Top 10 Films of 2006
by muybueno16 | created - 06 Mar 2017 | updated - 25 Feb 2020 | PublicSome frustratingly yet rather electrifying slow burn thrillers.
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1. Inside Man (2006)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police detective, a bank robber, and a high-power broker enter high-stakes negotiations after the criminal's brilliant heist spirals into a hostage situation.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer
Votes: 397,644 | Gross: $88.51M
2. Harsh Times (2005)
R | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A tough-minded drama about two friends in South Central Los Angeles and the violence that comes between them.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Christian Bale, Freddy Rodríguez, Eva Longoria, Chaka Forman
Votes: 68,563 | Gross: $3.34M
3. Old Joy (2006)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama
Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Daniel London, Will Oldham, Tanya Smith, Robin Rosenberg
Votes: 8,822 | Gross: $0.26M
4. The Good Shepherd (2006)
R | 167 min | Drama, History, Thriller
The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life.
Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 108,543 | Gross: $59.95M
5. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Votes: 236,417 | Gross: $40.14M
6. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
R | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryô Kase
Votes: 169,988 | Gross: $13.76M
7. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 517,809 | Gross: $59.89M
8. 16 Blocks (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Bruce Willis, Yasiin Bey, David Morse, Jenna Stern
Votes: 134,749 | Gross: $36.90M
9. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu
Votes: 325,574 | Gross: $22.50M
10. Slow Burn (2005)
R | 93 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A district attorney is involved in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader and is, at the same time, being manipulated by an attractive assistant district attorney and a cryptic stranger.
Director: Wayne Beach | Stars: Ray Liotta, Jolene Blalock, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 4,207 | Gross: $1.24M
11. Ira & Abby (2006)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Romance
A hastily married couple quickly devolve into a life of affairs, meddling parents, and therapy.
Director: Robert Cary | Stars: Jennifer Westfeldt, Chris Messina, Jason Alexander, David Margulies
Votes: 2,416 | Gross: $0.22M
12. Speechless (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 70 min | Drama
Mia Sakamoto feels trapped physically and verbally abused by men all her life, until she crosses paths with a spoken word artist Ku James. Ku is Mia's savior, guiding her to discover her ... See full summary »
Director: William R. Bryan | Stars: Debbie Fan, Omari Hardwick, Sufe Bradshaw, William R. Bryan
Votes: 26
13. First Snow (2006)
R | 101 min | Drama, Thriller
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
Director: Mark Fergus | Stars: Guy Pearce, Piper Perabo, William Fichtner, Steven Michael Quezada
Votes: 8,545
14. Lenexa, 1 Mile (2006)
R | 91 min | Drama
The film tells the story of five childhood friends during their last summer together in Lenexa before going to college. Their bond is tested when a disturbing secret comes to light and they... See full summary »
Director: Jason Wiles | Stars: Josh Stewart, Austin Nichols, Jason Ritter, Paul Wesley
Votes: 190
15. Tre (2006)
87 min | Drama, Romance
Gabe and Kakela are happily engaged couple in the mountain of Calabasas, CA. Gabe works as a horse riding instructor and Kakela is a trying-to-be writer. They live in house complex with ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Byler | Stars: Daniel Cariaga, Kimberly-Rose Wolter, Erik McDowell, Alix Koromzay
Votes: 204
16. Americanese (2006)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Long after their break-up, Chinese American Raymond Ding and bi-racial Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Byler | Stars: Chris Tashima, Allison Sie, Sab Shimono, Munda Razooki
Votes: 172
17. Kiss Me Again (2006)
R | 103 min | Romance, Drama
A married couple decides to test the boundaries of their relationship with a seductive Spanish woman. When an unlikely relationship ensues, all three are forced to rethink their definition of love.
Director: William Tyler Smith | Stars: Jeremy London, Katheryn Winnick, Mirelly Taylor, Elisa Donovan
Votes: 1,165
18. Offside (2006)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The struggle of women in a country that excludes them from entering stadiums.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Sima Mobarak-Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ayda Sadeqi, Mohammad Asarian
Votes: 8,603 | Gross: $0.18M
19. Find Me Guilty (2006)
R | 125 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Ron Silver, Alex Rocco
Votes: 36,226 | Gross: $1.17M
20. Black Book (2006)
R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Votes: 80,483 | Gross: $4.40M
21. Bred in the Bone (2006)
92 min | Drama
John Palmentario is desperate NOT to follow in his father, EUGENE'S, footsteps... NOT to make the same mistakes. At 34, John, looks back on his life as a paid thug who won't kill or carry a... See full summary »
Director: Stan Harrington | Stars: Stan Harrington, David Carreno, Frank Barron, Alex Borbon
Votes: 36
22. The Craving Heart (2006)
80 min | Drama
Scientist, Alexander Tom thought he had it all, great wife, great house, career... that was until the death of his best friend and a random affair with an anonymous woman force him to ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Harrington | Stars: Stan Harrington, John Saxon, Rick Peters, Adrian Zmed
Votes: 62
23. Isabella (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
A Macao police officer's bachelor life is interrupted by the daughter he never knew he fathered.
Director: Ho-Cheung Pang | Stars: Chapman To, Isabella Leong, Josie Ho, Derek Tsang
Votes: 1,481
24. Diary (2006)
R | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Winnie Leung is a lonely woman that likes to make puppets and write her diary, and she misses her boy-friend Seth Lau, who left her after breaking up their relationship. Winnie leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Oxide Chun Pang | Stars: Charlene Choi, Shawn Yue, Isabella Leong, Hin-Wai Au
Votes: 811
25. Flannel Pajamas (2006)
R | 124 min | Romance
A story of one couple falling in and out of love.
Director: Jeff Lipsky | Stars: Justin Kirk, Julianne Nicholson, Chelsea Altman, Jamie Harrold
Votes: 953 | Gross: $0.12M
26. Dirty Work (2006)
R | 97 min | Thriller
A tangled story of three men's lives on the gritty streets of Chicago: Manning, a dirty, disillusioned cop; Julian, king of drugs, thugs and prostitution; and Frank, a ruthless politician who destroys everything in the way of his ambition.
Director: Bruce Terris | Stars: Lance Reddick, Michael McGlone, Nutsa Kukhianidze, Austin Pendleton
Votes: 303
27. My Brother (2006)
PG-13 | 100 min | Drama
My Brother is an inner city story of two impoverished boys and mother, L'Tisha, finds herself in a tragic situation.
Director: Anthony Lover | Stars: Vanessa Williams, Tatum O'Neal, Nashawn Kearse, Christopher Scott
Votes: 361 | Gross: $0.03M
28. Beautiful Ohio (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama
An entire family comes of age during the early 1970s.
Director: Chad Lowe | Stars: William Hurt, Rita Wilson, Brett Davern, David Call
Votes: 538
29. Heavens Fall (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama
Two young women accuse nine black youths of rape in the segregated South.
Director: Terry Green | Stars: Timothy Hutton, David Strathairn, Leelee Sobieski, Anthony Mackie
Votes: 1,462
30. 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: 3,011 | Gross: $0.07M
31. Boy Culture (2006)
Unrated | 88 min | Drama, Romance
A successful male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client.
Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Derek Magyar, George Jonson, Patrick Bauchau, Darryl Stephens
Votes: 5,947 | Gross: $0.22M
32. Mentor (I) (2006)
R | 92 min | Drama
A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students and assistants.
Director: David Langlitz | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk, Susan Misner
Votes: 225
33. Inland Empire (2006)
R | 180 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As an actress begins to adopt the persona of her character in a film, her world becomes nightmarish and surreal.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Karolina Gruszka, Krzysztof Majchrzak, Grace Zabriskie, Laura Dern
Votes: 61,893 | Gross: $0.75M
34. Section 8 (2006)
R | 97 min | Drama
The award winning producers of the award winning, cult classic film, RETIRING TATIANA are back with this highly experimental screen adaptation of Anthony Lovell Winters' hilarious hit play,... See full summary »
Director: Carl Gilliard | Stars: Tony Winters, Akeem Smith, Veronica Thompson, Trisha Mann
Votes: 61
35. Payback: Straight Up (2006 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Porter is shot by his wife and best friend and is left to die. When he survives he plots revenge.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, David Paymer
Votes: 6,202
36. Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)
R | 90 min | Comedy
Three guys on the verge of forty begin to realize all the best things in their lives happened before they were twenty. A spontaneous road trip adventure gives them a chance to balance the ledger.
Director: D.B. Sweeney | Stars: John C. McGinley, D.B. Sweeney, Ned Bellamy, Jenn Brown
Votes: 904
37. Miles from Home (I) (2006)
97 min | Drama
Plagued by bad influences, bad choices and bad people, Miles finds himself in a seemingly hopeless set of circumstances. When a beautiful friend with an equally beautiful spirit shows him ... See full summary »
Director: Ty Hodges | Stars: Erik Aude, Amy Correa Bell, Taisha Monique Clark, Max Crumm
Votes: 132
38. Yellow (I) (2006)
R | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Family: a necessary burden. Amaryllis Campos is young and beautiful, a classically trained dancer delivering pizzas in Puerto Rico, living with her parents and her drug-selling chump of a ... See full summary »
Director: Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa | Stars: Roselyn Sanchez, Bill Duke, D.B. Sweeney, Jamie Tirelli
Votes: 1,076
39. Potheads: The Movie (2006)
60 min | Comedy, Crime
Four small town high school stoners get into trouble with the local drug lord GRIM when they run over his beloved dog SUMO, he gives them 48 hours to steal 25 pounds of medicinal marijuana ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Anton | Stars: Sean Sweeney, Chris Leone, Will Stanfill, Nick Prieto
Votes: 96
40. The Novice (2006)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama
Peter is studying to be a Jesuit priest when he is sent to the Gulf Coast to work at a soup kitchen with an older priest and Jill, a beautiful volunteer who makes him rethink taking his vows.
Director: Murray Robinson | Stars: John Schuk, David Dempster, Jacob Pitts, Matthew Carey
Votes: 304
41. The Kovak Box (2006)
R | 102 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's been lured into a trap.
Director: Daniel Monzón | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, David Kelly, Georgia Mackenzie
Votes: 4,363
42. The Second Chance (2006)
PG-13 | 102 min | Drama
Ethan Jenkins (Michael W. Smith) and Jake Sanders (introducing Jeff Obafemi Carr) are both passionate pastors who worship the same God from the same book--but that's where the similarity ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Taylor | Stars: Michael W. Smith, Jeff Obafemi Carr, J. Don Ferguson, Lisa Arrindell
Votes: 1,337 | Gross: $0.43M
43. Raising Flagg (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy
A comedy centered on a handyman (Arkin) and his lifelong competition with his neighbor (Pendleton).
Director: Neal Miller | Stars: Alan Arkin, Lauren Holly, Glenne Headly, Barbara Dana
Votes: 393
44. The Enigma with a Stigma (2006)
95 min | Comedy
The original intent of this documentary was to tell the story of a couple preparing for their wedding day. During the filming, things took a dramatic and unexpected turn when a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Rhett Smith | Stars: Michael Naughton, Ethan Sandler, Roy Jenkins, Brian Palermo
Votes: 76
45. The Insurgents (2006)
R | 82 min | Drama, Thriller
When a disillusioned GI, an ex-prostitute and a small-time crook come under the spell of a charismatic, radical, left-wing academic, a terrorist cell emerges in our own backyard. Meet The Insurgents.
Director: Scott Dacko | Stars: John Shea, Mary Stuart Masterson, Henry Simmons, Juliette Marquis
Votes: 330
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