No it wasn't:

01 Children of Men
02 The Prestige
03 The Departed
04 Pan's Labyrinth
05 The Fountain
06 Marie Antoinette
07 Curse of the Golden Flower
08 Little Children
09 Volver
10 The Proposition

1. Pan's Labyrinth
2. Casino Royale
3. The Departed
4. Clerks 2
5. Inside Man
6. V For Vendetta
7. The Illusionist
8. Pirates of the Carribean 2
9. Flushed Away
10. The Prestige

Other 2006 Films I saw that didn't make the top ten: An Inconvenient Truth, Cars, Flyboys, Happy Feet, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Little Miss Sunshine, Monster House, Nanny McPhee, Night at the Museum, Over the Hedge, Superman Returns, The DaVinci Code, X Men: The Last Stand

I'm catching up, little by little, when I find time to watch DVDs.

1- Pan's Labyrinth
2- Children of Men
3- The Departed
4- The Prestige
5- Lady in the Water
6- V for Vendetta
7- Blood Diamond
8- Letters from Iwo Jima
9- Runing Scared
10- Superman Returns

1. Babel
2. Children of Men
3. Apocalypto
4. Notes on a Scandal
5. Dreamgirls
6. Superman Returns
7. The Last King of Scotland
8. The Departed
9. World Trade Center
10. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

I'm now waiting for The Fountain to decide if that was really my final top 10 (though it probably won't be, 'cause I still need to see some other stuff and I don't really believe in definite top 10s, eheh).

Neither do I. My top 10s change all the time if I see new movies or re-arrange the order

01 - The Fountain
01 - Children of Men
03 - The Prestige
04 - V for Vendetta
05 - Borat
06 - A Scanner Darkly
07 - Harsh Times
08 - Pan's Labyrinth
09 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
10 - Happy Feet


I'm surprised Harsh Times hasn't received more mentions. I thought it was excellent.

still need to see Casino Royale, Little Children, Babel, Inconvenient Truth, Blood Diamond, Half Nelson, etc.......

1. Children of Men
2. The Departed
3. Rocky Balboa
4. Casino Royale
5. Borat
6. Little Miss Sunshine
7. The Prestige
8. Lucky Number Slevin
9. Clerks 2
10. V for Vendetta

Could be as final as it's going to be:

1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón)
2. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
3. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
4. Brick (Rian Johnson)
5. The Descent (Neil Marshall)
6. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
7. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro)
8. The Fountain (Darren Aronofsky)
9. Running Scared (Wayne Kramer)
10. Lady in the Water (M. Night Shyamalan)

The top 3 of this year are phenomenal, the next five are incredible. Damn solid year.

01 - The Fountain
02 - Children of Men
03 - The Prestige
04 - Happy Feet
05 - V for Vendetta
06 - A Scanner Darkly
07 - Munich
08 - The Science of Sleep
09 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
10 - Harsh Times

honourable mentions:

Borat, Pan's Labyrinth, Casino Royale, Over the Hedge was decent... The Departed was decent...


still need to see Little Children, Babel, Inconvenient Truth, Blood Diamond, etc......

This is almost final:

1. The Deaprted
2. Casino Royale
3. The Prestige
4. Mission: Impossible III
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. Inside Man
7. The Descent
8. United 93
9. Hard Candy
10. District B13

Just need to see Brick, Snakes on a Plane and the two Eastwood flicks.

1. Running Scared- A+
2. Apocalypto- A
3. The Holiday- A
4. Saw III- A
5. Children of Men- A
6. Little Miss Sunshine- A
7. The Devil Wears Prada- A
8. The Descent- A
9. The Last King of Scotland- A
10. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer- A

1. Blood Diamond
2. The Hills Have Eyes
3. The Departed
4. The Descent
5. A Good Year
6. Casino Royale
7. V for Vendetta
8. The Holiday
9. The Pursuit of Happyness
10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Blood Diamond made it to the top after a second viewing. Still have too see: The Fountain, The Proposition, Notes on a Scandal, Little Children and Letters from Iwo Jima.

1. Cars
2. Mission: ImpossibLe III
3. V For Vendetta
4. The Departed
5. Letters From Iwo Jima
6. ApocaLypto
7. Eight BeLow
8. United 93
9. LittLe Miss Sunshine
10.BabeL

Not yet finaL cause I stiLL need to see ChiLdren of Men and Pan's Labyrinth BADLY.

And where's the Love for Letters From Iwo Jima? I've onLy seen two peopLe so far with that fiLm on their List.

1. United 93
2. Babel
3. The Departed
4. Shut Up & Sing
5. Manderlay
6. Volver
7. The Pursuit of Happyness
8. V for Vendetta
9. The Prestige
10. Borat

My Top 10 of 2006

1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Children of Men
4. Babel
5. Superman Returns
6. The Queen
7. The Devil Wears Prada
8. The Fountain
9. V for Vendetta
10. Hard Candy

Honorable Mentions; Casino Royale, Little Children, Bobby, Friends with Money, Half Nelson, Infamous, Brick

This will be my final list.. unless The Good Shepard turns to be really good..

1. Babel
2. Little Miss Sunshine
3. The Science of Sleep
4. Little Children
5. Volver
6. Marie Antoinette
7. United 93
8. Pan's Labyrinth
9. The Departed
10. The Queen

Only thing I have to see is Letters from Iwo Jima...

well, The Fountain was as good as I thought it was going to be, fortunately Meanwhile, a couple of interesting moves...


1. The Fountain
2. Le Temps Qui Reste
3. Shortbus
4. Babel
5. Volver
6. Marie Antoinette
7. Notes on a Scandal
8. Little Children
9. Half Nelson
10. Borat/Casino Royale


Note: I decided to count The Descent as a 2005 film to make things easier, otherwise it would definitely be in here somewhere (another grower, I guess).

Great year.

01. Children of Men (Cuarón)
02. The Prestige (Nolan)
03. The Departed (Scorsese)
04. Brick (R. Johnson)
05. The Descent (N. Marshall)
06. Casino Royale (Campbell)
07. Pan's Labyrinth (del Toro)
08. The Fountain (Aronofsky)
09. Running Scared (Kramer)
10. Letters from Iwo Jima (Eastwood)

I think if I had to make a final list it would look like:

1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. Clerks 2
3. Jackass: Number Two
4. Stranger Than Fiction
5. Running Scared
6. The Departed
7. Casino Royale
8. X-Men: The Last Stand
9. American Dreamz
10. Little Children/Click/Volver

Last year was the strangest year ever and it's not even a competition My tastes are a bit off the radar sometimes, but last year was like the apex of all ever in that regard. I never really realized it when it was going on, but wtf. I tried looking over all the films that would be the norm on a 2006 list and I realized I was disappointed by most of them. I just had to stick with this one, my opinion on the year or its movies hasn't changed much.

1. Pan's Labyrinth - A+
2. Volver - A
3. The Departed- A-
4. The Queen- A-
5. Children of Men- B+
6. Little Children- B+
7. Little Miss Sunshine- B
8. Notes on a Scandal- B
9. Dreamgirls- B
10. Half Nelson- B

(only the Top 4 would have made my Top 10 of 2007)

A fantastic year for me, so many wonderful films, including two that would probably make my current top 10.... and with so many left to see!!

01 - The Fountain
02 - Children of Men
03 - The Prestige
04 - Happy Feet
05 - V for Vendetta
06 - A Scanner Darkly
07 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
08 - Little Children
09 - Munich
10 - Stranger than Fiction

11 - The Science of Sleep
12 - Clerks II
13 - Pan's Labyrinth
14 - Casino Royale
15 - Borat
16 - Over the Hedge
17 - Southland Tales
18 - Harsh Times


nuts to numerical discrimination, I wanted all 18 to get some respect!