2006

1. Everything Will Be OK- Don Hertzfeldt [short]
2. The Prestige- Christopher Nolan
3. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts- Spike Lee
4. Children of Men- Alfonso Cuaron
5. Lake of Fire- Tony Kaye
6. The Host- Bong Joon-ho
7. The Departed- Martin Scorsese
8. Interkosmos- Jim Finn
9. Offside- Jafar Panahi
10. Syndromes and a Century- Apichatpong Weersethakul
11. Time- Kim Ki-duk
12. Once- John Carney
13. Day Night Day Night- Julia Loktev
14. Black Book- Paul Verhoeven
15. Requiem- Hans-Christian Schmid
16. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan- Larry Charles
17. Inside Man- Spike Lee
18. Broken Trail- Walter Hill
19. Private Fears in Public Places- Alain Resnais
20. Lady Chatterley- Pascale Ferran
21. The Black Dahlia- Brian De Palma

Notable shorts: More Than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda (Scott Stark), Silk (Luther Price)

Ripe for re-appraisal: Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa), Crank (Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor), Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)

Need to see: Belle Toujours (Manoel de Oliveira), Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (Takashi Miike), Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Jasmila Zbanic), Klimt (Raul Ruiz), Poison Friends (Emmanuel Bourdieu), Private Property (Joachim Lafosse), Todo todo teros (John Torres)

Academy Awards (USA), Best Picture: The Departed
BAFTA Film Awards, Best Film: The Queen (Stephen Frears)
César Awards, Best Film: Lady Chatterley
Cannes, Palme d’Or: The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach)
Venice, Golden Lion: Still Life (Jia Zhang-ke)
Berlin, Golden Bear: Grbavica (Jasmila Žbanić)
Sundance, Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic): Quinceañera (Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer)
Toronto, Audience Award: Bella (Alejandro Gomez Monteverde)
Skandies, Best Film: The Departed
Muriel Awards, Best Feature Film: The Departed