Films for 2005

We've seen a lot of great films this year - and one or two not so great. Here's Tiscali's pick of the crop, in strictly alphabetical order:

British director Chris Nolan firmly erased any memories of Arnie as Mr Freeze and put the caped one back at the top of the superhero tree.

Ang Lee's sensitive portrayal of love between two cattle herders has been unanimously praised as one of the films of the year.

This year's most memorable biopic looks at the life of one of America's most controversial authors.

Tim Burton worked his magic once again in one of the year's most popular offerings.

George Clooney's second directorial outing looks at the extraordinary attempts to discredit Senator McCarthy in the 1950s.

Austrian director Michael Haneke provided one of the most explosive films of the year.

Two unexpectedly good turns from Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr coupled with a cracking script made this arguably the comedy of the year.

Old-fashioned it may be, but Bob Hoskins' production richly deserves its Golden Globe nominations.

Roman Polanski made a version of Dickens' classic to rank alongside David Lean's 1948 classic.

Robert Rodriguez' film was brutal and violent but also spectacular and beautiful.

Honorable mentions go to Mad Hot Ballroom, Broken Flowers and Kingdom of Heaven, while this year's turkeys were the lamentable Skeleton Key, the yucky Family Stone and the over-sentimental Elizabethtown.