The Top 10 Films of 2006

1. Black Book (NLD)

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2. Apocalypto (Yucatec Maya)

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3. Casino Royale

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4. The Good Shepherd

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5. The Departed

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6. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

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7. Isabella (HK)

Pang Ho-cheung crafts some of the most exquisite shots of the year in this gorgeous film starring Isabella Leong and Chapman To.  The story circles around the estranged relationship between a crooked-cop father and his wayward daughter, on the eve of the Portuguese handover of Macau to the Chinese.  If you are a fan of the cinematography and style of “Chungking Express”, I urge you to give this film a try.  The performances are amazing.  The music is lovely.  This is glorious cinema for patient movie lovers.

8. The Page Turner (FRA)

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9. Pan’s Labyrinth (SPA)

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10. A Good Year

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Man Push Cart ………. 9.0
The Fountain ………. 9.0
Little Children ………. 9.0
Lollilove ………. 9.0
Paris je t’aime (FRA) ………. 9.0
Tell No One (FRA) ………. 9.0
Edmond ………. 9.0
The Host (KOR) ………. 9.0
Griffin and Phoenix ………. 8.9
The Painted Veil ………. 8.8
V for Vendetta ………. 8.7
An Inconvenient Truth ………. 8.7
Inside Man ………. 8.6
The Da Vinci Code ………. 8.5
Click ………. 8.5
Hard Candy ………. 8.5
Flannel Pajamas ………. 8.4
Manderlay ………. 8.4
The Notorious Bettie Page ………. 8.4
Babel ………. 8.3
Death of a President ………. 8.3
Children of Men ………. 8.3
The Lives of Others (GER) ………. 8.3
Blood Diamond ………. 8.2
Lady in the Water ………. 8.2
The Quiet ………. 8.2
The Break-Up ………. 8.2
The Illusionist ………. 8.0
The Prestige ………. 8.0
Note on the score for “The Prestige”… The 8.0 only stands if the machine does NOT work.  If it does, the film immediately drops to 2.0
The Amateurs ………. 8.0
Shut Up and Sing ………. 8.0
Dreamland ………. 7.8
Rocky Balboa ………. 7.8
Mission: Impossible III ………. 7.7
Little Miss Sunshine ………. 7.7
Bobby ………. 7.6
Breaking and Entering ………. 7.5
Jesus Camp ………. 7.5
Goya’s Ghosts ………. 7.4
United 93 ………. 7.3
Bandidas ………. 7.3
Deja Vu ………. 7.2
Three ………. 7.4
Lady Chatterley (FRA) ………. 7.4
This Film Is Not Yet Rated ………. 7.0
Fur ………. 7.0
Stranger Than Fiction ………. 6.9
She’s the Man ………. 6.8
Flushed Away ………. 6.7
Right at Your Door ………. 6.7
The Dead Girl ………. 6.5
A Prairie Home Companion ………. 6.5
Devil Wears Prada ………. 6.5
Tristan & Isolde ………. 6.5
The Sentinel ………. 6.5
Borat ………. 6.5
Pursuit of Happyness ………. 6.5
Running Scared ………. 6.4
The Woods ………. 6.3
Loving Annabelle ………. 6.2
The Valet (FRA) ………. 6.1
The Tenants ………. 6.0
Thank You for Smoking ………. 6.0
Priceless (FRA) ………. 6.0
Talladega Nights ………. 5.9
R.V. ………. 5.8
Scoop ………. 5.8
Last King of Scotland ………. 5.7
You, Me and Dupree ………. 5.6
Game 6 ………. 5.5
Mini’s First Time ………. 5.5
The Black Dahlia ………. 5.4
Poseidon ………. 5.4
Underworld: Evolution ………. 5.3
Who Killed the Electric Car ………. 5.2
Happy Feet ………. 5.2
Avenue Montaigne (FRA) ………. 5.2
Just My Luck ………. 5.2
Idiocracy ………. 5.1
Open Season ………. 5.0
Days of Glory (FRA) ………. 5.0
Open Water 2: Adrift ………. 5.0
The Exterminating Angels (FRA) ………. 5.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest ………. 4.9
School for Scoundrels ………. 4.8
Shortbus ………. 4.6
Stick It ………. 4.5
Asterix and the Vikings ………. 4.4
Accepted ………. 4.4
Aquamarine ………. 4.2
World Trade Center ………. 4.1
Over the Hedge ………. 4.1
Art School Confidential ………. 4.0
The Good German ………. 4.0
The Queen ………. 4.0
Freedomland ………. 4.0
The Benchwarmers ………. 3.9
Bring It On: All or Nothing ………. 3.8
Dreamgirls ………. 3.8
16 Blocks ………. 3.7
Miami Vice ………. 3.5
When a Stranger Calls ………. 3.5
Volver (SPA) ………. 3.5
Cake ………. 3.4
Eragon ………. 3.4
Nacho Libre ………. 3.3
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (FRA) ………. 3.2
Firewall ………. 3.0
American Dreamz ………. 3.0
Brick ………. 3.0
Lucky Number Slevin ………. 2.8
My Super Ex-Girlfriend ………. 2.5
Turistas ………. 2.5
Hostel ………. 2.2
13 Tzameti (FRA) ………. 2.0
The Holiday ………. 1.8
Unknown ………. 1.6
Behind Enemy Lines II: Axis of Evil ………. 1.5
Inland Empire ………. 1.5
The Wicker Man ………. 1.3

London ………. 1.2
The Guardian ………. 1.0
Snakes on a Plane ………. 0.8
Basic Instinct 2 ………. 0.6
Tristram Shandy ………. 0.5
Sheitan (FRA) ………. 0.3
Ultraviolet ………. 0.3
All In ………. 0.3
Mammoth ………. 0.2
Crank ………. 0.0