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Best Movies of 2006

The highest-rated films released in 2006, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 217 titlesavg ★ 6.48 avg 106 min Drama Comedy Thriller Action

Most watched in 2006

The Prestige2006 · ★ 8.2 · 2h 10m

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006 · ★ 7.4 · 2h 31m

The Departed2006 · ★ 8.2 · 2h 31m

V for Vendetta2006 · ★ 7.9 · 2h 12m

Cars2006 · ★ 7.1 · 1h 57m

The Devil Wears Prada2006 · ★ 7.4 · 1h 49m

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#1 The Prestige (2006) · ★ 8.2 · 18,162 votes · 2h 10m · drama, science-fiction, mystery
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequ…
#2 The Departed (2006) · ★ 8.2 · 16,699 votes · 2h 31m · thriller, drama, crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop cu…
#3 The Lives of Others (2006) · ★ 8.0 · 4,249 votes · 2h 17m · thriller, drama
In 1984 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the…
#4 V for Vendetta (2006) · ★ 7.9 · 15,954 votes · 2h 12m · action, thriller, science-fiction
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V resc…
#5 The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) · ★ 7.9 · 10,886 votes · 1h 57m · drama
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.…
#6 Pan's Labyrinth (2006) · ★ 7.8 · 11,767 votes · 1h 58m · fantasy, drama, war
In post–civil war Spain, 10-year-old Ofelia moves with her pregnant mother to live under the control of her cruel stepfather. Drawn into a mysterious labyrinth, she meets a faun wh…
#7 Paprika (2006) · ★ 7.8 · 3,001 votes · 1h 30m · thriller, science-fiction, animation
Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stole…
#8 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) · ★ 7.8 · 2,270 votes · 1h 38m · fantasy, drama, science-fiction
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to 'leap' backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon…
#9 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) · ★ 7.7 · 8,099 votes · 1h 42m · comedy, drama
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.…
#10 Apocalypto (2006) · ★ 7.7 · 6,695 votes · 2h 18m · action, drama, history
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppre…
#11 Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006) · ★ 7.7 · 674 votes · 1h 39m · animation, family
Raised on tales of a Djinn fairy princess, Azur, a young Frenchman goes to North Africa in search of the sprite, only to discover that his close childhood friend, Asmar, an Arab yo…
#12 Casino Royale (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 12,033 votes · 2h 24m · action, adventure, thriller
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financi…
#13 Blood Diamond (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 8,574 votes · 2h 23m · action, thriller, drama
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink dia…
#14 Children of Men (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 8,105 votes · 1h 49m · action, thriller, drama
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child…
#15 The Fall (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 1,610 votes · 1h 57m · fantasy, adventure, drama
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes…
#16 Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 1,271 votes · 1h 23m · animation, family
King Randolph sends for his cousin, Duchess Rowena, to help turn his daughters, Princess Genevieve and her eleven sisters, into royal material. But the Duchess strips the sisters o…
#17 Imagine Me & You (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 1,139 votes · 1h 33m · comedy, romance, drama
During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian…
#18 Facing the Giants (2006) · ★ 7.6 · 507 votes · 1h 51m · drama
A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.…
#19 Lucky Number Slevin (2006) · ★ 7.5 · 4,638 votes · 1h 50m · thriller, drama, crime
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin…
#20 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) · ★ 7.5 · 2,401 votes · 2h 21m · action, drama, war
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.…
#21 Volver (2006) · ★ 7.5 · 1,974 votes · 2h 1m · comedy, romance, drama
Three generations of women deal with family secrets while surviving the east wind, fire, insanity, superstition, lies and even death.…
#22 Fearless (2006) · ★ 7.5 · 1,463 votes · 1h 43m · action, drama
After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his…
#23 Lifted (2006) · ★ 7.5 · 846 votes · 0h 5m · comedy, science-fiction, animation
When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducti…
#24 Peaceful Warrior (2006) · ★ 7.5 · 504 votes · 2h 0m · drama
A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.…
#25 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 17,591 votes · 2h 31m · action, fantasy, adventure
Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutch…
#26 The Devil Wears Prada (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 14,284 votes · 1h 49m · comedy, drama
A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life edito…
#27 Inside Man (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 6,589 votes · 2h 9m · thriller, drama, crime
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption…
#28 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 5,178 votes · 2h 27m · fantasy, drama, crime
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work take…
#29 The Last King of Scotland (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 2,462 votes · 2h 3m · drama
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the…
#30 Black Book (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 1,283 votes · 2h 25m · thriller, drama, war
Israel, 1956: Jewish teacher Rachel Stein rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz. It brings back memories of her experiences in the Netherlands during the war, memo…
#31 Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 972 votes · 1h 33m · action, thriller, drama
Heavyweight Champ George "Iceman" Chambers is sent to a Russian jail on trumped-up drug charges. In order to win his freedom he must fight against the jailhouse fighting champ Uri…
#32 Glory Road (2006) · ★ 7.4 · 829 votes · 1h 58m · drama, history
In 1966, Texas Western coach Don Haskins led the first all-black starting line-up for a college basketball team to the NCAA national championship.…
#33 The Illusionist (2006) · ★ 7.3 · 5,467 votes · 1h 50m · fantasy, thriller, romance
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult…
#34 Stranger Than Fiction (2006) · ★ 7.3 · 2,641 votes · 1h 53m · comedy, fantasy, romance
Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.…
#35 The Painted Veil (2006) · ★ 7.3 · 1,309 votes · 2h 5m · romance, drama
A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.…
#36 Those Happy Days (2006) · ★ 7.3 · 1,131 votes · 1h 43m · comedy, family
Set in 1992, a manager Vincent has to run a children's holiday camp for three weeks and to face the unexpected concerning the place, his colleagues, various problems linked to chil…
#37 The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) · ★ 7.3 · 933 votes · 2h 7m · drama, war
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and…
#38 Last Holiday (2006) · ★ 7.3 · 906 votes · 1h 52m · comedy, adventure, drama
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With we…
#39 Babel (2006) · ★ 7.2 · 4,166 votes · 2h 23m · drama
Tragedy strikes a married couple vacationing in the Moroccan desert, which jumpstarts an interlocking story involving four different families.…
#40 OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) · ★ 7.2 · 1,907 votes · 1h 39m · action, comedy, adventure
Set in 1955, French secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath/OSS 117 is sent to Cairo to investigate the disappearance of his best friend and fellow spy Jack Jefferson, only to stu…