The Year in Film: 2006


Best Picture
#1: United 93 (dir: Paul Greengrass)
#2: Children of Men (dir: Alfonso Cuaron)
#3: Pan’s Labyrinth (dir: Guillermo Del Toro)
#4: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (dir: Cristi Puiu)
#5: The Flags of Our Fathers (dir: Clint Eastwood)
#6: Miami Vice (dir: Michael Mann)
#7: Letters from Iwo Jima (dir: Clint Eastwood)

#8: The Departed (dir: Martin Scorsese)
#9: 49 Up (dir: Michael Apted)
#10: Inland Empire (dir: David Lynch)

Honorable Mentions: Brick (dir: Rian Johnson), Deliver Us from Evil (dir: Amy Berg), Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (dir: Stanley Nelson), Manderlay (dir: Lars von Trier), The Proposition (dir: John Hillcoat), The Queen (dir: Stephen Frears), Volver (dir: Pedro Almodovar), Battle in Heaven (dir: Carlos Reygadas), The Prestige (dir: Christopher Nolan), Cocaine Cowboys (dir: Billy Corben), Notes on a Scandal (dir: Richard Eyre), Casino Royale (dir: Martin Campbell), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (dir: Gore Verbinski),Three Times (dir: Hou Hsiao-hsien), and Curse of the Golden Flower (dir: Zhang Yimou).

 

Best Director
#1: Paul Greengrass (United 93)
#2: Alfonso Cuaron (Children of Men)
#3: Michael Mann (Miami Vice)
#4: Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth)

#5: Martin Scorsese (The Departed)

Best Actor
#1: Clive Owen (Children of Men)
#2: Matt Damon (The Departed)
#3: Colin Farrell (Miami Vice)
#4: Ken Watanabe (Letters from Iwo Jima)

#5: Marcos Hernandez (Battle in Heaven)

Best Actress
#1: Penelope Cruz (Volver)
#2: Helen Mirren (The Queen)

#3: Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal)
#4: Kate Winslet (Little Children)
#5: Ivana Baquero (Pan’s Labyrinth)

Best Supporting Actor
#1: Mark Wahlberg (The Departed)
#2: Michael Caine (The Prestige)
#3: Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth)

#4: James Cromwell (The Queen)
#5: Ray Winstone (The Departed)

Best Supporting Actress
#1: Gong Li (Miami Vice)
#2: Claire Hope-Ashitey (Children of Men)
#3: Maribel Verdu (Pan’s Labyrinth)
#4: Grace Zabriskie (Inland Empire)

#5: Luminita Gheorghiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu)

Best Original Screenplay
#1: The Queen (Peter Morgan)

#2: Pan’s Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
#3: Volver (Pedro Almodovar)
#4: United 93 (Barry Ackroyd)
#5: Brick (Rian Johnson)

Best Adapted Screenplay
#1: Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby)

#2: Flags of Our Fathers (William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis)
#3: The Departed (William Monahan)

#4: Notes on a Scandal (Patrick Marber)

#5: Miami Vice (Michael Mann)

Best Cinematography
#1: Dion Beebe (Miami Vice)
#2: Emmanuel Lubezki (Children of Men)
#3: Guillermo Navarro (Pan’s Labyrinth)
#4: Benoit Delhomme (The Proposition)
#5: Tom Stern (Letters from Iwo Jima)

Best Film Editing
#1: United 93

#2: Miami Vice
#3: Children of Men
#4: Battle in Heaven
#5: Pan’s Labyrinth

Best Original Score
#1: The Fountain (Clint Mansell)

#2: Little Children (Thomas Newman)
#3: The Queen (Alexandre Desplat)

#4: Notes on a Scandal (Philip Glass)

#5: Pan’s Labyrinth (Javier Navarrete)

Best Original Song
#1: “O Kazakhstan” (
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)
#2: “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” (Dreamgirls)
#3: “You Know My Name” (Casino Royale)
#4: “Volver” (Volver)
#5: “Dreamgirls” (Dreamgirls)

Best Production Design
#1: Pan’s Labyrinth

#2: Silent Hill
#3: The Prestige
#4: The Illusionist
#5: The Science of Sleep

Best Costume Design
#1: Marie Antoinette

#2: Pan’s Labyrinth
#3: The Queen
#4: Curse of the Golden Flower
#5: The Prestige

Best Makeup
#1: Hostel

#2: Pan’s Labyrinth
#3: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
#4: The Prestige
#5: For Your Consideration

Best Sound
#1: Pan’s Labyrinth

#5: United 93
#2: Children of Men
#3: Flags of Our Fathers
#4: Miami Vice

Best Visual Effects
#1: Pan’s Labyrinth

#2: Silent Hill
#3: The Fountain
#4: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
#5: Curse of the Golden Flower

Best Breakthrough Performance – Male
Michael Sheen (The Queen)

Best Breakthrough Performance – Female
Claire-Hope Ashitey (Children of Men)

Best First Feature
Rian Johnson (Brick)

Worst Film of the Year
Date Movie (dir: Aaron Seltzer)