The 2005 MTV Movie Awards was hosted by Jimmy Fallon.A special award, the Silver Bucket of Excellence, was presented to the 1985 film Breakfast Club. Also, Tom Cruise was presented with the first-ever MTV Generation Award. Neither of these two special awards were voted upon by the public.

The awards were also marked by Nine Inch Nails' decision to pull out because MTV refused to let them perform using as a backdrop an unaltered image of President George W. Bush. Frontman Trent Reznor commented, "apparently the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me". Foo Fighters replaced them.

The following is a list of winners:

Best Movie

• Napoleon Dynamite
• Kill Bill Vol. 2
• The Incredibles
• Spider-Man 2
• Ray

Best Male Performance

• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Aviator
• Jamie Foxx - Ray
• Will Smith - Hitch
• Brad Pitt - Troy
• Matt Damon - The Bourne Supremacy

Best Female Performance

• Lindsay Lohan - Mean Girls
• Uma Thurman - Kill Bill Vol. 2
• Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
• Rachel McAdams - The Notebook
• Natalie Portman - Garden State

Best Comedic Performance

• Dustin Hoffman - Meet the Fockers
• Antonio Banderas - Shrek 2
• Will Ferrell - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Ben Stiller - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• Will Smith - Hitch

Best On-Screen Team

• Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried - Mean Girls
• Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Spencer Fox, Sarah Vowell - The Incredibles
• Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Alan Tudyk, Stephen Root, Joel David Moore, Chris Williams - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• John Cho, Kal Penn - Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Best Villain

• Ben Stiller - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
• Tom Cruise - Collateral
• Rachel McAdams - Mean Girls
• Jim Carrey - Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Alfred Molina - Spider-Man 2

Breakthrough Male Performance

• Jon Heder - Napoleon Dynamite
• Tim McGraw - Friday Night Lights
• Zach Braff - Garden State
• Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
• Tyler Perry - Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Breakthrough Female Performance

• Rachel McAdams - Mean Girls
• Ashanti - Coach Carter
• Elisha Cuthbert - The Girl Next Door
• Bryce Dallas Howard - The Village
• Emmy Rossum - The Day After Tomorrow

Best Kiss

• Rachel McAdams & Ryan Gosling - The Notebook
• Natalie Portman & Zach Braff - Garden State
• Gwyneth Paltrow & Jude Law - Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Jennifer Garner & Natassia Malthe - Elektra
• Elisha Cuthbert & Emile Hirsch - The Girl Next Door

Best Fight

• Uma Thurman vs. Daryl Hannah - Kill Bill Vol. 2
• The Battle of the News Teams - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• Brad Pitt vs. Eric Bana - Troy
• Ziyi Zhang vs. The Emperor's Guards - House of Flying Daggers

Best Dance Sequence

• Jon Heder - Napoleon Dynamite
• Jennifer Garner - 13 Going on 30
• Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
• John Cho & Kal Penn - Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle

Best Frightened Performance

• Dakota Fanning - Hide and Seek
• Cary Elwes - Saw
• Sarah Michelle Gellar - The Grudge
• Jennifer Tilly - Seed of Chucky
• Mya - Cursed

Best Video Game Based on a Movie

(presented at the pre-show)

• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
• Spider-Man 2
• Van Helsing
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• The Incredibles

Best Action Sequence

(presented at the pre-show)

• Destruction of Los Angeles - Roland Emmerich, Director - The Day After Tomorrow
• The Subway Battle - Spider-Man 2
• Beverly Hills Plane Crash - The Aviator
• The Moscow Car Chase - The Bourne Supremacy
• The Desert Terrorist Assault - Team America: World Police

Shorts

• "Tankman Begins"
• "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith "

MTV Generation Award

• Tom Cruise