The Best and Worst of 2006

The author’s considered best/worst in each category are listed in bold italics with an asterisk (*). The listed links will take you to more detailed reviews of each film.


The 10 Best Films

  1. V for Vendetta
  2. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  3. Superman Returns
  4. Children of Men
  5. The Science of Sleep
  6. Requiem
  7. The Lost Room
  8. A Scanner Darkly
  9. Special
  10. The Fall

Worst Films

  1. The Covenant
  2. Dr. Dolittle 3
  3. The Wicker Man
  4. Just My Luck
  5. Spymate

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron – Children of Men
Michel Gondry – The Science of Sleep
Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Retribution
Bryan Singer – Superman Returns
Tarsem – The Fall (*)
Tom Tykwer – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer


Best Original Screenplay

The Astronaut Farmer
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
The Lost Room (*)
Special
Stranger Than Fiction


Best Adapted Screenplay

Children of Men
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Prestige
A Scanner Darkly
V for Vendetta (*)


Best Actor

Christian Bale – The Prestige
Gael Garcia Bernal – The Science of Sleep
Hugh Jackman – The Prestige
Clive Owen – Children of Men
Ron Perlman – The Last Winter
Brandon Routh – Superman Returns (*)


Best Actress

Maggie Gyllenhaal – Stranger Than Fiction
Bryce Dallas Howard – Lady in the Water
Sandra Hüller – Requiem (*)
Julianne Moore – Children of Men
Sophia Myles – Tristan + Isolde


Best Supporting Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Mission: Impossible III
Kenichi Matsumaya – Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name
Bill Nighy – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Kevin Spacey – Superman Returns (*)
Hugo Weaving – V for Vendetta


Best Supporting Actress

Rebecca Hall – The Prestige
Karoline Herfurth – Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Mary Beth Hurt – The Dead Girl (*)
Laurie Holden – Silent Hill
Piper Laurie – The Dead Girl
Parker Posey – Superman Returns


Best Cinematography

Deja Vu
Dragon Tiger Gate
The Fall (*)
The Fountain
Out of the Blue
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (*)


Best Music

The Fountain (*)
The Illusionist
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
The Prestige
Tales from Earthsea


Best Special Effects

The Fountain
The Host
Night at the Museum
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Superman Returns (*)


Best Makeup Effects

The Hills Have Eyes
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Silent Hill
Slither (*)
Underworld: Evolution


Best Production Design

Arthur and the Invisibles
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Superman Returns
Ultraviolet (*)