The 4th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given on December 12, 2005.
Best Film
Munich
- Brokeback Mountain
- Capote
- Crash
- Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Director
Steven Spielberg – Munich
- George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Ron Howard – Cinderella Man
- Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
- Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener
Best Actor
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
- Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
- Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
- Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
- David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck.
Best Actress
Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line
- Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
- Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
- Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
- Charlize Theron – North Country
Best Supporting Actor
Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man
- Matt Dillon – Crash
- Terrence Howard – Crash
- Geoffrey Rush – Munich
- Peter Sarsgaard – Jarhead
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – Junebug
- Brenda Blethyn – Pride & Prejudice
- Taraji P. Henson – Hustle & Flow
- Catherine Keener – Capote
- Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain
Best Original Screenplay
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – Crash
- George Clooney and Grant Heslov – Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
- Angus MacLachlan – Junebug
- Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale
Best Adapted Screenplay
Dan Futterman – Capote
- Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain
- Arthur Golden, Robin Swicord, and Doug Wright – Memoirs of a Geisha
- Tony Kushner – Munich
- Deborah Moggach – Pride & Prejudice
Best Foreign Language Film
Kung Fu Hustle
- Innocent Voices
- Paradise Now
- Schultze Gets the Blues
- Turtles Can Fly
Best Animated Feature
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- Chicken Little
- Corpse Bride
- Madagascar
- Robots
Best Documentary
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
- Grizzly Man
- Mad Hot Ballroom
- March of the Penguins
- Murderball
Best Breakthrough Performance
Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
- Amy Adams – Junebug
- Q’orianka Kilcher – The New World
- Taryn Manning – Hustle & Flow
- Aishwarya Rai – Bride and Prejudice
Best Ensemble
Crash
- Good Night, and Good Luck.
- Pride & Prejudice
- Rent
- Sin City
Best Art Direction
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith