this amazing film
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![]() | The Devil's Rejects (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $2.35 Less music video-ish and a heck of a lot more gritty than House of 1,000 Corpses, this movie is shocking, brutal, and exactly what a true Horror fan is looking for, Lion's Gate & Rob Zombie kick donkey
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![]() | Match Point
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $1.00 See it for Scarlett Johansson, Stay for the awesome story
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![]() | Land of the Dead (Unrated Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $0.11 Romero shows us what a real zombie movie looks like, for the fourth time, love that gore!!
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![]() | Star Wars - Episode III, Revenge of the Sith (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.14 Solid, Dark, and chock full of the SFX you've come to expect this movie is amazing
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![]() | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Two-Disc Deluxe Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $1.50 A very concise script for a gigantic book, yes stuff is missing but it couldn't be a 4 hour movie, I think I still like Prisoner of Azkaban better
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![]() | Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $5.49 / Used from: $2.99 Edward Gorey meets Poe by way of Ray Harryhausen, bloody brilliant and amazing for anyone who likes things dark and dreary, one of the year's best movies
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![]() | Wallace & Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Widescreen Edition)
Buy used from: $2.82 Wallace & Gromit in a feature length cheese and veg fest! People were clapping when it finished!
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![]() | The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $1.72 while some of the sfx were a little iffy (except for Tummnus, that was amazing) the movie works very well as a rousing adventure for the whole family (might be a bit scary for the wee ones though)
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![]() | Assault on Precinct 13 (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.23 Retains the viciousness and grittiness of the first film and extends the dark themes, and it's action packed
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![]() | The Ice Harvest (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.67 really cool noir-comedy that has some hilarious lines and possibly one of the best performances by Oliver Platt ever
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![]() | War of the Worlds (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $32.49 / Used from: $1.56 Although heavy on the yeh-right escapes by Cruise, the entire flick is creepy, vicious, and laden with SFX, perfect Summer popcorn muncher
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![]() | Kung Fu Hustle (Widescreen Edition)
Buy used from: $1.87 Solid, Kung Fu entertainment with enough violence induced comedy to kill an army of clowns (evil, evil clowns)
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![]() | Wolf Creek (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.01 the feel good movie of 2005, planning my trip to the outback right now
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![]() | The New World
Buy new: $10.49 / Used from: $1.70 Q'orianka Kilcher gives the breakout female performance of '05, beautiful lady with a mastery of emotion and physical grace that must be seen to be believed
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![]() | Broken Flowers
Buy used from: $3.44 Bill Murray and Jeffrey Wright give two of this year's best performances
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![]() | Dead Birds
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.00 I had to put this back on the list because I can't get it out of my head, should have had a theatrical run
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![]() | The Jacket
Buy new: $5.99 / Used from: $0.96 very good
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![]() | Mr. & Mrs. Smith - Unrated (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $4.91 very entertaining and action packed and Angelina Jolie elevates everything she's in
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![]() | Sahara (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $0.48 a nice diversion that is very action packed, I wish more folks saw this because McCaunaghey is a good Dirk Pitt
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![]() | Hostage
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $0.27 |
![]() | Oldboy (Three-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $43.10 Disturbing
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![]() | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Full Screen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $0.98 pretty entertaining sci-fi comedy
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![]() | House of Wax (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.95 very old schoolish-gory and creepy and heiress comeupence
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![]() | Cinderella Man (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $5.24 makes me less mad at Ron Howard for A Beautiful Mind
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![]() | Unleashed (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $0.80 brutal and intense
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![]() | Howl's Moving Castle
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $16.92 great anime
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![]() | Sky High (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.00 as a live action counterpart to The Incredibles this works pretty well under its movie make-believe parameters
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![]() | The Great Raid (Widescreen Director's Cut)
Buy used from: $6.99 jaw dropping, how this didn't get more recognition I'll never know
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![]() | The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.25 made a star out of Steve Carrell
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![]() | The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.71 this is a quirky yet off kilter film that straddles the line between intelectual comedy and uncomfortable drama
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![]() | Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.90 a great showcase of two underworked and overskilled actors that hopefully we'll see more of in the future (I hear one of 'em gets to wear some kind of metal suit)
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