BEST FILMS OF 2006

  1. The Departed Martin Scorsese, U.S.

  2. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu, Romania

  3. Army of Shadows Jean-Pierre Melville, France/Italy

  4. L’Enfant Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France

  5. The Queen Stephen Frears, U.K./France/Italy

  6. Borat Larry Charles, U.S.

  7. Half Nelson Ryan Fleck, U.S.

  8. United 93 Paul Greengrass, France/U.K./U.S.

  9. Volver Pedro Almodóvar, Spain

  10. Inland Empire David Lynch, U.S./France/Poland

BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2006

  1. Syndromes and a Century Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/France/Austria
  2. Three Times Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan  
  3. A Scanner Darkly Richard Linklater, U.S.
  4. Old Joy Kelly Reichardt, U.S. (tie) Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood, U.S.
  5. Tristram Shandy Michael Winterbottom, U.K.
  6. Pan’s Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro, Mexico/Spain/U.S.
  7. Letters from Iwo Jima Clint Eastwood, U.S.
  8. Mutual Appreciation Andrew Bujalski, U.S.
  9. A Prairie Home Companion Robert Altman, U.S.
  10. Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón, U.K./U.S.
  11. Casino Royale Martin Campbell, U.K./U.S.
  12. Climates Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey/France
  13. Inside Man Spike Lee, U.S.
  14. The Descent Neil Marshall, U.K.
  15. Clean Olivier Assayas, Canada/France/U.K.
  16. Our Daily Bread Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Germany/Austria
  17. Iraq in Fragments James Longley, U.S./Iraq
  18. Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris, U.S.
  19. Miami Vice Michael Mann, U.S.
  20. Gabrielle Patrice Leconte, France
  21. The Proposition John Hillcoat, Australia/U.K.
  22. Fast Food Nation Richard Linklater, U.S.
  23. An Inconvenient Truth Davis Guggenheim, U.S.
  24. Brick Rian Johnson, U.S.
  25. Woman Is the Future of Man Hong Sang-soo, Taiwan
  26. Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Michel Gondry, U.S.
  27. Battle in Heaven Carlos Reygadas, Mexico
  28. 49 Up Michael Apted, U.K.
  29. When the Levees Broke Spike Lee, U.S.
  30. The Science of Sleep Michel Gondry, France/U.S.
  31. Lady Vengeance Park Chan-wook, South Korea
  32. Little Children Todd Field, U.S.
  33. The Case of the Grinning Cat Chris Marker, France
  34. Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman, U.S.
  35. Shortbus John Cameron Mitchell, U.S.
  36. 4 Ilya Khrjanovsky, Russia
  37. The Ister David Barison & Daniel Ross, Australia
  38. Marie Antoinette Sofia Coppola, U.S.
  39. The War Tapes Deborah Scranton, U.S.
  40. The Prestige Christopher Nolan, U.S.
  41. The Road to Guantanamo Mat Whitecross & Michael Winterbottom, U.K.
  42. The Host Bong Joon-ho, South Korea/Japan
  43. Colossal Youth* Pedro Costa, Portugal/France/Switzerland
  44. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan/France/Austria
  45. Black Book Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands/U.K./Germany
  46. Still Life* Jia Zhangke, Hong Kong/China (tie) Woman on the Beach* Hong Sang-soo, South Korea
  47. Private Fears in Public Places Alain Resnais, France/Italy
  48. Belle Toujours* Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal/France
  49. Offside Jafar Panahi, Iran
  50. The Wind That Shakes the Barley Ken Loach, Ireland/U.K./Germany/Italy/Spain
  51. Brand Upon the Brain!* Guy Maddin, Canada/U.S.
  52. Bamako Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali/France
  53. Triad Election Johnnie To, Hong Kong
  54. Southland Tales* Richard Kelly, Germany/U.S.
  55. In Between Days* So Yong Kim, U.S./Canada/South Korea
  56. Into Great Silence Philip Gröning, France/Switzerland
  57. When the Levees Broke Spike Lee, U.S.
  58. Day Night Day Night* Julia Loktev, U.S.
  59. The Go Master* Tian Zhuangzhuang, Japan/China
  60. Red Road Andrea Arnold, U.K./Denmark
  61. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait* Douglas Gordon/Philippe Parreno, France/Iceland
  62. The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany
  63. Wristcutters: A Love Story* Goran Dukic, U.S.
  64. Le Pont des Arts* Eugène Green, France
  65. Gardens in Autumn* Otar Iosseliani, France
  66. Paprika Satoshi Kon, Japan
  67. Rescue Dawn Werner Herzog, U.S.
  68. Hana* Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan
  69. 12:08 East of Bucharest* Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
  70. Opera Jawa* Garin Nugroho, Indonesia/Austria
  71. Exiled Johnnie To, Hong Kong
  72. The Journals of Knud Rasmussan* Zacharias Kunuk & Norman Cohn, Canada/Denmark
  73. Honor of Knights (Quixotic) Albert Serra, Spain
  74. Flandres* Bruno Dumont, France
  75. Lake of Fire* Tony Kaye, U.S.
  76. Jack Smith & the Destruction of Atlantis Mary Jordan/U.S.
  77. These Encounters of Theirs* Straub-Huillet, Italy/France
  78. The Pevert’s Guide to Cinema* Sophie Fiennes, U.K./Austria
  79. Pine Flat* Sharon Lockhart, U.S.
  80. Falling* Barbara Albert, Austria/Germany
  81. Time* Kim ki-duk, South Korea/Japan
  82. Colma: The Musical* Richard Wong, U.S.
  83. A Short Film About the Indio Nacional* Raya Martin, Philippenes
  84. This Is England Shane Meadows, U.K.
  85. Ontic Antics Starring Laurel and Hardy: Bye, Molly* Ken Jacobs, U.S.
  86. Comedy of Power Claude Chabrol, France
  87. August Days* Marc Recha, Spain
  88. Bug William Friedkin, U.S.
  89. Full Grown Men* David Munro, U.S.
  90. Son of Man* Mark Dornford-May, South Africa
  91. The Wayward Cloud* Tsai Ming-liang, Hong Kong  (*Currently without U.S. distribution) Participants: Sam Adams, Thom Andersen, Melissa Anderson, Dudley Andrew, Steve Anker, David Ansen, Paul Arthur, Michael Atkinson, Saul Austerlitz, Marjorie Baumgarten, Nick Bradshaw, Richard Brody, Michael Chaiken, Chris Chang, Tom Charity, Godfrey Cheshire, Gary Crowdus, Giulia D’Agnolo-Vallan, Mike D’Angelo, Manohla Dargis, Bilge Ebiri, Cheryl Eddy, David Edelstein, Justine Elias, David Fear, F.X. Feeney, Paul Fileri, Scott Foundas, Chris Fujiwara, Graham Fuller, Roger Garcia, Susan Gerhard, Gary Giddins, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Larry Gross, Dennis Harvey, Molly Haskell, Grady Hendrix, Logan Hill, J. Hoberman, Robert Horton, Johnny Ray Huston, Harlan Jacobson, Kent Jones, Kristin M. Jones, Dave Kehr, Lisa Kennedy, Glenn Kenny, Laura Kern, Stuart Klawans, Robert Koehler, Michael Koresky, Nathan Lee, Dennis Lim, Phillip Lopate, Tim Lucas, Cynthia Lucia, Scott Macaulay, Guy Maddin, Maitland McDonagh, Don McMahon, Wesley Morris, Rob Nelson, Chris Norris, Geoffrey O’Brien, Mark Olsen, Mark Peranson, Tony Pipolo, Richard Porton, John Powers, James Quandt, Alissa Quart, Nicolas Rapold, Bérénice Reynaud, Jim Ridley, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Joshua Rothkopf, Andrew Sarris, Richard Schickel, Paul Schrader, Lisa Schwarzbaum, Gavin Smith, Roger Smith, Vivian Sobchack, Chuck Stephens, Bob Strauss, Jim Supanick, Amy Taubin, José Teodoro, Desson Thomson, Kenneth Turan, Michael Wilmington, Donald Wilson