The 1st Austin Film Critics Association Awards honored the best in filmmaking for 2005.

1. Crash
2. The Squid and the Whale
3. Sin City
4. Munich
5. Brokeback Mountain
6. Hustle & Flow
7. Capote
8. Oldboy
9. Syriana
10. Good Night, and Good Luck.

• Best Film:
  • Crash
• Best Director:
  • Paul Haggis – Crash
• Best Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
• Best Actress:
  • Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • William Hurt – A History of Violence
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale
• Best Original Screenplay:
  • The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach
• Best Adapted Screenplay:
  • Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Oldboy • South Korea
• Best Documentary:
  • Murderball
• Best Animated Film:
  • Sin City
• Breakthrough Artist Award:
  • Terrence Howard – Crash and Hustle & Flow
• Most Promising Filmmaker:
  • Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale
• Austin Film Award:
  • Sin City

• 2005 Awards

• IMDb page