Both NEWSWEEK and PEOPLE published their top 10 or "best and worst" lists this week, and they are listed here. After the new year, I'll put up my own top 10 and encourage you to add yours to the site through the comment boxes. List your own 'bests" and/or "worsts" and a short description of why they fit those categories, and I'll publish them on What the Flick.
Here are David Ansen's top 10 picks from NEWSWEEK
1. Head-On (in German)
2. Good Night, and Good Luck
3. Kings and Queen (in French)
4. Brokeback Mountain
5. The Best of Youth (in Italian)
6. Capote
7. Cache (French again)
8. Munich (coming out 12/25)
9. The Squid and the Whale
10. A History of Violence
Ansen's top performances by an actor: Jeff Daniels (The Squid and the Whale), Daniel Day-Lewis (The Ballad of Jack and Rose), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote), Heath Ledger (Brokeback Mountain), and David Strathairn (Good Night, and Good Luck)
Ansen's top performances by an actress: Judi Dench (Mrs Henderson Presents), Vera Farmiga (Down to the Bone), Connie Nielsen (Brothers), Naomi Watts (King Kong), Reese Witherspoon (Walk the Line)
In PEOPLE, Leah Rozen chose these as her top films for 2005:
A History of Violence
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
King Kong
Munich
The Squid and the Whale
Walk the Line
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck
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