1. Children of Men (11/10) - Brilliant. Important. Relevant. This film will shape Science Fiction in film for the next decade.
2. Clerks II - (10/10) - Funniest Movie I've seen all year
3. The Science of Sleep - (10/10) -Most Moving Film of the Year. Beautifully acted and depicted. Just fantastic all around
4. Little Miss Sunshine - (10/10) - The Second Most Moving Film I've seen all year, definitely Oscar-Worthy
5. The Departed - (10/10) - Leonardo Dicaprio was amazing in this. The whole cast, actually, was amazing. Scorsese's best work since Goodfellas.
6. Snakes on a Plane - (9.5/10) - Most Entertaining Film I've seen all year
7. The Devil Wears Prada - (9/10) - Anne Hathaway wins me over in this film... And Meryl Streyp might get an Oscar nod out of her portrayal of the Editor of Runway (aka - Fictional Vogue)
8. Casino Royale - (9/10) - Number One action movie of the year and a fantastic new starting point for the Bond series.
9. The Prestige - (9/10) - Extraordinary dark and awesome. Plus I am in love with Hugh Jackman times a million.
10. Marie Antoinette (8.5/10) - One of the most beautiful films I have ever seen.
11. Pirates of the Carribean 2 - (8/10) - Great Fantasy-Action. Very Excited for the sequel and more Geoffry Rush
12. Monster House - (8/10) - Only loses points for not being directed at my age group, and thus loses some of the enjoyment factor. This is the best animated film of the year. Hands Down.
13. Superman Returns - (8/10) - A truly wonderful film, albeit I hope for a little more out of the sequel
14. Dreamgirls - (8/10) - A Thoroughly fun and moving Movie with great performances. I only wish it had been a little better constructed as a film...
15. Happy Feet - (7.5/10) - Fun liberally biased Global Warming Environmentalist film about dancing penguins and loving yourself for who you are. And Robin Williams rocks.
16. Over the Hedge - (7/10) - Some of the jokes fall flat, but this is a damn funny movie with a lot of heart and Bruce Willis playing the Batman of the Raccoon world
17. Thank You For Smoking - (7/10) - Funny as hell.
18. Borat - (7/10) - Laugh out loud funny throughout, but nowhere near as good as everyone wanted the world to believe. The entire film was a gimmick and while Cohen is a tremendously talented actor, I'm eager to see whether his talents extend beyond shock-comedy.
19. Cars - (6/10) - Formulaic, but well handled.
20. Jesus Camp - (6/10) - Scary in a very good documentary kind of way
21. X-Men: The Last Stand - (6/10) - Entertaining but without much heart.
22. V For Vendetta - (6/10) - It can't top the book. It's too close to it to work as a separate piece of art, and too different not to bug the **** out of me. It fails to get across the same message, and is outdone in every aspect by the comic.
23. Hollywoodland - (6/10) - Close to being good, but some of the acting and dialogue seemed like it would fit better in a made for TV movie.
24. Art School Confidential - (5/10) - It's good, but not Spectacular by any means. It's funnier than Ghost World, and has a better, and more coherent plot. But those things don't make up for the heart the film lacks.
25. The Da Vinci Code - (4/10) - Boring. Its a good book, but the movie is just long and boring.
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Here's my Final List of 2006. Children of Men goes here, because I saw it before 2007, despite the wide-release date having been New Years. All in all a good year for movies.