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Little Miss Sunshine
2006 film by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

Volver
Volver (; ) is a 2006 Spanish comedy-drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, and Chus Lampreave. Revolving around an eccentric family of women from a wind-swept region south of Madrid, Cruz stars as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula. To top off the family crisis, her mother Irene returns from the dead to tie up loose ends.

The Illusionist
2006 film directed by Neil Burger

Alpha Dog
2006 film directed by Nick Cassavetes

Inland Empire
2006 film by David Lynch

The Host
2006 South Korean film directed by Bong Joon-ho

Copying Beethoven
2006 film by Agnieszka Holland

A Scanner Darkly
2006 film by Richard Linklater

This Is England
2006 film directed by Shane Meadows

Away from Her
2006 film by Sarah Polley

Infamous
2006 film by Douglas McGrath

Shortbus
Shortbus is a 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. The plot revolves around a sexually diverse ensemble of colorful characters trying desperately to connect in an early 2000s New York City. The characters converge in a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspired by various underground NYC gatherings that took place in the early 2000s. According to Mitchell, the film attempts to "employ sex in new cinematic ways because it's too interesting to leave to porn." Shortbus includes a variety of explicit scenes containing non-simulated sexua

The Namesake
2006 film directed by Mira Nair

A Prairie Home Companion
2006 film by Robert Altman

Fast Food Nation
2006 film directed by Richard Linklater

Bug
2006 film directed by William Friedkin

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
2006 film by Dito Montiel

Half Nelson
2006 film directed by Ryan Fleck

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
2006 film by Jonathan Levine

Factory Girl
2006 film by George Hickenlooper

Material Girls
2006 film by Martha Coolidge

10 Items or Less
2006 film directed by Brad Silberling

The Fall
2006 film by Tarsem Singh

Friends with Money
2006 film by Nicole Holofcener

.45
2006 film directed by Gary Lennon

Loving Annabelle
2006 film by Katherine Brooks

Another Gay Movie
2006 film by Todd Stephens

Snow Cake
2006 film by Marc Evans

Open Water 2: Adrift
2006 film by Hans Horn

Wristcutters: A Love Story
2006 film directed by Goran Dukić

Who Killed the Electric Car?
2006 documentary film directed by Chris Paine

Facing the Giants
2006 film by Alex Kendrick

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
2006 film by Park Chan-wook

Man About Town
2006 film by Mike Binder

Unknown
2006 film by Simon Brand

Sherrybaby
Sherrybaby is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Laurie Collyer. The film premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2006 and received a limited release in the United States on September 8, 2006.

The Oh in Ohio
2006 film

Art School Confidential
2006 film by Terry Zwigoff

Red Road
2006 film by Andrea Arnold

Akeelah and the Bee
2006 film by Doug Atchison

The Dead Girl
2006 film by Karen Moncrieff

Boy Culture
2006 film by Q. Allan Brocka

The Last Drop
2006 film by Colin Teague

Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds
2006 film by Phillip J. Bartell

2:37
2:37 is a 2006 Australian psychological drama film written, produced and directed by filmmaker Murali K. Thalluri and starring an ensemble cast including Teresa Palmer, Joel Mackenzie, Frank Sweet, Charles Baird, Sam Harris, Marni Spillane and Clementine Mellor. 2:37 was filmed in Adelaide, Australia on location at St. Ignatius' College. The story is narrated by six high school students whose lives are interwoven, each having their own personal problems and goals. The story takes place on an otherwise normal school day, during which, at precisely 2:37, a tragedy will occur.

Frostbite
2006 Swedish comedy horror film directed by Anders Banke

The Hottest State
2006 film by Ethan Hawke

National Lampoon's Pledge This!
2006 American film

The TV Set
2006 film by Jake Kasdan

Karla
2006 film directed by Joel Bender

Something New
2006 film by Sanaa Hamri

Chronicle of an Escape
2005 film by Adrián Caetano

Come Early Morning
2006 film by Joey Lauren Adams

The Groomsmen
2006 film by Edward Burns

Kidulthood
Kidulthood (stylised known as KiDULTHOOD) is a 2006 British teen crime drama film directed by Menhaj Huda from a screenplay by Noel Clarke. It stars Aml Ameen, Red Madrell, Adam Deacon, Jaime Winstone, Femi Oyeniran, Madeleine Fairley, Cornell John, Kate Magowan, Pierre Mascolo (who also acted as executive producer), Rafe Spall and Nicholas Hoult. Set in the West London area Ladbroke Grove, the film follows two days of in the lives of a diverse group of teenagers, who are given the day off school following a classmate’s suicide.

A Dog's Breakfast
2006 film directed by David Hewlett

The Tripper
2006 film directed by David Arquette

Destricted
Destricted is a 2006 anthology film that explores the line where art and pornography intersect. The United Kingdom and United States film releases had overlapping but different short art-house erotic films. The film collection won awards at a range of international film festivals.

Old Joy
2006 film by Kelly Reichardt

Night of the Living Dead 3D
2006 film by Jeff Broadstreet