Favorite Films of 2006 (Oscar Jubis)

[oscar jubis]

I watched very few fiction features in 2006 that reminded me why I fell in love with cinema in the first place. Basically, I think a lot of good films were released in 2006 but only four or five compare favorably with my Top 10 lists from previous years. It's significant to note that two of those are new versions of previously released films (Keane in 2005, and The Nightmare Before Christmas in 1993). Of course this is only my opinion, and there's always the possibility that the three films I list as "Not Seen Yet" might turn out to be as great as their fans claim. Oh, and I think 2006 was an excellent year for American documentaries.


FAVORITE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE FILMS

1-HALF NELSON (Ryan Fleck/USA)
2-CHILDREN OF MEN (Alfonso Cuaron/UK-USA)
--KEANE alt. version (Lodge Kerrigan/USA)
--THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 3D (Burton-Selick/USA)
5-A SCANNER DARKLY (Richard Linklater/USA)
6-FAST FOOD NATION (Richard Linklater/USA-UK)
--MANDERLAY (Lars von Trier/Denmark)
--QUINCEANERA (Glatzer-Westmoreland/USA)
--SOMERSAULT (Cate Shortland/Australia)
10-INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch/USA)

Runners Up
THE ILLUSIONIST
BORAT
THE QUEEN
UNITED 93
LOOK BOTH WAYS
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
BOBBY
PERFUME
SHERRYBABY

Honorable Mention: The Departed, Notes on a Scandal, Sweet Land, The Last King of Scotland, The Wild Blue Yonder, Blood Diamond, The Prestige, Hollywoodland, Venus, Wassup Rockers, A Prairie Home Companion, Tristram Shandy, Mutual Appreciation, Old Joy.