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2006 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 2006, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

2006 Academy Awards

300
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West
Country: United States of America
Outline: King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Superman Returns
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden
Country: United States of America
Outline: Superman reappears after a long absence, but is challenged by an old foe who uses Kryptonian technology for world domination.
The Departed
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Country: United States of America
Outline: An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Blood Diamond
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Country: United States of America
Outline: A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe
Country: United States of America
Outline: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase
Country: United States of America
Outline: 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.
Match Point
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode
Country: United States of America
Outline: At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.
The Illusionist
Directed by: Neil Burger
Starring: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell
Country: United States of America
Outline: In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Stranger Than Fiction
Directed by: Marc Forster
Starring: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Country: United States of America
Outline: An I.R.S. auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
Munich
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Ciarán Hinds
Country: United States of America
Outline: Based on the true story of the Black September aftermath, about the five men chosen to eliminate the ones responsible for that fateful day.
Clerks II
Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes
Country: United States of America
Outline: A calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at the fast food empire Mooby's.
Notes on a Scandal
Directed by: Richard Eyre
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Outline: A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
Candy
Directed by: Neil Armfield
Starring: Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Budge
Country: Australia
Outline: A poet falls in love with an art student who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle -- and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
Rocky Balboa
Directed by: Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Burt Young
Country: United States of America
Outline: Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon.
Shooter
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra, Danny Glover
Country: United States of America
Outline: A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.
Bridge to Terabithia
Directed by: Gabor Csupo
Starring: Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick
Country: United States of America
Outline: A preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.
A Scanner Darkly
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr., Rory Cochrane
Country: United States of America
Outline: An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.