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FILM RANKINGS
2006

[104 Films Screened]
2006 Reviews * 2006 Films Seen * 2006 Top 10 * Best of 2006 * Worst of 2006

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  • Inland Empire (David Lynch) - [93]
  • Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola) - [92]


  • Gabrielle (Patrice Chéreau) - [88]
  • Letters From Iwo Jima (Clint Eastwood) - [87]
  • United 93 (Paul Greengrass) - [86]
  • Miami Vice (Michael Mann) - [84]
  • Room (Kyle Henry) - [83]
  • Battle in Heaven (Carlos Reygadas) - [83]
  • Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien) - [82]
  • Old Joy (Kelly Reichardt) - [81]
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu) - [80]


  • Police Beat (Robinson Devor) - [79]
  • L'Enfant (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) - [78]
  • Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski) - [77]
  • Bubble (Steven Soderbergh) - [77]
  • Tristram Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story (Michael Winterbottom) - [79]
  • The Descent (Neil Marshall) - [78]
  • The Proposition (John Hillcoat) - [78]
  • Requiem (Hans-Christian Schmid) - [78]
  • Flannel Pajamas (Jeff Lipsky) - [77]
  • Little Children (Todd Field) - [77]
  • Brick (Rian Johnson) - [76]
  • Inside Man (Spike Lee) - [76]
  • The Good Shepherd (Robert De Niro) - [76]
  • Drawing Restraint 9 (Matthew Barney) - [75]
  • The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry) - [75]
  • La Moustache (Emmanuel Carrère) - [74]
  • Lemming (Dominik Moll) - [74]
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer) - [73]
  • Clean (Olivier Assayas) - [73]
  • 4 (Ilya Khrjanovsky) - [73]
  • The Departed (Martin Scorsese) - [72]
  • A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman) - [72]
  • 49 Up (Michael Apted) - [72]
  • Casino Royale (Martin Campbell) - [72]
  • La Petite Jérusalem (Karin Albou) - [71]
  • Suite Habana (Fernando Pérez) - [71]
  • Notes on a Scandal (Richard Eyre) - [71]
  • Lower City (Sérgio Machado) - [71]
  • 13 (Tzameti) (Géla Babluani) - [71]
  • Tale of Cinema (Hong Sang-soo) - [70]
  • The King (James Marsh) - [70]
  • Duck Season (Fernando Eimbcke) - [70]


  • Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro) - [69]
  • Wordplay (Patrick Creadon) - [68]
  • The Painted Veil (John Curran) - [68]
  • Half Nelson (Ryan Fleck) - [67]
  • Cavite (Neill Dela Llana & Ian Gamazon) - [67]
  • The U.S. vs. John Lennon (David Leaf & John Scheinfeld) - [67]
  • Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón) - [66]
  • Somersault (Cate Shortland) - [66]
  • Find Me Guilty (Sidney Lumet) - [65]
  • The Queen (Stephen Frears) - [65]
  • Flags of Our Fathers (Clint Eastwood) - [63]
  • The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel) - [62]
  • Mountain Patrol: Kekexili (Chuan Lu) - [61]
  • Changing Times (André Téchiné) - [60]


  • Manderlay (Lars von Trier) - [59]
  • Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster) - [58]
  • Silent Hill (Christophe Gans) - [57]
  • Hard Candy (David Slade) - [57]
  • The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky) - [57]
  • Woman is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-soo) - [56]
  • Volver (Pedro Almadovar) - [56]
  • Scoop (Woody Allen) - [56]
  • The Road to Guantanamo (Michael Winterbottom) - [56]
  • Factotum (Bent Hamer) - [56]
  • The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (The Bros. Quay) - [55]
  • CSA: The Confederate States of America (Michael Willmott) - [55]
  • Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Chan-wook Park) - [54]
  • 7 Virgins (Alberto Rodríguez) - [53]
  • Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris) - [52]
  • Lonesome Jim (Steve Buscemi) - [51]
  • A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater) - [50]


  • The Prestige (Christopher Nolan) - [46]
  • The Illusionist (Neil Burger) - [45]
  • The Last King of Scotland (Kevin Macdonald) - [44]
  • Superman Returns (Brian Singer) - [43]
  • Friends with Money (Nicole Holofcener) - [43]
  • Babel (Alejandro González Iñárritu) - [42]
  • The Break-Up (Peyton Reed) - [41]


  • Running with Scissors (Ryan Murphy) - [39]
  • The DaVinci Code (Ron Howard) - [38]
  • The Notorious Bettie Page (Mary Harron) - [37]
  • Clerks II (Kevin Smith) - [37]
  • Twelve and Holding (Michael Cuesta) - [37]
  • World Trade Center (Oliver Stone) - [36]
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (Brett Ratner) - [36]
  • I Am a Sex Addict (Caveh Zahedi) - [36]
  • The Case of the Grinning Cat (Chris Marker) - [35]
  • Matthew Barney: No Restraint (Alison Chernick) - [35]
  • Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (Fatih Akin) - [34]
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America... (Larry Charles) - [33]
  • For Your Consideration (Christopher Guest) - [32]
  • Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman) - [30]


  • Snakes on a Plane (David R. Ellis) - [27]
  • Poseidon (Wolfgang Petersen) - [25]
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (Gabriele Muccino) - [23]
  • The Black Dahlia (Brian De Palma) - [20]


  • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (Zhang Yimou) - [17]
  • Shortbus (John Cameron Mitchell)- [13]
  • Tideland (Terry Gilliam) - [12]


  • Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan) - [9]
  • Apocalypto (Mel Gibson) - [7]

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