Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2005

The 40th Loutzenhiser Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were announced on 3 January, 2006.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
• Best Actress:
  • Reese Witherspoon - Walk the Line
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
• Best Director:
  • Steven Spielberg - Munich
• Best Documentary Feature (tie):
  • Grizzly Man
  • Murderball
• Best Film:
  • Munich
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Der Untergang (Downfall), Germany/Italy/Austria
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Munich - Tony Kushner and Eric Roth
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Paul Giamatti - Cinderella Man
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Maria Bello - A History of Violence