Independent Spirit Awards 2005
The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, awarded who they thought were best in movie for 2005.
Winners and nominees change
Best Actor change
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
- Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
- Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
- Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
- David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actress change
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
- Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
- Dina Korzun - Forty Shades of Blue
- S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues
- Cyndi Williams - Room
Best Cinematography change
Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
Best Director change
- Gregg Araki - Mysterious Skin
- Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
- George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Rodrigo García Barcha - Nine Lives
Best Documentary Film change
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Best Film change
Best First Film change
Best Foreign Language Film change
Paradise Now, Palestinian Authority
- The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu), Romania
- Duck Season (Temporada de patos), Mexico
- Head-On (Gegen die Wand), Germany/Turkey
- Tony Takitani, Japan
Best Screenplay change
- Nine Lives - Rodrigo García
- The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Guillermo Arriaga
- The War Within - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo and Tom Glynn
- Best Screenplay (first):
Best Supporting Actor change
- Firdous Bamji - The War Within
- Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
- Barry Pepper - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
- Jeffrey Wright - Broken Flowers
Best Supporting Actress change
Award breakdown change
- 2/2: Crash
- 2/3: Transamerica
- 2/4: Brokeback Mountain
- 2/4: Capote
- 1/2: Junebug
- 1/4: Good Night, and Good Luck.
Biggest losers:
- 0/6: The Squid and the Whale
- 0/3: Nine Lives
- 0/2: Lackawanna Blues (TV movie)
- 0/2: Me and You and Everyone We Know
- 0/2: Room