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

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