2006

I have a serious complex about trying to categorize and list my top movies of the year, therefore I refuse to do so. Lists are arbitrary and mean next to nothing to anyone but the one who makes them, so if the list means nothing to me, then it becomes worthless. I’ve tried to figure out a good way to do this so that films I truly enjoyed could get a year-end nod without me having to break anything down and decide any sort of order. The list is completely subjective and I purposefully called this “Favorite Films” so that the focus is on my enjoyment and not simply filmmaking quality. So with that said, here’s a quick glance at my favorite and least favorite films of 2006. This is by no means definitive.

Favorites:

Slither
Casino Royale
The Last King of Scotland
The Protector
The Prestige
Volver
Apocalypto
Rocky Balboa
Poultrygiest: Night of the Chicken Dead
Idiocracy

Honorable Mentions:

The Departed
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan’s Labyrinth
V for Vendetta
Art School Confidential
For Your Consideration
Children of Men
An Inconvenient Truth
Jesus Camp
Evil Bong
Darkon

Worst:

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
The Da Vinci Code
X-Men: The Last Stand
Silent Hill
Lady in the Water (One of the biggest pieces of shit I’ve ever seen.)
Eragon
Bobby
Day Watch

2006 Movies I still plan to see that might be good:

Babel
The Lives of Others
Bloodrayne
Snakes on a Plane
Crank
The Black Dahlia (I’m masochistic.)
Stranger Than Fiction
The Fountain
Dragon Tiger Gate
Fearless

Think I got it wrong? Wondering why a certain favorite film isn’t on the list? Drop a comment below!