The 42nd Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第42屆金馬獎) took place on November 13, 2005 at the Keelung Cultural Center in Keelung, Taiwan.
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
Kung Fu Hustle A World Without Thieves The Wayward Cloud Election Three TimesHow's Life The Pain of Others Eros - The HandJump! Boys Taiwan Black MoviesThe Fire Ball DragonBlade: The Legend of Lang Ven. Yin ShunStephen Chow — Kung Fu Hustle Tsai Ming-liang — The Wayward Cloud Hou Hsiao-hsien — Three Times Johnnie To — ElectionAaron Kwok — Divergence Tony Leung Ka-fai — Election Chang Chen — Three Times Chen Kun — A West Lake MomentShu Qi — Three Times Miriam Yeung — Drink-Drank-Drunk Chen Shiang-chyi — The Wayward Cloud Michelle Krusiec — Saving FaceAnthony Wong — Initial D Alex Fong — Drink-Drank-Drunk Wong Tin-lam — Election Yuen Wah — Kung Fu HustleYuen Qiu — Kung Fu Hustle Teresa Mo — 2 Young Hsiao Shu-shen — Love's Lone Flower Lu Yi-ching — Blue Cha ChaJay Chou — Initial D Isabella Leong — Bug Me Not! Race Wong — Ab-normal Beauty Megan Lai — How's LifeSaving FaceThree TimesHou Hsiao-hsienKo Hsiang-ting
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