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The Best Movies of 2006 - Original Release   (199 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 2006, # 194 Overall Pan's Labyrinth 2006 del Toro, Guillermo Mexico / Spain / USA DBOP
# 2 for 2006, # 333 Overall The Lives of Others 2006 von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel Germany DBO
# 3 for 2006, # 434 Overall The Queen 2006 Frears, Stephen UK DBOP
# 4 for 2006, # 559 Overall The Departed 2006 Scorsese, Martin USA DBO
# 5 for 2006, # 726 Overall Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006 Charles, Larry USA DO
# 6 for 2006, # 741 Overall Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Dayton, Jonathan / Faris, Valerie USA DO
# 7 for 2006, # 749 Overall Babel 2006 Iñárritu, Alejandro González USA DBO
# 8 for 2006, # 800 Overall The Host 2006 Bong, Joon-ho South Korea DBO
# 9 for 2006, # 813 Overall Volver 2006 Almodóvar, Pedro Spain DB
# 10 for 2006, # 839 Overall Letters from Iwo Jima 2006 Eastwood, Clint USA DBO
# 11 for 2006, # 845 Overall United 93 2006 Greengrass, Paul France / UK / USA DBO
# 12 for 2006, # 1081 Overall Apocalypto 2006 Gibson, Mel USA DB
# 13 for 2006, # 1274 Overall Once 2006 Carney, John Ireland DOS
# 14 for 2006, # 1340 Overall Days of Glory 2006 Bouchareb, Rachid France / Morocco / Algeria / Belgium D
# 15 for 2006, # 1343 Overall Ten Canoes 2006 de Heer, Rolf / Djigirr, Peter Australia D
# 16 for 2006, # 1380 Overall Dreamgirls 2006 Condon, Bill USA DBOS
# 17 for 2006, # 1451 Overall Little Children 2006 Field, Todd USA DOP
# 18 for 2006, # 1484 Overall Children of Men 2006 Cuarón, Alfonso UK / USA DBO
# 19 for 2006, # 1498 Overall Flags of Our Fathers 2006 Eastwood, Clint Iceland / USA DBO
# 20 for 2006, # 1565 Overall A Prairie Home Companion 2006 Altman, Robert USA DOPS
# 21 for 2006, # 1624 Overall Inland Empire 2006 Lynch, David USA / Poland / France D
# 22 for 2006, # 1741 Overall Shut Up and Sing 2006 Kopple, Barbara / Peck, Cecilia USA D
# 23 for 2006, # 1761 Overall Superman Returns 2006 Singer, Bryan Australia / USA DBOP
# 24 for 2006, # 1805 Overall Black Book 2006 Verhoeven, Paul Netherlands / UK / Germany DBO
# 25 for 2006, # 1841 Overall The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006 Loach, Ken France / Ireland / UK DOP
# 26 for 2006, # 1858 Overall Notes on a Scandal 2006 Eyre, Richard UK DO
# 27 for 2006, # 1859 Overall The Painted Veil 2006 Curran, John USA DO
# 28 for 2006, # 1874 Overall Casino Royale 2006 Campbell, Martin USA / UK / Czech Republic DBOPS
# 29 for 2006, # 1877 Overall Away from Her 2006 Polley, Sarah Canada DOP
# 30 for 2006, # 1890 Overall This Is England 2006 Meadows, Shane UK D
# 31 for 2006, # 1908 Overall Neil Young: Heart of Gold 2006 Demme, Jonathan USA DO
# 32 for 2006, # 1923 Overall The Last King of Scotland 2006 Macdonald, Kevin UK DBO
# 33 for 2006, # 1936 Overall Blood Diamond 2006 Zwick, Edward USA DBO
# 34 for 2006, # 1941 Overall Marie Antoinette 2006 Coppola, Sofia Japan / France / USA DO
# 35 for 2006, # 1974 Overall The Science of Sleep 2006 Gondry, Michel France DO
# 36 for 2006, # 1977 Overall An Inconvenient Truth 2006 Guggenheim, Davis USA DO
# 37 for 2006, # 1982 Overall Cars 2006 Lasseter, John USA DB
# 38 for 2006, # 2004 Overall World Trade Center 2006 Stone, Oliver USA DBO
# 39 for 2006, # 2024 Overall Hollywoodland 2006 Coulter, Allen USA DO
# 40 for 2006, # 2031 Overall Half Nelson 2006 Fleck, Ryan USA DO
# 41 for 2006, # 2052 Overall The Ground Truth 2006 Foulkrod, Patricia USA D
# 42 for 2006, # 2054 Overall God Grew Tired of Us 2006 Quinn, Christopher Dillon / Walker, Tommy USA DO
# 43 for 2006, # 2060 Overall Lake of Fire 2006 Kaye, Tony USA DO
# 44 for 2006, # 2077 Overall Offside 2006 Panahi, Jafar Iran DO
# 45 for 2006, # 2078 Overall The Devil Wears Prada 2006 Frankel, David USA DBO
# 46 for 2006, # 2089 Overall The Fall 2006 Singh, Tarsem India / UK / USA DBO
# 47 for 2006, # 2138 Overall Quinceañera 2006 Glatzer, Richard / Westmoreland, Wash USA D
# 48 for 2006, # 2144 Overall For Your Consideration 2006 Guest, Christopher USA DO
# 48 for 2006, # 2144 Overall Tell No One 2006 Canet, Guillaume France DB
# 49 for 2006, # 2165 Overall 300 2006 Snyder, Zack USA DBO
# 50 for 2006, # 2186 Overall The Good Shepherd 2006 De Niro, Robert USA DO
# 51 for 2006, # 2194 Overall I Served the King of England 2006 Menzel, Jirí Czech Republic / Slovakia DO
# 51 for 2006, # 2194 Overall When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts 2006 Lee, Spike USA D
# 52 for 2006, # 2195 Overall Longford 2006 Hooper, Tom UK / USA
# 53 for 2006, # 2210 Overall Still Life 2006 Jia, Zhang Ke China / Hong Kong / Japan D
# 54 for 2006, # 2243 Overall Stranger Than Fiction 2006 Forster, Marc USA DBO
# 55 for 2006, # 2245 Overall My Country My Country 2006 Poitras, Laura USA D
# 55 for 2006, # 2245 Overall An Unreasonable Man 2006 Mantel, Henriette / Skrovan, Steve USA DOP
# 55 for 2006, # 2245 Overall Vitus 2006 Murer, Fredi M. Switzerland DOS
# 56 for 2006, # 2252 Overall Bobby 2006 Estevez, Emilio USA DOP
# 57 for 2006, # 2253 Overall The Namesake 2006 Nair, Mira India / USA DOP
# 58 for 2006, # 2260 Overall The Fountain 2006 Aronofsky, Darren USA DBO
# 58 for 2006, # 2260 Overall Private Fears in Public Places 2006 Resnais, Alain France / Italy D
# 59 for 2006, # 2268 Overall Private Property 2006 Lafosse, Joachim Luxembourg / Belgium / France D
# 60 for 2006, # 2275 Overall After the Wedding 2006 Bier, Susanne Denmark / Sweden D
# 61 for 2006, # 2279 Overall The History Boys 2006 Hytner, Nicholas UK DO
# 62 for 2006, # 2283 Overall Akeelah and the Bee 2006 Atchison, Doug USA DO
# 63 for 2006, # 2286 Overall Exiled 2006 To, Johnny Hong Kong D
# 64 for 2006, # 2302 Overall Red Road 2006 Arnold, Andrea UK DOP
# 65 for 2006, # 2311 Overall The Lake House 2006 Agresti, Alejandro USA DBOP
# 65 for 2006, # 2311 Overall Something New 2006 Hamri, Sanaa USA DOP
# 66 for 2006, # 2321 Overall Rescue Dawn 2006 Herzog, Werner USA DBOP
# 67 for 2006, # 2326 Overall Inside Man 2006 Lee, Spike USA DBO
# 67 for 2006, # 2326 Overall Wordplay 2006 Creadon, Patrick USA DOP
# 68 for 2006, # 2327 Overall Friends with Money 2006 Holofcener, Nicole USA DO
# 68 for 2006, # 2327 Overall The Good German 2006 Soderbergh, Steven USA DO
# 69 for 2006, # 2377 Overall Black Snake Moan 2006 Brewer, Craig USA DBO
# 70 for 2006, # 2389 Overall Flandres 2006 Dumont, Bruno France DOP
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall The Black Dahlia 2006 De Palma, Brian Germany / USA DBO
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Daratt 2006 Haroun, Mahamat-Saleh Chad / France / Belgium / Austria DO
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Ejforija 2006 Vyrypaev, Ivan Russia
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Fallen 2006 Albert, Barbara Austria
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall The Golden Door 2006 Crialese, Emanuele France / Italy D
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 2006 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan / Austria / France D
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall La Stella che non c'è 2006 Amelio, Gianni Italy
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Mushi-Shi 2006 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan D
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Paprika 2006 Kon, Satoshi Japan DBO
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Quei loro incontri 2006 Huillet, Danièle / Straub, Jean-Marie Italy / France / Germany
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall Syndromes and a Century 2006 Weerasethakul, Apichatpong Thailand D
# 71 for 2006, # 2390 Overall The Untouchable 2006 Jacquot, Benoît France D
# 72 for 2006, # 2391 Overall Curse of the Golden Flower 2006 Zhang, Yimou Hong Kong / China DBO
# 73 for 2006, # 2392 Overall Rang De Basanti 2006 Mehra, Rakesh Omprakash India DOP
# 74 for 2006, # 2394 Overall The Bridge 2006 Steel, Eric / Wood, Raymond UK / USA DO
# 74 for 2006, # 2394 Overall Old Joy 2006 Reichardt, Kelly USA D
# 74 for 2006, # 2394 Overall Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006 Tykwer, Tom Germany / France / Spain DO
# 74 for 2006, # 2394 Overall Vanaja 2006 Domalpalli, Rajnesh India / USA D
# 75 for 2006, # 2395 Overall Bella 2006 Monteverde, Alejandro Gomez USA DOP
# 75 for 2006, # 2395 Overall My Best Friend 2006 Leconte, Patrice France D
# 76 for 2006, # 2404 Overall A Scanner Darkly 2006 Linklater, Richard USA DBO
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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 77 for 2006, # 2406 Overall Adama Meshuga'at 2006 Shaul, Dror Israel / Germany / Japan Y
# 77 for 2006, # 2406 Overall Enemies of Happiness 2006 Mulvad, Eva Denmark / Norway / Finland
# 77 for 2006, # 2406 Overall In the Pit 2006 Rulfo, Juan Carlos Mexico D
# 78 for 2006, # 2409 Overall Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams 2006 Zbanic, Jasmila Austria / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Germany / Croatia D
# 78 for 2006, # 2409 Overall The Road to Guantanamo 2006 Winterbottom, Michael / Whitecross, Mat UK DBO
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Americanese 2006 Byler, Eric USA
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Blame it on Fidel 2006 Gavras, Julie Italy / France DOP
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Brand Upon the Brain! 2006 Maddin, Guy USA / Canada D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Bug 2006 Friedkin, William USA DOP
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Climates 2006 Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Turkey / France D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Delirious 2006 DiCillo, Tom USA D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall The Illusionist 2006 Burger, Neil Czech Republic / USA DBO
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Lights in the Dusk 2006 Kaurismäki, Aki Finland / Germany / France D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Memories of Tomorrow 2006 Tsutsumi, Yukihiko Japan
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Millions: A Lottery Story 2006 La Blanc, Paul USA D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Saving Shiloh 2006 Tung, Craig Sandy / Tung, Sandy USA DO
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Shortbus 2006 Mitchell, John Cameron USA D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Stephanie Daley 2006 Brougher, Hilary USA D
# 79 for 2006, # 2411 Overall Talladega Nights:
The Ballad of Ricky Bobby		 2006 McKay, Adam USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall American Dreamz 2006 Weitz, Paul USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Art School Confidential 2006 Zwigoff, Terry USA DOP
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The Astronaut Farmer 2006 Polish, Michael USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Been Rich All My Life 2006 MacDonald, Heather USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Billy Wilder Speaks 2006 Grischow, Gisela / Schlöndorff, Volker USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Breaking and Entering 2006 Minghella, Anthony UK / USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Catch a Fire 2006 Noyce, Phillip France / UK / South Africa / USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Curious George 2006 O'Callaghan, Matthew USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Death of a President 2006 Range, Gabriel UK DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Dreamland 2006 Matzner, Jason USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Driving Lessons 2006 Brock, Jeremy UK DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Fast Food Nation 2006 Linklater, Richard UK / USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Fay Grim 2006 Hartley, Hal USA / Germany DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Find Me Guilty 2006 Lumet, Sidney USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall First Flight 2006 Jefferson, Kyle / Hood, Cameron USA
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Flicka 2006 Mayer, Michael USA / UK DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Flushed Away 2006 Bowers, David / Fell, Sam UK / USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Flyboys 2006 Bill, Tony France / USA DB
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The Guardian 2006 Davis, Andrew USA DB
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Housewife, 49  New at Films101! 2006 Millar, Gavin UK D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Idiocracy 2006 Judge, Mike USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Industrial Strength Keaton 2006 various USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Infamous 2006 McGrath, Douglas USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Invincible 2006 Core, Ericson USA DBOP
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Keeping Up with the Steins 2006 Marshall, Scott USA DOP
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Last Holiday 2006 Wang, Wayne USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Manufactured Landscapes 2006 Baichwal, Jennifer Canada DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Miss Potter 2006 Noonan, Chris UK / USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Mission: Impossible III 2006 Abrams, J.J. USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Monkey Warfare 2006 Harkema, Reginald Canada Y
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Night at the Museum 2006 Levy, Shawn USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The OH in Ohio 2006 Kent, Billy USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The Omen 2006 Moore, John USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Open Season 2006 Allers, Roger / Culton, Jill / Stacchi, Anthony USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Over the Hedge 2006 Johnson, Tim / Kirkpatrick, Karey USA DS
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Penelope 2006 Palansky, Mark UK / USA DS
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The Poet Laureate of Radio 2006 Kacey, Michael James USA DOP
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Priceless 2006 Salvadori, Pierre France DBOS
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair 2006 Tucker, Michael / Epperlein, Petra Germany / USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Puccini for Beginners 2006 Maggenti, Maria USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The Pursuit of Happyness 2006 Muccino, Gabriele USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Reprise 2006 Trier, Joachim Norway D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall RV 2006 Sonnenfeld, Barry UK / Germany / USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Scoop 2006 Allen, Woody UK / USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall 16 Blocks 2006 Donner, Richard USA DBO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall South Pacific: In Concert from Carnegie Hall 2006 Bobbie, Walter / Bruni, Marc / Horn, David / McLaughlin, Karen USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Stardust: The Bette Davis Story 2006 Jones, Peter USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006 Donner, Richard UK / USA DB
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Svend Asmussen: The Extraordinary Life and Music of a Jazz Legend 2006 unknown unknown D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall 10 Items or Less 2006 Silberling, Brad USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Toots 2006 Jacobson, Kristi USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The U.S. vs. John Lennon 2006 Leaf, David / Scheinfeld, John USA DO
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall Venus 2006 Michell, Roger UK DOP
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall The World of Nat King Cole 2006 Hunt, Ian A. USA D
# 80 for 2006, # 2414 Overall You, Me and Dupree 2006 Russo, Anthony / Russo, Joe USA DO
# 81 for 2006, # 2419 Overall The Hoax 2006 Hallström, Lasse USA DOP
# 81 for 2006, # 2419 Overall Lady Chatterley 2006 Ferran, Pascale Belgium / France / UK D
# 81 for 2006, # 2419 Overall Miami Vice 2006 Mann, Michael USA DBO
# 81 for 2006, # 2419 Overall The Prestige 2006 Nolan, Christopher USA / UK DBOP
# 81 for 2006, # 2419 Overall This Film Is Not Yet Rated 2006 Dick, Kirby USA D
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall The Boss of It All 2006 von Trier, Lars Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / Italy / France / Norway / Finland / Germany D
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall Dans Paris 2006 Honoré, Christophe France D
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall The Dead Girl 2006 Moncrieff, Karen USA DO
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall The Holiday 2006 Meyers, Nancy USA DBO
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall The Last Winter 2006 Fessenden, Larry USA / Iceland D
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall Monster House 2006 Kenan, Gil USA DBO
# 82 for 2006, # 2420 Overall Snakes on a Plane 2006 Ellis, David R. USA DB
# 83 for 2006, # 2421 Overall Roving Mars 2006 Butler, George USA DBOP
# 84 for 2006, # 2428 Overall Deep Water 2006 Osmond, Louise / Rothwell, Jerry UK D
# 84 for 2006, # 2428 Overall Deliver Us from Evil 2006 Berg, Amy USA DO
# 84 for 2006, # 2428 Overall Renaissance 2006 Volckman, Christian France / UK / Luxembourg D
# 84 for 2006, # 2428 Overall Time 2006 Kim, Ki-duk Japan / South Korea D
NR Broken Trail 2006 Hill, Walter Canada DBO
NR Click 2006 Coraci, Frank USA DBO
NR The Da Vinci Code 2006 Howard, Ron USA DBOS
NR Happy Feet 2006 Miller, George Australia / USA DO
NR Ice Age: The Meltdown 2006 Saldanha, Carlos USA DBOS
NR The Pink Panther 2006 Levy, Shawn USA DBOP
NR Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006 Verbinski, Gore USA DBOPS
NR Seraphim Falls  New at Films101! 2006 Von Ancken, David USA DB
NR X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 Ratner, Brett USA / UK DBOS
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V   VHS
Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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