Top 10’s of 2006

Chlotrudis Awards members were invited to share their Top 10 movie lists of 2006 on the website. See what various members chose as their top films of the year. See how many of their favorites made the final ballot. See if your tastes coincide with any particular Chlotrudis member. If you’re a member, send in your Top 10 of the year and we’ll include it here.

Hard Candy
Hard Candy

Peg Aloi’s Top 10 Movies of 2006

  1. Hard Candy
  2. Brothers of the Head
  3. Inland Empire
  4. Notes on a Scandal
  5. Shortbus
  6. A Scanner Darkly
  7. Garçon Stupide
  8. The Queen
  9. Beowulf & Grendel
  10. C.R.A.Z.Y.

Gem Worthy of Note: Hand of God

 

This Film is Not Yet Rated
This Film is Not Yet Rated

Daniel Berman’s Top 10 Movies of 2006!

  1. The U.S. vs. John Lennon
  2. The Trials of Darryl Hunt
  3. Renaissance
  4. Who Killed the Electric Car?
  5. This Film is Not Yet Rated
  6. Sketches of Frank Gehry
  7. Mutual Appreciation
  8. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
  9. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
  10. Who Gets to Call It Art?

Honorable Mentionable(s): Drawings and War: The Testimony of the Children of Uganda,  49 UP,  The Cult of the Suicide Bomber,  Not a Photograph: The Mission to Burma Story

 

Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia
Curse of the Golden Flower

Thom Bowser’s Top 10 Movies of 2006!

  1. Curse of the Golden Flower
  2. The New World
  3. Duck Season
  4. The History Boys
  5. Broken Sky
  6. Manderlay
  7. Lemming
  8. 49 Up
  9. Inland Empire
  10. Clean

 

Inland Empire
Inland Empire

Michael Colford’s Top 13 Movies of 2006!

  1. Sorry, Haters
  2. Clean
  3. Inland Empire
  4. Hard Candy
  5. La Moustache
  6. Caché
  7. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
  8. Volver
  9. Shut Up & Sing
  10. L’Intrus
  11. The Syrian Bride
  12. Iron Island
  13. The Science of Sleep

Couldn’t Quite Squeeze On: Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story, Changing Times, Deliver Us From Evil, Little Miss Sunshine, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Water

Biggest Disappointments: 3 Needles, Stolen, Thank You for Smoking

Biggest Difference of Opinion (Films people loved that I just couldn’t fully embrace): Battle In Heaven, Brick, Half Nelson, The History Boys, Shortbus

 

La Moustache
La Moustache

Scot Colford’s Top 10 Movies of 2006!

  1. Caché
  2. La Moustache
  3. Hard Candy
  4. The Science of Sleep
  5. Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
  6. Shortbus
  7. Brothers of the Head
  8. Sorry, Haters
  9. Lonesome Jim
  10. The History Boys

 

 

Clean
Clean

Bob Gladstein’s Top 10 Movies of 2006! 

  1. Caché
  2. Clean
  3. Sorry, Haters
  4. Duck Season
  5. Survive Style 5+
  6. Hard Candy
  7. The Hidden Blade
  8. Great New Wonderful
  9. Shadowboxer
  10. A Scanner Darkly

 

Tekkon Kinkreet
Tekkon Kinkreet (Black & White)

Thomas Guttadauro’s Top 10 Movies of 2004!

Best

  • Tekkon Kinkreet (Black & White)

Best Screened in the U.S.

  • Superman Returns

Best of the Rest

  • Lady Vengeance
  • Night Watch
  • Inside Man
  • Three Times
  • Cars
  • The President’s Last Bang
Chinjeolhan geumjassi
Lady Vengeance

The Rest

  • The Proposition
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • The Great Yokai War
  • The New World
  • The Devil & Daniel Johnston

Biggest Disappointment

  • The Science of Sleep

Best of the Fests

  • Gwoemul
  • Linda! Linda! Linda! (year 2!)
  • Welcome to Dongmakul

Honorable Mention for Kicking Ass!

  • Fearless

Best Sig from a Movie

“Azuki Suki!”

 

Temporada de patos
Duck Season

Bruce Kingsley’s Top 10 Movies of 2006!

  1. Duck Season
  2. L’Enfant
  3. 49 Up
  4. 51 Birch Street
  5. This Film is Not Yet Rated
  6. Babel
  7. Russian Dolls
  8. The Queen
  9. Inland Empire
  10. Half Nelson

 

 

 

Half Nelson
Half Nelson

Chris Kriofske’s Top 10 Movies of 2006!

  1. Duck Season
  2. Half Nelson
  3. Caché
  4. 49 Up
  5. Volver
  6. Shortbus
  7. The Case of the Grinning Cat
  8. Clean
  9. This Film is Not Yet Rated
  10. Inland Empire

Tied for 11th place: Children of Men, The Queen, Requiem

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order): 51 Birch Street, L’Enfant, Mutual Appreciation, Night of Truth, Old Joy, Shut Up and Sing, Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story

Chris’ Top 5 Festival Films of 2005!

  • The Yacoubian Building
  • The Life of Reilly
  • Small Town Gay Bar
  • Syndromes and a Century
  • Fat Girls

 

Volver
Volver

Mary McIntire’s Top 10 Movies of 2006!

  1. Volver
  2. The Proposition
  3. Clean
  4. New York Doll
  5. Sorry, Haters
  6. Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  7. Little Miss Sunshine
  8. Twelve and Holding
  9. Water
  10. Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bill Story

 

 

The Prosposition
The Proposition

Hilary Nieukirk’s Top 10 Movies of 2006! (in alphabetical order)

  • 49 Up
  • Heading South
  • The History Boys
  • The King
  • The Last King of Scotland
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The Proposition
  • The Queen
  • This Film is Not Yet Rated
  • Volver

Other Docs Worth a Mention: Deliver Us From Evil, The Devil & Daniel Johnston, Jesus Camp, New York Doll

 

Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways

Jeffrey Pike’s Top 10 Movies of 2006! (in no particular order)

  • Brick
  • Tristam Shandy: A Cock & Bull Story
  • Look Both Ways
  • Transamerica
  • Lonesome Jim
  • A Prairie Home Companion
  • Duck Season
  • Caché
  • 10th District Court
  • L’Intrus
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
  • Inland Empire
  • Jesus Camp
  • Winter Passing
  • The Departed
  • Inside Man
  • The Proposition