Movies That Would Have Been High on the 2006 List,
But Were Bumped to a 2007 Release in the USA

Black Book
Angel-A

Honorable Mentions

Babel
Griffin and Phoenix
The Painted Veil
V for Vendetta
An Inconvenient Truth
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Inside Man
Manderlay
The Notorious Bettie Page
Death of a President
Children of Men
Shut Up and Sing
Blood Diamond
Lady in the Water
Dreamland
Rocky Balboa
The Da Vinci Code
Click
Mission: Impossible III
Little Miss Sunshine
Hard Candy
Bobby
Breaking and Entering
Jesus Camp
United 93
The Quiet

Films I Still Need to See

Letters From Iwo Jima - Last King of Scotland

Overlooked Foreign Gems

La Bestia Nel Cuore (Don't Tell)

Either Great or Mediocre Depending on One Thing!!!

The Prestige

Underrated Silly Fun

Bandidas
The Host
Three
She's the Man
Running Scared
R.V.
Stick It
Tristan & Isolde

Overrated... But Still Good

Little Miss Sunshine
The Queen

The Worst Films of 2006

1. Crank
2. Ultraviolet
3. Basic Instinct 2
4. The Wicker Man
5. Snakes on a Plane
6. The Guardian

Best Director

Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Best Actor

Matt Damon - The Good Shepherd
&
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed

Best Actress

Kate Winslet - Little Children
&
Gretchen Mol - The Notorious Bettie Page

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

Best Supporting Actress

Rachel Weisz - The Fountain
&
Eva Green - Casino Royale
&
Kelli Garner - Dreamland

Best Ensemble Cast

The Departed

Best Score

Pan's Labyrinth

Best Soundtrack

Marie Antoinette

Best Screenplay

The Departed

Best Cinematography

Marie Antoinette

Best Newcomers / Breakthrough Performances

Carice Van Houten - Black Book
Vera Farmiga - The Departed & Breaking and Entering
Rudy Youngblood - Apocalypto
Kelli Garner - Dreamland
Shauna MacDonald - The Descent
Camilla Belle - The Quiet
Rachel Hurd Wood - Perfume
Samantha Ivers - Inside Man
Ellen Page - Hard Candy
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel

Entertainers of the Year

Daniel Craig - Casino Royale
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed & Blood Diamond
Bryce Dallas Howard - Lady in the Water & Manderlay
Jennifer Connelly - Blood Diamond & Little Children
Kate Winslet - Little Children & Flushed Away