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