Best Movies of 2006 – page 5

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The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Switzerland
Duration: 127 min.
Story: 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 a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in ...
Style: political, bleak, factual, brutal, bloody ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rebellion, civil war, ira, resistance, war, politics, freedom, rebel, traitor, injustice, occupation, debate ...
Time: 1920s, year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, post world war one ...
Place: ireland, england, northern ireland, dublin ireland, europe ...
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 6.8
 6K
Boy Culture (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A successful male escort describes in a series of confessions his tangled romantic relationships with his two roommates and an older, enigmatic male client.
Style: psychological, captivating, enigmatic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay african american, homosexuality, gay teenager, escort, gays and lesbians, male male relationship, gay sex, male prostitution, gay erotica, lgbtq, intergenerational friendship ...
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
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London to Brighton (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense, emotional ...
Plot: sexual abuse, gangster, pimp, prostitute, chase, murder, violence, lifestyle, life is a bitch, going straight, false accusation, teenage runaway ...
Place: london, united kingdom, england, europe, britain ...
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 6.7
 17K
The Hoax (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Style: intense, tense, realistic, cynical, witty ...
Plot: writers, paranoia, giant, biopic, creativity, eccentricity, con artists, writer's life, media, ambition, rise and fall, research ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: usa, new york, pentagon, washington d.c., bahamas ...
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World Trade Center (2006)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: On September, 11th 2001, after the terrorist attack to the World Trade Center, the building collapses over the rescue team from the Port Authority Police Department. Will Jimeno and his sergeant John McLoughlin are found alive trapped under the ...
Style: realistic, factual, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: terrorism, disaster, firefighter, 9/11, twin towers, survival, terrorist, war on terror, natural disaster, heroes, courage, al qaeda ...
Time: september 11 2001, year 2006, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, middle east, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Snakes on a Plane (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: America is on the search for the murderer Eddie Kim. Sean Jones must fly to L.A. to testify in a hearing against Kim. Accompanied by FBI agent Neville Flynn, the flight receives some unexpected visitors.
Style: scary, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, teens
Plot: airplane, snake, dangerous animal, death, giant snake, cobra, confined, passenger, animal attack, creature feature, danger, panic ...
Time: year 2006, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, honolulu hawaii, los angeles, bali
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Failure to Launch (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Tripp, an attractive man in his thirties, is still living with his parents Al and Sue. Tripp's best friends Demo and Ace are also still living in their parents' homes and seem proud of it. Al and Sue are not happy, however, and are ...
Style: feel good, romantic, entertaining, romantic comedy, light ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: relationships, battle of the sexes, pretend relationship, love and romance, opposites attract, unlikely couple, love story, life philosophy, family relations, happy ending, family life, dating ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, alabama
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Charlotte's Web (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style: fairy tale, inspirational, touching, light, emotional ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, family outing, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot: pig, friendship, animal, rescue, unlikely friendships, adaptation, spider, heartwarming, child, friends, heroes, christmas ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: maine, usa
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 6.7
 20K
Kidulthood (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style: hood, serious, tense, rough, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: urban ghetto life, bullying, gang, ghetto, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
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Facing the Giants (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A losing coach with an underdog football team faces their giants of fear and failure on and off the field to surprising results.
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, christian film, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: christian, underdog, religious, faith, football, american football, high school football, human spirit, athlete and trainer, christianity, ambition, athlete's life ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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 6.1
 52K
The Sentinel (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.
Style: political thriller, suspenseful, intense, rough, action packed ...
Plot: secret service, frame up, conspiracy, investigation, spy, president, assassination, espionage, on the run, double agent, blackmail, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
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Friends with Money (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.
Style: sexy, melancholic, stylized, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: friendship, shopping, midlife crisis, maid, money problems, crumbling marriage, love and romance, unfulfillment, master and servant, power relations, looking for love, women ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: los angeles, california, usa, santa monica california
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The Good German (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his ...
Style: black and white, neo noir, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: murder, world war two, investigation, nazi, justice, haunted by the past, uncover truth, journalism, sex shop, love of one's life, love affair, cold war ...
Time: year 1945, 20th century, 1940s, year 2006, post world war two
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe
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 5.6
 33K
Hatchet (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When a group of tourists on a New Orleans haunted swamp tour find themselves stranded in the wilderness, their evening of fun and spooks turns into a horrific nightmare.
Style: slasher, scary, horror comedy, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: swamp, gory, serial killer, supernatural, survival horror, urban legend, survival, backwoods, murder, tour guide, blood, danger ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa, southern usa
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 6.8
 9K
Old Joy (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Two old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.
Style: road movie, atmospheric, lyrical, talky, realistic ...
Plot: road trip, friendship, on the road, map, partner, buddies, hopes, couple relations, human nature, self discovery, thirtysomething life, couples ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: oregon, los angeles, europe, london, england ...
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 6.8
 14K
Red Road (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Jackie is a CCTV operator. Each day, she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she hoped ...
Style: psychological, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, serious ...
Plot: voyeurism, stalking, video surveillance, revenge, couples, couple relations, female nudity, voyeur, vengeance, danger, dishonesty, ex convict ...
Time: year 2006
Place: glasgow scotland, britain, europe, scotland
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 7.0
 36K
Find Me Guilty (2006)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style: tense, suspense, stylized, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom drama, mafia, courtroom, lawyer, jury, gangster, court, lone hero, mobster, legal, justice, outsmarting ...
Time: y2k, year 2006, 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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 6.9
 32K
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Painter Francisco Goya faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.
Style: period piece, intense, factual, realistic, costume drama ...
Plot: rape, artist, art, spanish history, prison, prostitute, painter, biopic, spanish inquisition, life is a bitch, lifestyle, painting ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era, regency period, 19th century, year 2006 ...
Place: spain, persia, madrid
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Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over sixty years. But now, with the ...
Style: stylized, intense, entertaining, epic, computer animated ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: superhero, alien, superhero team, justice, comic book, mentor, transformation, partner, save the world, heroic mission, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.5
 44K
Flyboys (2006)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Style: harsh, exciting, realistic, factual, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: war, world war one, aerial combat, airplane, fighter pilot, aviation, zeppelin, vengeance, biplane, fight scenes, great war, love story ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 2006
Place: europe, france
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Peaceful Warrior (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.
Style: inspirational, philosophical, spiritual, thought provoking, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: self discovery, mentor, teaching the ways of the world, wisdom of life, enlightenment, wise man, philosophy, human spirit, life philosophy, gymnastics, athlete and trainer, coach ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: tibet, california, usa
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Running with Scissors (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of ...
Style: intense, disturbing, stylized, realistic, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, coming of age, mental illness, adoption, therapist, writers, unhappy, lgbt, family relations, lesbian, parents and children, marital problem ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2006
Place: new york, seattle, massachusetts
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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One ...
Style: atmospheric, intellectual, intense, surreal, enigmatic ...
Plot: photographer, biopic, photography, art, artist, photograph, couples, bdsm, fall in love, love story, friends, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: new york, usa
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 6.6
 16K
The Dead Girl (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Style: psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Plot: missing person, murder, serial killer, investigation, prostitute, uncover truth, life is a bitch, family relations, promiscuous daughter, child abuse, loss of daughter, parents and children ...
Time: year 2006
Place: los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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 6.6
 87K
Scoop (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Style: humorous, melancholic, suspense, talky, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: journalist, journalism, investigation, serial killer, plot twist, police investigation, murder investigation, student, magic, uncover truth, suspicion of murder, danger ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, united kingdom, europe
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 6.4
 31K
Unknown (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
Style: surprise ending, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: memory loss, twists and turns, kidnapping, confined, murder, hostage, trapped, loss of friend, suicide, survival, puzzle, trap ...
Time: year 2006, 20th century
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 7.5
 22K
The Namesake (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Style: emotional, sentimental, touching, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: immigrant, childhood, marriage, generation gap, childbirth, relationships, parenthood, life, rebel, family life, society, acceptance ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2006, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: india, new york, usa, ohio, taj mahal
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Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Set in a separate storyline not related to the "Trailer Park Boys" Television show, but with the same lovable characters. The boys get arrested for robbing an ATM machine and spend 18 months in jail. When the get out, they decide to pull ...
Style: mockumentary, stylized, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Plot: buddies, dark humor, trailer park, misfit, life is a bitch, criminal heroes, social misfits, society, disorder, robbery, marijuana, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, nova scotia, nova scotia, canada
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In a low-rent section of the city, Shaun gets caught up in the underground world of drift racing
Style: exciting, action packed, serious, suspense, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, manly, boys' night
Plot: car chase, car, street racing, car race, high school, race, racing, auto racing, foreigner in japan, car racing, chases and races, troublemaker ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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Driving Lessons (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed when he begins to work for a retired actress.
Style: sentimental, witty, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, obsession, family problems, friendship, parenthood, honest, redemption, parents and children, intergenerational friendship, family relations ...
Time: year 2006
Place: england, scotland, united kingdom, edinburgh scotland, london
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