Movie List 2006

Apocalypto (2006) When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go Running Time: 139 mins Genre: Action; Adventure; Drama Ref: AA001 More Details... Rudy Youngblood Dalia Hernández Jonathan Brewer As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw (Youngblood), a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate. My Rating 9.2 IMDb Rating 7.9 (38,545 votes)

Once (2006) How often do you find the right person? Running Time: 85 mins Genre: Drama; Music; Romance Ref: Divx 1 More Details... Alaistair Foley Catherine Hansard Glen Hansard A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story. I hate musicals but I love this. My Rating 9.2 IMDb Rating 7.9 (4,855 votes)

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) Life is a trip, but the afterlife is one hell of a ride. Running Time: 91 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Romance Ref: CM024 More Details... Patrick Fugit Shannyn Sossamon Shea Whigham A film set in a strange afterlife way station that has been reserved for people who have committed suicide. My Rating 9.0 IMDb Rating 7.5 (1,300 votes)

Babel (2006) If You Want to be Understood...Listen Running Time: 143 mins Genre: Drama; Thriller Ref: DR003 More Details... Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Mohamed Akhzam Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families. My Rating 8.9 IMDb Rating 7.7 (47,047 votes)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) High Five! Running Time: 84 mins Genre: Comedy Ref: CM018 More Details... Sacha Baron Cohen Ken Davitian Luenell Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson. My Rating 8.9 IMDb Rating 7.7 (70,908 votes)

Jackass Number Two - Unrated (2006) When is the last time a movie made you beg for mercy? Running Time: 95 mins Genre: Comedy; Documentary Ref: CM019 More Details... Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Steve-O Over the top crazyness. What is not to like about someone launching themselves into a lake on a rocket, or standing blindfolded in front of a full horned bull. I love the concept of flipping the bird to our worst fears, specifically death and pain, and just saying bring it on. It's very funny as well. My Rating 8.9 IMDb Rating 7.3 (13,804 votes)

Jackass Number 2 Unrated (2006) When is the last time a movie made you beg for mercy? Running Time: 95 mins Genre: Comedy; Documentary Ref: CM020 More Details... Johnny Knoxville Bam Margera Steve-O Over the top crazyness. What is not to like about someone launching themselves into a lake on a rocket, or standing blindfolded in front of a full horned bull. I love the concept of flipping the bird to our worst fears, specifically death and pain, and just saying bring it on. It's very funny as well. My Rating 8.9 IMDb Rating 7.3 (13,826 votes)

Volver (2006) Running Time: 121 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama Ref: Divx 3 More Details... Penélope Cruz Carmen Maura Lola Dueñas After her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life. My Rating 8.9 IMDb Rating 7.8 (18,154 votes)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Innocence Has A Power Evil Cannot Imagine. Running Time: 120 mins Genre: Drama; Fantasy Ref: AF002 More Details... Ivana Baquero Sergi López Maribel Verdú In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. My Rating 8.7 IMDb Rating 8.5 (67,180 votes) Top 250: #46

The Queen (2006) Tradition Prepared Her. Change Will Define Her. Running Time: 103 mins Genre: Biography Ref: Divx 8 More Details... Helen Mirren James Cromwell Alex Jennings After the death of Princess Diana, HM Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted. My Rating 8.7 IMDb Rating 7.7 (22,019 votes)

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Where's Olive? Running Time: 101 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama Ref: CM000 More Details... Abigail Breslin Greg Kinnear Paul Dano A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus. Enjoyable comedy. My Rating 8.6 IMDb Rating 8.2 (69,442 votes) Top 250: #160

Departed, The (2006) Lies. Betrayal. Sacrifice. How far will you take it? Running Time: 151 mins Genre: Crime; Drama; Thriller Ref: DR016 More Details... Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Two men from opposite sides of the law are undercover within the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish mafia, but violence and bloodshed boil when discoveries are made, and the moles are dispatched to find out their enemy's identities. My Rating 8.6 IMDb Rating 8.6 (121,904 votes) Top 250: #39

The Last King of Scotland (2006) Charming. Magnetic. Murderous. Running Time: 121 mins Genre: Drama; History; Thriller Ref: DR045 More Details... Forest Whitaker James McAvoy Kerry Washington Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s My Rating 8.6 IMDb Rating 7.9 (23,994 votes)

Little Children (2006) Running Time: 130 mins Genre: Drama; Romance Ref: DR011 More Details... Kate Winslet Patrick Wilson Jennifer Connelly Little Children centers on a group of young marrieds, whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways. My Rating 8.5 IMDb Rating 8.0 (15,360 votes)

The Good Shepherd (2006) Edward Wilson believed in America, and he would sacrifice everything he loved to protect it. Running Time: 167 mins Genre: Drama; Thriller Ref: DR038 More Details... Matt Damon Angelina Jolie Alec Baldwin The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life. My Rating 8.5 IMDb Rating 7.0 (22,388 votes)

What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? (2004) a quantum fable Running Time: 109 mins Genre: Comedy; Documentary; Drama Ref: Divx 5 More Details... Marlee Matlin Elaine Hendrix John Ross Bowie This film plunges you into a world where quantum uncertainty is demonstrated - where neurological processes, and perceptual shifts are engaged and lived by its protagonist - where everything is alive, and reality is changed by every thought. My Rating 8.5 IMDb Rating 5.3 (5,998 votes)

Bridge, The (2006) Be afraid of what lies beneath... Running Time: 93 mins Genre: Documentary Ref: DC001 More Details... A haunting documentary about Golden Gate Bridge suicide jumpers, including an interview with an actual survivor. Several people's last moments are caught by telephoto lenses while family memebers are interviewed. Overall very well done. My Rating 8.4 IMDb Rating 7.3 (1,085 votes)

Notes on a Scandal (2006) One Woman's Mistake Is Another's Opportunity... Running Time: 92 mins Genre: Drama Ref: DR013 More Details... Judi Dench Cate Blanchett Tom Georgeson A pottery teacher enters into an affair with one of her students, causing upheaval in her personal and professional lives My Rating 8.3 IMDb Rating 7.7 (11,493 votes)

Fast Food Nation (2006) The Truth Is Hard To Swallow Running Time: 116 mins Genre: Drama Ref: DR015 More Details... Wilmer Valderrama Catalina Sandino Moreno Ana Claudia Talancón An ensemble piece examining the health risks involved in the fast food industry and its environmental and social consequences as well. My Rating 8.3 IMDb Rating 6.3 (5,083 votes)

Half Nelson (2006) Secrets don't let go. Running Time: 106 mins Genre: Drama Ref: DR014 More Details... Ryan Gosling Jeff Lima Shareeka Epps An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret. My Rating 8.2 IMDb Rating 7.5 (9,776 votes)

Shut Up & Sing (2006) Freedom of speech is fine as long as you don't do it in public. Running Time: 93 mins Genre: Biography; Documentary; Music Ref: DC012 More Details... Natalie Maines Emily Robison Martie Maguire A documentary on the Dixie Chicks in the wake of singer Natalie Maines' anti-George W. Bush statement at a 2003 concert. My Rating 8.2 IMDb Rating 7.8 (2,253 votes)

Cashback (2006) Sometimes love is hiding between the seconds of your life Running Time: 102 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama; Romance Ref: CM007 More Details... Sean Biggerstaff Emilia Fox Shaun Evans After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild. My Rating 8.1 IMDb Rating 7.5 (4,559 votes)

SherryBaby (2006) No one makes it alone. Running Time: 96 mins Genre: Drama Ref: Divx 7 More Details... Maggie Gyllenhaal Michelle Hurst Sandra Rodríguez Sherry Swanson returns home to New Jersey after serving a three year prison sentence. Eager to reestablish a relationship with her young daughter, Sherry soon discovers that coming back to the world she left behind is far more difficult than she had planned My Rating 8.1 IMDb Rating 6.7 (3,166 votes)

Fountain, The (2006) What If You Could Live Forever? Running Time: 96 mins Genre: Drama; Romance; Sci-Fi Ref: DR019 More Details... Hugh Jackman Rachel Weisz Ellen Burstyn Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world. My Rating 8.0 IMDb Rating 7.6 (31,693 votes)

Jesus Camp (2006) America is being born again Running Time: 84 mins Genre: Documentary Ref: Divx 8 More Details... Becky Fischer Ted Haggard Mike Papantonio A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham. My Rating 8.0 IMDb Rating 7.6 (4,932 votes)

Idiocracy (2006) The Future Is A No Brainer Running Time: 84 mins Genre: Adventure; Comedy; Sci-Fi Ref: CM022 More Details... Luke Wilson Maya Rudolph Dax Shepard Joe Bauers, the definition of "average American", is selected by the Pentagon to be the guinea pig for a top-secret hibernation program. Forgotten, he awakes 500 years in the future. He discovers a society so incredibly dumbed-down that he's easily the most intelligent person alive. My Rating 7.9 IMDb Rating 6.4 (16,523 votes)

Outsourced (2006) Todd just lost his job. Now he has to find his life. Running Time: 103 mins Genre: Comedy Ref: Divx 6 More Details... Asif Basra Ayesha Dharker Josh Hamilton After his entire department is outsourced, an American novelty products salesman (Hamilton) heads to India to train his replacement. My Rating 7.9 IMDb Rating 7.5 (480 votes)

The Last Kiss (2006) We all make choices. What's yours? Running Time: 115 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama; Romance Ref: Divx 7 More Details... Zach Braff Jacinda Barrett Casey Affleck Anxieties threaten the future of a domesticated couple over an architect's uncertainty with married to his fiancée, leading to temptation to romance a beautiful college co-ed. My Rating 7.9 IMDb Rating 6.7 (11,030 votes)

Paris, je t'aime (2006) Stories of Love. From the City of Love. Running Time: 116 mins Genre: Romance Ref: CM027 More Details... Florence Muller Hervé Pierre Bruno Podalydès Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented and awakened. My Rating 7.8 IMDb Rating 7.5 (9,920 votes)

Black Snake Moan (2006) Everything is hotter down south. Running Time: 116 mins Genre: Drama; Romance Ref: CM006 More Details... Samuel L. Jackson Christina Ricci Justin Timberlake A God-fearing bluesman (Jackson) takes to a wild young woman (Ricci) who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, looks everywhere for love, never quite finding it. My Rating 7.5 IMDb Rating 7.3 (10,731 votes)

Deliver Us from Evil (2006) For some there's no such thing as salvation. Running Time: 101 mins Genre: Crime; Documentary Ref: DC011-P More Details... Adam Jeff Anderson Case Degroot Moving from one parish to another in Northern California during the 1970s, Father Oliver O'Grady quickly won each congregation's trust and respect My Rating 7.5 IMDb Rating 8.0 (1,296 votes)

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) Take a Stand Running Time: 104 mins Genre: Action; Adventure; Sci-Fi; Thriller Ref: AF010 More Details... Hugh Jackman Halle Berry Ian McKellen When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men, My Rating 7.4 IMDb Rating 7.0 (66,740 votes)

For Your Consideration (2006) Running Time: 86 mins Genre: Comedy Ref: Divx 7 More Details... Catherine O'Hara Stephen Rannazzisi Ed Begley Jr. Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz. My Rating 7.0 IMDb Rating 6.2 (4,495 votes)

Offside (2006) In Iran, All Women Are Banned From Men's Sporting Events Running Time: 93 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama; Sport Ref: DR072 More Details... Sima Mobarak-Shahi Shayesteh Irani Ayda Sadeqi Struggle of Women in Iran where it is illegal for women to watch men's Soccer games.. My Rating 7.0 IMDb Rating 7.3 (1,091 votes)

Bug (2006) First they send in their drone... then they find their queen. Running Time: 102 mins Genre: Drama; Horror; Thriller Ref: HR009 More Details... Ashley Judd Michael Shannon Harry Connick Jr. A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive ex-husband. But when Agnes begins romance with Peter, an eccentric drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again - until the first bugs arrive... My Rating 6.7 IMDb Rating 6.3 (4,434 votes)

Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War I (2006) Running Time: 112 mins Genre: Documentary; History; War Ref: DC010 More Details... Basically attributes all the problems in the middle east to the boundaries drawn in WWI. Simplistic and wrong. My Rating 6.0 IMDb Rating 7.6 (25 votes)

The Host (Gwoemul) (2006) It is Lurking Behind You Running Time: 119 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama; Horror; Sci-Fi; Thriller Ref: Divx 3 More Details... Kang-ho Song Hie-bong Byeon Hae-il Park A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people. IMDb Rating 7.1 (13,031 votes)

The Road to Guantanamo (2006) Running Time: 95 mins Genre: Documentary; Drama Ref: DC009-P More Details... Riz Ahmed Farhad Harun Waqar Siddiqui Part drama, part documentary, The Road to Guantánamo focuses on the Tipton Three, a trio of British Muslims who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years until they were released without charge. IMDb Rating 7.7 (4,199 votes)

Away from Her (2006) It's never too late to become what you might have been Running Time: 110 mins Genre: Drama; Romance Ref: Divx 4 More Details... Gordon Pinsent Stacey LaBerge Julie Christie A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheel chair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home. IMDb Rating 7.9 (2,857 votes)

Inland Empire (2006) A Woman In Trouble Running Time: 180 mins Genre: Drama; Mystery Ref: Divx 6 More Details... Karolina Gruszka Jan Hencz Krzysztof Majchrzak An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed. IMDb Rating 7.4 (10,054 votes)

Catch a Fire (2006) This Fall stand for something Running Time: 101 mins Genre: Drama; History; Thriller Ref: Divx 7 More Details... Tim Robbins Derek Luke Bonnie Henna A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman (Robbins) and a young man (Luke) who carries out solo attacks against the regime. IMDb Rating 6.8 (3,356 votes)

The Science of Sleep (Science des rêves, La) (2006) Close your eyes. Open your heart. Running Time: 105 mins Genre: Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Romance Ref: Divx 7 More Details... Gael García Bernal Charlotte Gainsbourg Alain Chabat A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world. IMDb Rating 7.6 (16,080 votes)

Slither (2006) Horror Has a New Face Running Time: 95 mins Genre: Comedy; Horror; Sci-Fi Ref: Divx 8 More Details... Nathan Fillion Don Thompson Elizabeth Banks A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters. IMDb Rating 6.7 (15,762 votes)