- Dave Chappelle’s Block Party-Dave Chappelle, Mos Def, D: Michel Gondry, ***
- Hostel-Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, D: Eli Roth, **
- Glory Road- Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, D: James Gartner, ***
- The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things- Asia Argento, Peter Fonda, **
- V for Vendetta-Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, **1/2
- Firewall-Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, *
- Ask the Dust-Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek, D: Robert Towne, **
- Find Me Guilty-Vin Diesel, Ron Silver, D: Sidney Lumet, ****
- Inside Man-Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, D: Spike Lee, ***
- Slither-Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, D: James Gunn, *1/2
- Thank You for Smoking-Aaron Eckhart, Katie Holmes, D: Jason Reitman, **1/2
- Mission: Impossible III- Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, D: J.J. Abrams, **
- The DaVinci Code-Tom Hanks, Audrey Tatou, D: Ron Howard, **1/2
- X-Men: The Last Stand- Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, D: Brett Ratner, ***
- The Proposition- Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, D: John Hillcoat, ***1/2
- A Prairie Home Companion- Kevin Kline, Meryl Streep, D: Robert Altman, ***
- Click-Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken, D: Frank Coraci, ***
- Brick-Joseph Gordon Levitt, Lucas Haas, D: Rian Johnson, ***1/2
- Superman Returns-Kevin Spacey, Brandon Routh, D: Bryan Singer, *1/2
- Great New Wonderful- Judy Greer, Tony Shaloub, D: Danny Leiner, ***1/2
- A Scanner Darkly-Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. D: Richard Linklater, ***
- Little Miss Sunshine-Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, ***
- Clerks 2-Brian O’Halloran, Rosario Dawson, D: Kevin Smith, ***
- Miami Vice-Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, D: Michael Mann, **
- The Descent-Shauna MacDonald, Natalie Mendoza, D: Neil Marshall, ****
- Scoop- Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, D: Woody Allen, ***
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby- Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, ***
- Invincible-Mark Wahlberg, Elizabeth Banks, D: Ericson Core, **
- Beerfest- Kevin Heffernan, Jurgen Prochnow, D: Jay Chandrasekhar, **1/2
- The Illusionist- Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, D: Neil Burger, *1/2
- The Black Dahlia-Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, D: Brian DePalma, ½*
- Last Kiss-Zach Braff, Blythe Danner, D: Tony Goldwyn, **
- The Departed-Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, D: Martin Scorsese, ****
- Flags of Our Fathers-Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, D: Clint Eastwood, ***
- Saw III-Tobin Bell, Dina Meyer, D: Darren Lynn Bousman, ***
- The Queen- Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, D: Stephen Frears, ***1/2
- Babel-Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, D: Alejandro González Iñárritu, **1/2
- Casino Royale-Daniel Craig, Eva Green, D: Martin Campbell, ***1/2
- The Fountain-Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, D: Darren Aronofsky. ****
- For Your Consideration-Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, **1/2
- Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny-Jack Black, Kyle Gass, D: Liam Lynch, ***
- Déjà Vu-Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, D: Tony Scott, ***
- Inland Empire-Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, D: David Lynch, **1/2
- Apocalypto-D: Mel Gibson, *1/2
- The Prestige-Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, D: Christopher Nolan, ***1/2
- Borat- Sacha Baron Cohen, Pamela Anderson, D: Larry Charles, ***
- Rocky Balboa-Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, D: Sylvester Stallone, **
- The Good Shepherd- Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, D: Robert De Niro, *1/2
- Children of Men- Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, D: Alfonso Cuaron, ***1/2
- Pan’s Labyrinth- Ivana Baquero, Sergi Lopez, D: Guillermo Del Toro, ****
- Curse of the Golden Flower-Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, D: Zhang Yimou, ***1/2
- Letters from Iwo Jima-Ken Watanabe, D: Clint Eastwood, ****
- The Last King of Scotland-Forest Whitaker, James MacAvoy, **1/2
- Little Children-Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, D: Todd Field, ***
- Dreamgirls-Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, D: Bill Condon, **1/2
- The Lives of Others-D: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ****
Top 10 Films of 2006
- The Departed
- The Fountain
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Children of Men
- The Descent
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- The Queen
- The Lives of Others
- The Proposition
- Flags of our Fathers
- Find Me Guilty
- Casino Royale
- Brick
- The Prestige
- Borat
Honorable Mention: Curse of the Golden Flower, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny
Worst Good Movie of the Year: Click
Best Bad Movie of the Year: Inland Empire
10 Worst films of 2006
1. Superman Returns
2. The Black Dahlia
3. Firewall
4. The Illusionist
5. Mission: Impossible III
6. Slither
7. Apocalypto
8. The Da Vinci Code
9. The Good Shepherd
10. V for Vendetta