Films of 2006
by jacob_wollner | created - 24 Jun 2019 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicThis is a list films from 2006 including popular, festival favorites, and award season nominees. Let me know if any should be added.
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1. Séance (2006)
R | 88 min | Horror
In an attempt to rid their dorm of a troublesome little girl ghost a group of college students inadvertently bring back the little girl's killer.
Director: Mark L. Smith | Stars: Bridget Shergalis, Tori White, Chauntal Lewis, Kandis Fay
Votes: 879
2. My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
When a regular guy dumps a superhero for her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell.
Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Rainn Wilson
Votes: 66,952 | Gross: $22.53M
3. Guilty Hearts (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama
Six short stories from the heart and what made them bleed....
Directors: George Augusto, Savina Dellicour, Phil Dornfeld, Ravi Kumar, Benjamin Ross, Paul Black, Krystoff Przykucki | Stars: Kathy Bates, Gerard Butler, Julie Delpy, Andrea Di Stefano
Votes: 827
4. Black Christmas (2006)
R | 95 min | Horror
On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.
Director: Glen Morgan | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, Katie Cassidy
Votes: 30,601 | Gross: $16.24M
5. Faceless (2006 TV Movie)
Crime, Drama
A federal prosecutor goes deep undercover to take on the world of organized crime.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Alexis Kendra, Viteliya Vita, Kali Majors, Kevin Alejandro
Votes: 187
6. The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided (2006)
PG | 89 min | Drama, Western
Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of rumors, deception and betrayal that ... See full summary »
Director: Sterling Van Wagenen | Stars: Sam Hennings, Brenda Strong, Eric Johnson, Alexander Carroll
Votes: 491 | Gross: $1.33M
7. The Abandoned (2006)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
An adopted woman returns to her home country and the family home that she never knew and must face the mystery that lies there.
Director: Nacho Cerdá | Stars: Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Goshev, Valentin Ganev
Votes: 13,292 | Gross: $1.26M
8. Rang De Basanti (2006)
Not Rated | 167 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The story of six young Indians who assist an English woman to film a documentary on the freedom fighters from their past, and the events that lead them to relive the long-forgotten saga of freedom.
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Stars: Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, Siddharth, Sharman Joshi
Votes: 122,289 | Gross: $2.20M
9. Blind Dating (2006)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A young blind man (Pine) thinks he's found love with an Indian woman (Jay) though their relationship is fraught with cultural differences.
Director: James Keach | Stars: Chris Pine, Anjali Jay, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jennifer Alden
Votes: 12,586 | Gross: $0.09M
10. Happy Feet (2006)
PG | 108 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fierce!
Directors: George Miller, Warren Coleman, Judy Morris | Stars: Elijah Wood, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Robin Williams
Votes: 199,740 | Gross: $198.00M
11. The Wicker Man (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Director: Neil LaBute | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski, Kate Beahan
Votes: 71,351 | Gross: $23.64M
12. RV (2006)
PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Bob Munro and his dysfunctional family rent an RV for a road trip to the Colorado Rockies, where they must ultimately contend with a bizarre community of campers.
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld | Stars: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, JoJo
Votes: 63,509 | Gross: $71.73M
13. Art School Confidential (2006)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Director: Terry Zwigoff | Stars: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent
Votes: 17,706 | Gross: $3.30M
14. Mr. Fix It (2006)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Romance
A man who tricks women into returning to their ex-boyfriends soon finds himself falling for one of his marks.
Director: Darin Ferriola | Stars: David Boreanaz, Alana De La Garza, Mariam Vardanyan, Scoot McNairy
Votes: 1,972
15. American Dreamz (2006)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Music
A popular television music talent competition hosted by a pompous egomaniac becomes the setting for an assassination attempt when the President of the United States becomes a celebrity judge in an attempt to rehabilitate his image.
Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 25,223 | Gross: $7.19M
16. Bon Cop Bad Cop (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two Canadian detectives, one from Ontario and the other from Quebec, must work together when a murdered victim is found on the Ontario-Quebec border.
Director: Erik Canuel | Stars: Michel Beaudry, Patrice Bélanger, Pierre Boudreau, Sarain Boylan
Votes: 13,149
17. The Pink Panther (2006)
PG | 93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Bumbling Inspector Clouseau must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer
Votes: 92,395 | Gross: $82.23M
18. Loving Annabelle (2006)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama, Romance
The intelligent Annabelle starts in an elite Catholic girls' boarding high school after being expelled from the previous 2 schools. She's open about being lesbian. She's attracted to her teacher, Simone.
Director: Katherine Brooks | Stars: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry, Laura Breckenridge, Michelle Horn
Votes: 13,467 | Gross: $1.10M
19. Open Water 2: Adrift (2006)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
Director: Hans Horn | Stars: Susan May Pratt, Richard Speight Jr., Niklaus Lange, Ali Hillis
Votes: 19,912
20. Mulberry St (2006)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A deadly infection breaks out in Manhattan, causing humans to develop into blood-thirsty rat creatures.
Director: Jim Mickle | Stars: Nick Damici, Kim Blair, Ron Brice, Bo Corre
Votes: 6,409
21. In a Dark Place (2006)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
An art teacher is hired as nanny for 2 orphans, a boy and girl, at a huge, isolated country estate. The nanny starts seeing dead, former employees. Is she mad or is the estate haunted?
Director: Donato Rotunno | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Tara Fitzgerald, Christian Olson, Gabrielle Adam
Votes: 2,746
22. Delirious (2006)
Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Alison Lohman, Gina Gershon
Votes: 6,818 | Gross: $0.09M
23. School for Scoundrels (2006)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy
A young guy short on luck enrolls in a class to build confidence to help win over the girl of his dreams, which becomes complicated when it turns out his teacher has the same agenda.
Director: Todd Phillips | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Jacinda Barrett, Michael Clarke Duncan
Votes: 30,600 | Gross: $17.80M
24. Fay Grim (2006)
R | 118 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A ten-years-later continuation of Hal Hartley's "Henry Fool", where Fay Grim (Posey) is coerced by a CIA agent (Goldblum) to try and locate notebooks that belonged to her fugitive ex-husband (Ryan). Published in them is information that could compromises the security of the U.S., causing Fay to first head to Paris to fetch them ...
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, Liam Aiken, D.J. Mendel
Votes: 4,900 | Gross: $0.13M
25. The Oh in Ohio (2006)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Priscilla Chase is a woman who has never had an orgasm.
Director: Billy Kent | Stars: Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, Winter Ave Zoli
Votes: 6,514 | Gross: $0.42M
26. Diggers (2006)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about a tight-knit group of friends, who try to maintain their small-town way of life in the face of enormous changes in 1970s Long Island.
Director: Katherine Dieckmann | Stars: Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Ron Eldard
Votes: 3,008 | Gross: $0.07M
27. The Ex (2006)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Romance
A slacker is forced to work for his father-in-law after his pregnant wife steps away from her high-paying job.
Director: Jesse Peretz | Stars: Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Charles Grodin, Jason Bateman
Votes: 18,057 | Gross: $3.09M
28. Night at the Museum (2006)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Ricky Gervais, Dick Van Dyke
Votes: 376,756 | Gross: $250.86M
29. Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
R | 95 min | Comedy
Tired of being on the wagon, two stoners get voluntarily mixed up in the plot to rip off a shady figure known as Mr. Big.
Director: Mekhi Phifer | Stars: Ronnie Warner, Danny Masterson, Mekhi Phifer, Ashley Scott
Votes: 3,656
30. Man of the Year (2006)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A comedian who hosts a news satire program decides to run for president, and a computerized voting machine malfunction gets him elected.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robin Williams, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Christopher Walken
Votes: 35,159 | Gross: $37.44M
31. Lonely Hearts (2006)
R | 108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto, James Gandolfini
Votes: 22,357 | Gross: $0.19M
32. Sleeping Dogs Lie (I) (2006)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recently engaged woman's life is thrown into turmoil after confessing to her fiancé that she once experimented with bestiality.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Brian Posehn, Geoff Pierson
Votes: 3,468 | Gross: $0.01M
33. Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (2006)
TV-Y7-FV | 105 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Our heroes must protect the Prince of the Sea, Manaphy, from the evil pirate Phantom, and return the young Pokémon to the Sea Temple with the help of the the People of the Water and Jackie the Pokémon Ranger.
Director: Kunihiko Yuyama | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Michele Knotz, Kayzie Rogers, Bill Rogers
Votes: 2,954
34. Eight Below (2006)
PG | 120 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood
Votes: 68,316 | Gross: $81.61M
35. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
R | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, New York during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fates by various so-called saints.
Director: Dito Montiel | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson, Shia LaBeouf, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 26,765 | Gross: $0.52M
36. All the King's Men (2006)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.
Director: Steven Zaillian | Stars: Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 25,557 | Gross: $7.22M
37. Let's Go to Prison (2006)
R | 84 min | Comedy, Crime
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
Director: Bob Odenkirk | Stars: Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner
Votes: 26,438 | Gross: $4.61M
38. Wilderness (I) (2006)
R | 93 min | Action, Horror
Juvenile delinquents are sent to a small British island after a fellow prisoner's death, where they have to fight for survival.
Director: M.J. Bassett | Stars: Sean Pertwee, Alex Reid, Toby Kebbell, Stephen Wight
Votes: 10,324
39. It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006)
PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Sworn enemies find themselves in each other's bodies, and use this to ruin each other's lives.
Director: Nick Hurran | Stars: Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Robert Joy
Votes: 42,795
40. The Black Dahlia (2006)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank
Votes: 76,982 | Gross: $22.52M
41. The Break-Up (2006)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple's break-up proceeds to get uglier and nastier by the moment as each tries to keep their luxurious condo from the other.
Director: Peyton Reed | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams
Votes: 138,853 | Gross: $118.70M
42. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A teenager becomes a major competitor in the world of drift racing after moving in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in America.
Director: Justin Lin | Stars: Lucas Black, Zachery Ty Bryan, Shad Moss, Damien Marzette
Votes: 299,238 | Gross: $62.51M
43. Poseidon (2006)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
On New Year's Eve, the luxury ocean liner Poseidon capsizes after being swamped by a rogue wave. The survivors are left to fight for their lives as they attempt to escape the sinking ship.
Director: Wolfgang Petersen | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas
Votes: 110,300 | Gross: $60.67M
44. The Darwin Awards (2006)
R | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance