1) The Lives of Others

2) Apocalypto

3) Venus

4) Volver

5) The Departed

6) Pan's Labyrinth

7) Little Children

8) Hollywoodland

9) World Trade Center

10) United 93

Considering that I have only seen 15 movies released this year here is my list (In Sequential order)

The Departed
Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
V for Vendetta
A Scanner Darkly
Thank you for smoking
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Saw III
The Da Vinci Code
Crank
Jackass II

What are the other five movie you ask? (In no order)

X men III
Pirates of the Carribean II
Underworld Evolution
Final Destination III
Clerks II


Chances are that I will come back and explain my picks in detail as well as edit them after a few more movies for this year.

1. Thank You for Smoking
2. Lucky Number Slevin
3. Casino Royale
4. United 93
5. Borat
6. Andy Warhol Doc.
7. V for Vendetta (generally lame, but still fun to watch)
8. The Departed
9. The Devil Wears Prada
10. Apocalypto

1. the departed
2. little miss sunshine
3. borat
4. casino royale
5. babel
6. hollywoodland
7. the blood diamond
8. v for vendetta
9. thank you for smoking
10. the prestige

1. The Departed
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. Borat
4. United 93
5. Thank You for Smoking
6. The Blood Diamond
7. Casino Royale
8. Thank You for Smoking
9. The Prestinge
10. Apocalypto

ya lo tengo, you are a very smart man/woman

what is smart about including the same, overrated movie on his/her list twice?

I was waiting on Mark to post the 'Official' best of thread, but I still haven't seen it . No worries, I propose making this it. And here is my 'Official' top ten of 2006:

1. Cars-The most entertaining and well written film of the year.
2. The Departed-Great film where MS reaches deep into his bag of tricks and pulls out a masterpiece.
3. Borat Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan-My type of humor, my type of movie. Sasha Cohen is a comedy genious.
4. Lucky Number Slevin-Greating casting (How can you not love Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis?) and great acting.
5. V for Vendetta-With no experience of the comic book series, I found the film and Natalie Portman's acting refreshing.
6. A Scanner Darkly-Great use of rotoscoping and a glimpse of what the future holds. Insane film that keeps your eyes glued to the screen.
7. Thank you for smoking-Satire at its finest.
8. Dave Chappelle's Block Party-Dave is brilliant and features countless talented and intelligent hip hop artists.
9. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby-Funny as hell, not particularly intelligent though.
10. Crank-I had to find a way to squeeze this into my top ten. It isn't a 'Good' movie, but I find it entertaining and would recommend it as a great action film.

Runner Ups:

Beerfest-
Saw III
Snakes on a Plane

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Pan's Labryinth
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
Children of Men
Venus
Mutual Appreciation
Babel
Brothers of the Head
V for Vendetta
(I'm sorry for this... but I had to) Snakes On A Plane


MORE?!?!

Volver
Little Children
The Queen
Letters From Iwo Jima
Uniteed 93
Casino Royale
Requiem: Katrina In Four Acts
Andy Warhol documentary
Thank You for Smoking
Borat
A Scanner Darkly
Hollywoodland

Like Mike, I was waiting for the "official" thread. I supposed I can always add this onto any "official" thread.

I will say that there were many above-average films this year...I could easily have surpassed 10 films to list. That being said, there wasn't any "outstanding" films IMHO.

1. Clean
2. (tie) The Departed
2. (tie) Lady Vengeance
4. The Heart of the Game
5. The Devil's Miner
6. Nathalie
7. For Your Consideration
8. Tsotsi
9. The Queen
10. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

01. Half Nelson
02. United 93
03. Babel
04. Little Children
05. Volver
06. The Science of Sleep
07. The Departed
08. Marie Antoinette
09. Borat
10. L'Enfant

Alt. The Queen, Little Miss Sunshine.

These are mine, although I've used UK release dates so a few of these (3, 4, 9 etc.) look a bit out of date.

1) The Departed
2) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
3) The Squid and the Whale
4) Brick
5) Little Miss Sunshine
6) Lady Vengeance
7) An Inconvenient Truth
8) Casino Royale
9) Brokeback Mountain
10) The History Boys
11) Children of Men
12) Borat
13) Fucking Sheffield

Cheers,
Dave
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1. Brick
2. A Prairie Home Companion
3. Borat
4. The Departed
5. World Trade Center
6. Little Miss Sunshine
7. Dreamgirls
8. Friends With Money
9. Happy Feet
10. Thank You for Smoking

i did not notice that ofnoconsequence. i mean that those were all good choices. id also like to make an adjusment to my list, and as the queen, letters from iwo jima, and children of men are all coming to my town soon, im not quite sure yet.
focker out

quote:

Originally posted by Dobbsy:

9) World Trade Center

10) United 93

Why in gods name would you put World Trade Center above United 93? World Trade Center was just an hour of two guys laying under concrete in self pity... Try to make you cry at every moment.

my list would be... hmm... well it's hard to compare comedies and dramas... but if i had to put 10 together here they are

1) United 93
2) Borat
3) The Departed
4) Little Miss Sunshine
5) The Prestige
6) Babel
7) Notes on a Scandel
8) Half Nelson
9) The Queen
10) The Last King Of Scottland
11) Hollywoodland
12) Thank you For Smoking
13) Dreamgirls
14) Little Children
AND 15!! SNAKES ON A PLANE!

Haven't seen a lot of the oscar-nominated movies and got to see 1 movie in 2006 after waiting all of 2005 for it to be released! Anyways, here's my list with my personal ratings out of 10

10. The Departed 8.0/10
9. Blood Diamond 8.0/10
8. Superman Returns 7.5/10
7. An Incovenient Truth 8.0/10
6. Thank you for Smoking 7.5/10
5. Casino Royale 8.5/10
4. Borat 8.5/10
3. Children of Men 9/10
2. Brick 10/10
1. The Descent /9/10
Like I said, I waited for The Descent all of 2006 until it was finally released here in Oz in November! And boy! did it ever deliver..I can't remember a more horrifying experience in recent time and yes! that includes all the crap like Hills Have Eyes, Hostel, Texas Chainsaw Massacre etc..They might be stylised and maxed to the limit on gore, but The Descent truly delivered on a personal scale for me

Well, it has been one of the best movie years in the last 10 years, and this is why:

12. Rocky Balboa 8/10
11. Superman Returns 8.2/10
10. The Prestige 8.4
9. Thank you for Smoking 8.4/10
8. The Matador 8.5/10
7. V for Vendetta 8.6/10
6. Clerks II 8.7/10
5. Casino Royale 8.9/10
4. United 93 9/10
3. Borat 9.2/10
2. The Departed 9.6/10
1. Children of Men 10/10 (Best movie I've seen in years)

Bring it on 2007...

My top 10.

Casino Royale
Apocalypto
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
Stranger Than Fiction
Borat
Talledega Nights
The Descent
Clerks II
Superman Returns
Miami Vice

im glad to see lots of departed

In no particular order:

1. Little Children
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. The Departed
4. The Child (L'Enfant)
5. The Queen
6. Babel
7. Children of Men
8. Thank You For Smoking
9. An Inconvenient Truth
10. United 93

I haven't watched though: Pan's Labirynth, Half Nelson and Letters from Iwo Jima.