It usually takes a while to actually see 'all the best films of the year,' but needless to say everyone posts these things up in December_ as I did as well. Here is my updated list as to what truly are the best films of 2006. All of them are now available on dvd, and perhaps even a neighborhood video store near you.
1. "Little Children" (d. Todd Field, U.S.)
2. ""Woman is the Future of Man" (Hong Sang-soo, Korea)
3. "Borat" (d. Larry Charles, US)
4. "The Departed" (d. Martin Scorsese, US)
5. "Climates" (d. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey)
6. "Army of Shadows" (d. Jean-Pierre Melville, France)...originally made 1969
7. "Little Miss Sunshine" (d. Jonathan Dayton/Valerie Faris, US)
8. "Three Times" (Hou Hsia-hsien,Taiwan)
9. "Tristan Shandy_ a Cock and Bull Story" (d. Michael Winterbottom, UK)
10. "Old Joy" (d. Kelly Reichardt, US)
(tie) "Crossing Bridges: Istanbul" (d. Fatih Akin, Germany-Turkey)
12. "Half Nelson" (Ryan Fleck, US)
13. "United 93" (Paul Greengrass, US)
14. "Our Daily Bread" (Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Germany/Austria)
15. "The Science of Sleep" (Michel Gondry, France/US)
There are a good 10-15 films which could just have easily made this list. "Iraq in Fragments" is the next film I would have listed. I posted a message on the IMDB that every school in America should show James Longley's excellent documentary even if it might give children and Republicans nightmares, and yet it still doesn't make my list of the top 15 films of 2006. There were some genuine cinematic gems in 2006, and I think most film connosieurs would agree with me on that.
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