The 10th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2005, were given on December 17, 2005.
Special achievement awards Auteur Award (for his work on the film Good Night, and Good Luck and his promising filmmaking future) – George Clooney
Mary Pickford Award (for outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry) – Gena Rowlands
Nikola Tesla Award (for his special effects contributions to cinema) – Stan Winston
Outstanding New Talent – Rupert Friend
Motion picture winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote Jake Gyllenhaal – Jarhead Tommy Lee Jones – The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain Viggo Mortensen – A History of Violence David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow Kevin Costner – The Upside of Anger Robert Downey Jr. – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Cillian Murphy – Breakfast on Pluto Bill Murray – Broken Flowers Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
Best Actress – Drama Felicity Huffman – Transamerica Toni Collette – In Her Shoes Julianne Moore – The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio Robin Wright Penn – Nine Lives Charlize Theron – North Country Ziyi Zhang – Memoirs of a Geisha
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger Claire Danes – Shopgirl Judi Dench – Mrs Henderson Presents Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice Joan Plowright – Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Best Animated or Mixed Media Film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Chicken Little Corpse Bride Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Best Art Direction and Production Design Good Night, and Good Luck Kingdom of Heaven Memoirs of a Geisha Modigliani Sin City Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Best Cinematography The Constant Gardener – César Charlone 2046 – Christopher Doyle Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Philippe Rousselot Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) – Poon Hang-Sang Memoirs of a Geisha – Dion Beebe Sin City – Robert Rodriguez
Best Costume Design Pride & Prejudice Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Kingdom of Heaven Memoirs of a Geisha Modigliani The White Countess
Best Director Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck Chris Columbus – Rent James Mangold – Walk the Line Rob Marshall – Memoirs of a Geisha Bennett Miller – Capote
Best Documentary Film Mad Hot Ballroom Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Favela Rising March of the Penguins (La marche de l'empereur) Murderball New York Doll
Best Editing Brokeback Mountain Good Night, and Good Luck Jarhead Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) Sin City War of the Worlds
Best Film – Drama Brokeback Mountain Capote Cinderella Man A History of Violence Memoirs of a Geisha The War Within
Best Film – Musical or Comedy Walk the Line Happy Endings Hustle & Flow Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) Rent Shopgirl
Best Foreign Language Film Äideistä parhain (Mother of Mine), Finland/Sweden 2046, China/France/Germany/Hong Kong Innocent Voices, Mexico/Puerto Rico/United States Lila Says, France/UK Turtles Can Fly, France/Iran/Iraq Walk on Water, Israel/Sweden
Best Original Score "Kingdom of Heaven" – Harry Gregson-Williams "Brokeback Mountain" – Gustavo Santaolalla "The Constant Gardener" – Alberto Iglesias "Corpse Bride" – Danny Elfman "Memoirs of a Geisha" – John Williams "Sin City" – Robert Rodriguez
Best Original Song "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" performed by Emmylou Harris – Brokeback Mountain "In the Deep" performed by Bird York – Crash "Hustler's Ambition" performed by 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin' "Magic Works" – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire "Broken" – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Best Screenplay – Adapted Memoirs of a Geisha – Robin Swicord Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Capote – Dan Futterman Jarhead – William Broyles Jr. Shopgirl – Steve Martin Walk the Line – Gill Dennis and James Mangold
Best Screenplay – Original Good Night, and Good Luck – George Clooney and Grant Heslov Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Happy Endings – Don Roos Nine Lives – Rodrigo García The Squid and the Whale – Noah Baumbach The War Within – Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, and Tom Glynn
Best Sound Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) Rent Sin City The White Countess
Best Supporting Actor – Drama Danny Huston – The Constant Gardener Chris Cooper – Capote Jake Gyllenhaal – Brokeback Mountain Edward Norton – Kingdom of Heaven Mickey Rourke – Sin City Peter Sarsgaard – Jarhead
Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy Val Kilmer – Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Tom Arnold – Happy Endings Corbin Bernsen – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Steve Coogan – Happy Endings Craig T. Nelson – The Family Stone Jason Schwartzman – Shopgirl
Best Supporting Actress – Drama Laura Linney – The Squid and the Whale Amy Adams – Junebug Maria Bello – A History of Violence Li Gong – Memoirs of a Geisha Shirley MacLaine – In Her Shoes Frances McDormand – North Country
Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy Rosario Dawson – Rent America Ferrera – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Diane Keaton – The Family Stone Rachel McAdams – The Family Stone Michelle Monaghan – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Qiu Yuen – Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu)
Best Visual Effects Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Kingdom of Heaven Kung Fu Hustle (Kung fu) Sin City War of the Worlds
Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Crash
Television winners and nominees
Best Actor – Drama Series Hugh Laurie – House, M.D. Denis Leary – Rescue Me Ian McShane – Deadwood Dylan Walsh – Nip/Tuck Jake Weber – Medium
Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series Jason Bateman – Arrested Development Stephen Colbert – The Colbert Report Kevin Connolly – Entourage Jason Lee – My Name Is Earl Tony Shalhoub – Monk James Spader – Boston Legal
Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film Jonathan Rhys Meyers – Elvis Kenneth Branagh – Warm Springs Christian Campbell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Ted Danson – Our Fathers Rupert Everett – Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking Ed Harris – Empire Falls
Best Actress – Drama Series Kyra Sedgwick – The Closer Patricia Arquette – Medium Jennifer Beals – The L Word Kristen Bell – Veronica Mars Geena Davis – Commander in Chief Joely Richardson – Nip/Tuck
Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series Felicity Huffman – Desperate Housewives (TIE) Mary-Louise Parker – Weeds (TIE) Candice Bergen – Boston Legal Lauren Graham – Gilmore Girls Elizabeth Perkins – Weeds
Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film Kristen Bell – Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Natascha McElhone – Revelations Geraldine McEwan – Agatha Christie's Marple S. Epatha Merkerson – Lackawanna Blues Cynthia Nixon – Warm Springs Keri Russell – The Magic of Ordinary Days
Best Miniseries Elvis Agatha Christie's Marple Empire Falls Into the West Revelations The Virgin Queen
Best Series – Drama House, M.D. Grey's Anatomy Lost Nip/Tuck Rescue Me Rome
Best Series – Musical or Comedy The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Boston Legal The Colbert Report Entourage My Name Is Earl
Best Supporting Actor – Miniseries or TV Film Randy Quaid – Elvis Tim Blake Nelson – Warm Springs Paul Newman – Empire Falls Ruben Santiago-Hudson – Their Eyes Were Watching God William Shatner – Boston Legal
Best Supporting Actress – Miniseries or TV Film Lisa Edelstein – House, M.D. Shohreh Aghdashloo – 24 Jane Alexander – Warm Springs Camryn Manheim – Elvis Sandra Oh – Grey's Anatomy Polly Walker – Rome
Best TV Film Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical Kidnapped Lackawanna Blues The Magic of Ordinary Days Our Fathers Sometimes in April Warm Springs
Outstanding Television Ensemble Rescue Me
New Media winners and nominees
Best Classic DVD The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition. Airplane! "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition. Cat People, The Curse of the Cat People, I Walked with a Zombie, The Body Snatcher, Isle of the Dead, Bedlam, The Leopard Man, The Ghost Ship, The Seventh Victim, and Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy The Devil's Rejects Unrated Widescreen Edition. Gladiator Extended Edition. King Kong, The Son of Kong, and Mighty Joe Young For the King Kong Collection (2-Disc Special Edition). The Man with the Golden Arm 50th Anniversary Edition. Pickpocket Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble with Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie, Torn Curtain, Topaz, Frenzy, and Family Plot For Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection. Seven Men from Now Special Collector's Edition. The Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition. Titanic Special Collector's Edition. Top Hat, Swing Time, Follow the Fleet, Shall We Dance, and The Barkleys of Broadway For the Astaire and Rogers Collection, Vol. 1.
Best Documentary DVD Mad Hot Ballroom The Concert for Bangladesh Limited Collector's Edition Kinsey Two-Disc Special Edition March of the Penguins American Experience For episode "Mary Pickford (#17.6)". Murderball No Direction Home: Bob Dylan Rize The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
Best DVD Extras Titanic Special Collector's Edition. Airplane! "Don't Call Me Shirley" Edition. The Big Lebowski Widescreen Collector's Edition. Crash Widescreen Edition. King Kong, The Son of Kong, and Mighty Joe Young For the King Kong Collection (2-Disc Special Edition). Office Space Special Edition With Flair! Oldboy Saw Uncut Edition. Sin City Re-Cut & Extended Edition. The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.
Best DVD Release of TV Shows 24 For Season Four. Curb Your Enthusiasm Complete Fourth Season. Deadwood Complete First Season. Desperate Housewives Complete First Season. Entourage Complete First Season. House, M.D. For Season One. The L Word Complete Second Season. Lost Complete First Season. Rescue Me Complete First Season. Seinfeld For Season 6. The Simpsons Complete Seventh Season (Collectible Marge Head Pack). South Park Complete Sixth Season.
Outstanding Game Based on a Previous Medium X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Æon Flux Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Chicken Little Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie Star Wars: Battlefront II Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
Outstanding Overall DVD From the Earth to the Moon Signature Edition. Batman Begins Two-Disc Deluxe Edition With Comic Book. The Big Lebowski Widescreen Collector's Edition. Cinderella Man Widescreen Collector's Edition. The Crying Game Collector's Edition. Jaws Widescreen 30th Anniversary Collection. Office Space Special Edition With Flair! Sin City Re-Cut & Extended Edition. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith Widescreen Edition. Titanic Special Collector's Edition. War of the Worlds 2-Disc Limited Edition. The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.
Outstanding Platform Action/Adventure Game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks Area 51 Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Call of Duty 2 Death by Degrees Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath Psychonauts Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
Outstanding Puzzle/Strategy Game Pump It Up: Exceed SE Black & White 2 The Sims 2
Outstanding Sports/Fighting/Racing Game Burnout Revenge 187 Ride or Die Blitz: The League L.A. Rush NBA Street Volume 3 Tekken 5
Outstanding Youth DVD Toy Story 2 2-Disc Special Edition. Bambi Disney Special Platinum Edition. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2-Disc Deluxe Edition. Cinderella 2-Disc Special Edition. Madagascar Widescreen Edition. The Muppet Movie For Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Widescreen Edition. The Sound of Music 40th Anniversary Edition. The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Collector's Edition.
Awards breakdown
Film Winners: 4 / 8 Brokeback Mountain: Best Director & Editing / Best Film – Drama / Best Original Song