FILMS SEEN IN THE YEAR 2006

1.) ARMY OF SHADOWS 98

(1969 released in USA 2006)

France Jean-Pierre Melville

2.) THREE TIMES 97

Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien

3.) SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY 96

Thailand Austria France Apichatpong Weerasethakul

4.) INSIDE PARIS (DANS PARIS) 95

France Christophe Honoré

5.) HALF NELSON 95

USA Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden

6.) LITTLE CHILDREN 95

USA Todd Field

7.) GAME 6 94

USA Michael Hoffman

8.) HEADING SOUTH 94

France Laurent Cantet

9.) AALTRA 94

Belgium Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern

10.) SWEET LAND 94

USA Ali Selim

11.) THE NEW WORLD 93

USA Terrence Malick

12.) THE DEPARTED 93

USA Martin Scorsese

13.) THE HISTORY BOYS 93

Great Britain Nicholas Hytner

14.) OLD JOY 93

USA Kelly Reichardt

15.) TSOTSI 93

South Africa Gavin Hood

16.) A SOAP 93

Denmark Sweden Pernille Fischer Christensen

17.) FACTOTUM 93

USA Norway Germany Sweden France Bent Hamer

18.) THE FREE WILL 92

Germany Matthias Glasner

19.) SUMMER PALACE 92

China Lou Ye

20.) INVISIBLE WAVES 92

Thailand Netherlands Hong Kong S. Korea Pen-ek Ratanaruang

21.) 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST 92

Romania Corneliu Porumboiu

22.) THE FAMILY FRIEND 92

Italy Paolo Sorrentino

23.) WATER 92

India Canada Deepa Mehta

24.) AKEELAH AND THE BEE 92

USA Doug Atchinson

25.) DOWN IN THE VALLEY 92

USA David Jacobson

26.) INSIDE MAN 92

USA Spike Lee

27.) CHILDREN OF MEN 92

Great Britain USA Alfonso Cuarón

28.) THE THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA 92

USA Tommie Lee Jones

29.) A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION 91

USA Robert Altman

30.) SHORTBUS 91

USA John Cameron Mitchell

31.) THE QUEEN 91

Great Britain Stephen Frears

32.) TIME TO LEAVE 91

FRANCE François Ozon

33.) OUR DAILY BREAD 91

Austria Nikolaus Geyrhalter

34.) FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY 91

Iran Asghar Farhadi

35.) THE PAGE TURNER 91

France Denis Dercourt

36.) LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 91

USA Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

37.) THE ILLUSIONIST 91

USA Neil Burger

38.) CLEAN 91

France Olivier Assayas

39.) IN BED 91

Chile Germany Matías Bize

40.) THANK YOU FOR SMOKING 91

USA Jason Reitman

41.) THE DEVIL’S MINER 91

USA Germany Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani

42.) BARRIO CUBA 90

Cuba Humberto Solás

43.) NEIL YOUNG: HEART OF GOLD 90

USA Jonathan Demme

44.) CAFÉ LUMIÈRE (Kôhî jikô) 90

Japan Taiwan Hou Hsiao-hsien

45.) THE WAR TAPES 90

USA Deborah Scranton

46.) COASTLINES 90

USA Victor Nunez

47.) WHO GETS TO CALL IT ART? 90

USA Peter Rosen

48.) QUINCEAÑERA 90

USA Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland

49.) I LIKE KILLING FLIES – video 90

USA Matt Mahurin

50.) COME EARLY MORNING 90

USA Joey Lauren Adams

51.) CHRONICLE OF AN ESCAPE 90

Argentina Adrián Caetano

52.) SOMETHING NEW 90

USA Sanaa Hamri

53.) SLUMMING 89

Austria Switzerland Michael Glawogger

54.) FISSURES 89

France Alanté Kavaïté

55.) POLICE BEAT 89

USA Robinson Devor

56.) A SCANNER DARKLY 89

USA Richard Linklater

57.) MATCH POINT 89

USA Great Britain Woody Allen

58.) SOMERSAULT 89

Australia Cate Shortland

59.) THE FOREST FOR THE TREES 88

Germany Maren Ade

60.) THE BLACK DAHLIA 88

USA Brian de Palma

61.) THE FORSAKEN LAND 88

Sri Lanka France Vimukthi Jayasundara

62.) THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP 88

France Michel Gondry

63.) TEN CANOES 88

Australia Rolf de Heer

64.) DAYS OF GLORY (INDIGÈNES) 87

France Algeria Rachid Bouchareb

65.) L’ENFANT 87

Belgium France Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

66.) THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER 87

China Zhang Yimou

67.) TIME 87

South Korea Japan Kim Ki-duk

68.) FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS 87

USA Steven Shainberg

69.) THE HOST 87

South Korea Japan Bong Joon-ho

70.) BUBBLE 87

USA Steven Soderbergh

71.) THE PROMISE 87

China Chen Kaige

72.) ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL 87

USA Terry Zwigoff

73.) ROOM 86

USA Kyle Henry

74.) COMEDY OF POWER 86

France Claude Chabrol

75.) SUBURBAN MAYHEM 86

Australia Paul Goldman

76.) GOOD GIRL (GENTILLE) 86

France Sophie Fillières

77.) SHERRYBABY 86

USA Laurie Collyer

78.) SCOOP 86

Great Britain USA Woody Allen

79.) PEEP ‘TV’ SHOW - video 86

Japan Yutaka Tsuchiya

80.) BEEN RICH ALL MY LIFE – video 86

USA Heather Lyn MacDonald

81.) BABEL 86

USA Alejandro González Iñárritu

82.) CATCH A FIRE 86

France Great Britain South Africa USA Phillip Noyce

83.) TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY 86

Great Britain Michael Winterbottom

84.) THE FALLEN 86

USA Ari Taub

85.) LINDA, LINDA, LINDA 86

Japan Nobuhiro Yamashita

86.) WASSUP ROCKERS 85

USA Larry Clark

87.) CLIMATES 85

Turkey Nuri Bilge Ceylan

88.) A TICKET TO SPACE 85

France Eric Lartigau

89.) CAN MR. SMITH GET TO WASHINGTON ANYMORE? 85

USA Frank Popper

90.) THE ITALIAN 85

Russia Andre Kravchuk

91.) THICKER THAN WATER 85

Iceland Denmark Germany Árni Olafur Ásgeirsson

92.) VOLVER 85

Spain Pedro Almodóvar

93.) THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE 85

USA Mary Harron

94.) AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH 85

USA Davis Guggenheim

95.) THE PRESTIGE 84

USA Christopher Nolan

96.) PAN’S LABYRINTH 84

Spain Mexico USA Guillermo del Toro

97.) THE COLLECTOR 84

Poland Feliks Falk

98.) THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO 84

Great Britain Michael Winterbottom

99.) UNITED 93 84

Great Britain USA Paul Greengrass

100.) DAY NIGHT DAY NIGHT 83

USA Julia Loktev

101.) JASMINE WOMEN 82

China Hou Yong

102.) CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 82

South Africa Mark Barnford

103.) MAHALEO 82

Madagascar Belgium France Marie-Clémence Paes and Raymond Rajaonarivelo

104.) TO PAINT OR MAKE LOVE 82

France Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu

105.) IOWA 81

USA Matt Farnsworth

106.) OVER THE HEDGE 81

USA Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick

107.) A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS 81

USA Dito Montiel

108.) NOTES ON A SCANDAL 81

Great Britain USA Richard Eyre

109.) STRANGER THAN FICTION 81

USA Marc Forster

110.) THE FOUNTAIN 81

USA Darrel Aronofsky

111.) ICE AGE: THE MELTDOWN 81

USA Carlos Saldanha

112.) BROOKLYN LOBSTER 80

USA Kevin Jordan

113.) TAKING FATHER HOME 80

China Liang Ying

114.) TRAIN MAN 80

Japan Shosuke Murakami

115.) SEVEN YEARS 80

France Jean-Pascal Hattu

116.) DREAMGIRLS 80

USA Bill Condon

117.) BLOOD DIAMOND 79

USA Edward Zwick

118.) HOLLYWOODLAND 79

USA Allen Coulter

119.) AVENUE MONTAGNE 78

France Danièle Thompson

120.) V FOR VENDETTA 78

USA Germany James McTeigue

121.) THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 77

USA David Frankel

122.) IRAQ IN FRAGMENTS 77

USA James Longley

123.) THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND 77

Great Britain Kevin Macdonald

124.) BELLE TOUJOURS 76

Portugal France Manoel de Oliveira

125.) ELECTRIC SHADOWS 76

China Xiao Jiang

126.) MARIE ANTOINETTE 76

USA Sofia Coppola

127.) JUSTICE – video 76

Netherlands Maria Ramos

128.) EXCELLENT CADAVERS – video 76

Italy France Marco Turco

129.) THE SINGER 75

France Xavier Giannoli

130.) THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS 75

USA Gabrielle Muccino

131.) ASK THE DUST 74

USA Robert Towne

132.) DAY BREAK 74

Iran Hamid Rahmanian

133.) HAPPY FEET 73

USA George Miller

134.) OUR BRAND IS CRISIS 73

USA Rachel Boynton

135.) NANNY MCPHEE 72

Great Britain Kirk Jones

136.) SAME SEX AMERICA – video 71

USA Henry Corra

137.) BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN 70

USA Larry Charles

138.) INVINCIBLE 67

USA Ericson Core

139.) WILDERNESS SURVIVAL FOR GIRLS 67

USA Kim Roberts and Eli Despres

140.) FOREIGNER (L’ÉTRANGÈRE) 64

France Florence Colombani

141.) YOU ARE SO HANDSOME 61

France Isabelle Mergault

142.) RUNIN 61

aka: BANISHED

Japan Eiji Okuda

143.) MAREBITO (THE STRANGER FROM AFAR) 60

Japan Takashi Shimizu

144.) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST 58

USA Gore Verbinski

145.) HOOT 53

USA Wil Shriner

146.) WOUNDED ANIMALS 52

Spain Ventura Pons

BEST ACTOR

Edward Norton – Down in the Valley (1) + The Illusionist (2)

Matt Dillon – Factotum

Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson

David Dencik – A Soap

Jürgen Vogel – The Free Will

Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

BEST ACTRESS

Gretchen Mol – The Notorious Bettie Page

Shu Qi – Three Times

Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson

Trine Dyrholm – A Soap

Helen Mirren – The Queen

Elizabeth Reaser – Sweet Land

Judi Dench – Notes On a Scandal

BEST SUPP ACTOR

Nick Nolte – Clean

Anthony Mackie – Half Nelson

Mario Limonta – Barrio Cuba

Mark Wahlberg – The Departed

Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children

Djimon Hounsou – Blood Diamond

BEST SUPP ACTRESS

Karen Young – Heading South

Lili Taylor – Factotum

Luisa María Jiménez – Barrio Cuba

Diane Wiest – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Adriana Barraza – Babel

Rinko Kikuchi – Babel

Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls

BEST DIRECTOR

Martin Scorsese USA The Departed

Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan Three Times

Jean-Pierre Melville France Army of Shadows

Christophe Honoré France Inside Paris (Dans Paris)

Paolo Sorrentino Italy The Family Friend

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Thailand Syndromes and a Century

BEST SCREENPLAY

Don DeLillo – Game 6

Jean-Pierre Melville, adapted from Joseph Kessel – Army of Shadows

Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern – Aaltra

Ryan Fleck and Ana Boden – Half Nelson

William Monahan – The Departed

Todd Field and Tom Perrotta, adapted from Tom Perrotta – Little Children

Alan Bennett – The History Boys

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki – The New World (1) + Children of Men (2)

Mark Pin Bing Lee – Three Times (1) + Café Lumière (2)

John Christian Rosenlund – Factotum

Lucca Bigazzi – The Family Friend

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Syndromes and a Century

Yao Xiaofeng – Jasmine Women

Zhao Xiaoding – Curse of the Golden Flower

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING

Game 6

A Prairie Home Companion

Half Nelson

Barrio Cuba

The Queen

The History Boys

BEST ART DIRECTION

The New World

The Promise

Three Times

The Science of Sleep

Jasmine Women

Curse of the Golden Flower

Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST EDITING

Inside Man

Prairie Home Companion

Army of Shadows

Half Nelson

Barrio Cuba

The Departed

Little Children

BEST COSTUMES

The New World

The Illusionist

The Black Dahlia

Jasmine Women

The Queen

Marie Antoinette

Dreamgirls

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian, Vusi Mahlasela, and Zorla – Tsotsi

Yo La Tengo – Game 6 (2) + Old Joy (1)

Philip Glass – The Illusionist

Kristen Asbjørnsen – Factotum

Justin Hennard and Chris Keyland – Room

Hualampong Riddim – Invisible Waves

Alex Beaupain – Inside Paris (Dans Paris)