2006 in movies

The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing movies, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of movies released and notable deaths.

Highest-grossing movies
+ Highest-grossing movies of 2006 Rank Title  Distributor  Worldwide gross 1 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Disney $1,066,179,725 2 The Da Vinci Code Columbia $758,239,851 3 Ice Age: The Meltdown 20th Century Fox $660,940,780 4 Casino Royale Sony $599,045,960 5 Night at the Museum 20th Century Fox $574,480,841 6 Cars Disney $462,216,280    7 X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Century Fox $459,359,555 8 Mission: Impossible III Paramount $397,850,012 9 Superman Returns Warner Bros. $391,081,192 10 Happy Feet $384,335,608

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest became the third movie in cinema history to gross over $1 billion and is the 24th highest-grossing movie of all time.

Events
 Month  Day  Event January 4 The Producers Guild of America nominates Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Walk the Line as contenders for their best-produced movie award. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) nominate The 40-Year-Old Virgin, I Tried, Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale for best original screenplay. The WGA nominees for best adapted screenplay are Brokeback Mountain, Capote, The Constant Gardener, A History of Violence and Syriana. 5 Jon Stewart is named host of the 78th Academy Awards. 9 The Broadcast Film Critics Association present their Critics' Choice Awards for the best movies of 2005 live on The WB network in the United States. Brokeback Mountain is named best picture, best director for Ang Lee and ties for best supporting actress for Michelle Williams. Philip Seymour Hoffman is named best actor for Capote and Reese Witherspoon is awarded best actress for Walk the Line. 16 The winners of the 63rd Golden Globe Awards include Brokeback Mountain for best dramatic picture and best director. 19 The 2006 Sundance Film Festival starts in Park City, Utah. 24  Disney announces plans to acquire Pixar 28 The Directors Guild of America names Ang Lee best movie director of 2005 for Brokeback Mountain, best documentary goes to Werner Herzog for Grizzly Man and its Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Clint Eastwood. 29 The Screen Actors Guild names Philip Seymour Hoffman outstanding male movie actor for Capote, Reese Witherspoon as outstanding female lead movie actor for Walk the Line, Rachel Weisz as outstanding female actor in a supporting role for The Constant Gardener, Paul Giamatti as outstanding male actor in a supporting role for Cinderella Man, the cast of Crash as outstanding ensemble in a theatrical motion picture, and Shirley Temple Black is given a life achievement award. 30 The 26th Golden Raspberry Awards nominees include Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, Dirty Love, The Dukes of Hazzard, House of Wax and Son of the Mask for worst movie; Tom Cruise, Will Ferrell, Jamie Kennedy, The Rock and Rob Schneider for worst actor; and Jessica Alba, Hilary Duff, Jennifer Lopez, Jenny McCarthy and Tara Reid for worst actress. 31 The Academy Awards for best movie achievement in 2005 had nominated primarily independent movies. Brokeback Mountain led the nominations with 8, followed by Crash, Good Night, and Good Luck and Memoirs of a Geisha all earning six. February 5 The 33rd annual Annie Award - Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit won the best animated feature, as well as all nine categories which it was nominated. Family Guy won the best voice acting and directing, Star Wars: Clone Wars II Chapters 21-25 won the best animated TV production, Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch won the best home entertainment award, and Ultimate Spider-Man won the new "best video game award". 6 Disney re-acquires the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit from NBCUniversal, in exchange for ABC letting commentator Al Michaels work on NBC Sunday Night Football. March 4  Dirty Love dominates the 26th Golden Raspberry Awards with 4 awards including Worst Picture and Worst Actress for Jenny McCarthy. Rob Schneider took home for Worst Actor for his performance in Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo. Other awards went to Hayden Christensen as Worst Supporting Actor for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and Paris Hilton as Worst Supporting Actress for House of Wax 5  78th Academy Awards: Crash earns a win for Best Picture upsetting favorite Brokeback Mountain. No movie, for the first time in 58 years, won a clear majority. Both movies as well as Memoirs of a Geisha and King Kong win three Oscars each. Favorite March of the Penguins wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. South Africa wins its first motion picture Oscar with the Best Foreign Film award for Tsotsi. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit wins Oscar for Animated feature movie.
Major awards as follows:
 Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain
 Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote
 Actress: Reese Witherspoon for Walk the Line
 Supporting Actor: George Clooney for Syriana
 Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener 13  11th Empire Awards: Pride & Prejudice and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith win the most awards with two. April 18 Tom Cruise and fiancée Katie Holmes welcomed their newborn baby Suri. 25 The 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable movies such as Mission: Impossible III and United 93. 28 TV double act Ant & Dec make their big screen debut with Alien Autopsy. May 17  The 2006 Cannes Film Festival began in Cannes, France. It continued until May 28. It was hosted by Vincent Cassel. Movies in competition included Babel by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Fast Food Nation by Richard Linklater, Iklimler by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, El Laberinto del Fauno by Guillermo del Toro, Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola, Southland Tales by Richard Kelly, Volver by Pedro Almodóvar, and The Wind That Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach 27  Brad Pitt and Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie give birth to daughter Shiloh in the African nation of Namibia. June 3  The 2006 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced. 14  The American Film Institute releases its ninth list of its AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers recognizing 100 movies as the most "inspirational" in cinema history. Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is named the most "inspirational" movie of all time. July 7  Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opens later grossing $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time (the previous record was held by Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859, the previous year). It also surpassed the opening weekend gross (at $135,634,554 between July 7–9) previously set by Spider-Man in 2002 with $114,844,116 between May 3–5. 28  Actor and Oscar-winning director producer Mel Gibson is arrested after speeding on Pacific Coast Highway due to a DUI. Police reports later reveal stinging anti-Semitic comments made to the officer (a Jew). Gibson checked into rehab and issued several statements apologizing for his rude comments. See Mel Gibson DUI incident for more details. September 7  Ellen DeGeneres is named host of the 79th Academy Awards. 7-16  The 2006 Toronto International Film Festival takes place. December 7  64th Golden Globe Awards nominees are announced. Babel leads nominations with seven.

Awards
 Category/Organization  64th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 15, 2007   12th Critics' ChoiceJanuary 20, 2007 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 60th BAFTA AwardsFebruary 11, 2007  79th Academy AwardsFebruary 25, 2007 Drama  Musical or Comedy Best Film  Babel  Dreamgirls  The Departed Little Miss Sunshine The Queen The Departed Best Director  Martin ScorseseThe Departed Paul GreengrassUnited 93  Martin ScorseseThe Departed Best Actor  Forest WhitakerThe Last King of Scotland  Sacha Baron CohenBorat  Forest WhitakerThe Last King of Scotland Best Actress  Helen MirrenThe Queen  Meryl StreepThe Devil Wears Prada  Helen MirrenThe Queen Best Supporting Actor  Eddie MurphyDreamgirls  Alan ArkinLittle Miss Sunshine Best Supporting Actress  Jennifer HudsonDreamgirls Best Screenplay, Adapted  Peter MorganThe Queen  Michael ArndtLittle Miss SunshineWilliam MonahanThe Departed Jeremy Brock and Peter MorganThe Last King of Scotland  William MonahanThe Departed Best Screenplay, Original  Michael ArndtLittle Miss Sunshine Best Animated Film  Cars N/A Happy Feet Best Original Score  The Painted VeilAlexandre Desplat  The IllusionistPhilip Glass N/A BabelGustavo Santaolalla Best Original Song  "The Song of the Heart"Happy Feet  "Listen"Dreamgirls N/AN/A "I Need to Wake Up"An Inconvenient Truth Best Foreign Language Film  Letters from Iwo Jima N/A Pan's Labyrinth  The Lives of Others

2006 wide-release movies

January–March
 ‡ Movies that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre MediumJANUARY 6 BloodRayne  Boll KG Productions  Uwe Boll (director); Guinevere Turner (screenplay); Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Matthew Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Will Sanderson, Billy Zane, Udo Kier, Michael Paré, Meat Loaf  Fantasy, Action, Horror  Grandma's Boy  20th Century Fox / Level 1 Entertainment / Happy Madison Productions  Nicholaus Goossen (director); Allen Covert, Nick Swardson, Barry Wernick (screenplay); Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Nick Swardson, Linda Cardellini, Shirley Jones, Shirley Knight, Peter Dante, Joel David Moore, Jonah Hill, Kevin Nealon  Comedy  Hostel  Screen Gems / Lions Gate Films  Eli Roth (director/screenplay); Jay Hernandez, Derek Richardson, Eyþór Guðjónsson, Barbara Nedeljáková, Rick Hoffman, Jennifer Lim  Horror  13 Glory Road  Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films  James Gartner (director); Gregory Allen Howard, Chris Cleveland, Bettina Gilois (screenplay); Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight, Austin Nichols, Evan Jones, Alphonso McAuley, Tatyana Ali  Sports, Drama  Hoodwinked!  The Weinstein Company / Kanbar Entertainment  Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards, Tony Leech (directors/screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Glenn Close, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Anthony Anderson, David Ogden Stiers, Xzibit, Chazz Palminteri, Andy Dick  Comedy, Crime, Family  Animation Last Holiday  Paramount Pictures / ImageMovers  Wayne Wang (director); Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman (screenplay); Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Gérard Depardieu, Alicia Witt, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kellermann, Michael Nouri  Comedy, Drama  Tristan and Isolde  20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions / Franchise Pictures  Kevin Reynolds (director); Dean Georgaris (screenplay); James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell, Mark Strong, Henry Cavill, David O'Hara  Epic, Drama, Drama  20 End of the Spear  Rocky Mountain Pictures  Jim Hanon (director/screenplay); Bill Ewing, Bart Gavigan (screenplay); Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman, Christina Souza, Sean McGowan, Beth Bailey  Drama, Christian  Underworld: Evolution  Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment  Len Wiseman (director); Danny McBride (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Tony Curran, Shane Brolly, Steven Mackintosh, Derek Jacobi, Bill Nighy  Action, Horror  24 Wristcutters: A Love Story  Autonomous Films  Goran Dukić (director/screenplay); Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Leslie Bibb, Tom Waits, Mark Boone Junior, Will Arnett  Black Comedy, Romance, Road  27 Annapolis  Touchstone Pictures  Justin Lin (director); Dave Collard (screenplay); James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Roger Fan, Donnie Wahlberg, Vicellous Reon Shannon, Chi McBride, Brian Goodman, Charles Napier  Drama  Big Momma's House 2  20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises  John Whitesell (director); Don Rhymer (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Nia Long, Zachary Levi, Mark Moses, Emily Procter, Kat Dennings, Chloë Grace Moretz  Comedy, Crime  Nanny McPhee  Universal Pictures / StudioCanal / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Working Title Films  Kirk Jones (director); Emma Thompson (screenplay); Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Angela Lansbury, Eliza Bennett, Raphaël Coleman, Imelda Staunton  Fantasy, Comedy, Family FEBRUARY 3 Something New  Focus Features  Sanaa Hamri (director); Kriss Turner (screenplay); Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood, Donald Faison, Alfre Woodard, Earl Billings, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Mike Epps  Romance, Drama  When a Stranger Calls  Screen Gems / Davis Entertainment  Simon West (director); Jake Wade Wall (screenplay); Camilla Belle, Brian Geraghty, Katie Cassidy, Clark Gregg, Tommy Flanagan, Tessa Thompson, Derek de Lint, Kate Jennings Grant, David Denman  Horror  10 Curious George  Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment  Matthew O'Callaghan (director); Ken Kaufman (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke, Frank Welker  Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family  Final Destination 3  New Line Cinema / Hard Eight Pictures / Zide/Perry Productions  James Wong (director/screenplay); Glen Morgan (screenplay); Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Amanda Crew, Jesse Moss, Gina Holden, Texas Battle  Supernatural, Horror  Firewall  Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Beacon Pictures / Thunder Road Films  Richard Loncraine (director); Joe Forte (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jimmy Bennett, Carly Schroeder, Robert Forster, Robert Patrick, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alan Arkin  Crime, Thriller  The Pink Panther  Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Shawn Levy (director); Steve Martin, Len Blum (screenplay); Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Henry Czerny, Kristin Chenoweth, Roger Rees,  Beyoncé Knowles  Comedy, Family  17 Date Movie  20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises  Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (directors/screenplay); Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Tony Cox, Fred Willard, Eddie Griffin, Carmen Electra, Judah Friedlander  Comedy, Romance, Spoof  Eight Below  Walt Disney Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Mandeville Films  Paul Walker, Bruce Greenwood, Moon Bloodgood, Jason Biggs, August Schellenberg, Wendy Crewson, Belinda Metz  Adventure, Drama, Family  Freedomland  Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios  Joe Roth (director); Richard Price (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore, Edie Falco, Ron Eldard, William Forsythe, Aunjanue Ellis, Anthony Mackie, LaTanya Richardson, Clarke Peters  Drama, Mystery, Thriller  24 Doogal  The Weinstein Company  Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval, Frank Passingham (directors); Butch Hartman (screenplay); Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Stewart, William H. Macy, Chevy Chase, Kevin Smith, Ian McKellen, Judi Dench, Kylie Minogue, Bill Hader  Adventure, Fantasy  Animation Madea's Family Reunion  Lionsgate  Tyler Perry (director/screenplay); Tyler Perry, Blair Underwood, Keke Palmer, Lynn Whitfield, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Jenifer Lewis, Rochelle Aytes, Boris Kodjoe  Comedy, Drama  Running Scared  New Line Cinema / Media 8 Entertainment  Wayne Kramer (director/screenplay); Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Vera Farmiga, Chazz Palminteri, Karel Roden, Johnny Messner, Ivana Miličević, Michael Cudlitz, John Noble  Crime, Thriller MARCH 3 16 Blocks  Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Millennium Films / The Donners' Company  Richard Donner (director); Richard Wenk (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Jenna Stern, Casey Sander, Cylk Cozart, David Zayas  Crime, Thriller  Aquamarine  Fox 2000 Pictures  Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel, Claudia Karvan, Bruce Spence, Tammin Sursok  Comedy, Fantasy  Dave Chappelle's Block Party  Rogue Pictures  Michel Gondry (director); Dave Chappelle (screenplay); Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def, Common, John Legend  Documentary  Ultraviolet  Screen Gems  Kurt Wimmer (director/screenplay); Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund, William Fichtner  Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller  10 Failure to Launch  Paramount Pictures  Tom Dey (director); Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Bartha, Bradley Cooper, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates  Romance, Comedy  The Hills Have Eyes  Fox Searchlight Pictures  Alexandre Aja (director/screenplay); Grégory Levasseur (screenplay); Aaron Stanford, Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd, Robert Joy, Ted Levine  Horror  The Shaggy Dog  Walt Disney Pictures  Brian Robbins (director); Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Geoff Rodkey, Jack Amiel, Michael Begler (screenplay); Tim Allen, Robert Downey, Jr., Kristin Davis, Danny Glover, Spencer Breslin, Jane Curtin, Zena Grey, Philip Baker Hall  Comedy, Family  17 She's the Man  DreamWorks Pictures / Lakeshore Entertainment  Andy Fickman (director); Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith (screenplay); Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, David Cross, Vinnie Jones, Alexandra Breckenridge, Robert Hoffman, Jonathan Sadowski, Emily Perkins  Sports, Comedy  Thank You for Smoking  Fox Searchlight Pictures  Jason Reitman (director/screenplay); Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Cameron Bright, Adam Brody, Sam Elliott, Katie Holmes, David Koechner, Rob Lowe, William H. Macy, J.K. Simmons, Robert Duvall  Comedy, Drama  V for Vendetta  Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios / Silver Pictures  James McTeigue (director); The Wachowskis (screenplay); Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Tim Pigott-Smith and Rupert Graves  Political thriller  24 Inside Man  Universal Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks  Spike Lee (director); Russell Gewirtz (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster, Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe, Chiwetel Ejiofor  Crime, Thriller  Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector  Lionsgate  Trent Cooper (director); James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay); Larry the Cable Guy, Iris Bahr, Bruce Bruce, Joanna Cassidy, Brooke Dillman, Tony Hale, David Koechner, Lisa Lampanelli, Megyn Price, Thomas F. Wilson, Joe Pantoliano  Comedy  The Secret  Prime Time Productions / Dharma Production  Drew Heriot (director)  Documentary  Stay Alive  Hollywood Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment / Endgame Entertainment  William Brent Bell (director/screenplay); Matthew Peterman (screenplay); Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Jimmi Simpson, Milo Ventimiglia, Sophia Bush, Adam Goldberg, Wendell Pierce  Slasher  Unidentified  Five & Two Pictures / Cornerstone Television  Rich Christiano (director/screenplay); Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Michael Blain-Rozgay, Rebecca St. James, Jenna Bailey, Lance Zitron  Sci-fi, Christian  31 ATL  Warner Bros. Pictures / Overbrook Entertainment  Chris Robinson (director); Tina Gordon Chism (screenplay); Tip "T.I." Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Jackie Long, Jason Weaver, Big Boi, Lonette McKee, Mykelti Williamson, Keith David  Drama  Basic Instinct 2  Sony Pictures Releasing / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Constantin Film / C2 Pictures  Michael Caton-Jones (director); Henry Bean, Leora Barish (screenplay); Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling, David Thewlis, Flora Montgomery, Heathcote Williams, Hugh Dancy  Erotic thriller  Ice Age: The Meltdown  20th Century Fox Animation / Blue Sky Studios  Carlos Saldanha (director); Peter Gaulke, Gerry Swallow, Jim Hecht (screenplay); Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Will Arnett, Jay Leno, Alan Tudyk, Chris Wedge  Comedy, Adventure, Family  Animation Slither  Universal Pictures / Gold Circle Films  James Gunn (director/screenplay); Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Tania Saulnier, Jenna Fischer, Haig Sutherland, Matreya Fedor  Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy 

April–June
 ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre MediumAPRIL 7 The Benchwarmers  Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Happy Madison Productions  Dennis Dugan (director); Allen Covert, Nick Swardson (writers); Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Nick Swardson, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims, Tim Meadows  Comedy, Sports  Friends with Money  Sony Pictures Classics  Nicole Holofcener (director/screenplay); Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand, Jason Isaacs, Scott Caan, Simon McBurney, Greg Germann  Comedy, Drama  Lucky Number Slevin  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Ascendant Pictures / FlimEngine  Paul McGuigan (director); Jason Smilovic (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Stanley Tucci, Peter Outerbridge, Kevin Chamberlin  Crime, Thriller  Phat Girlz  Fox Searchlight Pictures  Nnegest Likké (director/screenplay); Mo'Nique, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Godfrey, Kendra C. Johnson, Dayo Ade, Jack Noseworthy, Eric Roberts  Comedy  Take the Lead  New Line Cinema  Liz Friedlander (director); Dianne Houston (screenplay); Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, John Ortiz, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Dante Basco, Elijah Kelley, Jenna Dewan  Drama, Dance  14 Scary Movie 4  The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Miramax Films  David Zucker (director); Jim Abrahams, Craig Mazin, Pat Proft (screenplay); Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Craig Bierko, Bill Pullman, Anthony Anderson, Carmen Electra, Chris Elliott, Kevin Hart, Cloris Leachman, Michael Madsen, Molly Shannon, Charlie Sheen, Leslie Nielsen, Shaquille O'Neal  Comedy, Horror, Spoof  The Wild  Walt Disney Pictures  Steve Williams (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin (screenplay); Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner, Richard Kind, Greg Cipes, Colin Cunningham, Patrick Warburton  Comedy, Adventure, Family  Animation 20 Jon's First Movie  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation  Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick (director); Ewan McGregor, Kevin James, Denis Leary, Owen Wilson, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black, George Clooney, Christopher Knights, John Goodman, Cameron Diaz, Hugh Jackman, Harvey Fierstein  Comedy, Family  Animation 21 American Dreamz  Universal Pictures  Paul Weitz (director/screenplay); Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Marcia Gay Harden, Willem Dafoe, Mandy Moore, Sam Golzari, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Seth Meyers, Tony Yalda, Noureen DeWulf, Shohreh Aghdashloo  Comedy  The Sentinel  20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises  Clark Johnson (director); George Nolfi (screenplay); Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan, Kim Basinger  Action, Crime, Thriller  Silent Hill  TriStar Pictures / Davis Films  Christophe Gans (director/screenplay); Roger Avary (screenplay); Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Deborah Kara Unger, Laurie Holden, Jodelle Ferland, Alice Krige, Kim Coates, Tanya Allen  Horror  28 Akeelah and the Bee  Lionsgate / 2929 Entertainment / Starbucks Entertainment  Doug Atchison (director/screenplay); Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Curtis Armstrong, J.R. Villarreal, Sean Michael Afable, Erica Hubbard, Lee Thompson Young  Drama  Alien Autopsy  Warner Bros. Pictures / Qwerty Films  Jonny Campbell (director); William Davies (screenplay); Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman, Harry Dean Stanton, Omid Djalili, Jimmy Carr, Götz Otto, Morwenna Banks, John Shrapnel  Comedy, Sci-fi  RV  Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Red Wagon Productions  Barry Sonnenfeld (director); Geoff Rodkey (screenplay); Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Josh Hutcherson, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, Jeff Daniels, Kristin Chenoweth, Hunter Parrish, Alex Ferris, Will Arnett  Comedy, Road, Family  Stick It  Touchstone Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment  Jessica Bendinger (director/screenplay); Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies, Maddy Curley, Nikki SooHoo, Kellan Lutz, John Patrick Amedori, Tarah Paige, Jon Gries, Gia Carides  Comedy, Drama, Sports  United 93  Universal Pictures / Working Title Films  Paul Greengrass (director/screenplay); Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, David Alan Basche, Peter Hermann, Corey Johnson, Richard Bekins, Michael J. Reynolds, Khalid Abdalla, David Rasche, Rebecca Schull, Denny Dillon  Biography, Drama, Thriller MAY 5 An American Haunting  Freestyle Releasing / After Dark Films / Remstar  Courtney Solomon (director/screenplay); Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Matthew Marsh, Miquel Brown  Horror  Art School Confidential  Sony Pictures Classics / United Artists  Terry Zwigoff (director); Daniel Clowes (screenplay); Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar, Ethan Suplee, Joel David Moore  Comedy, Drama  Hoot  New Line Cinema / Walden Media  Wil Shriner (director/screenplay); Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson, Cody Linley, Tim Blake Nelson, Neil Flynn, Robert Wagner, Kiersten Warren, Clark Gregg  Comedy, Family  Mission: Impossible III  Paramount Pictures  J. J. Abrams (director/screenplay); Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Laurence Fishburne and Simon Pegg  Action, Spy  12 Goal!  Touchstone Pictures  Danny Cannon (director); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Mike Jefferies, Adrian Butchart (screenplay); Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Marcel Iureş, Stephen Dillane, Anna Friel, Tony Plana, Kieran O'Brien, Sean Pertwee  Sports, Drama  Just My Luck  20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises / Cheyenne Enterprises / Silvercup Studios  Donald Petrie (director); I. Marlene King, Amy B. Harris, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein (screenplay); Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love, Missi Pyle, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner, Makenzie Vega, Carlos Ponce, McFly  Romance, Comedy  Poseidon  Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios  Wolfgang Petersen (director); Mark Protosevich (screenplay); Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Mia Maestro, Jimmy Bennett, Andre Braugher, Kevin Dillon, Stacy Ferguson  Disaster  19 The Da Vinci Code  Columbia Pictures / Imagine Entertainment / Skylark Productions  Ron Howard (director); Akiva Goldsman (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Alfred Molina, Jürgen Prochnow, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany  Mystery, Thriller  Over the Hedge  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation  Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick (director); Len Blum, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, William Shatner, Avril Lavigne, Nick Nolte, Thomas Haden Church, Allison Janney  Comedy, Family  Animation See No Evil  Lionsgate / WWE Studios  Gregory Dark (director); Dan Madigan (screenplay); Kane, Samantha Noble, Christina Vidal, Michael J. Pagan, Rachael Taylor, Penny McNamee, Craig Horner  Slasher  26 X-Men: The Last Stand  20th Century Fox / Marvel Entertainment / Dune Entertainment / The Donners' Company  Brett Ratner (director); Simon Kinberg, Zak Penn (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Anna Paquin, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Shawn Ashmore, Vinnie Jones  Action, Superhero JUNE 2 The Break-Up  Universal Pictures  Peyton Reed (director); Jeremy Garelick, Jay Lavender (screenplay); Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Joey Lauren Adams, Ann-Margret, Judy Davis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jon Favreau, Cole Hauser, Keir O'Donnell, John Michael Higgins, Justin Long  Romance, Comedy, Drama  6 The Omen  20th Century Fox  John Moore (director); David Seltzer (screenplay); Julia Stiles, Liev Schreiber, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Gambon, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick  Supernatural, Horror  9 Cars  Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios  John Lasseter (director/screenplay); Dan Fogelman, Joe Ranft, Jorgen Klubien, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, George Carlin, Paul Dooley, Michael Keaton, John Ratzenberger, Jeremy Piven  Comedy, Family  Animation A Prairie Home Companion  Picturehouse / New Line Cinema  Robert Altman (director); Garrison Keillor (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin  Comedy  16 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift  Universal Pictures / Relativity Media  Justin Lin (director); Chris Morgan (screenplay); Lucas Black, Nathalie Kelley, Sung Kang, Bow Wow, Brian Tee, Leonardo Nam, Brian Goodman, Zachery Ty Bryan  Action  Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties  20th Century Fox  Tim Hill (director); Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow (screenplay); Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Ian Abercrombie, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Vinnie Jones, Jim Piddock  Comedy, Family  The Lake House  Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / Vertigo DC Comics  Alejandro Agresti (director); David Auburn (screenplay); Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dylan Walsh, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Christopher Plummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Lynn Collins  Romance, Comedy  Nacho Libre  Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies  Jared Hess (director/screenplay); Jerusha Hess, Mike White(screenplay); Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez, Peter Stormare, Carla Jimenez, Richard Montoya, Moisés Arias  Sports, Comedy, Family  21 The Collingswood Story  Anchor Bay Entertainment  Mike Costanza (director/screenplay); Stephanie Dees, Johnny Burton, Grant Edmonds, Vera Madeline  Horror  23 Click  Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Happy Madison Productions  Frank Coraci (director); Steve Koren, Mark O'Keefe (screenplay); Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, Henry Winkler, David Hasselhoff, Julie Kavner, Sean Astin  Comedy, Fantasy  Waist Deep  Rogue Pictures / Intrepid Pictures  Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, Larenz Tate, Kimora Lee Simmons, The Game  Action, Drama  28 Superman Returns  Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / DC Comics  Bryan Singer (director); Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris (screenplay); Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, James Marsden, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, Tristan Lake Leabu  Superhero  Live action 30 The Devil Wears Prada  Fox 2000 Pictures  David Frankel (director); Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay); Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Simon Baker, Gisele Bündchen, Tracie Thoms, Stephanie Szostak  Comedy, Drama  Live action

July–September
 ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre MediumJULY 7 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  Walt Disney Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films  Gore Verbinski (director); Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Jack Davenport, Stellan Skarsgård, Bill Nighy, Naomie Harris, Kevin McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Tom Hollander, Geoffrey Rush  Swashbuckler, Fantasy  14 Little Man  Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios  Keenen Ivory Wayans (director/screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans (screenplay); Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy Morgan, Chazz Palminteri, Molly Shannon  Comedy  You, Me and Dupree  Universal Pictures  Anthony Russo, Joe Russo (directors); Michael LeSieur (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, Michael Douglas, Seth Rogen, Amanda Detmer, Todd Stashwick, Ralph Ting, Bill Hader  Comedy, Romance  21 Clerks II  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / View Askew Productions  Kevin Smith (director/screenplay); Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Trevor Fehrman, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith  Comedy  Lady in the Water  Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Blinding Edge Pictures  M. Night Shyamalan (director/screenplay); Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung, Freddy Rodriguez, Bill Irwin, Jared Harris  Fantasy, Thriller  Monster House  Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Amblin Entertainment / ImageMovers  Gil Kenan (director); Dan Harmon, Rob Schrab, Pamela Pettler (screenplay); Mitchel Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Steve Buscemi, Nick Cannon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kevin James, Jason Lee, Catherine O'Hara, Kathleen Turner, Fred Willard  Comedy, Horror, Family  Animation My Super Ex-Girlfriend  20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises  Ivan Reitman (director); Don Payne (screenplay); Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris, Eddie Izzard, Rainn Wilson, Wanda Sykes  Superhero, Comedy  26 Little Miss Sunshine  Fox Searchlight Pictures / Big Beach / Deep River Productions  Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris (directors); Michael Arndt (screenplay); Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Bryan Cranston, Dean Norris, Wallace Langham  Comedy, Drama, Road  28 The Ant Bully  Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Playtone  John A. Davis (director/screenplay); Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Regina King, Bruce Campbell, Lily Tomlin, Cheri Oteri, Ricardo Montalbán  Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Family  Animation John Tucker Must Die  20th Century Fox  Betty Thomas (director); Jeff Lowell (screenplay); Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Penn Badgley, Jenny McCarthy, Fatso-Fasano, Patricia Drake, Taylor Kitsch, Kevin McNulty  Romance, Comedy  Miami Vice  Universal Pictures  Michael Mann (director/screenplay); Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Justin Theroux, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Domenick Lombardozzi  Action, Crime, Thriller  Scoop  Focus Features / BBC Films / Ingenious Film Partners  Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane, Charles Dance, Romola Garai, Kevin R. McNally, Julian Glover  Romance, Comedy, Mystery AUGUST 4 Barnyard  Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies / O Entertainment  Steve Oedekerk (director/screenplay); Kevin James, Sam Elliott, Courteney Cox, Wanda Sykes, Danny Glover, Andie MacDowell, David Koechner, Jeffrey Garcia, Tino Insana, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen  Comedy, Family  Animation The Descent  Lionsgate / Celador  Neil Marshall (director/screenplay); Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Nora-Jane Noone, Oliver Milburn  Adventure, Horror  The Night Listener  Miramax Films / IFC Films / Fortissimo Films  Patrick Stettner (director/screenplay); Armistead Maupin, Terry Anderson (screenplay); Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Rory Culkin, Bobby Cannavale, Sandra Oh, Joe Morton, John Cullum, Lisa Emery  Psychological thriller  Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby  Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Apatow Productions / Mosaic Media Group  Adam McKay (director/screenplay); Will Ferrell (screenplay); Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Michael Clarke Duncan, Leslie Bibb, Gary Cole, Jane Lynch, Amy Adams, Andy Richter  Sports, Comedy  Live action 9 World Trade Center  Paramount Pictures  Oliver Stone (director); Andrea Berloff (screenplay); Nicolas Cage, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Stephen Dorff, Jon Bernthal, Jay Hernandez, Michael Shannon, Donna Murphy, Frank Whaley, Jude Ciccolella, Danny Nucci  Disaster, Drama  Live action 11 Pulse  The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Distant Horizons  Jim Sonzero (director); Wes Craven, Ray Wright (screenplay); Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, Zach Grenier, Samm Levine, Octavia Spencer, Ron Rifkin  Horror  Live action Step Up  Touchstone Pictures / Summit Entertainment / Offspring Entertainment  Anne Fletcher (director); Duane Adler, Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay); Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan Tatum, Mario, Drew Sidora, Heavy D, Damaine Radcliff, De'Shawn Washington, Rachel Griffiths, Josh Henderson, Alyson Stoner  Dance, Romance  Live action Zoom  Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios  Peter Hewitt (director); Adam Rifkin, David Berenbaum (screenplay); Tim Allen, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Rip Torn, Spencer Breslin, Kevin Zegers, Michael Cassidy, Kate Mara, Ryan Whitney Adventure, Superhero  18 Accepted  Universal Pictures / Shady Acres Entertainment  Steve Pink (director); Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Mark Perez (screenplay); Justin Long, Blake Lively, Anthony Heald, Jonah Hill, Lewis Black, Adam Herschman, Columbus Short, Maria Thayer, Mark Derwin, Ann Cusack  Comedy  The Illusionist ‡  Yari Film Group  Neil Burger (director/screenplay); Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, Jake Wood  Mystery, Romance  Kenny  Xenon Pictures / Madman Entertainment  Clayton Jacobson (director/screenplay); Shane Jacobson (screenplay); Shane Jacobson, Eve von Bibra, Clayton Jacobson, Ronald Jacobson, Jesse Jacobson  Mockumentary  Material Girls  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Maverick Films  Martha Coolidge (director); Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin, John Quaintance (screenplay); Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Anjelica Huston, Lukas Haas, María Conchita Alonso, Brent Spiner, Faith Prince, Marcus Coloma, Obba Babatundé, Reagan Dale Neis  Comedy  Snakes on a Plane  New Line Cinema / Mutual Film Company  David R. Ellis (director); Sebastian Gutierrez, David J. Taylor, John Heffernan (screenplay); Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Nathan Phillips, Bobby Cannavale, Rachel Blanchard, Flex Alexander, Todd Louiso, Sunny Mabrey, Kenan Thompson, Lin Shaye, David Koechner  Action, Thriller  Live action 25 Beerfest  Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures  Jay Chandrasekhar (director/screenplay); Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske (screenplay); Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Nat Faxon, Will Forte, Ralf Möller, Mo'Nique, Eric Christian Olsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Cloris Leachman  Comedy  How to Eat Fried Worms  New Line Cinema / Walden Media  Bob Dolman (director); Luke Benward, Hallie Eisenberg, Adam Hicks, Tom Cavanagh, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Austin Rogers, Alexander Gould, Ryan Malgarini, Philip Daniel Bolden, Clint Howard, Ty Panitz, James Rebhorn  Comedy  Idlewild  Universal Pictures / Atlas Entertainment  Bryan Barber (director/screenplay); André 3000, Big Boi, Paula Patton, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Malinda Williams, Cicely Tyson, Macy Gray, Ben Vereen, Bruce Bruce, Bill Nunn, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Jackie Long  Musical  Invincible  Walt Disney Pictures  Ericson Core (director); Brad Gann (screenplay); Mark Wahlberg, Greg Kinnear, Elizabeth Banks, Kevin Conway, Michael Rispoli, Kirk Acevedo, Dov Davidoff, Michael Kelly  Sports, Drama SEPTEMBER 1 Crank  Lionsgate / Lakeshore Entertainment / Radical media  Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor (directors/screenplay); Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Keone Young, Reno Wilson  Action, Black comedy  Crossover  TriStar Pictures / 360 Pictures  Preston A. Whitmore II (director/screenplay); Anthony Mackie, Wesley Jonathan, Wayne Brady, Eva Pigford, Philip Champion, Lil' JJ, Alecia Fears  Sports  Idiocracy  20th Century Fox  Mike Judge (director/screenplay); Etan Cohen (screenplay); Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, David Herman, Justin Long, Andrew Wilson, Scarface, Thomas Haden Church, Stephen Root  Comedy, Sci-fi  The Wicker Man  Warner Bros. Pictures / Alcon Entertainment / Millennium Films / Saturn Films / Equity Pictures  Neil LaBute (director); Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Diane Delano  Horror  8 The Black Dahlia  Universal Pictures  Brian De Palma (director); Josh Friedman (screenplay); Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Fiona Shaw, Mia Kirshner, Mike Starr, Patrick Fischler, James Otis, John Kavanagh, Rose McGowan  Neo-noir, Crime, Thriller  The Covenant  Screen Gems / Lakeshore Entertainment  Renny Harlin (director); J.S. Cardone (screenplay); Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Jessica Lucas, Chace Crawford, Wendy Crewson, Stephen McHattie, Kenneth Welsh  Horror, Thriller  Tom-Yum-Goong  The Weinstein Company  Prachya Pinkaew (director/screenplay); Kongdej Jaturanrasamee, Napalee, Piyaros Thongdee, Joe Wannapin (screenplay); Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Jon Foo, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Jin Xing, Johnny Trí Nguyễn  Action  15  Everyone's Hero  Fox 2000 Pictures / IDT Entertainment  Christopher Reeve, Daniel St. Pierre, Colin Brady (directors); Robert Kurtz, Jeff Hand (screenplay); Jake T. Austin, William H. Macy, Rob Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Raven-Symoné, Brian Dennehy, Mandy Patinkin, Robert Wagner, Forest Whitaker, Robin Williams, Dana Reeve, Richard Kind, Joe Torre  Sports, Comedy, Family  Animation Gridiron Gang  Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Original Film  Phil Joanou (director); Jeff Maguire (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, Kevin Dunn, Leon Rippy, L. Scott Caldwell, Jade Yorker, Mo McRae, Setu Taase, Trever O'BrienSports, Drama  The Last Kiss  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures  Tony Goldwyn (director); Zach Braff, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson, Michael Weston, Eric Christian Olsen, Harold Ramis  Romance, Comedy, Drama  16 Ultraman Mebius & Ultraman Brothers  Shochiku  Kazuya Konaka (director); Keiichi Hasegawa (screenplay); Shunji Igarashi, Masaki Nishina, Minoru Tanaka, Ai Saikawa, Daisuke Watanabe, Kenta Uchino, Misato Hirata  Superhero, Kaiju  22  All the King's Men  Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Phoenix Pictures  Steven Zaillian (director/screenplay); Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Anthony Hopkins, James Gandolfini, Patricia Clarkson, Mark Ruffalo, Jackie Earle Haley, Kathy Baker  Drama  Fearless  Rogue Pictures  Ronny Yu (director); Chris Chow, Christine To, Wang Bin, Li Feng (screenplay); Jet Li, Collin Chou, Dong Yong, Nakamura Shidō II, Betty Sun, Nathan Jones  Martial Arts  Flyboys  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Ingenious Film Partners / Electric Entertainment  Tony Bill (director); David S. Ward, Phil Sears, Blake T. Evans (screenplay); James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Jennifer Decker, Abdul Salis, Philip Winchester, Tyler Labine, David Ellison  War, Drama  Jackass Number Two  Paramount Pictures / MTV Films / Dickhouse Productions  Jeff Tremaine (director/screenplay); Spike Jonze (screenplay); Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Steve-O, Ryan Dunn, Dave England, Jason Acuña, Preston Lacy, Ehren McGhehey  Comedy  29 Facing the Giants  Samuel Goldwyn Films / Sherwood Pictures / Provident Films  Alex Kendrick (director/screenplay); Stephen Kendrick (screenplay); Alex Kendrick, Shannen Fields, James Blackwell, Jim McBride, Jason McLeod, Erin Bethea, Tracey Cave  Christian, Sports, Drama  The Guardian  Touchstone Pictures / Beacon Pictures / Flash Film Works  Andrew Davis (director); Ron L. Brinkerhoff (screenplay); Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher, Sela Ward, Melissa Sagemiller, Clancy Brown, Omari Hardwick  Action, Adventure, Drama  Open Season  Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation  Jill Culton, Roger Allers (directors); Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman (screenplay); Martin Lawrence, Ashton Kutcher, Gary Sinise, Debra Messing, Billy Connolly, Jon Favreau, Georgia Engel, Jane Krakowski, Patrick Warburton, Gordon Tootoosis  Comedy, Family  Animation School for Scoundrels  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films  Todd Phillips (director); Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Heder, Michael Clarke Duncan, Jacinda Barrett, Sarah Silverman, Ben Stiller, David Cross, Matt Walsh, Horatio Sanz  Comedy  30 The Queen  Miramax Films / Granada Productions  Stephen Frears (director); Peter Morgan (screenplay); Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Helen McCrory, Alex Jennings, Roger Allam, Sylvia Syms, Tim McMullan  Drama 

October–December
 ‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release Opening Title Studio Cast and crew Genre MediumOCTOBER 6 The Departed  Warner Bros. Pictures  Martin Scorsese (director); William Monahan (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin  Crime, Drama  Employee of the Month  Lionsgate  Greg Coolidge (director/screenplay); Don Calame, Chris Conroy (screenplay); Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Andy Dick, Brian George, Harland Williams, Efren Ramirez, Marcello Thedford, Tim Bagley, Danny Woodburn  Comedy  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning  New Line Cinema / Platinum Dunes  Jonathan Liebesman (director); Sheldon Turner (screenplay); Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, Lee Tergesen, R. Lee Ermey  Slasher  Trailer Park Boys: The Movie  Alliance Atlantis / Odeon Films  Mike Clattenburg (director/screenplay); Robb Wells (screenplay); Robb Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith, John Dunsworth, Jonathan Torrens, Patrick Roach, Cory Bowles, Michael Jackson, Lucy DeCoutere, Sarah E. Dunsworth  Comedy, Crime  13 The Grudge 2  Columbia Pictures / Ghost House Pictures  Takashi Shimizu (director); Stephen Susco (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Edison Chen, Sarah Roemer, Teresa Palmer  Horror  Man of the Year  Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions  Barry Levinson (director/screenplay); Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler  Comedy, Drama  The Marine  20th Century Fox / WWE Studios  John Bonito (director); Alan B. McElroy, Michelle Gallagher (screenplay); John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Anthony Ray Parker, Abigail Bianca, Damon Gibson, Manu Bennett, Jerome Ehlers, Drew Powell, Jeff Chase  Action  Live action One Night with the King  Gener8Xion Entertainment  Michael O. Sajbel (director); Stephan Blinn (screenplay); Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Tom Lister Jr., Jonah Lotan, John Noble, James Callis  Epic  20 Flags of Our Fathers  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Amblin Entertainment  Clint Eastwood (director); William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis (screenplay); Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, Paul Walker, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough and Benjamin Walker  War  Flicka  Fox 2000 Pictures  Michael Mayer (director); Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner (screenplay); Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten, Dallas Roberts, Nick Searcy, Danny Pino  Adventure, Drama  Marie Antoinette  Columbia Pictures / Tohokushinsha Film / American Zoetrope  Sofia Coppola (director/screenplay); Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan, Tom Hardy  Comedy, Drama  The Prestige  Touchstone Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures / Newmarket Films  Christopher Nolan (director/screenplay); Jonathan Nolan (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, David Bowie  Mystery, Thriller, Drama  27 Babel ‡  Paramount Vantage / Anonymous Content / Central Films / Media Rights Capital  Alejandro González Iñárritu (director); Guillermo Arriaga (screenplay); Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kōji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi, Elle Fanning, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Michael Peña  Drama  Catch a Fire  Universal Pictures / Working Title Films / Mirage Enterprises  Phillip Noyce (director); Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna  Biographical, Thriller  Dirty Sanchez: the Movie Vertigo Films / MTV Europe  Jim Hickey (director); Matthew Pritchard, Michael Locke (The Pain Men), Lee Dainton, Dan Joyce  Reality  Saw III  Lionsgate / Twisted Pictures  Darren Lynn Bousman (director); Leigh Whannell (screenplay); Tobin Bell, Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose  Horror  Live actionNOVEMBER 3 Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan  Fox 2000 Pictures  Larry Charles (director); Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay); Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell Campbell, Pamela Anderson  Comedy, Mockumentary  Flushed Away  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Animation / Aardman Animations  David Bowers, Sam Fell (directors); Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan, William Davies (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Jean Reno, Shane Richie  Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family  Animation The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause  Walt Disney Pictures  Michael Lembeck (director); Ed Decter, John J. Strauss (screenplay); Tim Allen, Martin Short, Elizabeth Mitchell, Ann-Margret, Alan Arkin, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, Spencer Breslin, Liliana Mumy, Peter Boyle, Kevin Pollak  Christmas, Fantasy, Comedy, Adventure, Family  Volver ‡  Sony Pictures Classics  Pedro Almodóvar (director/screenplay); Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave  Drama  9 Breaking and Entering  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Miramax Films / Alliance Films  Anthony Minghella (director/screenplay); Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright, Rafi Gavron, Martin Freeman, Juliet Stevenson, Ed Westwick, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga  Romance, Crime, Drama  10 A Good Year  20th Century Fox / Scott Free Productions  Ridley Scott (director); Marc Klein (screenplay); Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Didier Bourdon, Abbie Cornish, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore  Romance, Comedy, Drama  Harsh Times  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  David Ayer (director/screenplay); Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria, Tammy Trull, Terry Crews, Noel Gugliemi, Craig Ricci Shaynak, J.K. Simmons, Armando Riesco, Emilio Rivera  Crime  The Return  Rogue Pictures  Asif Kapadia (director); Adam Sussman (screenplay); Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Kate Beahan, Sam Shepard  Horror, Thriller  Stranger Than Fiction  Columbia Pictures / Mandate Pictures  Marc Forster (director); Zach Helm (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt  Fantasy, Comedy, Drama  17 Bobby ‡  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Bold Films  Emilio Estevez (director/screenplay); Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Heather Graham, Joshua Jackson, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater  Drama  Casino Royale  Columbia Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  Martin Campbell (director); Neal Purvis and Robert Wade, Paul Haggis (screenplay); Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Giannini, Jeffrey Wright, Judi Dench, Caterina Murino, Ivana Miličević, Simon Abkarian  Spy  For Your Consideration ‡  Warner Independent Pictures / Castle Rock Entertainment / Shangri-La Entertainment  Christopher Guest (director/screenplay); Eugene Levy (screenplay); Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban  Comedy  Happy Feet  Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures  George Miller (director/screenplay); John Collee, Judy Morris, Warren Coleman (screenplay); Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Anthony LaPaglia, Magda Szubanski, Steve Irwin  Musical, Comedy, Family  Animation Let's Go to Prison  Universal Pictures / The Carsey-Werner Company / Strike Entertainment  Bob Odenkirk (director); Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Michael Patrick Jann (screenplay); Dax Shepard, Will Arnett, Chi McBride, David Koechner, Dylan Baker, Michael Shannon, Bob Odenkirk  Comedy  20 Griffin & Phoenix  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Gold Circle Films / Sidney Kimmel Entertainment  Ed Stone (director); Dermot Mulroney, Amanda Peet, Sarah Paulson, Blair Brown  Romance  22 Deck the Halls  20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises  John Whitesell (director); Matt Corman, Chris Ord, Don Rhymer (screenplay); Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick, Kristin Davis, Kristin Chenoweth, Alia Shawkat, Jorge Garcia, Jackie Burroughs, Fred Armisen  Christmas, Comedy, Family  Déjà Vu  Touchstone Pictures / Jerry Bruckheimer Films  Tony Scott (director); Bill Marsilii, Terry Rossio (screenplay); Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Jim Caviezel, Val Kilmer, Adam Goldberg, Bruce Greenwood, Elden Henson, Erika Alexander, Elle Fanning  Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller  The Fountain  Warner Bros. Pictures / Regency Enterprises  Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Cliff Curtis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy, Ethan Suplee  Epic, Romance, Drama  Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny  New Line Cinema / Red Hour Films  Liam Lynch (director/screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass (screenplay); Jack Black, Kyle Gass, JR Reed, Ronnie James Dio, Ben Stiller, Paul F. Tompkins, Dave Grohl  Musical, Comedy DECEMBER 1 The Nativity Story  New Line Cinema / Temple Hill Entertainment  Catherine Hardwicke (director); Mike Rich (screenplay); Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townsend  Drama  Turistas  Fox Atomic / 2929 Entertainment  John Stockwell (director); Michael Arlen Ross (screenplay); Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib, Miguel Lunardi  Horror  Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Myriad Pictures / National Lampoon  Mort Nathan (director); David Drew Gallagher (screenplay); Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Holly Davidson  Comedy  3 Miss Potter  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / Phoenix Pictures  Chris Noonan (director); Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn  Biographical Fiction, Family, Drama  6 The Upside Down Movie  Walt Disney Pictures / Blink Films / Sesame Workshop  Peter Cudlipp (director); Shane Dundas, David Collins, Amanda Bishop, Mat McCoy, Adam Smillie, Virginia Goodfellow, Alice Osborne, Kevin Spacey  Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family  Live action/Puppetry 8 Apocalypto  Touchstone Pictures / Icon Productions  Mel Gibson (director/screenplay); Farhad Safinia (screenplay); Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Sérbulo, Gerardo Taracena, Israel Contreras, Dalia Hernández, Ian Uriel, Rodolfo Palacios, Bernardo Ruiz Juarez, Ammel Rodrigo Mendoza, Ricardo Diaz Mendoza  Epic, Adventure  Blood Diamond  Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios  Edward Zwick (director); Charles Leavitt (screenplay); Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, David Harewood, Basil Wallace, Stephen Collins  War, Thriller  The Holiday  Columbia Pictures / Universal Pictures / Relativity Media / Waverly Films  Nancy Meyers (director/screenplay); Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Edward Burns, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Lindsay Lohan, James Franco, Shannyn Sossamon, Kathryn Hahn, Odette Yustman  Romance, Comedy  Unaccompanied Minors  Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / The Donners' Company  Paul Feig (director); Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Brett Kelly, Gia Mantegna, Quinn Shephard  Christmas, Comedy, Adventure, Family  15 Charlotte's Web  Paramount Pictures / Walden Media / The K Entertainment Company / Nickelodeon Movies  Gary Winick (director); Susannah Grant, Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Dominic Scott Kay, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford, Thomas Haden Church, Beau Bridges, Kevin Anderson  Family  Dreamgirls ‡  Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures  Bill Condon (director/screenplay); Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Sharon Leal  Musical, Drama  Eragon  Fox 2000 Pictures  Stefen Fangmeier (director); Peter Buchman (screenplay); Edward Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weisz, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, Alun Armstrong  Action, Fantasy  The Pursuit of Happyness  Columbia Pictures / Relativity Media / Overbrook Entertainment / Escape Artists Motion Pictures  Gabriele Muccino (director); Steven Conrad (screenplay); Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Thandie Newton, Brian Howe, Dan Castellaneta, James Karen, Kurt Fuller  Biography, Drama  19 Salvage  Off Hollywood Pictures  Jeffrey and Joshua Crook (directors/screenplay); Lauren Currie, Cody Darbe, Chris Ferry, Maureen Olander, John P. Miller, Jessica DeLong, Sam Dahler  Horror  20 Letters from Iwo Jima ‡  Warner Bros. Pictures / DreamWorks Pictures / Amblin Entertainment / Malpaso Productions  Clint Eastwood (director); Iris Yamashita (screenplay); Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryō Kase, Nakamura Shidō II, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki  War  Rocky Balboa  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios  Sylvester Stallone (director/screenplay); Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, Milo Ventimiglia, Geraldine Hughes, Tony Burton, Lou DiBella, James Francis Kelly III  Sports, Drama  21 Curse of the Golden Flower ‡  Sony Pictures Classics  Zhang Yimou (director/screenplay); Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Qin Junjie, Liu Ye, Ni Dahong, Chen Jin, Li Man  Wuxia, Drama  22 The Good Shepherd  Universal Pictures / Morgan Creek Productions  Robert De Niro (director); Eric Roth (screenplay); Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Gabriel Macht, William Hurt, Joe Pesci, John Turturro, Billy Crudup, Tammy Blanchard, Michael Gambon, Lee Pace, Eddie Redmayne  Spy  Night at the Museum  20th Century Fox / 1492 Pictures  Shawn Levy (director); Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant (screenplay); Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Jake Cherry, Kim Raver, Steve Coogan, Patrick Gallagher, Charles Q. Murphy, Paul Rudd  Fantasy, Comedy, Family  We Are Marshall  Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures  McG (director); Jamie Linden (screenplay); Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, January Jones, Brian Geraghty, David Strathairn  Drama, Biography  25 Black Christmas  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dimension Films / 2929 Entertainment / Hard Eight Pictures  Glen Morgan (director/screenplay); Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Karin Konoval  Slasher  Children of Men ‡  Universal Pictures / Strike Entertainment  Alfonso Cuarón (director/screenplay); Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata (screenplay); Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam, Pam Ferris, Peter Mullan, Danny Huston  Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller  Notes on a Scandal ‡  Fox Searchlight Pictures  Richard Eyre (director); Patrick Marber (screenplay); Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson, Michael Maloney, Joanna Scanlan  Psychological thriller, Drama  29 Arthur and the Invisibles ‡  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / The Weinstein Company / EuropaCorp  Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Céline Garcia (screenplay); Freddie Highmore, Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, David Bowie, Mia Farrow, Snoop Dogg, Harvey Keitel, Robert De Niro, Ron Crawford, Jason Bateman, Anthony Anderson  Adventure, Fantasy, Family  Live action/Animation Pan's Labyrinth ‡  Picturehouse / Telecinco Cinema  Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Sergi López, Maribel Verdú, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadna Gil, Álex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Federico Luppi  Fantasy 

 Movies released in 2006 

 American movies
 Argentine movies
 Australian movies
 Bengali movies
 Bollywood movies
 Brazilian movies
 British movies
 French movies
 Hong Kong movies
 Italian movies
 Japanese movies
 Mexican movies
 Pakistani movies
 Russian movies
 South Korean movies
 Spanish movies
 Tamil movies
 Telugu movies

Notable deaths

  Month   Date   Name   Age  Country   Profession   Notable movies  January ??  Rose Alba  85  UK  Actress   2  Osa Massen  91  Denmark  Actress   2  John Woodnutt  81  UK  Actor   5  Mark Roberts  84  USA  Actor   7  Jim Zulevic  40  USA  Actor   12  Stu Linder  74  USA  Film Editor   14  Shelley Winters  85  USA  Actress   19  Anthony Franciosa  77  USA  Actor   21  Robert Knudson  80  USA  Sound Re-Recording Mixer   23  Joseph M. Newman  96  USA  Director   24  Fayard Nicholas  91  USA  Actor, Dancer, Choreographer    24  Chris Penn  40  USA  Actor   26  Len Carlson  68  Canada  Actor  Cypher 27  Paul Valentine  86  USA  Actor   28  Henry McGee  77  UK  Actor   31  Moira Shearer  80  UK  Actress, Dancer    February 1  Roy Alon  63  UK  Stuntman   3  Jean Byron  80  USA  Actress   3  Al Lewis  82  USA  Actor   5  Franklin Cover  77  USA  Actor   6  Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez  80  USA  Actor   9  Phil Brown  89  USA  Actor   13  Andreas Katsulas  59  USA  Actor   14  Darry Cowl  80  France  Actor   17  Harold Hunter  31  USA  Actor   18  Richard Bright  64  USA  Actor   19  Erna Lazarus  102  USA  Screenwriter   21  Richard Snell  50  Bahamas  Makeup Artist   24  Don Knotts  81  USA  Actor   24  Dennis Weaver  81  USA  Actor   25  Darren McGavin  83  USA  Actor    March 1  Peter Sykes  66  Australia  Director, Actor   1  Jack Wild  53  UK  Actor   2  Phyllis Huffman  61  USA  Casting Director   7  John Junkin  76  UK  Writer, Actor   7  Gordon Parks  93 USA  Director   12  Joseph Bova  81  USA  Actor   13  Maureen Stapleton  80  USA  Actress   16  Moira Redmond  77  UK  Actress   17  Bob Papenbrook  50  USA  Voice Actor   18  Michael Attwell  63  UK  Actor   25  Richard Fleischer  89  USA  Director   29  Gretchen Rau  66  USA  Set and Art Director    April 4  Gary Gray  69 USA  Actor   9  Vilgot Sjöman  82  Sweden  Director   11  June Pointer  52  USA  Actress   16  John Godey  93 USA  Author   17  Henderson Forsythe  88 USA  Actor   22  Alida Valli  84  Italy  Actress   23  Susan Browning  65  USA  Actress   23  Jennifer Jayne  74  UK  Actress, Writer    May 1  Jay Presson Allen  84  USA  Writer, Producer   1  Betsy Jones-Moreland  76  USA  Actress   4  Michael Taliferro  44  USA  Actor, Director, Producer   8  George Lutz  59 USA  Author, Screenwriter  The Amityville Horror 10  Val Guest  94 USA  Director, Screenwriter   14  Paul Marco  78 USA  Actor   21  Katherine Dunham  96  USA  Dancer   24  Henry Bumstead  91 USA  Art Director   27  Paul Gleason  67 USA  Actor   30  Shohei Imamura  79  Japan  Actor   30  Robert Sterling  88  USA  Actor    June 4  Alec Bregonzi  76  UK  Actor   8  Robert Donner  75  USA  Actor   10  Gerald James  88  UK  Actor   12  Hugh Latimer  75  UK  Actor   16  Arthur Franz  86  USA  Actor   18  Vincent Sherman  99  USA  Director   18  Richard Stahl  74  USA  Actor   23  Aaron Spelling  83  USA  Producer, Actor   25  Kenneth Griffith  84  UK  Actor    July 2  Jan Murray  89  USA  Actor   3  Jack Smith  92  USA  Actor   5  Amzie Strickland  87  USA  Actress   6  Kasey Rogers  80  USA  Actress   8  June Allyson  88  USA  Actress   9  Chris Drake  82  USA  Actor   11  Barnard Hughes  90  USA  Actor   12  Kurt Kreuger  89  Germany  Actor   13  Red Buttons  87  USA  Actor   18  David Maloney  72  UK  Director, Producer  19  Jack Warden  85  USA  Actor   20  Robert O. Cornthwaite  89  USA  Actor   21  Mako  72  Japan  Actor   27  Johnny Weissmuller, Jr.  65  USA  Actor   28  Patrick Allen  79  Malawi  Actor    August 4  John Alderson  90  USA  Actor   7  Lois January  92  USA  Actress   13  Tony Jay  73  UK  Voice Actor, Actor   14  Bruno Kirby  57  USA  Actor   16  Alan Vint  61  USA  Actor   24  Earl Jolly Brown  66  USA  Actor  Live and Let Die 25  Ann Richards  88  Australia  Actress   25  Joseph Stefano  84  USA  Screenwriter   29  Bill Stewart  63  UK  Actor   30  Glenn Ford  90  Canada  Actor   31  William Aldrich  61  USA  Producer, Actor    September 4  Steve Irwin  44  Australia  Wildlife Expert, Actor   4  Fernando Siro  74  Argentina  Actor, Director   5  Hilary Mason  89  UK  Actress   7  Robert Earl Jones  96  USA  Actor   8  Frank Middlemass  87  UK  Actor   9  Gérard Brach  79  France  Director, Writer   9  Herbert Rudley  96  USA  Actor   11  Pat Corley  76  USA  Actor   14  Johnny Sekka  72  USA  Actor   14  Virginia Vale  86  USA  Actress   19  Elizabeth Allen  77  USA  Actress   20  Sven Nykvist  83  Sweden  Cinematographer   22  Edward Albert  55  USA  Actor   23  Malcolm Arnold  84  UK  Composer   24  Sally Gray  91  UK  Actress   26  Lionel Murton  91  UK  Actor   28  Hy Pyke  70  USA  Actor    October 2  Frances Bergen  84  USA  Actress   2  Tamara Dobson  59  USA  Actress, Makeup Artist   4  Tom Bell  73  UK  Actor   9  Danièle Huillet  70  France  Director   10  Jerry Belson  68  USA  Producer, Writer   12  Gillo Pontecorvo  86  Italy  Director, Writer   15  Derek Bond  86  UK  Actor   16  Ross Davidson  57  UK  Actor   16  Jack DeLeon  81  USA  Actor, Miscellaneous   16  Tommy Johnson  71  USA  Musician   19  James Glennon  64  USA  Cinematographer, Second Assistant Camera   19  Phyllis Kirk  79  USA  Actress   20  Jane Wyatt  96  USA  Actress   21  Peter Barkworth  77  UK  Actor   21  Daryl Duke  77  Canada  Director   21  Milton Selzer  87  USA  Actor   22  B. Constance Barry  93  USA  Actress   22  Arthur Hill  84  Canada  Actor   22  Richard Mayes  83  UK  Actor   29  Roy Barnes  70  USA  Art Director, Set Designer   29  Nigel Kneale  84  UK  Screenwriter, Actor   31  William Franklyn  81  UK  Actor, Writer    November 1  Adrienne Shelly  40  USA  Actress, Director   2  Leonard Schrader  62  USA  Screenwriter   2  Milly Vitale  73  Italy  Actress   8  Basil Poledouris  61  USA  Composer   9  Wayne Artman  69  USA  Sound Re-Recording   9  Marian Marsh  93  USA  Actress   10  Diana Coupland  74  UK  Actress   10  Chubby Oates  63  UK  Actor  Killer's Moon 10  Jack Palance  87  USA  Actor   11  Belinda Emmett  32  Australia  Actress  The Nugget 11  Ronnie Stevens  81  UK  Actor   14  John Hallam  65  UK  Actor   15  Elaine Ives-Cameron  67  UK  Actress  Supergirl 16  Eustace Lycett  91  USA  Special Effects, Visual Effects   19  Jeremy Slate  80  USA  Actor   20  Robert Altman  81  USA  Director, Screenwriter   20  Kevin McClory  80  Ireland  Miscellaneous, Producer   23  Betty Comden  89  USA  Screenwriter, Lyricist   23  Philippe Noiret  76  France  Actor, Voice Dubbing   24  Phyllis Cerf  90  USA  Actress   27  Alan Freeman  79  UK  Actor, Producer   27  Anthony Jackson  62  UK  Actor  Labyrinth 29  Leon Niemczyk  62  Poland  Actor  Inland Empire 30  Shirley Walker  61  USA  Composer, Orchestrator    December 1  Sid Raymond  97  USA  Actor, Voice Actor   4  Adam Williams  84  USA  Actor   5  Michael Gilden  44  USA  Actor   5  Gerry Humphreys  74  UK  Sound Re-Recording   6  Mavis Pugh  92  UK  Actress  The Class of Miss MacMichael 7  Desmond Briscoe  81  UK  Sound Effects   8  Martha Tilton  91  USA  Singer, Actress   9  Russell Wade  89  USA  Actor  Ball of Fire • Mr. & Mrs. Smith 12  Ivor Barry  87  USA  Actor, Writer  Weird Science • The Andromeda Strain 12  Peter Boyle  71  USA  Actor   14  Hallie D'Amore  64  UK  Makeup Artist  Forrest Gump • Apollo 13 14  Mike Evans  57  USA  Writer, Actor  Now You See Him, Now You Don't • The House on Skull Mountain 18  Joseph Barbera  95  USA  Director, Producer  The Flintstones • Jetsons: The Movie  21  Lois Hall  80  USA  Actress  Gone in 60 Seconds • Flightplan 22  Philip Pine  86  USA  Actor  D.O.A • The Set-Up  23  Charlie Drake  81  USA  Actor  The Plank • Sands of the Desert 24  Marc Smith  61  UK  Actor  Live and Let Die • Moonraker 25  James Brown  73  USA  Singer, Actor  Jerry Maguire • The Proposal  27  Anna Navarro  73  USA  Actress  Last Action Hero • Topaz 30  Frank Campanella  87  USA  Actor  

Movie debuts
 Katie Cassidy – When a Stranger Calls
 Rebecca Hall – Starter for 10
 Armie Hammer – Flicka
 Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
 Rami Malek — Night at the Museum
 Eddie Redmayne – Like Minds
 Mia Wasikowska – Suburban Mayhem

Notes

References
 Box Office Mojo movie release schedule.

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