analogRead() with 5 resistance sensors

At 10k you don't need to do anything special: that's the recommended limit to input impedance for the analog pins.
With the capacitor you should be able to go to 100k without issues, maybe even higher like towards 1M, but if you get into that kind of values it's time to consider adding a buffer. A cap on the input does slow down reaction so not good for fast changing signals.