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Includes films in U.S. commercial release between Jan. 1, 2006, and Dec. 31, 2006. Consequently certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced or exhibited elsewhere in earlier years. Click Here for Frames Version |
| • | The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Dir. Cristi Puiu. With Ion Fiscuteanu, Luminita Gheorghiu A |
| • | INLAND EMPIRE Dir. David Lynch. With Laura Dern, Karolina Gruszka, Peter J. Lucas A |
| © | Clean Dir. Olivier Assayas. With Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Martha Henry A– |
| • | Dave Chappelle's Block Party Dir. Michel Gondry. Documentary. With Dave Chappelle A– |
| • | The Departed Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon A– |
| © | Drawing Restraint 9 Dir. Matthew Barney. With Matthew Barney, Björk A– |
| • | Half Nelson Dir. Ryan Fleck. With Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie A– |
| • | Children of Men Dir. Alfonso Cuarón. With Clive Owen, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Julianne Moore B+ |
| • | Crank Dirs. Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor. With Jason Statham, José Pablo Cantillo B+ |
| ★ | The Descent Dir. Neil Marshall. With Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid B+ |
| • | L'Enfant Dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. With Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard B+ |
| • | Fast Food Nation Dir. Richard Linklater. With Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Wilmer Valderrama B+ |
| © | The Fountain Dir. Darren Aronofsky. With Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz B+ |
| • | The Good Shepherd Dir. Robert De Niro. With Matt Damon, Oleg Stefan, William Hurt B+ |
| • | Inside Man Dir. Spike Lee. With Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster B+ |
| © | Iraq in Fragments Dir. James Longley. Documentary about war-torn Iraq B+ |
| • | Jesus Camp Dirs. Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady. Documentary about an evangelical children's summer camp B+ |
| • | Letters from Iwo Jima Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Kase B+ |
| • | Old Joy Dir. Kelly Reichardt. Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith B+ |
| • | Police Beat Dir. Robinson Devor. With Pape Sidy Niang, Anna Oxygen, Eric Breedlove B+ |
| • | Requiem Dir. Hans-Christian Schmid. With Sandra Hüller, Burghard Klaußner, Imogen Kogge B+ |
| © | The Road to Guantánamo Dirs. Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross. With Asif Iqbal, Afran Usman B+ |
| • | Three Times Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang B+ |
| • | Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon B+ |
| © | Two Drifters Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues. With Ana Cristina De Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira B+ |
| • | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Dir. Spike Lee. Cable TV. Documentary B+ |
| © | Akeelah and the Bee Dir. Doug Atchison. With Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett B |
| • | Casino Royale Dir. Martin Campbell. With Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen B |
| • | Deliver Us from Evil Dir. Amy Berg. Documentary. Inquiry into histories of sexual abuses by clergy B |
| • | Factotum Dir. Bent Hamer. With Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei B |
| • | Gabrielle Dir. Patrice Chéreau. With Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Huppert, Claudia Coli B |
| • | A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Dir. Dito Montiel. With Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr. B |
| • | Heading South (Vers le sud) Dir. Laurent Cantet. With Karen Young, Charlotte Rampling, Ménothy Cesar B |
| • | An Inconvenient Truth Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Filmization of Al Gore's slideshow against global warming B |
| • | Monster House Dir. Gil Kenan. Animated. With the voices of Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner B |
| • | The Notorious Bettie Page Dir. Mary Harron. With Gretchen Mol, Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer B |
| • | Our Daily Bread Dir. Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Documentary about mechanized food productionB |
| • | Poseidon Dir. Wolfgang Petersen. With Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Jacinda Barrett B |
| • | Sherrybaby Dir. Laurie Collyer. With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Brad William Henke, Bridget Barkan B |
| • | Shut Up & Sing Dirs. Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck. Documentary. With the Dixie Chicks B |
| • | United 93 Dir. Paul Greengrass. With Ben Sliney, Khalid Abdalla, Jamie Harding B |
| • | Volver Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas B |
| • | Babel Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu. With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Adriana Barraza B– |
| • | Battle in Heaven Dir. Carlos Reygadas. With Marcos Hernández, Anapola Mushkadiz, Bertha Ruiz B– |
| • | Borat Dir. Larry Charles. With Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell Campbell B– |
| • | Bubble Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Debbie Doebereiner, Dustin Ashley, Misty Wilkins B– |
| • | Cars Dir. John Lasseter. Animated. With the voices of Owen Wilson, Paul Newman B– |
| ★ | The Devil Wears Prada Dir. David Frankel. With Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt B– |
| • | Don't Come Knocking Dir. Wim Wenders. With Sam Shepard, Gabriel Mann, Sarah Polley B– |
| • | Dreamgirls Dir. Bill Condon. With Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx B– |
| • | Duck Season Dir. Fernando Eimbcke. With Enrique Arreola, Diego Cataño, Danny Perea B– |
| • | Friends with Money Dir. Nicole Holofcener. With Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener B– |
| • | Fur: An Imaginative Portrait of Diane Arbus Dir. Steven Shainberg. With Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr. B– |
| • | Lemming Dir. Dominik Moll. With Laurent Lucas, Charlotte Gainsbourg, André Dussollier B– |
| • | Little Miss Sunshine Dirs. Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris. With Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear B– |
| • | Marie Antoinette Dir. Sofia Coppola. With Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan B– |
| • | Mission: Impossible III Dir. J.J. Abrams. With Tom Cruise, Michelle Monaghan, Phillip Seymour Hoffman B– |
| • | Our Brand Is Crisis Dir. Rachel Boynton. Documentary about U.S.-managed Bolivian political campaign B– |
| • | The Pursuit of Happyness Dir. Gabriele Muccino. With Will Smith, Jaden Christopher Syre Smith B– |
| © | A Scanner Darkly Dir. Richard Linklater. Animated. With Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Winona Ryder B– |
| • | Shortbus Dir. John Cameron Mitchell. With Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy B– |
| • | Slither Dir. James Gunn. With Elizabeth Banks, Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker B– |
| • | Water Dir. Deepa Mehta. With Sarala, Lisa Ray, Seema Biswas, John Abraham B– |
| ★ | The Black Dahlia Dir. Brian De Palma. With Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Aaron Eckhart C+ |
| • | Breaking and Entering Dir. Anthony Minghella. With Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn C+ |
| • | The Dead Girl Dir. Karen Moncrieff. With Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Mary Beth Hurt C+ |
| • | Happy Feet Dir. George Miller. Animated. With the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams C+ |
| • | The Last King of Scotland Dir. Kevin Macdonald. With James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney C+ |
| • | Mrs. Harris Dir. Phyllis Nagy. Cable TV. With Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Frances Fisher C+ |
| © | The Night Listener Dir. Patrick Stettner. Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale C+ |
| • | A Prairie Home Companion Dir. Robert Altman. With Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep C+ |
| • | The Prestige Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine C+ |
| • | Quinceañera Dirs. Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland. With Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia C+ |
| • | Running with Scissors Dir. Ryan Murphy. With Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Evan Rachel Wood C+ |
| • | Summer Palace Dir. Lou Ye. With Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Bai Xueyun C+ |
| • | This Film Is Not Yet Rated Dir. Kirby Dick. Documentary. Exposé of the MPAA's erratic ratings system C+ |
| • | Blood Diamond Dir. Edward Zwick. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly C |
| • | Brick Dir. Rian Johnson. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Noah Fleiss, Nora Zehetner C |
| • | Come Early Morning Dir. Joey Lauren Adams. With Ashley Judd, Jeff Donovan, Laura Prepon C |
| • | Down in the Valley Dir. David Jacobson. With Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, Rory Culkin C |
| • | Failure to Launch Dir. Tom Dey. With Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel C |
| • | Flags of Our Fathers Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach C |
| • | For Your Consideration Dir. Christopher Guest. With Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey C |
| • | The History Boys Dir. Nicholas Hytner. With Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Samuel Barnett C |
| • | Infamous Dir. Douglas McGrath. With Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig C |
| • | Notes on a Scandal Dir. Richard Eyre. With Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy C |
| • | The Painted Veil Dir. John Curran. With Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Toby Jones C |
| • | Pan's Labyrinth Dir. Guillermo del Toro. With Ivana Baquero, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú C |
| • | The Proposition Dir. John Hillcoat. With Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston C |
| • | The Queen Dir. Stephen Frears. With Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell C |
| © | The Science of Sleep Dir. Michel Gondry. With Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat C |
| • | Something New Dir. Sanaa Hamri. With Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood C |
| © | Summer Storm Dir. Marco Kreuzpaintner. With Robert Standlober, Kostja Ullmann, Alicja Bachleda-Curus C |
| • | Sweet Land Dir. Ali Selim. With Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee, Alan Cumming C |
| • | Time to Leave Dir. François Ozon. With Melvil Poupaud, Christian Sengewald, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi C |
| • | Trust the Man Dir. Bart Freundlich. With David Duchovny, Billy Crudup, Julianne Moore C |
| • | Tsotsi Dir. Gavin Hood. With Presley Chweneyagae, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano C |
| • | Venus Dir. Roger Michell. With Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips C |
| • | World Trade Center Dir. Oliver Stone. With Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maria Bello C |
| © | All the King's Men Dir. Steven Zaillian. With Jude Law, Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins C– |
| • | Art School Confidential Dir. Terry Zwigoff. With Max Minghella, John Malkovich, Sophia Myles C– |
| • | Bobby Dir. Emilio Estevez. With Freddy Rodriguez, William H. Macy, Lindsay Lohan C– |
| • | Catch a Fire Dir. Phillip Noyce. With Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna C– |
| • | The Illusionist Dir. Neil Burger. With Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel C– |
| • | Little Fish Dir. Rowan Woods. With Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Dustin Nguyen C– |
| ★ | Miami Vice Dir. Michael Mann. With Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li C– |
| • | The Nativity Story Dir. Catherine Hardwicke. With Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Ciarán Hinds C– |
| © | V for Vendetta Dir. James McTeigue. With Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea C– |
| • | Curse of the Golden Flower Dir. Zhang Yimou. With Gong Li, Chow Yun-Fat, Liu Ye D+ |
| © | Freedomland Dir. Joe Roth. With Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco D+ |
| • | Idlewild Dir. Bryan Barber. With Antwan A. Patton, André Benjamin, Paula Patton D+ |
| • | Little Children Dir. Todd Field. With Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley D+ |
| • | Manderlay Dir. Lars von Trier. With Bryce Dallas Howard, Danny Glover, Isaach de Bankolé D+ |
| • | Phat Girlz Dir. Nnegest Likké. With Mo'Nique, Kendra C. Johnson, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Joyful Drake D+ |
| • | Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Dir. Gore Verbinski. With Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom D+ |
| • | Snakes on a Plane Dir. David R. Ellis. With Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips D+ |
| • | The Good German Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire D |
| • | Hard Candy Dir. David Slade. With Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson, Sandra Oh D |
| • | Shadowboxer Dir. Lee Daniels. With Cuba Gooding, Jr., Helen Mirren, Vanessa Ferlito D |
| • | Why We Fight Dir. Eugene Jarecki. Documentary. Postdate on the "military-industrial complex" D |
| • | Basic Instinct 2 Dir. Michael Caton-Jones. With Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis D– |
| © | Hollywoodland Dir. Allen Coulter. With Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane D– |
| ★ | Lady in the Water Dir. M. Night Shyamalan. With Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard D– |
| • | Thank You for Smoking Dir. Jason Reitman. With Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, William H. Macy D– |
| ★ | Apocalypto Dir. Mel Gibson. With Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Dalia Hernandez F |
| • | Ask the Dust Dir. Robert Towne. With Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, Idina Menzel F |
| ★ | The Hills Have Eyes Dir. Alexandre Aja. With Aaron Stanford, Dan Byrd, Emilie de Ravin F |
| • | Stranger Than Fiction Dir. Marc Forster. With Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal F |
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