France Films 2006
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1. The Lives of Others (2006)
R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 410,455 | Gross: $11.29M
2. Silent Hill (2006)
R | 125 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman, Rose, goes in search for her adopted daughter within the confines of a strange, desolate town called Silent Hill.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Laurie Holden, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 244,005 | Gross: $46.98M
3. The Science of Sleep (2006)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.
Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Miou-Miou, Alain Chabat
Votes: 70,890 | Gross: $4.66M
4. Tell No One (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
Director: Guillaume Canet | Stars: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 57,980 | Gross: $6.18M
5. The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama, War
Against the backdrop of the Irish War of Independence, two brothers fight a guerrilla war against British forces.
Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald
Votes: 54,614 | Gross: $1.83M
6. Priceless (2006)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
Jean, a shy waiter who works at a high-end hotel, is mistaken for a young millionaire by the beautiful and intriguing fortune hunter Irene.
Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gad Elmaleh, Marie-Christine Adam, Vernon Dobtcheff
Votes: 33,209 | Gross: $1.50M
7. Them (2006)
R | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise... they're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
Directors: David Moreau, Xavier Palud | Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Michaël Cohen, Adriana Mocca, Maria Roman
Votes: 32,073
8. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Votes: 23,108 | Gross: $0.30M
9. Taxidermia (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Three generations of men, including a pervert that constantly seeks for new kinds of satisfaction, an obese speed eater and a passionate embalmer.
Director: György Pálfi | Stars: Csaba Czene, István Gyuricza, Gina Moreno, Éva Kuli
Votes: 18,630 | Gross: $0.01M
10. The Unknown Woman (2006)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Kseniya Rappoport, Michele Placido, Claudia Gerini, Piera Degli Esposti
Votes: 16,032 | Gross: $0.02M
11. Love and Other Disasters (2006)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An American intern at U.K. Vogue helps her friends find love.
Director: Alek Keshishian | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Catherine Tate, Santiago Cabrera
Votes: 14,729
12. Days of Glory (2006)
R | 120 min | Action, Drama, War
During World War II, four North African men enlist in the French army to liberate that country from German oppression, and to fight French discrimination.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb | Stars: Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Jamel Debbouze
Votes: 15,141 | Gross: $0.32M
13. Climates (2006)
Unrated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Dowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kesal, Mehmet Eryilmaz
Votes: 14,282 | Gross: $0.12M
14. Asterix and the Vikings (2006)
Not Rated | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
While tutoring Vitalstatistix's rebellious nephew Justforkix, Asterix and Obelix must rescue him from Vikings who wish to learn the meaning of fear to become invincible.
Directors: Stefan Fjeldmark, Jesper Møller, Joanna Wizmur, Jack Fletcher | Stars: Roger Carel, Lorànt Deutsch, Sara Forestier, Jacques Frantz
Votes: 12,734
15. The Boss of It All (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 12,669 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
92 min | Drama
Lili returns from holidays and learns that her twin brother left the house after a violent argument with their father.
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Mélanie Laurent, Kad Merad, Isabelle Renauld, Julien Boisselier
Votes: 11,296
17. The Valet (2006)
PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama
A porter and a top-model have to pretend to be a couple in order to salvage a CEO's marriage.
Director: Francis Veber | Stars: Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 11,021 | Gross: $2.27M
18. Satan (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A group of youngsters go out to a disco on Christmas Eve and accidentally run into a shepherd who has prepared himself for a night of pure insanity.
Director: Kim Chapiron | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Olivier Barthélémy, Roxane Mesquida, Nicolas Le Phat Tan
Votes: 9,534
19. The Page Turner (2006)
Unrated | 85 min | Drama, Music, Thriller
After failing the audition to a prestigious music school because of the rude behavior of one of the testers, a girl takes revenge by gaining the trust of the same woman some years later and becoming indispensable for her.
Director: Denis Dercourt | Stars: Catherine Frot, Déborah François, Pascal Greggory, Clotilde Mollet
Votes: 7,378 | Gross: $0.21M
20. Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama
In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Koivula
Votes: 7,872 | Gross: $0.01M
21. The Yacoubian Building (2006)
165 min | Drama
Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss
Votes: 7,236
22. Mon meilleur ami (I) (2006)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy
Catherine, refuses to believe that her business partner, the unlikeable François, has a best friend, so she challenges him to set up an introduction. Scrambling to find someone willing to pose as his best pal, François enlists the services of a charming taxi driver to play the part.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Dany Boon, Julie Gayet, Julie Durand
Votes: 6,857 | Gross: $1.42M
23. Prête-moi ta main (2006)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Luis enjoys the liberty of being single. He has a smell for perfumes and thus money. However, his 5 sisters and mom believe that at 43, he should be looking for a wife, not one-night stands. They find candi/dates. He hires a "fiancée".
Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont, Wladimir Yordanoff
Votes: 6,564
24. The Backwoods (2006)
R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.
Director: Koldo Serra | Stars: Gary Oldman, Virginie Ledoyen, Paddy Considine, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Votes: 5,823
25. Dikkenek (2006)
84 min | Comedy
A womaniser, the titular big mouth, helps his introvert best friend find true love.
Director: Olivier Van Hoofstadt | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Luc Couchard, Jérémie Renier
Votes: 5,617
26. La faute à Fidel! (2006)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.
Director: Julie Gavras | Stars: Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi, Benjamin Feuillet
Votes: 5,210 | Gross: $0.17M
27. Golden Door (2006)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance
A Sicilian peasant begins the journey to the promised land and meets a beautiful Englishwoman. But neither is prepared for the harsh realities of Ellis Island. Can they make it through the golden door to the America of their dreams?
Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Vincent Schiavelli, Aurora Quattrocchi
Votes: 5,195 | Gross: $1.06M
28. The Caiman (2006)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Director: Nanni Moretti | Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido
Votes: 5,278
29. Minotaur (2006)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
When the villagers offer their brethren as a sacrifice to the Minotaur, Theo (Tom Hardy) sets off on a harrowing quest to the labyrinth to kill the evil bull-god.
Director: Jonathan English | Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Van Der Water, Tony Todd, Lex Shrapnel
Votes: 5,109
30. Lady Chatterley (2006)
R | 168 min | Drama, Romance
A French adaptation of the second (and much less well-known) version of D.H. Lawrence's erotic tale.
Director: Pascale Ferran | Stars: Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis
Votes: 4,773 | Gross: $0.69M
31. Syndromes and a Century (2006)
105 min | Drama
Story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents, who were both doctors, and the director's memories about growing up in the hospital environment.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul | Stars: Nantarat Sawaddikul, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sophon Pukanok, Jenjira Pongpas
Votes: 4,598 | Gross: $0.02M
32. Orchestra Seats (2006)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.
Director: Danièle Thompson | Stars: Cécile de France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel, Claude Brasseur
Votes: 4,439 | Gross: $2.04M
33. The Family Friend (2006)
102 min | Drama
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with... See full summary »
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Gigi Angelillo, Marco Giallini
Votes: 4,377
34. Dans Paris (2006)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul (Romain Duris) sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his ... See full summary »
Director: Christophe Honoré | Stars: Romain Duris, Louis Garrel, Alice Butaud, Guy Marchand
Votes: 4,240 | Gross: $0.06M
35. Nos jours heureux (2006)
103 min | Comedy
As they spend three weeks in a summer camp in the south of France, not only the children but also the monitors learn a little more about happiness, love, and most importantly themselves.
Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Jean-Paul Rouve, Marilou Berry, Omar Sy, Lannick Gautry
Votes: 4,659
36. Private Fears in Public Places (2006)
120 min | Drama, Romance
In Paris, six people all look for love, despite typically having their romantic aspirations dashed at every turn.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Sabine Azéma, Isabelle Carré, Laura Morante, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 4,147 | Gross: $0.13M
37. Summer Palace (2006)
Unrated | 158 min | Drama, Romance
Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.
Director: Ye Lou | Stars: Lei Hao, Xiaodong Guo, Xueyun Bai, Lin Cui
Votes: 4,316 | Gross: $0.06M
38. Camping (I) (2006)
95 min | Comedy
At the campsite Blue Waves, people arrives from all over France. Like every year, this is the time of reunion around a drink customary for families of regulars. Except this year, Mister Pic... See full summary »
Director: Fabien Onteniente | Stars: Gérard Lanvin, Mathilde Seigner, Franck Dubosc, Claude Brasseur
Votes: 3,869
39. Baabul (2006)
Not Rated | 169 min | Drama, Family, Romance
When his only son dies in an accident, Balraaj urges his depressed daughter-in-law to marry a man who has long loved her in silence.
Director: Ravi Chopra | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Hema Malini, John Abraham
Votes: 3,603
40. French Fried Vacation 3: Friends Forever (2006)
97 min | Comedy
Movie about friends who reunite after 20 years and a lot of things have changed.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier
Votes: 3,612
41. Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest (2006)
PG | 99 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Raised by the same woman, the dark-complexioned, Asmar, and the flaxen-haired, Azur, set out on a quest to a strange and magical land to liberate the enchanting Djinn-fairy; but, only one can save her. Will the brothers be triumphant?
Directors: Michel Ocelot, Ian McIntyre | Stars: Cyril Mourali, Karim M'Riba, Hiam Abbass, Patrick Timsit
Votes: 3,617
42. The Exterminating Angels (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Fantasy
A filmmaker holds a series of boundary-pushing auditions for his project about female pleasure.
Director: Jean-Claude Brisseau | Stars: Frédéric van den Driessche, Maroussia Dubreuil, Lise Bellynck, Marie Allan
Votes: 3,414 | Gross: $0.02M
43. How I Celebrated the End of the World (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama
In Communist-era Romania, people live with hope for a new life of freedom.
Director: Cãtãlin Mitulescu | Stars: Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu, Sergiu Anghel
Votes: 3,231
44. Flanders (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance, War
Bruno Dumont follows up the controversial Twentynine Palms with this tale of a group of young soldiers who go off to war and experience some life-changing events. Flandres won the Grand Prix Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Adélaïde Leroux, Samuel Boidin, Henri Cretel, Jean-Marie Bruweart
Votes: 3,271 | Gross: $0.02M
45. Love Sick (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
In order to spend more time with her girlfriend, Kiki, the young student Alex decides to give up her room at the student's hostel and move into the house where Kiki lives. A few months ... See full summary »
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Maria Popistasu, Ioana Barbu, Tudor Chirila, Catalina Murgea
Votes: 3,246
46. Klimt (2006)
Not Rated | 131 min | Biography, Drama
A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Stephen Dillane, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 3,260
47. Sixty Six (2006)
PG-13 | 93 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A boy's barmitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.
Director: Paul Weiland | Stars: Charlie Clark, Nick Shirm, Thomas Drewson, Gregg Sulkin
Votes: 3,197 | Gross: $0.22M
48. Comedy of Power (2006)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
A magistrate investigates a corporate executive.
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, François Berléand, Patrick Bruel, Marilyne Canto
Votes: 3,071 | Gross: $0.08M
49. Half Moon (2006)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he... See full summary »
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi
Votes: 3,089 | Gross: $0.00M
50. The Night of the Sunflowers (2006)
123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The discovery of a mysterious cave coincides with the the murder of a young girl, causing a small town to fall into a cycle of violence, deception and greed in the search for the killer and whatever lies at the bottom of the cave.
Director: Jorge Sánchez-Cabezudo | Stars: Carmelo Gómez, Judith Diakhate, Celso Bugallo, Manuel Morón
Votes: 2,973
51. The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)
TV-G | 89 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
This modern version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale is charming. Ratso is a streetwise chancer of a rat whose theatre show is struggling. Then he finds an egg that hatches a mutant ... See full summary »
Directors: Michael Hegner, Karsten Kiilerich | Stars: Morgan C. Jones, Paul Tylak, Anna Nugent, Gary Hetzler
Votes: 2,745
52. The Snake (2006)
119 min | Thriller
Fashion photographer Vincent Mandel, in the midst of a difficult divorce, is suddenly being accused of rape and extorted. What does his former classmate Joseph Plender want from him?
Director: Eric Barbier | Stars: Yvan Attal, Clovis Cornillac, Pierre Richard, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 2,655
53. Transylvania (2006)
103 min | Drama
Zingarina, who is two-months pregnant, travels from France to Transylvania with her friend Marie to seek out her lover Milan Agustin that was deported from France. They hire the guide and ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Asia Argento, Amira Casar, Birol Ünel, Alexandra Beaujard
Votes: 2,672
54. The Chinese Botanist's Daughters (2006)
105 min | Drama, Romance
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.
Director: Sijie Dai | Stars: Mylène Jampanoï, Xiaoran Li, Dong Fu Lin, Weiguang Wang
Votes: 2,499
55. The Stone Council (2006)
102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In France, the single translator Diane Siprien adopts an Asian baby named Liu-San in a foundation directed by Sybille Weber. Years later, a weird mark appears on the boy's chest and Diane ... See full summary »
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Monica Bellucci, Catherine Deneuve, Moritz Bleibtreu, Sami Bouajila
Votes: 2,420
56. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
115 min | Drama, Romance
A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.
Director: Tsai Ming-liang | Stars: Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen, Norman Atun, Pearlly Chua
Votes: 2,416 | Gross: $0.02M
57. Odette Toulemonde (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. The wealthy and seductive writer is going to land in her life in a ... See full summary »
Director: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt | Stars: Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber, Alain Doutey
Votes: 2,370
58. Quand j'étais chanteur (2006)
112 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Alain Moreau sings for one of the few remaining dance-bands in Clermont-Ferrand. Though something of an idol amongst his female audience he has a melancholic awareness of the slow ... See full summary »
Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Cécile de France, Mathieu Amalric, Christine Citti
Votes: 2,325
59. Locked Out (2006)
90 min | Comedy
The story of a glue-sniffing homeless person who stumbles upon a policeman committing suicide and decides to put his abandoned uniform to good use. Initially this means using it to steal ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Dupontel | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Claude Perron, Nicolas Marié, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 2,231
60. Love for Sale (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
In order to get funds, a young woman living in the Northeast of Brazil decides to raffle her own body.
Director: Karim Aïnouz | Stars: Hermila Guedes, Maria Menezes, Zezita Matos, João Miguel
Votes: 2,107 | Gross: $0.01M
61. Jean-Philippe (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Fabrice is a big - perhaps the biggest - fan of Jean-Philippe Smet, better known as Johnny Hallyday, the greatest rocker France has ever produced.
Director: Laurent Tuel | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Johnny Hallyday, Guilaine Londez, Élodie Bollée
Votes: 2,031
62. Valley of Flowers (2006)
155 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A great Asian love story, an unforgettable tale about passion, death and reincarnation. A mesmerizing Himalayan epic that spans two centuries, from the Silk Route of the early 19th century to the bustling metropolis of modern-day Tokyo.
Director: Pan Nalin | Stars: Milind Soman, Mylène Jampanoï, Naseeruddin Shah, Jampa Kalsang Tamang
Votes: 1,914
63. Quelques jours en septembre (2006)
116 min | Drama, Thriller
On September 1st, 2001 a spy receives information that something terrible will happen soon.
Director: Santiago Amigorena | Stars: Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier, Tom Riley
Votes: 1,868
64. Nue propriété (2006)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
A divorced mother of two boys reaching adulthood decides to sell their house, find love and get on with her life away from her husband and sons; a decision that will lead to an escalating fraternal dispute.
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick Renier, Kris Cuppens
Votes: 1,807 | Gross: $0.06M
65. Colossal Youth (2006)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
With the destruction of Fontainhas nearly complete, the old man Ventura wanders around a bleak housing project and the ruins of the slums, meeting with his kids and old friends.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta
Votes: 1,743
66. The Tiger Brigades (2006)
Not Rated | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The film, set in 1912, is about the exploits of France's first motorized police brigade.
Director: Jérôme Cornuau | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 1,728
67. The House of Happiness (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
On a mission to loosen up, a miser's sets about buying a house in the country for his family.
Director: Dany Boon | Stars: Dany Boon, Michèle Laroque, Daniel Prévost, Zinedine Soualem
Votes: 1,695
68. The Ugly Swans (2006)
105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The writer is invited to the town of Tashlinsk by the mutants who emerged after an unnatural and constant rain causing the evacuation of the city, and by the children who are studying the unearthly knowledge of mutants.
Director: Konstantin Lopushanskiy | Stars: Gregory Hlady, Leonid Mozgovoy, Aleksey Kortnev, Rimma Sarkisyan
Votes: 1,650
69. Nachtrit (2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Dennis is a taxi driver trying to start out his own company. One day, he gets the opportunity to buy a scarce and expensive but lucrative license.
Director: Dana Nechushtan | Stars: Frank Lammers, Fedja van Huêt, Peggy Jane de Schepper, Mohammed Chaara
Votes: 1,568
70. Family Law (2006)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
As he adjusts to being a husband and father, Ariel Perelman meditates on the ways in which he is similar -- and so very different -- from his own dad.
Director: Daniel Burman | Stars: Daniel Hendler, Julieta Díaz, Arturo Goetz, Eloy Burman
Votes: 1,554 | Gross: $0.04M
71. N (Io e Napoleone) (2006)
110 min | Comedy, History, War
When Napoleon arrives to Elba Island in exile, Martino, an idealist teacher and writer, plots to kill him.
Director: Paolo Virzì | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Elio Germano, Monica Bellucci, Sabrina Impacciatore
Votes: 1,447
72. The Goodbye Kiss (2006)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Giorgio Pellegrini, a former left-wing activist turned terrorist has fled to Central America and fought with a guerrilla movement. Fifteen years later he is fed up with living in the jungle... See full summary »
Director: Michele Soavi | Stars: Alessio Boni, Michele Placido, Isabella Ferrari, Alina Nedelea
Votes: 1,383
73. One to Another (2006)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama
Chacun Sa Nuit ("To Each His Night") is a modern study of French teens which turns into a murder mystery. Narrated by the lone female in a quintet of very close friends, her narcissistic, ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | Stars: Lizzie Brocheré, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Baché, Pierre Perrier
Votes: 1,400 | Gross: $0.02M
74. Quatre étoiles (2006)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy
Franssou, a charming Parisian English teacher, who shares part of her life with a boring middle-aged lover, dreams of another life. So, when she unexpectedly inherits 50,000 euros, she ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Vincent | Stars: José Garcia, Renée Le Calm, Isabelle Carré, Raymond Gil
Votes: 1,343
75. A Ticket to Space (2006)
90 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Stéphane, an unemployed comedian, receives a winning lottery ticket from his son, offering two civilians the chance to stay in the European orbital station with a professional crew. This is... See full summary »
Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Kad Merad, Olivier Baroux, Marina Foïs, Guillaume Canet
Votes: 1,302
76. The Magic Flute (2006)
135 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of the supposedly evil Sarastro. But all is not as it seems.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Joseph Kaiser, Amy Carson, Ben Davis, Silvia Moi
Votes: 1,304
77. Cargo (2006)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.
Director: Clive Gordon | Stars: Peter Mullan, Daniel Brühl, Luis Tosar, Samuli Edelmann
Votes: 1,262
78. Poltergay (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
When Marc and Emma move into their new house, they have no idea that in the 1970s, their basement was a gay nightclub which had been destroyed by fire and that the house itself is now ... See full summary »
Director: Eric Lavaine | Stars: Clovis Cornillac, Julie Depardieu, Lionel Abelanski, Gilles Gaston-Dreyfus
Votes: 1,267
79. Congorama (2006)
105 min | Comedy, Drama
An eccentric Belgian inventor travels to Québec to search for his family, which uncovers a secret history between two seemingly unrelated people.
Director: Philippe Falardeau | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Paul Ahmarani, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Claudia Tagbo
Votes: 1,223
80. French for Beginners (2006)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
Échange tells the story of HENRIK, who takes part in a student exchange program with France. The only reason for this journey is to conquer the heart of his dream girl. Wild Partys, ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Ditter | Stars: François Goeske, Paula Schramm, Lennard Bertzbach, Christian Tramitz
Votes: 1,152
81. L'homme de sa vie (2006)
Unrated | 114 min | Drama, Romance
On summer holiday in Provence, Frédéric meets Hugo and develops a powerful bond that threatens his family.
Director: Zabou Breitman | Stars: Bernard Campan, Charles Berling, Léa Drucker, Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Votes: 1,113 | Gross: $0.01M
82. Belle toujours (2006)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama, Music
38 years after their last encounter, Henri Husson thinks he sees Séverine in a concert. He follows her and sadistically takes out a slow and painful revenge.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Bulle Ogier, Ricardo Trêpa, Leonor Baldaque
Votes: 1,110 | Gross: $0.01M
83. Scream of the Ants (2006)
85 min | Adventure, Drama
A girl believing in God marries an atheist, who is consumed by doubt. They decide to spend their honeymoon in India. Searching the countryside for a guru called the "perfect man," who fobs ... See full summary »
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Mamhoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass, Tenzin Chogyal
Votes: 983
84. Dry Season (2006)
96 min | Drama
Chad, 2006. After a forty-year civil war, the radio announces the government has just amnestied the war criminals. Outraged by the news, Gumar Abatcha orders his grandson Atim, a ... See full summary »
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun | Stars: Ali Barkai, Youssouf Djaoro, Aziza Hisseine, Khayar Oumar Defallah
Votes: 981
85. Du jour au lendemain (2006)
93 min | Comedy
François's life changes inexplicably overnight, from unlucky to miraculous.
Director: Philippe Le Guay | Stars: Benoît Poelvoorde, Bernard Bloch, Anne Consigny, Constance Dollé
Votes: 951
86. La stella che non c'è (2006)
103 min | Drama
Labourer Vincenzo travels from Italy to China in search of a machine with a deficiency that was produced in the now defunct establishment at which Vincenzo worked for years.
Director: Gianni Amelio | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Ling Tai, Angelo Costabile, Hiu Sun Ha
Votes: 922
87. El custodio (2006)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama
A bodyguard of a top politician is so dedicated that he's in danger of losing his own identity.
Director: Rodrigo Moreno | Stars: Julio Chávez, Osmar Núñez, Marcelo D'Andrea, Elvira Onetto
Votes: 948
88. La educación de las hadas (2006)
103 min | Drama, Romance
A happily married woman with an eight-year-old son suddenly decides to end her relationship with her second husband. His son thinks only a fairy can save their marriage. But do fairies exist?
Director: José Luis Cuerda | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Irène Jacob, Bebe, Víctor Valdivia
Votes: 917
89. Change of Address (2006)
85 min | Comedy, Music
In Paris, the emotional and professional tribulations of a musician and his roommate.
Director: Emmanuel Mouret | Stars: Emmanuel Mouret, Frédérique Bel, Fanny Valette, Dany Brillant
Votes: 864
90. The Wedding Director (2006)
97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A film director falls in love with the daughter of a prince.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Donatella Finocchiaro, Sami Frey, Gianni Cavina
Votes: 850
91. Hey Good Looking! (2006)
85 min | Comedy, Romance
Love stories, a beauty parlor,a Moroccan nanny, children to educate and family feasts are what Isa,Alice,Léa and Nina share together because they are united by their Sephardi families and their friendship.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Michèle Laroque, Aure Atika, Valérie Benguigui, Géraldine Nakache
Votes: 847
92. My Son (2006)
79 min | Drama
Tragedy strikes a young boy and his over-protective mother.
Director: Martial Fougeron | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Victor Sévaux, Olivier Gourmet, Marie Kremer
Votes: 834
93. Mauvaise foi (2006)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In Paris, Clara, psycho motor therapist, and Ismaël, music teacher, have been lovers for four years. Happy, the couple are expecting their first child and decide to move in together. But ... See full summary »
Director: Roschdy Zem | Stars: Cécile de France, Roschdy Zem, Pascal Elbé, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 852
94. Fair Play (2006)
Not Rated | 103 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
There are rules for fair play in sport; these are not adhered to always. But there are no rules for fair play at work, in life or when faced with life and death.
Director: Lionel Bailliu | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Jérémie Renier, Eric Savin, Marion Cotillard
Votes: 819
95. Madame Irma (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Francis, 45, a successful executive, gets fired unexpectedly.
Directors: Didier Bourdon, Yves Fajnberg | Stars: Didier Bourdon, Pascal Légitimus, Arly Jover, Catherine Mouchet
Votes: 800
96. Sweet Mud (2006)
90 min | Drama
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Director: Dror Shaul | Stars: Tomer Steinhof, Ronit Yudkevitz, Shai Avivi, Pini Tavger
Votes: 765
97. L'héritage (2006)
75 min | Drama
Three French hipsters and their translator travel through rural Georgia to claim a remote, ruined castle that one of them has inherited. En route, they encounter an old man and his grandchild who are on a journey to carry out a mysterious, morbid ritual designed to end a conflict between warring clans.
Directors: Géla Babluani, Temur Babluani | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Stanislas Merhar, Olga Legrand, Pascal Bongard
Votes: 758
98. Avril (2006)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
Avril is a novice in a convent of "Baptistine" sisters, a monastic order which was officially dissolved by the end of the nineteenth century but that is kept alive by Mère Marie Joseph, the... See full summary »
Director: Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | Stars: Sophie Quinton, Miou-Miou, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Clément Sibony
Votes: 750
99. Incontrôlable (2006)
88 min | Comedy
Georges, one morning, became uncontrollable despite himself. Something that has the donkey's voice in Shrek, can control his body.
Director: Raffy Shart | Stars: Michaël Youn, Hélène de Fougerolles, Hippolyte Girardot, Thierry Lhermitte
Votes: 744
100. Twice Upon a Time (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy
Thirty years ago they were lovers. Their affair fascinated a nation. Louis was a director and Alice was his muse. Then came the breakup It too, was public and painful. They have not met ... See full summary »
Director: Antoine de Caunes | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, Jean Rochefort, Isabelle Nanty, Ian Richardson
Votes: 717
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