11th Empire Awards


The 11th Empire Awards ceremony, presented by the British film magazine Empire, honored the best films of 2005 and took place on 13 March 2006 at the Hilton London Metropole Hotel in London, England. During the ceremony, Empire presented Empire Awards in 11 categories as well as four honorary awards. The awards for Best Comedy, Best Horror, Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Best Thriller as well as the honorary Empire Icon Award were first introduced this year. Other changes include Best Film and Best British Film being renamed this year only to "Best Movie" and "Best British Movie" respectively. The honorary Lifetime Achievement Award was presented for the last time. English actor Bill Bailey hosted the show for the second time, having previously hosted the 9th ceremony held in 2004. The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the fourth consecutive year.
Pride & Prejudice won two awards including Best British Movie. Other winners included ' also with two awards and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Crash, King Kong, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Mrs Henderson Presents, ', The Descent, and with one. Brian Cox received the Empire Icon Award, Stephen Frears received the Empire Inspiration Award, Tony Curtis received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the Harry Potter films received the Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema Award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • King Kong
  • * Crash
  • * Sin City
  • * '
  • * War of the Worlds
  • Pride & Prejudice
  • * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • * Stoned
  • * The Descent
  • * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • * '
  • Nick Park and Steve Box —
  • * Christopher Nolan — Batman Begins
  • * Joe Wright — Pride & Prejudice
  • * Peter Jackson — King Kong
  • * Ron Howard — Cinderella Man
  • * Steven Spielberg — War of the Worlds
  • Johnny Depp — Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • * Andy Serkis — King Kong
  • * Christian Bale — Batman Begins
  • * Matt Dillon — Crash
  • * Viggo Mortensen — A History of Violence
  • Thandie Newton — Crash
  • * Hilary Swank — Million Dollar Baby
  • * Keira Knightley — Pride & Prejudice
  • * Naomi Watts — King Kong
  • * Renée Zellweger – Cinderella Man
  • * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • * The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
  • * '
  • * Wedding Crashers
  • The Descent
  • * Land of the Dead
  • * The Skeleton Key
  • * Wolf Creek
  • * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
  • * King Kong
  • * Serenity
  • * '
  • Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
  • * A History of Violence
  • * Batman Begins
  • * Sin City
  • * The Constant Gardener
  • Kelly Reilly — Mrs Henderson Presents and Pride & Prejudice
  • * Georgie Henley — '
  • * James McAvoy — '
  • * Leo Gregory — Stoned
  • * Nathan Fillion — Serenity
  • ': The birth of Vader
  • * Crash: The car rescue
  • * The Descent: The attack of the crawlers
  • * ': The dogfight
  • * War of the Worlds: The arrival
  • Empire Icon Award: Brian Cox
  • Empire Inspiration Award: Stephen Frears
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Tony Curtis
  • Outstanding Contribution To British Cinema: The Harry Potter films.

    • Multiple awards

    The following two films received multiple awards:
    AwardsFilm
    2Pride & Prejudice
    2

    Multiple nominations

    The following 16 films received multiple nominations:
    NominationsFilm
    5King Kong
    4Crash
    4Pride & Prejudice
    4'
    3Batman Begins
    3'
    3
    3The Descent
    3War of the Worlds
    2A History of Violence
    2Cinderella Man
    2Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    2Serenity
    2Sin City
    2Stoned
    2The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy