The 18th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on 9 January 2006 honored the best in film for 2005.
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
Joaquin Phoenix - Walk the Line
David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck
Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Keira Knightley - Pride & Prejudice
Naomi Watts - King Kong
Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
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
David Cronenberg - A History of Violence
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck
Peter Jackson - King Kong
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Steven Spielberg - Munich
Grizzly Man
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Mad Hot Ballroom
March of the Penguins
Murderball
Crash
Brokeback Mountain
Good Night, and Good Luck
A History of Violence
King Kong
Caché (Hidden), France
2046, Hong Kong
Downfall (Der Untergang), Germany
Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu), Hong Kong
Oldboy, South Korea
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
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
Mickey Rourke - Sin City
Matt Dillon - Crash
Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
Jake Gyllenhaal - Brokeback Mountain
Terrence Howard - Crash
Donald Sutherland - Pride & Prejudice
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
Bennett Miller - Capote
Craig Brewer - Hustle & Flow
Miranda July - Me and You and Everyone We Know
Phil Morrison - Junebug
Joe Wright - Pride and Prejudice
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