Here’s the list I came up with….
10. Elizabethtown – The latest from Cameron Crowe, starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Bloom plays not only an American but a character set in the modern world. (I don’t really care if this a bad movie, because I could stare at Orlando Bloom forever.)
9. Brokeback Mountain – Some of you may have already heard of this, as it is being called the “gay cowboy” movie. But it is much more than that. It is a touching story about two men who deeply care for each other as they try to hide from themselves in lives that are accepted as normal. Directed by Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) and Heath Ledger gives an oscar-worthy performance.
8. Jarhead – A movie about the first Persian Gulf War, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard. It follows Swoff, a marine sniper, (Gyllenhaal) from boot camp to active duty as the film questions the meaning of war. Directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty). And maybe Sarsgaard will finally get that oscar nomination he’s deserved for so long.
7. Capote – Read my preview here.
6. Match Point – The annual Woody Allen film (actually the second of this year) but for a change this one is supposed to be good. (Like in the good old days of Annie Hall and Manhatten , I hope). Only this one has no Woody and no New York. It is set in London and mixes tennis and sexual intrigue. Starring Scarlett Johansson and Jonathon Rhys-Meyers.
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – just because it is Harry Potter.
4. King Kong – The remake, I mean, the updating of the original. Could be good, may be bad. But it will definitely dominate the seasons box office.
3. Good Night and Good Luck – This film premiered Friday, Septmeber 22 at the New York Film Festival to huge amounts of critical acclaim. George Clooney directs and costars as CBS producer Fred Friendly, in the tale of broadcast legend Edward R. Murrow (played by David Strathairn). Its all about 1954 and Murrow’s battle against Sen. Joe McCarthy. Shot in black and white and a triumph for Clooney.
2. Walk the Line – The biopic about legendary singer Johnny Cash, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon. Already generating Oscar buzz and neing hailed as better-then Ray. I’ll probably see this when it comes out because my dad LOVES Johnny Cash (How a boy from the Bronx favorite singer is Johnny Cash I’ll never understand)
1. Munich – The Speilberg directed true-story about the 1972 Munich olympics when Palestinian terrorists captured and killed Israeli athletes. This is about Israel’s hunt to for the terrorists. Its in the running for Best Picture, this is if Speilberg can finish by it’s release date. (The last I checked it’s still shooting, but I could be wrong about that).
The other films I’m looking foward to include: The Producers (loved the broadway musical), Rent, All the King’s Men, (another remake starring Sean Penn) Memoirs of a Geisha, Transamerica (starring Felicity Huffman), The New World, Syriana, North Country…. plus many others that will pop out of no where.
Fall 2005 is definitely shaping out to be one of the best movie seasons in a long time.
@Cinefille 
I want to see Elizabethtown also because my favorite Food Network personality is in it: Paula Deen!
Munich also sounds like a good movie.
“Elizabethtown” is directed by Cameron Crowe…. the guy behind “Almost Famous” and “Jerry Maquire” so that is a definite plus.
And like I said Orlando could be a very bad actor (this movie will tell because he’s actually acting more than running around with swords, Johnny Depp and those damn hobbits) but I will go see any Orlando Bloom movie because it has Orlando Bloom in it. He could be acting with rock or playing a tree and I would not care.