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The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths.




Contents






  • 1 Highest-grossing films


  • 2 Events


  • 3 Awards


  • 4 2006 wide-release films


    • 4.1 January–March


    • 4.2 April–June


    • 4.3 July–September


    • 4.4 October–December




  • 5 Films released in 2006


  • 6 Notable deaths


  • 7 Film Debuts


  • 8 Notes


  • 9 References





Highest-grossing films







































































Highest-grossing films of 2006[1]
Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross
1

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Disney
$1,066,179,725
2

The Da Vinci Code

Columbia
$758,239,851
3

Ice Age: The Meltdown

20th Century Fox
$660,940,780
4

Casino Royale

Sony
$599,045,960
5

Night at the Museum
20th Century Fox
$574,480,841
6

Cars
Disney
$462,216,280
7

X-Men: The Last Stand
20th Century Fox
$459,359,555
8

Mission: Impossible III

Paramount
$397,850,012
9

Superman Returns

Warner Bros.
$391,081,192
10

Happy Feet
$384,335,608

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the third film in cinema history to gross over $1 billion and is the 24th highest-grossing film of all time.



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Month Day
Event
January
4 The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced film award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate The 40-Year-Old Virgin, I Tried, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale for best original screenplay. The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Syriana.
5
Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards.
9 The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best films of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain is named best picture, best director for Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line.
16 The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director.
19 The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah.
24
Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar
28 The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best film director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood.
29 The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote, Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line, Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener, Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man, the cast of Crash as outstanding ensemble in a theatrical motion picture, and Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award.
30 The 26th Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax and Son of the Mask for worst film; Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Jamie Kennedy, The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress.
31 The Academy Awards for best film achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent films. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six.
February
5 The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature, as well as all nine categories which it was nominated. Family Guy won the best voice acting and directing, Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 won the best animated TV production, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award".
6 Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football.
March
4
Dirty Love dominates the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax
5
78th Academy Awards: Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No film, for the first time in 58 years, won a clear majority. Both films as well as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong win three Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature film.

Major awards as follows:




  • Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain


  • Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote


  • Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line


  • Supporting Actor: George Clooney for Syriana


  • Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener


13
11th Empire Awards: Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two.
April
18
Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri.
25 The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Mission: Impossible III and United 93.
28 TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy.
May
17 The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Films in competition included Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater, Iklimler by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, El Laberinto del Fauno by Guillermo del Toro, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Southland Tales by Richard Kelly, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach
27
Brad Pitt and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia.
June
3 The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.
14 The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 films as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" film of all time.
July
7
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opens later grossing $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time (the previous record was held by Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859, the previous year). It also surpassed the opening weekend gross (at $135,634,554 between July 7–9) previously set by Spider-Man in 2002 with $114,844,116 between May 3–5.
28 Actor and Oscar-winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI. Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details.
September
7
Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards.
7-16 The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place.
December
7
64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven.


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Category/Organization
64th Golden Globe Awards
January 15, 2007

12th Critics' Choice
January 20, 2007

13th Screen Actors Guild Awards


60th BAFTA Awards
February 11, 2007

79th Academy Awards
February 25, 2007
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film Babel Dreamgirls The Departed N/A The Queen
The Departed
Best Director
Martin Scorsese
The Departed
N/A
Paul Greengrass
United 93

Martin Scorsese
The Departed
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland

Sacha Baron Cohen
Borat

Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Helen Mirren
The Queen

Meryl Streep
The Devil Wears Prada

Helen Mirren
The Queen
Best Supporting Actor
Eddie Murphy
Dreamgirls

Alan Arkin
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson
Dreamgirls
Best Screenplay, Adapted
Peter Morgan
The Queen

Michael Arndt
Little Miss Sunshine
N/A
Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan
The Last King of Scotland

William Monahan
The Departed
Best Screenplay, Original N/A
Michael Arndt
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Animated Film Cars N/A
Happy Feet
Best Original Score
The Painted Veil
Alexandre Desplat

The Illusionist
Philip Glass
N/A
Babel
Gustavo Santaolalla
Best Original Song "The Song of the Heart"
Happy Feet
"Listen"
Dreamgirls
N/A N/A "I Need to Wake Up"
An Inconvenient Truth
Best Foreign Language Film Letters from Iwo Jima N/A Pan's Labyrinth
The Lives of Others


2006 wide-release films



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‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
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BloodRayne Boll KG Productions
Uwe Boll (director); Guinevere Turner (screenplay); Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Will Sanderson, Billy Zane, Udo Kier, Michael Paré, Meat Loaf

Fantasy, Action, Horror

Grandma's Boy
20th Century Fox / Level 1 Entertainment / Happy Madison Productions

Nicholaus Goossen (director); Allen Covert, Nick Swardson, Barry Wernick (screenplay); Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Nick Swardson, Linda Cardellini, Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Peter Dante, Joel David Moore, Jonah Hill, Kevin Nealon
Comedy
Hostel
Screen Gems / Lions Gate Films

Eli Roth (director/screenplay); Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eyþór Guðjónsson, Barbara Nedeljáková, Rick Hoffman, Jennifer Lim
Horror
13
Glory Road
Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films
James Gartner (director); Gregory Allen Howard, Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois (screenplay); Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight, Austin Nichols, Evan Jones, Alphonso McAuley, Tatyana Ali

Sports, Drama

Hoodwinked!
The Weinstein Company / Kanbar Entertainment

Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech (directors/screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, Andy Dick

Comedy, Crime, Family

Animation
Last Holiday
Paramount Pictures / ImageMovers

Wayne Wang (director); Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman (screenplay); Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gérard Depardieu, Alicia Witt, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kellermann, Michael Nouri

Comedy, Drama

Tristan and Isolde
20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions / Franchise Pictures

Kevin Reynolds (director); Dean Georgaris (screenplay); James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, Mark Strong, Henry Cavill, David O'Hara

Epic, Drama, Drama

20
End of the Spear Rocky Mountain Pictures Jim Hanon (director/screenplay); Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan (screenplay); Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman, Christina Souza, Sean McGowan, Beth Bailey

Drama, Christian

Underworld: Evolution
Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment

Len Wiseman (director); Danny McBride (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly, Steven Mackintosh, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy

Action, Horror

24
Wristcutters: A Love Story Autonomous Films
Goran Dukić (director/screenplay); Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Leslie Bibb, Tom Waits, Mark Boone Junior, Will Arnett

Black Comedy, Romance, Road

27
Annapolis Touchstone Pictures
Justin Lin (director); Dave Collard (screenplay); James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Roger Fan, Donnie Wahlberg, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Chi McBride, Brian Goodman, Charles Napier
Drama
Big Momma's House 2
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises

John Whitesell (director); Don Rhymer (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Zachary Levi, Mark Moses, Emily Procter, Kat Dennings, Chloë Grace Moretz

Comedy, Crime

Nanny McPhee
Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Working Title Films

Kirk Jones (director); Emma Thompson (screenplay); Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Angela Lansbury, Eliza Bennett, Raphaël Coleman, Imelda Staunton

Fantasy, Comedy, Family


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3
Something New Focus Features
Sanaa Hamri (director); Kriss Turner (screenplay); Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood, Donald Faison, Alfre Woodard, Earl Billings, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Mike Epps

Romance, Drama

When a Stranger Calls
Screen Gems / Davis Entertainment

Simon West (director); Jake Wade Wall (screenplay); Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy, Clark Gregg, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman
Horror
10
Curious George
Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment

Matthew O'Callaghan (director); Ken Kaufman (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke, Frank Welker

Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Final Destination 3
New Line Cinema / Hard Eight Pictures / Zide/Perry Productions

James Wong (director/screenplay); Glen Morgan (screenplay); Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Amanda Crew, Jesse Moss, Gina Holden, Texas Battle

Supernatural, Horror

Firewall
Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Beacon Pictures / Thunder Road Films

Richard Loncraine (director); Joe Forte (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jimmy Bennett, Carly Schroeder, Robert Forster, Robert Patrick, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alan Arkin

Crime, Thriller

The Pink Panther
Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Shawn Levy (director); Steve Martin, Len Blum (screenplay); Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Rees, Beyoncé Knowles

Comedy, Family

17
Date Movie
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (directors/screenplay); Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Cox, Fred Willard, Eddie Griffin, Carmen Electra, Judah Friedlander

Comedy, Romance, Spoof

Eight Below
Walt Disney Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Mandeville Films

Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs, August Schellenberg, Wendy Crewson, Belinda Metz

Adventure, Drama, Family

Freedomland
Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios

Joe Roth (director); Richard Price (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

24
Doogal The Weinstein Company Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham (directors); Butch Hartman (screenplay); Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, William H. Macy, Chevy Chase, Kevin Smith, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Kylie Minogue, Bill Hader

Adventure, Fantasy

Animation
Madea's Family Reunion Lionsgate
Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Keke Palmer, Lynn Whitfield, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Rochelle Aytes, Boris Kodjoe

Comedy, Drama

Running Scared
New Line Cinema / Media 8 Entertainment

Wayne Kramer (director/screenplay); Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner, Ivana Miličević, Michael Cudlitz, John Noble

Crime, Thriller


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16 Blocks
Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Millennium Films / The Donners' Company

Richard Donner (director); Richard Wenk (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Casey Sander, Cylk Cozart, David Zayas

Crime, Thriller

Aquamarine Fox 2000 Pictures
Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel, Claudia Karvan, Bruce Spence, Tammin Sursok

Comedy, Fantasy

Dave Chappelle's Block Party Rogue Pictures
Michel Gondry (director); Dave Chappelle (screenplay); Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def, Common, John Legend
Documentary
Ultraviolet Screen Gems
Kurt Wimmer (director/screenplay); Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner

Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller

10
Failure to Launch Paramount Pictures
Tom Dey (director); Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates

Romance, Comedy

The Hills Have Eyes Fox Searchlight Pictures
Alexandre Aja (director/screenplay); Grégory Levasseur (screenplay); Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, Ted Levine
Horror
The Shaggy Dog Walt Disney Pictures
Brian Robbins (director); Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Geoff Rodkey, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); Tim Allen, Robert Downey, Jr., Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Spencer Breslin, Jane Curtin, Zena Grey, Philip Baker Hall

Comedy, Family

17
She's the Man
DreamWorks Pictures / Lakeshore Entertainment

Andy Fickman (director); Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith (screenplay); Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, David Cross, Vinnie Jones, Alexandra Breckenridge, Robert Hoffman, Jonathan Sadowski, Emily Perkins

Sports, Comedy

Thank You for Smoking Fox Searchlight Pictures
Jason Reitman (director/screenplay); Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall

Comedy, Drama

V for Vendetta
Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios / Silver Pictures

James McTeigue (director); The Wachowskis (screenplay); Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith and Rupert Graves
Political thriller
24
Inside Man
Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

Spike Lee (director); Russell Gewirtz (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Crime, Thriller

Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector Lionsgate Trent Cooper (director); James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay); Larry the Cable Guy, Iris Bahr, Bruce Bruce, Joanna Cassidy, Brooke Dillman, Tony Hale, David Koechner, Lisa Lampanelli, Megyn Price, Thomas F. Wilson, Joe Pantoliano
Comedy
The Secret Prime Time Productions / Dharma Production Drew Heriot (director) Documentary
Stay Alive
Hollywood Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Endgame Entertainment

William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, Milo Ventimiglia, Sophia Bush, Adam Goldberg, Wendell Pierce
Slasher
Unidentified
Five & Two Pictures / Cornerstone Television

Rich Christiano (director/screenplay); Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Rebecca St. James, Jenna Bailey, Lance Zitron

Sci-fi, Christian

31
ATL
Warner Bros. Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment

Chris Robinson (director); Tina Gordon Chism (screenplay); Tip "T.I." Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Big Boi, Lonette McKee, Mykelti Williamson, Keith David
Drama
Basic Instinct 2
Sony Pictures Releasing / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Constantin Film / C2 Pictures

Michael Caton-Jones (director); Henry Bean, Leora Barish (screenplay); Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Flora Montgomery, Heathcote Williams, Hugh Dancy
Erotic thriller
Ice Age: The Meltdown
20th Century Fox Animation / Blue Sky Studios

Carlos Saldanha (director); Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow, Jim Hecht (screenplay); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Will Arnett, Jay Leno, Alan Tudyk, Chris Wedge

Comedy, Adventure, Family

Animation
Slither
Universal Pictures / Gold Circle Films

James Gunn (director/screenplay); Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Tania Saulnier, Jenna Fischer, Haig Sutherland, Matreya Fedor

Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy



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‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release
Opening
Title
Studio
Cast and crew
Genre
Medium

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The Benchwarmers
Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Happy Madison Productions

Dennis Dugan (director); Allen Covert, Nick Swardson (writers); Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Nick Swardson, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows

Comedy, Sports

Friends with Money Sony Pictures Classics
Nicole Holofcener (director/screenplay); Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan, Simon McBurney, Greg Germann

Comedy, Drama

Lucky Number Slevin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Ascendant Pictures / FlimEngine

Paul McGuigan (director); Jason Smilovic (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Stanley Tucci, Peter Outerbridge, Kevin Chamberlin

Crime, Thriller

Phat Girlz Fox Searchlight Pictures
Nnegest Likké (director/screenplay); Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Kendra C. Johnson, Dayo Ade, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Roberts
Comedy
Take the Lead New Line Cinema
Liz Friedlander (director); Dianne Houston (screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Dante Basco, Elijah Kelley, Jenna Dewan

Drama, Dance

14
Scary Movie 4
The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Miramax Films

David Zucker (director); Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin, Pat Proft (screenplay); Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Bill Pullman, Anthony Anderson, Carmen Electra, Chris Elliott, Kevin Hart, Cloris Leachman, Michael Madsen, Molly Shannon, Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Shaquille O'Neal

Comedy, Horror, Spoof

The Wild Walt Disney Pictures
Steve Williams (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner, Richard Kind, Greg Cipes, Colin Cunningham, Patrick Warburton

Comedy, Adventure, Family

Animation
21
American Dreamz Universal Pictures
Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Marcia Gay Harden, Willem Dafoe, Mandy Moore, Sam Golzari, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Seth Meyers, Tony Yalda, Noureen DeWulf, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Comedy
The Sentinel
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises

Clark Johnson (director); George Nolfi (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan, Kim Basinger

Action, Crime, Thriller

Silent Hill
TriStar Pictures / Davis Films

Christophe Gans (director/screenplay); Roger Avary (screenplay); Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen
Horror
28
Akeelah and the Bee
Lionsgate / 2929 Entertainment / Starbucks Entertainment

Doug Atchison (director/screenplay); Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Erica Hubbard, Lee Thompson Young
Drama
Alien Autopsy
Warner Bros. Pictures / Qwerty Films

Jonny Campbell (director); William Davies (screenplay); Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman, Harry Dean Stanton, Omid Djalili, Jimmy Carr, Götz Otto, Morwenna Banks, John Shrapnel

Comedy, Sci-fi

RV
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Red Wagon Productions

Barry Sonnenfeld (director); Geoff Rodkey (screenplay); Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Josh Hutcherson, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett

Comedy, Road, Family

Stick It
Touchstone Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment

Jessica Bendinger (director/screenplay); Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies, Maddy Curley, Nikki SooHoo, Kellan Lutz, John Patrick Amedori, Tarah Paige, Jon Gries, Gia Carides

Comedy, Drama, Sports

United 93
Universal Pictures / Working Title Films

Paul Greengrass (director/screenplay); Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, David Alan Basche, Peter Hermann, Corey Johnson, Richard Bekins, Michael J. Reynolds, Khalid Abdalla, David Rasche, Rebecca Schull, Denny Dillon

Biography, Drama, Thriller


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5
An American Haunting
Freestyle Releasing / After Dark Films / Remstar

Courtney Solomon (director/screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Matthew Marsh, Miquel Brown
Horror
Art School Confidential
Sony Pictures Classics / United Artists

Terry Zwigoff (director); Daniel Clowes (screenplay); Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel David Moore

Comedy, Drama

Hoot
New Line Cinema / Walden Media

Wil Shriner (director/screenplay); Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson, Cody Linley, Tim Blake Nelson, Neil Flynn, Robert Wagner, Kiersten Warren, Clark Gregg

Comedy, Family

Mission: Impossible III Paramount Pictures
J. J. Abrams (director/screenplay); Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne and Simon Pegg

Action, Spy

12
Goal! Touchstone Pictures
Danny Cannon (director); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart (screenplay); Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iureş, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Tony Plana, Kieran O'Brien, Sean Pertwee

Sports, Drama

Just My Luck
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / Cheyenne Enterprises / Silvercup Studios

Donald Petrie (director); I. Marlene King, Amy B. Harris, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay); Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Missi Pyle, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Makenzie Vega, Carlos Ponce, McFly

Romance, Comedy

Poseidon
Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios

Wolfgang Petersen (director); Mark Protosevich (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Mia Maestro, Jimmy Bennett, Andre Braugher, Kevin Dillon, Stacy Ferguson
Disaster
19
The Da Vinci Code
Columbia Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / Skylark Productions

Ron Howard (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany

Mystery, Thriller

Over the Hedge
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation

Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick (director); Len Blum, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, William Shatner, Avril Lavigne, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Allison Janney

Comedy, Family

Animation
See No Evil
Lionsgate / WWE Studios

Gregory Dark (director); Dan Madigan (screenplay); Kane, Samantha Noble, Christina Vidal, Michael J. Pagan, Rachael Taylor, Penny McNamee, Craig Horner
Slasher
26
X-Men: The Last Stand
20th Century Fox / Marvel Entertainment / Dune Entertainment / The Donners' Company

Brett Ratner (director); Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Vinnie Jones

Action, Superhero


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The Break-Up Universal Pictures
Peyton Reed (director); Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender (screenplay); Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Favreau, Cole Hauser, Keir O'Donnell, John Michael Higgins, Justin Long

Romance, Comedy, Drama

6
The Omen 20th Century Fox
John Moore (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick

Supernatural, Horror

9
Cars
Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios

John Lasseter (director/screenplay); Dan Fogelman, Joe Ranft, Jorgen Klubien, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Michael Keaton, John Ratzenberger, Jeremy Piven

Comedy, Family

Animation
A Prairie Home Companion
Picturehouse / New Line Cinema

Robert Altman (director); Garrison Keillor (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin
Comedy
16
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Universal Pictures / Relativity Media

Justin Lin (director); Chris Morgan (screenplay); Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Bow Wow, Brian Tee, Leonardo Nam, Brian Goodman, Zachery Ty Bryan
Action
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties 20th Century Fox
Tim Hill (director); Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay); Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Ian Abercrombie, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Vinnie Jones, Jim Piddock

Comedy, Family

The Lake House
Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Vertigo DC Comics

Alejandro Agresti (director); David Auburn (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Lynn Collins

Romance, Comedy

Nacho Libre
Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies

Jared Hess (director/screenplay); Jerusha Hess, Mike White(screenplay); Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez, Peter Stormare, Carla Jimenez, Richard Montoya, Moisés Arias

Sports, Comedy, Family

21
The Collingswood Story Anchor Bay Entertainment
Mike Costanza (director/screenplay); Stephanie Dees, Johnny Burton, Grant Edmonds, Vera Madeline
Horror
23
Click
Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Happy Madison Productions

Frank Coraci (director); Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin

Comedy, Fantasy

Waist Deep
Rogue Pictures / Intrepid Pictures

Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Kimora Lee Simmons, The Game

Action, Drama

28
Superman Returns
Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / DC Comics

Bryan Singer (director); Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris (screenplay); Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, Tristan Lake Leabu
Superhero
30
The Devil Wears Prada Fox 2000 Pictures
David Frankel (director); Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, Gisele Bündchen, Tracie Thoms, Stephanie Szostak

Comedy, Drama



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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Gore Verbinski (director); Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris, Kevin McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Tom Hollander, Geoffrey Rush

Swashbuckler, Fantasy

14
Little Man
Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios

Keenen Ivory Wayans (director/screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Molly Shannon
Comedy
You, Me and Dupree Universal Pictures
Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (directors); Michael LeSieur (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Todd Stashwick, Ralph Ting, Bill Hader

Comedy, Romance

21
Clerks II
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / View Askew Productions

Kevin Smith (director/screenplay); Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
Comedy
Lady in the Water
Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Blinding Edge Pictures

M. Night Shyamalan (director/screenplay); Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris

Fantasy, Thriller

Monster House
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Amblin Entertainment / ImageMovers

Gil Kenan (director); Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler (screenplay); Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Catherine O'Hara, Kathleen Turner, Fred Willard

Comedy, Horror, Family

Animation
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises

Ivan Reitman (director); Don Payne (screenplay); Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson, Wanda Sykes

Superhero, Comedy

26
Little Miss Sunshine
Fox Searchlight Pictures / Big Beach / Deep River Productions

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (directors); Michael Arndt (screenplay); Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Wallace Langham

Comedy, Drama, Road

28
The Ant Bully
Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Playtone

John A. Davis (director/screenplay); Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King, Bruce Campbell, Lily Tomlin, Cheri Oteri, Ricardo Montalbán

Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family

Animation
John Tucker Must Die 20th Century Fox
Betty Thomas (director); Jeff Lowell (screenplay); Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy, Fatso-Fasano, Patricia Drake, Taylor Kitsch, Kevin McNulty

Romance, Comedy

Miami Vice Universal Pictures
Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Justin Theroux, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Domenick Lombardozzi

Action, Crime, Thriller

Scoop
Focus Features / BBC Films / Ingenious Film Partners

Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Charles Dance, Romola Garai, Kevin R. McNally, Julian Glover

Romance, Comedy, Mystery


A
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Barnyard
Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies / O Entertainment

Steve Oedekerk (director/screenplay); Kevin James, Sam Elliott, Courteney Cox, Wanda Sykes, Danny Glover, Andie MacDowell, David Koechner, Jeffrey Garcia, Tino Insana, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen

Comedy, Family

Animation
The Descent
Lionsgate / Celador

Neil Marshall (director/screenplay); Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver Milburn

Adventure, Horror

The Night Listener
Miramax Films / IFC Films / Fortissimo Films

Patrick Stettner (director/screenplay); Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson (screenplay); Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Bobby Cannavale, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton, John Cullum, Lisa Emery
Psychological thriller
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Apatow Productions / Mosaic Media Group

Adam McKay (director/screenplay); Will Ferrell (screenplay); Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Gary Cole, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams, Andy Richter

Sports, Comedy

9
World Trade Center Paramount Pictures
Oliver Stone (director); Andrea Berloff (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Stephen Dorff, Jon Bernthal, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon, Donna Murphy, Frank Whaley, Jude Ciccolella, Danny Nucci

Disaster, Drama

11
Pulse
The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Distant Horizons

Jim Sonzero (director); Wes Craven, Ray Wright (screenplay); Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Zach Grenier, Samm Levine, Octavia Spencer, Ron Rifkin
Horror
Step Up
Touchstone Pictures / Summit Entertainment / Offspring Entertainment

Anne Fletcher (director); Duane Adler, Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Mario, Drew Sidora, Heavy D, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Henderson, Alyson Stoner

Dance, Romance

Zoom
Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios

Peter Hewitt (director); Adam Rifkin, David Berenbaum (screenplay); Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Rip Torn, Spencer Breslin, Kevin Zegers, Michael Cassidy, Kate Mara, Ryan Newman

Adventure, Superhero

18
Accepted
Universal Pictures / Shady Acres Entertainment

Steve Pink (director); Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Mark Perez (screenplay); Justin Long, Blake Lively, Anthony Heald, Jonah Hill, Lewis Black, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer, Mark Derwin, Ann Cusack
Comedy
The Illusionist ‡ Yari Film Group
Neil Burger (director/screenplay); Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood

Mystery, Romance

Kenny
Xenon Pictures / Madman Entertainment

Clayton Jacobson (director/screenplay); Shane Jacobson (screenplay); Shane Jacobson, Eve von Bibra, Clayton Jacobson, Ronald Jacobson, Jesse Jacobson
Mockumentary
Material Girls
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Maverick Films

Martha Coolidge (director); Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin, John Quaintance (screenplay); Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, María Conchita Alonso, Brent Spiner, Faith Prince, Marcus Coloma, Obba Babatundé, Reagan Dale Neis
Comedy
Snakes on a Plane
New Line Cinema / Mutual Film Company

David R. Ellis (director); Sebastian Gutierrez, David J. Taylor, John Heffernan (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Bobby Cannavale, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander, Todd Louiso, Sunny Mabrey, Kenan Thompson, Lin Shaye, David Koechner

Action, Thriller

25
Beerfest
Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures

Jay Chandrasekhar (director/screenplay); Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske (screenplay); Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Nat Faxon, Will Forte, Ralf Möller, Mo'Nique, Eric Christian Olsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman
Comedy
How to Eat Fried Worms
New Line Cinema / Walden Media

Bob Dolman (director); Luke Benward, Hallie Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Tom Cavanagh, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Austin Rogers, Alexander Gould, Ryan Malgarini, Philip Daniel Bolden, Clint Howard, Ty Panitz, James Rebhorn
Comedy
Idlewild
Universal Pictures / Atlas Entertainment

Bryan Barber (director/screenplay); André 3000, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Bruce Bruce, Bill Nunn, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Jackie Long
Musical
Invincible Walt Disney Pictures
Ericson Core (director); Brad Gann (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Kirk Acevedo, Dov Davidoff, Michael Kelly

Sports, Drama


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Crank
Lionsgate / Lakeshore Entertainment / Radical media

Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors/screenplay); Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Keone Young, Reno Wilson

Action, Black comedy

Crossover
TriStar Pictures / 360 Pictures

Preston A. Whitmore II (director/screenplay); Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Eva Pigford, Philip Champion, Lil' JJ, Alecia Fears
Sports
Idiocracy 20th Century Fox
Mike Judge (director/screenplay); Etan Cohen (screenplay); Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, David Herman, Justin Long, Andrew Wilson, Scarface, Thomas Haden Church, Stephen Root

Comedy, Sci-fi

The Wicker Man
Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Millennium Films / Saturn Films / Equity Pictures

Neil LaBute (director); Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Diane Delano
Horror
8
The Black Dahlia Universal Pictures
Brian De Palma (director); Josh Friedman (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Fiona Shaw, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Rose McGowan

Neo-noir, Crime, Thriller

The Covenant
Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment

Renny Harlin (director); J.S. Cardone (screenplay); Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas, Chace Crawford, Wendy Crewson, Stephen McHattie, Kenneth Welsh

Horror, Thriller

Tom-Yum-Goong The Weinstein Company
Prachya Pinkaew (director/screenplay); Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Napalee, Piyaros Thongdee, Joe Wannapin (screenplay); Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Jon Foo, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Xing Jing, Johnny Trí Nguyễn
Action
15
Everyone's Hero
Fox 2000 Pictures / IDT Entertainment

Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre, Colin Brady (directors); Robert Kurtz, Jeff Hand (screenplay); Jake T. Austin, William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Raven-Symoné, Brian Dennehy, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Wagner, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Dana Reeve, Richard Kind, Joe Torre

Sports, Comedy, Family

Animation
Gridiron Gang
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Original Film

Phil Joanou (director); Jeff Maguire (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy, L. Scott Caldwell, Jade Yorker, Mo McRae, Setu Taase, Trever O'Brien

Sports, Drama

The Last Kiss
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures

Tony Goldwyn (director); Zach Braff, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen, Harold Ramis

Romance, Comedy, Drama

16
Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers Shochiku Kazuya Konaka (director); Keiichi Hasegawa (screenplay); Shunji Igarashi, Masaki Nishina, Minoru Tanaka, Ai Saikawa, Daisuke Watanabe, Kenta Uchino, Misato Hirata
Superhero, Kaiju

22
All the King's Men
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Phoenix Pictures

Steven Zaillian (director/screenplay); Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Mark Ruffalo, Jackie Earle Haley, Kathy Baker
Drama
Fearless Rogue Pictures
Ronny Yu (director); Chris Chow, Christine To, Wang Bin, Li Feng (screenplay); Jet Li, Collin Chou, Dong Yong, Nakamura Shidō II, Betty Sun, Nathan Jones
Martial Arts
Flyboys
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Ingenious Film Partners / Electric Entertainment

Tony Bill (director); David S. Ward, Phil Sears, Blake T. Evans (screenplay); James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester, Tyler Labine, David Ellison

War, Drama

Jackass Number Two
Paramount Pictures / MTV Films / Dickhouse Productions

Jeff Tremaine (director/screenplay); Spike Jonze (screenplay); Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason Acuña, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey
Comedy
29
Facing the Giants
Samuel Goldwyn Films / Sherwood Pictures / Provident Films

Alex Kendrick (director/screenplay); Stephen Kendrick (screenplay); Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, James Blackwell, Jim McBride, Jason McLeod, Erin Bethea, Tracey Cave

Christian, Sports, Drama

The Guardian
Touchstone Pictures / Beacon Pictures / Flash Film Works

Andrew Davis (director); Ron L. Brinkerhoff (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick

Action, Adventure, Drama

Open Season
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation

Jill Culton, Roger Allers (directors); Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Georgia Engel, Jane Krakowski, Patrick Warburton, Gordon Tootoosis

Comedy, Family

Animation
School for Scoundrels
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films

Todd Phillips (director); Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jacinda Barrett, Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, David Cross, Matt Walsh, Horatio Sanz
Comedy
30
The Queen
Miramax Films / Granada Productions

Stephen Frears (director); Peter Morgan (screenplay); Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Tim McMullan
Drama


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Opening
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Medium

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The Departed Warner Bros. Pictures
Martin Scorsese (director); William Monahan (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin

Crime, Drama

Employee of the Month Lionsgate
Greg Coolidge (director/screenplay); Don Calame, Chris Conroy (screenplay); Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, Brian George, Harland Williams, Efren Ramirez, Marcello Thedford, Tim Bagley, Danny Woodburn
Comedy
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
New Line Cinema / Platinum Dunes

Jonathan Liebesman (director); Sheldon Turner (screenplay); Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, Lee Tergesen, R. Lee Ermey
Slasher
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie
Alliance Atlantis / Odeon Films

Mike Clattenburg (director/screenplay); Robb Wells (screenplay); Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth, Jonathan Torrens, Patrick Roach, Cory Bowles, Michael Jackson, Lucy DeCoutere, Sarah E. Dunsworth

Comedy, Crime

13
The Grudge 2
Columbia Pictures / Ghost House Pictures

Takashi Shimizu (director); Stephen Susco (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, Teresa Palmer
Horror
Man of the Year
Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions

Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler

Comedy, Drama

The Marine
20th Century Fox / WWE Studios

John Bonito (director); Alan B. McElroy, Michelle Gallagher (screenplay); John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Anthony Ray Parker, Abigail Bianca, Damon Gibson, Manu Bennett, Jerome Ehlers, Drew Powell, Jeff Chase
Action
One Night with the King Gener8Xion Entertainment Michael O. Sajbel (director); Stephan Blinn (screenplay); Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Tom Lister Jr., Jonah Lotan, John Noble, James Callis
Epic
20
Flags of Our Fathers
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment

Clint Eastwood (director); William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis (screenplay); Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough and Benjamin Walker
War
Flicka Fox 2000 Pictures
Michael Mayer (director); Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten, Dallas Roberts, Nick Searcy, Danny Pino

Adventure, Drama

Marie Antoinette
Columbia Pictures / Tohokushinsha Film / American Zoetrope

Sofia Coppola (director/screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan, Tom Hardy

Comedy, Drama

The Prestige
Touchstone Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Newmarket Films

Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, David Bowie

Mystery, Thriller, Drama

27
Babel ‡
Paramount Vantage / Anonymous Content / Central Films / Media Rights Capital

Alejandro González Iñárritu (director); Guillermo Arriaga (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kōji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Elle Fanning, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Michael Peña
Drama
Catch a Fire
Universal Pictures / Working Title Films / Mirage Enterprises

Phillip Noyce (director); Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna

Biographical, Thriller

Dirty Sanchez: the Movie
Vertigo Films / MTV Europe
Jim Hickey (director); Matthew Pritchard, Michael Locke (The Pain Men), Lee Dainton, Dan Joyce
Reality
Saw III
Lionsgate / Twisted Pictures

Darren Lynn Bousman (director); Leigh Whannell (screenplay); Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose
Horror

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Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Fox 2000 Pictures
Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell Campbell, Pamela Anderson

Comedy, Mockumentary

Flushed Away
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation / Aardman Animations

David Bowers, Sam Fell (directors); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, William Davies (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Jean Reno, Shane Richie

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Animation
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Walt Disney Pictures
Michael Lembeck (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss (screenplay); Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak

Christmas, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Family

Volver ‡ Sony Pictures Classics
Pedro Almodóvar (director/screenplay); Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave
Drama
9
Breaking and Entering
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Miramax Films / Alliance Films

Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Rafi Gavron, Martin Freeman, Juliet Stevenson, Ed Westwick, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga

Romance, Crime, Drama

10
A Good Year
20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions

Ridley Scott (director); Marc Klein (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Harsh Times Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
David Ayer (director/screenplay); Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Terry Crews, Noel Gugliemi, Craig Ricci Shaynak, J.K. Simmons, Armando Riesco, Emilio Rivera
Crime
The Return Rogue Pictures
Asif Kapadia (director); Adam Sussman (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, Sam Shepard

Horror, Thriller

Stranger Than Fiction
Columbia Pictures / Mandate Pictures

Marc Forster (director); Zach Helm (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt

Fantasy, Comedy, Drama

17
Bobby ‡
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Bold Films

Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Heather Graham, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater
Drama
Casino Royale
Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Martin Campbell (director); Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Caterina Murino, Ivana Miličević, Simon Abkarian
Spy
For Your Consideration ‡
Warner Independent Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Shangri-La Entertainment

Christopher Guest (director/screenplay); Eugene Levy (screenplay); Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban
Comedy
Happy Feet
Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures

George Miller (director/screenplay); John Collee, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman (screenplay); Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin

Musical, Comedy, Family

Animation
Let's Go to Prison
Universal Pictures / The Carsey-Werner Company / Strike Entertainment

Bob Odenkirk (director); Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Michael Patrick Jann (screenplay); Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker, Michael Shannon, Bob Odenkirk
Comedy
22
Deck the Halls
20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises

John Whitesell (director); Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Jorge Garcia, Jackie Burroughs, Fred Armisen

Christmas, Comedy, Family

Déjà Vu
Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Tony Scott (director); Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Elle Fanning

Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The Fountain
Warner Bros. Pictures / Regency Enterprises

Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Cliff Curtis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy, Ethan Suplee

Epic, Romance, Drama

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
New Line Cinema / Red Hour Films

Liam Lynch (director/screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass (screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass, JR Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Grohl

Musical, Comedy


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The Nativity Story
New Line Cinema / Temple Hill Entertainment

Catherine Hardwicke (director); Mike Rich (screenplay); Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend
Drama
Turistas
Fox Atomic / 2929 Entertainment

John Stockwell (director); Michael Arlen Ross (screenplay); Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib, Miguel Lunardi
Horror
Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Myriad Pictures / National Lampoon

Mort Nathan (director); David Drew Gallagher (screenplay); Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Holly Davidson
Comedy
3
Miss Potter
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Phoenix Pictures

Chris Noonan (director); Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn

Biographical Fiction, Family, Drama

8
Apocalypto
Touchstone Pictures / Icon Productions

Mel Gibson (director/screenplay); Farhad Safinia (screenplay); Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Gerardo Taracena, Israel Contreras, Dalia Hernández, Ian Uriel, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza

Epic, Adventure

Blood Diamond
Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios

Edward Zwick (director); Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Stephen Collins

War, Thriller

The Holiday
Columbia Pictures / Universal Pictures / Relativity Media / Waverly Films

Nancy Meyers (director/screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Lindsay Lohan, James Franco, Shannyn Sossamon, Kathryn Hahn, Odette Yustman

Romance, Comedy

Unaccompanied Minors
Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / The Donners' Company

Paul Feig (director); Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Brett Kelly, Gia Mantegna, Quinn Shephard

Christmas, Comedy, Adventure, Family

15
Charlotte's Web
Paramount Pictures / Walden Media / The K Entertainment Company / Nickelodeon Movies

Gary Winick (director); Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Dominic Scott Kay, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, Thomas Haden Church, Beau Bridges, Kevin Anderson
Family
Dreamgirls ‡
Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures

Bill Condon (director/screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal

Musical, Drama

Eragon Fox 2000 Pictures
Stefen Fangmeier (director); Peter Buchman (screenplay); Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, Alun Armstrong

Action, Fantasy

The Pursuit of Happyness
Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Overbrook Entertainment / Escape Artists Motion Pictures

Gabriele Muccino (director); Steven Conrad (screenplay); Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, Dan Castellaneta, James Karen, Kurt Fuller

Biography, Drama

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Salvage Off Hollywood Pictures Jeffrey and Joshua Crook (directors/screenplay); Lauren Currie, Cody Darbe, Chris Ferry, Maureen Olander, John P. Miller, Jessica DeLong, Sam Dahler Horror
20
Letters from Iwo Jima ‡
Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / Malpaso Productions

Clint Eastwood (director); Iris Yamashita (screenplay); Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryō Kase, Nakamura Shidō II, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki
War
Rocky Balboa
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios

Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Tony Burton, Lou DiBella, James Francis Kelly III

Sports, Drama

21
Curse of the Golden Flower ‡ Sony Pictures Classics
Zhang Yimou (director/screenplay); Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Qin Junjie, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong, Chen Jin, Li Man

Wuxia, Drama

22
The Good Shepherd
Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions

Robert De Niro (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Gabriel Macht, William Hurt, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Gambon, Lee Pace, Eddie Redmayne
Spy
Night at the Museum
20th Century Fox / 1492 Pictures

Shawn Levy (director); Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Jake Cherry, Kim Raver, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Charles Q. Murphy, Paul Rudd

Fantasy, Comedy, Family

We Are Marshall
Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures

McG (director); Jamie Linden (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, January Jones, Brian Geraghty, David Strathairn

Drama, Biography

25
Black Christmas
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films / 2929 Entertainment / Hard Eight Pictures

Glen Morgan (director/screenplay); Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Karin Konoval
Slasher
Children of Men ‡
Universal Pictures / Strike Entertainment

Alfonso Cuarón (director/screenplay); Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata (screenplay); Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Pam Ferris, Peter Mullan, Danny Huston

Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Notes on a Scandal ‡ Fox Searchlight Pictures
Richard Eyre (director); Patrick Marber (screenplay); Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan

Psychological thriller, Drama

29
Arthur and the Invisibles ‡
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / EuropaCorp

Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Céline Garcia (screenplay); Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, David Bowie, Mia Farrow, Snoop Dogg, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ron Crawford, Jason Bateman, Anthony Anderson

Adventure, Fantasy, Family

Live action/Animation
Pan's Labyrinth ‡
Picturehouse / Telecinco Cinema

Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Federico Luppi
Fantasy


Films released in 2006




  • American films

  • Argentine films

  • Australian films

  • Bengali films

  • Bollywood films

  • Brazilian films

  • British films

  • French films

  • Hong Kong films

  • Italian films

  • Japanese films

  • Mexican films

  • Pakistani films

  • Russian films

  • South Korean films

  • Spanish films

  • Tamil films

  • Telugu films



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Month Date Name Age Country Profession
Notable films

January
?? Rose Alba 85 UK Actress

  • Thunderball

  • School for Sex


2 Osa Massen 91 Denmark Actress

  • A Woman's Face

  • Rocketship X-M


2 John Woodnutt 81 UK Actor

  • Who Dares Wins

  • Lifeforce


5 Mark Roberts 84 USA Actor

  • Gilda

  • Shadowed


7 Jim Zulevic 40 USA Actor

  • Let's Go to Prison

  • Matchstick Men


12 Stu Linder 74 USA Film Editor

  • Rain Man

  • Good Morning, Vietnam

  • Young Sherlock Holmes

  • Quiz Show

  • Bugsy


14 Shelley Winters 85 USA Actress

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

  • Lolita

  • A Patch of Blue

  • The Poseidon Adventure

  • Pete's Dragon


19 Anthony Franciosa 77 USA Actor

  • The Long, Hot Summer

  • Assault on a Queen


21 Robert Knudson 80 USA Sound Re-Recording Mixer

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

  • Scarface

  • The Exorcist

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit


23 Joseph M. Newman 96 USA Director

  • This Island Earth

  • 711 Ocean Drive


24 Fayard Nicholas 91 USA Actor, Dancer, Choreographer

  • Stormy Weather

  • The Pirate


24 Chris Penn 40 USA Actor

  • Reservoir Dogs

  • Footloose

  • Pale Rider

  • Rush Hour

  • Starsky & Hutch


26 Len Carlson 68 Canada Actor
Cypher
27 Paul Valentine 86 USA Actor

  • Out of the Past

  • House of Strangers


28 Henry McGee 77 UK Actor

  • The Italian Job

  • Revenge of the Pink Panther


31 Moira Shearer 80 UK Actress, Dancer

  • Peeping Tom

  • The Red Shoes



February
1 Roy Alon 63 UK Stuntman

  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  • Children of Men

  • Die Another Day

  • 101 Dalmatians

  • Entrapment


3 Jean Byron 80 USA Actress

  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

  • There's Always Tomorrow


3 Al Lewis 82 USA Actor

  • Used Cars

  • Munster, Go Home!

  • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

  • Car 54, Where Are You?

  • Married to the Mob


5 Franklin Cover 77 USA Actor

  • Wall Street

  • Almost Heroes


6 Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez 80 USA Actor

  • The High and the Mighty

  • Rio Bravo


9 Phil Brown 89 USA Actor

  • Star Wars

  • Superman

  • Chaplin

  • The Pink Panther Strikes Again


13 Andreas Katsulas 59 USA Actor

  • The Fugitive

  • Executive Decision

  • Next of Kin


14 Darry Cowl 80 France Actor

  • Not on the Lips

  • Don't Touch the White Woman!


17 Harold Hunter 31 USA Actor

  • Kids

  • Kung Faux


18 Richard Bright 64 USA Actor

  • The Godfather

  • The Getaway

  • Once Upon a Time in America

  • Red Heat

  • Marathon Man


19 Erna Lazarus 102 USA Screenwriter

  • The Body Disappears

  • Hollywood or Bust


21 Richard Snell 50 Bahamas Makeup Artist

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End


24 Don Knotts 81 USA Actor

  • The Incredible Mr. Limpet

  • The Shakiest Gun in the West

  • The Apple Dumpling Gang

  • The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

  • Pleasantville


24 Dennis Weaver 81 USA Actor

  • Duel

  • Touch of Evil

  • Home on the Range


25 Darren McGavin 83 USA Actor

  • The Natural

  • A Christmas Story

  • Billy Madison

  • Dead Heat

  • Airport '77



March
1 Peter Sykes 66 Australia Director, Actor

  • To the Devil a Daughter

  • Jesus


1 Jack Wild 53 UK Actor

  • Oliver!

  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves


2 Phyllis Huffman 61 USA Casting Director

  • Million Dollar Baby

  • Unforgiven

  • Mystic River

  • Space Cowboys

  • Blood Work


7 John Junkin 76 UK Writer, Actor

  • A Hard Day's Night

  • The Football Factory


7 Gordon Parks 93 USA Director

  • Shaft

  • The Learning Tree


12 Joseph Bova 81 USA Actor

  • Serpico

  • Pretty Poison


13 Maureen Stapleton 80 USA Actress

  • Reds

  • Cocoon

  • Airport

  • The Money Pit

  • Bye Bye Birdie


16 Moira Redmond 77 UK Actress

  • A Shot in the Dark

  • Nightmare


17 Bob Papenbrook 50 USA Voice Actor

  • Stranger than Fiction

  • Jeepers Creepers 2

  • Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed


18 Michael Attwell 63 UK Actor

  • Labyrinth

  • High Heels and Low Lifes


25 Richard Fleischer 89 USA Director

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

  • Doctor Dolittle

  • Fantastic Voyage

  • Soylent Green

  • The Jazz Singer


29 Gretchen Rau 66 USA Set and Art Director

  • Memoirs of a Geisha

  • The Last Samurai

  • Crocodile Dundee

  • The Good Shepherd

  • Unbreakable



April
4 Gary Gray 69 USA Actor

  • Meet Me in St. Louis

  • Gaslight


9 Vilgot Sjöman 82 Sweden Director

  • I Am Curious (Yellow)

  • I Am Curious (Blue)


11 June Pointer 52 USA Actress

  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

  • Hot Shots! Part Deux


16 John Godey 93 USA Author

  • The Taking of Pelham 123

  • Johnny Handsome


17 Henderson Forsythe 88 USA Actor

  • Silkwood

  • Species II


22 Alida Valli 84 Italy Actress

  • The Third Man

  • Inferno


23 Susan Browning 65 USA Actress

  • Sister Act

  • The Money Pit


23 Jennifer Jayne 74 UK Actress, Writer

  • The Medusa Touch

  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors



May
1 Jay Presson Allen 84 USA Writer, Producer

  • Cabaret

  • Marnie


1 Betsy Jones-Moreland 76 USA Actress

  • Last Woman on Earth

  • Creature from the Haunted Sea


4 Michael Taliferro 44 USA Actor, Director, Producer

  • The Replacements

  • Bad Boys

  • Life

  • You Got Served


8 George Lutz 59 USA Author, Screenwriter
The Amityville Horror
10 Val Guest 94 USA Director, Screenwriter

  • Casino Royale

  • The Abominable Snowman


14 Paul Marco 78 USA Actor

  • Plan 9 from Outer Space

  • Hiawatha


21 Katherine Dunham 96 USA Dancer

  • Stormy Weather

  • Casbah


24 Henry Bumstead 91 USA Art Director

  • To Kill a Mockingbird

  • Vertigo

  • The Sting

  • Million Dollar Baby

  • Cape Fear


27 Paul Gleason 67 USA Actor

  • The Breakfast Club

  • Die Hard

  • Trading Places

  • She's Having a Baby

  • Arthur


30 Shohei Imamura 79 Japan Actor

  • Endless Desire

  • The Insect Woman


30 Robert Sterling 88 USA Actor

  • Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

  • Show Boat



June
4 Alec Bregonzi 76 UK Actor

  • Revenge of the Pink Panther

  • Georgy Girl


8 Robert Donner 75 USA Actor

  • Cool Hand Luke

  • El Dorado

  • Hoot


10 Gerald James 88 UK Actor

  • The Man with the Golden Gun

  • Hope and Glory


12 Hugh Latimer 75 UK Actor

  • The Million Pound Note

  • Jane Eyre


16 Arthur Franz 86 USA Actor

  • Invaders from Mars

  • Sands of Iwo Jima


18 Vincent Sherman 99 USA Director

  • The Young Philadelphians

  • Mr. Skeffington


18 Richard Stahl 74 USA Actor

  • The American President

  • Overboard

  • Ghosts of Mississippi

  • 9 to 5


23 Aaron Spelling 83 USA Producer, Actor

  • Mr. Mom

  • The Spirit of St. Louis


25 Kenneth Griffith 84 UK Actor

  • Four Weddings and a Funeral

  • Sky Riders



July
2 Jan Murray 89 USA Actor

  • Which Way to the Front?

  • The Busy Body


3 Jack Smith 92 USA Actor

  • King Kong

  • Cannonball Run II


5 Amzie Strickland 87 USA Actress

  • Pretty Woman

  • Shiloh


6 Kasey Rogers 80 USA Actress

  • Strangers on a Train

  • Two Lost Worlds


8 June Allyson 88 USA Actress

  • The Glenn Miller Story

  • The Three Musketeers


9 Chris Drake 82 USA Actor

  • Them!

  • Father of the Bride


11 Barnard Hughes 90 USA Actor

  • Tron

  • Midnight Cowboy

  • The Lost Boys

  • Doc Hollywood

  • Oh, God!


12 Kurt Kreuger 89 Germany Actor

  • Sahara

  • The Enemy Below


13 Red Buttons 87 USA Actor

  • Sayonara

  • Pete's Dragon


18 David Maloney 72 UK Director, Producer
19 Jack Warden 85 USA Actor

  • Heaven Can Wait

  • 12 Angry Men

  • Being There

  • All the President's Men

  • Problem Child


20 Robert O. Cornthwaite 89 USA Actor

  • The War of the Worlds

  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?


21 Mako 72 Japan Actor

  • Conan the Barbarian

  • The Sand Pebbles

  • Pearl Harbor

  • Taxi Driver

  • Memoirs of a Geisha


27 Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. 65 USA Actor

  • THX 1138

  • American Graffiti


28 Patrick Allen 79 Malawi Actor

  • Dial M for Murder

  • Jet Storm



August
4 John Alderson 90 USA Actor

  • Blazing Saddles

  • My Fair Lady


7 Lois January 92 USA Actress

  • The Wizard of Oz

  • The Pace That Kills


13 Tony Jay 73 UK Voice Actor, Actor

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Twins

  • Beauty and the Beast

  • Time Bandits

  • My Stepmother Is an Alien


14 Bruno Kirby 57 USA Actor

  • The Godfather Part II

  • City Slickers

  • The Basketball Diaries

  • This Is Spinal Tap

  • Stuart Little


16 Alan Vint 61 USA Actor

  • Badlands

  • The Panic in Needle Park


24 Earl Jolly Brown 66 USA Actor
Live and Let Die
25 Ann Richards 88 Australia Actress

  • Sorry, Wrong Number

  • An American Romance


25 Joseph Stefano 84 USA Screenwriter

  • Psycho

  • Two Bits


29 Bill Stewart 63 UK Actor

  • 101 Dalmatians

  • Anna and the King


30 Glenn Ford 90 Canada Actor

  • Gilda

  • 3:10 to Yuma

  • Superman

  • Blackboard Jungle

  • Cimarron


31 William Aldrich 61 USA Producer, Actor

  • Flight of the Phoenix

  • The Sheltering Sky



September
4 Steve Irwin 44 Australia Wildlife Expert, Actor

  • Happy Feet

  • The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course


4 Fernando Siro 74 Argentina Actor, Director

  • Where the Wind Dies

  • Un Argentino en New York


5 Hilary Mason 89 UK Actress

  • Don't Look Now

  • Robot Jox


7 Robert Earl Jones 96 USA Actor

  • The Sting

  • Witness

  • The Cotton Club


8 Frank Middlemass 87 UK Actor

  • Barry Lyndon

  • The Island


9 Gérard Brach 79 France Director, Writer

  • The Name of the Rose

  • Frantic


9 Herbert Rudley 96 USA Actor

  • The Court Jester

  • The Young Lions


11 Pat Corley 76 USA Actor

  • Coming Home

  • The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training


14 Johnny Sekka 72 USA Actor

  • Mohammad, Messenger of God

  • Babylon 5: The Gathering


14 Virginia Vale 86 USA Actress

  • Blonde Comet

  • Broadway Big Shot


19 Elizabeth Allen 77 USA Actress

  • Donovan's Reef

  • Star Spangled Girl


20 Sven Nykvist 83 Sweden Cinematographer

  • Sleepless in Seattle

  • Chaplin

  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape

  • Crimes and Misdemeanors

  • Cries and Whispers


22 Edward Albert 55 USA Actor

  • Butterflies Are Free

  • 40 Carats


23 Malcolm Arnold 84 UK Composer

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

  • Suddenly, Last Summer


24 Sally Gray 91 UK Actress

  • Green for Danger

  • The Saint in London


26 Lionel Murton 91 UK Actor

  • Patton

  • The Dirty Dozen


28 Hy Pyke 70 USA Actor

  • Blade Runner

  • White House Madness



October
2 Frances Bergen 84 USA Actress

  • American Gigolo

  • The Muppets Take Manhattan


2 Tamara Dobson 59 USA Actress, Makeup Artist

  • Cleopatra Jones

  • Norman... Is That You?


4 Tom Bell 73 UK Actor

  • Wish You Were Here

  • Feast of July


9 Danièle Huillet 70 France Director

  • The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

  • History Lessons


10 Jerry Belson 68 USA Producer, Writer

  • Always

  • Fun with Dick and Jane


12 Gillo Pontecorvo 86 Italy Director, Writer

  • The Battle of Algiers

  • Kapò


15 Derek Bond 86 UK Actor

  • Uncle Silas

  • When Eight Bells Toll


16 Ross Davidson 57 UK Actor

  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

  • The Crimson Permanent Assurance


16 Jack DeLeon 81 USA Actor, Miscellaneous

  • The Hobbit

  • Life Stinks


16 Tommy Johnson 71 USA Musician

  • The Matrix

  • The Godfather


19 James Glennon 64 USA Cinematographer, Second Assistant Camera

  • About Schmidt

  • Election


19 Phyllis Kirk 79 USA Actress

  • House of Wax

  • Back from Eternity


20 Jane Wyatt 96 USA Actress

  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

  • Lost Horizon


21 Peter Barkworth 77 UK Actor

  • Patton

  • Where Eagles Dare


21 Daryl Duke 77 Canada Director

  • The Silent Partner

  • The Thorn Birds


21 Milton Selzer 87 USA Actor

  • Sid and Nancy

  • The Cincinnati Kid


22 B. Constance Barry 93 USA Actress

  • Trading Places

  • Arthur


22 Arthur Hill 84 Canada Actor

  • Harper

  • The Andromeda Strain


22 Richard Mayes 83 UK Actor

  • Gandhi

  • Top Secret!


29 Roy Barnes 70 USA Art Director, Set Designer

  • War of the Worlds

  • The Last Samurai


29 Nigel Kneale 84 UK Screenwriter, Actor

  • Halloween III: Season of the Witch

  • Quatermass and the Pit


31 William Franklyn 81 UK Actor, Writer

  • Cul-de-sac

  • The Satanic Rites of Dracula



November
1 Adrienne Shelly 40 USA Actress, Director

  • Waitress

  • The Unbelievable Truth


2 Leonard Schrader 62 USA Screenwriter

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

  • Blue Collar


2 Milly Vitale 73 Italy Actress

  • The Seven Little Foys

  • The Juggler


8 Basil Poledouris 61 USA Composer

  • Starship Troopers

  • RoboCop

  • The Hunt for Red October

  • Red Dawn

  • Free Willy


9 Wayne Artman 69 USA Sound Re-Recording

  • Falling Down

  • Lethal Weapon 3


9 Marian Marsh 93 USA Actress

  • The Mad Genius

  • The Black Room


10 Diana Coupland 74 UK Actress

  • The Twelve Chairs

  • The Millionairess


10 Chubby Oates 63 UK Actor
Killer's Moon
10 Jack Palance 87 USA Actor

  • Shane

  • City Slickers

  • Batman

  • Tango & Cash

  • Young Guns


11 Belinda Emmett 32 Australia Actress
The Nugget
11 Ronnie Stevens 81 UK Actor

  • The Parent Trap

  • Brassed Off


14 John Hallam 65 UK Actor

  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

  • Flash Gordon


15 Elaine Ives-Cameron 67 UK Actress
Supergirl
16 Eustace Lycett 91 USA Special Effects, Visual Effects

  • Mary Poppins

  • Bedknobs and Broomsticks


19 Jeremy Slate 80 USA Actor

  • The Devil's Brigade

  • True Grit


20 Robert Altman 81 USA Director, Screenwriter

  • MASH

  • Gosford Park

  • The Player

  • Nashville

  • A Prairie Home Companion


20 Kevin McClory 80 Ireland Miscellaneous, Producer

  • The Africa Queen

  • Never Say Never Again


23 Betty Comden 89 USA Screenwriter, Lyricist

  • Singin' in the Rain

  • The Band Wagon


23 Philippe Noiret 76 France Actor, Voice Dubbing

  • Cinema Paradiso

  • Il Postino: The Postman


24 Phyllis Cerf 90 USA Actress

  • Vivacious Lady

  • Little Men


27 Alan Freeman 79 UK Actor, Producer

  • Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

  • Absolute Beginners


27 Anthony Jackson 62 UK Actor
Labyrinth
29 Leon Niemczyk 62 Poland Actor
Inland Empire
30 Shirley Walker 61 USA Composer, Orchestrator

  • Apocalypse Now

  • Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

  • Escape from L.A.

  • Final Destination

  • True Lies



December
1 Sid Raymond 97 USA Actor, Voice Actor

  • Two Much

  • Herman and Katnip


4 Adam Williams 84 USA Actor

  • North by Northwest

  • Fear Strikes Out


5 Michael Gilden 44 USA Actor

  • Return of the Jedi

  • Pulp Fiction


5 Gerry Humphreys 74 UK Sound Re-Recording

  • Blade Runner

  • Gandhi


6 Mavis Pugh 92 UK Actress
The Class of Miss MacMichael
7 Desmond Briscoe 81 UK Sound Effects

  • The Haunting

  • The Man Who Fell to Earth


8 Martha Tilton 91 USA Singer, Actress

  • Swing Hostess

  • Crime, Inc.


9 Russell Wade 89 USA Actor
Ball of FireMr. & Mrs. Smith
12 Ivor Barry 87 USA Actor, Writer
Weird ScienceThe Andromeda Strain
12 Peter Boyle 71 USA Actor

  • Taxi Driver

  • Young Frankenstein

  • Monster's Ball

  • Malcolm X

  • The Santa Clause


14 Hallie D'Amore 64 UK Makeup Artist
Forrest GumpApollo 13
14 Mike Evans 57 USA Writer, Actor
Now You See Him, Now You Don'tThe House on Skull Mountain
18 Joseph Barbera 95 USA Director, Producer
The FlintstonesJetsons: The Movie
21 Lois Hall 80 USA Actress
Gone in 60 SecondsFlightplan
22 Philip Pine 86 USA Actor
D.O.AThe Set-Up
23 Charlie Drake 81 USA Actor
The PlankSands of the Desert
24 Marc Smith ?? UK Actor
Live and Let DieMoonraker
25 James Brown 73 USA Singer, Actor
Jerry MaguireThe Proposal
27 Anna Navarro 73 USA Actress
Last Action HeroTopaz
30 Frank Campanella 87 USA Actor

  • Pretty Woman

  • Dick Tracy




Film Debuts




  • Katie Cassidy – When a Stranger Calls


  • Rebecca Hall – Starter for 10


  • Armie Hammer – Flicka


  • Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls


  • Rami Malek — Night at the Museum


  • Eddie Redmayne – Like Minds


  • Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem



Notes





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References


  • Box Office Mojo film release schedule.









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