Top Dramas of 2006
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1. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Fantasy, War
In the Falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ivana Baquero, Ariadna Gil, Sergi López, Maribel Verdú
Votes: 703,297 | Gross: $37.63M
10/10
2. Saw III (2006)
R | 108 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Jigsaw abducts a doctor in order to keep himself alive while he watches his new apprentice put an unlucky citizen named Jeff through a brutal test.
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus Macfadyen, Bahar Soomekh
Votes: 212,509 | Gross: $80.24M
10/10
3. Cinderella (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Horror, Thriller
The daughter of a plastic surgeon experiences strange events that seem to be connected her childhood.
Director: Man-dae Bong | Stars: Ah-yung Ahn, Gyu-ryun Ahn, Yoo Da-in, Do Ji-Won
Votes: 1,600
10/10
4. Wicked Little Things (2006)
R | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of children alive, underground. But there's a problem. They're still alive.
Director: J.S. Cardone | Stars: Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloë Grace Moretz, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 8,657
10/10
5. The Perfect Marriage (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 91 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A conman persuades his married lover to murder her husband for the inheritance, only for his reckless spending and infidelity to drive her away.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Jamie Luner, William R. Moses, James Wilder, Sophie Gendron
Votes: 580
10/10
6. The Rival (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 86 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A couple unable to have children enlist the aid of a surrogate, only for the wife to be driven to insanity and murder by her paranoia.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Tracy Nelson, Linden Ashby, Heather Tom, Barbara Niven
Votes: 349
10/10
7. Firewall (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.
Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Harrison Ford, Virginia Madsen, Paul Bettany, Carly Schroeder
Votes: 59,627 | Gross: $48.75M
10/10
8. The Secret of Hidden Lake (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman returns to her small-town home to investigate father's death, which authorities considered a mere hunting accident.
Director: Penelope Buitenhuis | Stars: Rena Sofer, Winston Rekert, Linda Darlow, Adam J. Harrington
Votes: 291
10/10
9. The Mermaid Chair (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, Romance
A married woman (Basinger) falls in love with a Benedictine monk.
Director: Steven Schachter | Stars: Kim Basinger, Alex Carter, Bruce Greenwood, Roberta Maxwell
Votes: 546
10/10
10. The Queen (2006)
PG-13 | 103 min | Biography, Drama
After the death of Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Alex Jennings
Votes: 116,007 | Gross: $56.44M
10/10
11. Maid of Honor (2006 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, Family, Mystery
A disturbed woman helps her dead sister's husband cope with his loss, but becomes dangerously infatuated with him along the way. When he plans to remarry, she goes to terrifying lengths to prevent the wedding going ahead.
Director: Douglas Jackson | Stars: Linda Purl, Linden Ashby, Shannon Sturges, Bruce Dinsmore
Votes: 568
10/10
12. The Obsession (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller
A ballet teacher's obsession with a young student leads him to date the girl's unaware mother in order to get closer to the object of his twisted affection.
Director: David Winkler | Stars: Daphne Zuniga, Elise Gatien, Sebastian Spence, Jenny Cooper
Votes: 346
10/10
13. The Nativity Story (2006)
PG | 101 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
A drama that focuses on the period in Mary and Joseph's life where they journeyed to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.
Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass
Votes: 12,360 | Gross: $37.63M
10/10
14. A Job to Kill For (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 88 min | Drama, Thriller
The new head of a huge advertising company becomes fearful for her job and life itself when an overly ambitious new girl who will stop at nothing to make the company her own playground joins the firm.
Director: Bill Corcoran | Stars: Sean Young, Georgia Craig, Ari Cohen, Lucia Walters
Votes: 404
10/10
15. Lesser Evil (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Drama, Thriller
A fashion designer is raped by a terrorist who is being protected by the federal government until he testifies against his co-conspirators.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Alison Eastwood, Nels Lennarson, Thea Gill, Artine Tony Browne
Votes: 138
10/10
16. The Secrets of Comfort House (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A multiple murder investigation in a small hunting town focuses on one suspect, Wendy Sinclair, who operates a battered women's shelter where each of the victims' wives have sought shelter.
Director: Timothy Bond | Stars: Sheryl Lee, Yannick Bisson, John Novak, John Tench
Votes: 139
10/10
17. When a Stranger Calls (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
During a babysitting gig, a high-school student is harassed by an increasingly threatening prank caller.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Camilla Belle, Tommy Flanagan, Katie Cassidy, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 48,671 | Gross: $47.86M
10/10
18. The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers (2006 Video)
G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Fun takes flight with prehistoric pals Littlefoot, Cera, Petrie, Spike and Ducky in this all-new soaring adventure.
Director: Charles Grosvenor | Stars: John Ingle, Nick Price, Aria Noelle Curzon, Rob Paulsen
Votes: 1,873
10/10
19. The Lake House (2006)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside house begins to exchange love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
Director: Alejandro Agresti | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Votes: 157,723 | Gross: $52.33M
10/10
20. Lady in the Water (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright, Bob Balaban
Votes: 103,813 | Gross: $42.29M
10/10
21. Living Death (2006 Video)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Victor's abused wife and lawyer poison Victor and blame his death on drugs. The poison fails and Victor traps the duo in his mansion where he exacts his tortuous revenge.
Director: Erin Berry | Stars: Kristy Swanson, Greg Bryk, Joshua Peace, Kelsey Matheson
Votes: 1,139
10/10
22. Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A family determined to get their young daughter into the finals of a beauty pageant take a cross-country trip in their VW bus.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 518,357 | Gross: $59.89M
9/10
23. Superman Returns (2006)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden
Votes: 291,429 | Gross: $200.08M
9/10
24. The Plague (2006 Video)
R | 88 min | Horror
Ten years have passed since the world's children fell into a coma. Tonight they're waking up and all hell is breaking loose. An unholy battle between the generations is being waged, and time is not on the side of adults.
Director: Hal Masonberg | Stars: James Van Der Beek, Ivana Milicevic, Brad Hunt, Joshua Close
Votes: 4,745
9/10
25. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 1,423,079 | Gross: $132.38M
9/10
26. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah
Votes: 236,513 | Gross: $40.14M
9/10
27. Charlotte's Web (2006)
G | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
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.
Director: Gary Winick | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 46,563 | Gross: $82.99M
9/10
28. The Illusionist (2006)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti, Rufus Sewell
Votes: 389,748 | Gross: $39.87M
8 or 9/10
29. Marie Antoinette (2006)
PG-13 | 123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The retelling of France's iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 14 to her reign as queen at 19 and to the end of her reign as queen, and ultimately the fall of Versailles.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Steve Coogan
Votes: 121,964 | Gross: $15.96M
8 or 9/10
30. Invincible (2006)
PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the story of Vince Papale, a 30-year-old bartender from South Philadelphia who overcame long odds to play for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles in 1976.
Director: Ericson Core | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway
Votes: 75,369 | Gross: $57.81M
8 or 9/10
31. Fatal Desire (2006 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A forty-something ex-policeman named Joe initiates an online relationship with twenty-something Tonya Sullivan. Conflicts arise after Tonya flies to Atlantic City to seduce Joe, and she reveals to him that she is married.
Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Anne Heche, Eric Roberts, Kathleen York, Melyssa Ade
Votes: 808
8 or 9/10
32. Veiled Truth (2006 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A woman's past comes back to haunt her when the pimp she helped put behind bars is released and after revenge.
Director: Monika Mitchell | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Bruce Ramsay, George Newbern, Laura Bertram
Votes: 166
8 or 9/10
33. The Night Listener (2006)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Director: Patrick Stettner | Stars: Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Joe Morton
Votes: 16,011 | Gross: $7.83M
8 or 9/10
34. Fatal Trust (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After the father of her kid son Sam was killed by an escaped psychiatric patient, Kate decides it's time for a new chapter in her life. She moves to the town where her former lover Tom ... See full summary »
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, David Haydn-Jones, Paul Popowich, Carol Alt
Votes: 540
8 or 9/10
35. Glass House: The Good Mother (2006 Video)
R | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Young siblings Abby and Ethan are adopted by outwardly perfect parents Eve and Raymond Goode, only to find that that their new guardian's remote mansion is far from the idyllic abode that it initially appears to be.
Director: Steve Antin | Stars: Angie Harmon, Joel Gretsch, Jordan Danger, Bobby Coleman
Votes: 2,828
8/10
36. The House of Usher (2006)
R | 81 min | Drama, Thriller
Sinister thriller based on Edgar Allan Poe's classic story. Jill uncovers a terrifying secret at the funeral of her best friend who disappeared years earlier and whose twin brother was Jill's lover.
Director: Hayley Cloake | Stars: Austin Nichols, Izabella Miko, Beth Grant, Stephen Fischer
Votes: 755
8/10
37. The Omen (2006)
R | 110 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An American official realizes that his young son may literally be the Devil incarnate.
Director: John Moore | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, David Thewlis
Votes: 62,793 | Gross: $54.61M
8/10
38. Hollow Man II (2006 Video)
R | 91 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A Seattle detective and a biologist are on the run from a dangerous invisible assassin gone rogue.
Director: Claudio Fäh | Stars: Christian Slater, Peter Facinelli, Laura Regan, David McIlwraith
Votes: 10,230
8/10
39. Legacy of Fear (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 76 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A detective (Polo) pursues the same serial killer who murdered her mother 30 years ago before her eyes.
Director: Don Terry | Stars: Teri Polo, Zachary Bennett, Anthony Lemke, Corinne Conley
Votes: 428
8/10
40. Thrill of the Kill (2006 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Brilliant New York crime author Graydon Jennings agrees to help Kelly Holden investigate her sister Allison's murder, which seems uncannily equal to one his anti-hero-lead character Carlton... See full summary »
Director: Richard Roy | Stars: Shiri Appleby, Chris Potter, Paul Hopkins, James Kidnie
Votes: 449
7 or 8/10
41. Casino Royale (2006)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 694,841 | Gross: $167.45M
7/10
42. To Have and to Hold (I) (2006 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
Two workaholic spouses, one a realtor and the other a high-priced lawyer, find themselves at odds with one another after one of them enters into a secretive love affair.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Justine Bateman, Sebastian Spence, William MacDonald, Jessica Lowndes
Votes: 211
7/10
43. Monster House (2006)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.
Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Ryan Whitney
Votes: 138,300 | Gross: $73.66M
6 or 7/10
44. The Black Dahlia (2006)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two policemen see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short murder investigation.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank
Votes: 77,044 | Gross: $22.52M
6 or 7/10
45. Click (2006)
PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
Director: Frank Coraci | Stars: Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff
Votes: 356,931 | Gross: $137.36M
6/10
46. The Wind in the Willows (2006 TV Movie)
99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Rat, Mole and Badger try to curb Mr. Toad's wild ways before he ruins himself and the other animals of the forest.
Director: Rachel Talalay | Stars: Matt Lucas, Mark Gatiss, Lee Ingleby, Bob Hoskins
Votes: 837
6/10
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