Top 10 films of the year by Stephen King & you!

[ALIASd]

2006: My Top 10 Movies

Stephen King's got his big-screen honor roll -- but notes when he's got the choice between going out to the cineplex or staying home at the TV, these days the small screen often wins

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SPIES AND SNAKES
Jackson and Daniel Craig brought the star power to
two of the 10 pics on King's list of his 2006 favorites

here's my list of the best I've seen since last December. Not a critic's list, remember; I'm just another schlub in the popcorn line.

10. The World's Fastest Indian Anthony Hopkins as a motorcycle racer. What else do you need to know? Oh, the movie's great — funny and moving.
9. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Frakkin' horrible title. Great movie. Tommy Lee Jones channels Cormac McCarthy...and it works.
8. Waist Deep This is old-school urban action, honey, the way they don't hardly make 'em no more. Starring the immensely likable Tyrese Gibson.
7. Snakes on a Plane You got your basic snakes on a plane, you got Samuel L. Jackson doing his thing, and a good-humored, high-tension script that recalls the first two Bruce Willis Die Hard pictures. So, hey — what's not to like?
6. The Illusionist Two movies featuring magicians from the early 1900s came out this year. I saw both, liked both. What made The Illusionist special for me was Edward Norton dueling with Paul Giamatti, and an ending that compelled me back into the theater at once to see how I had been tricked.
5. The Descent The best horror movie of the year, beyond doubt. Possibly because the main characters are all adults, for a change? The sense of doom-laden claustrophobia this movie generates is intense and remarkable.
4. Casino Royale I came out of the theater thinking it was the best Bond since Goldfinger. A subsequent viewing of Goldfinger — for this column — has convinced me it's the best Bond ever.
3. The Departed Ensemble ''star power'' movies hardly ever work, but when they do, they can be cool. The Departed is can't-take-your-eyes-off-it entertainment. Matt Damon continues to amaze me with his versatility.
2. United 93 If this emotionally wrenching docudrama isn't nominated for Best Picture, the Academy should be ashamed of itself.
1. Pan's Labyrinth I happened to see this in July and was completely seduced by its beauty and emotional ferocity. Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Mimic, Blade II) directed, and to call this his best work isn't enough. I think this extraordinary R-rated fairy tale for adults is the best fantasy film since The Wizard of Oz. And while it's much darker than Wizard, it still celebrates the human spirit. Your Uncle Stevie thinks you will see this movie.

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I've posted threads about most of the films on my list already
but here's 10 of mine (in no particular order):

Babel
Volver
Apocalypto
The Prestige
United 93
Casino Royale
The Queen
Little Miss Sunshine
Half-Nelson - Ryan Gosling's performance is amazing
The Departed

and honorable mentions to:

Best animated film - 'CARS'

'Bug' - Ashley Judd gives a dazzling, strange brave performance

'The Dead Girl' - the ensemble cast is star-studded and makes this film hum

What are your Top 10?

[aimster]

I only saw Cars, Pirates 2 & Borat.

[kylelicious]

in my opinion, the departed was the greatest movie of the year. hands down. if the academy snubs scorsese out of another oscar, it will be highway robbery. i mean, how do you not win an oscar for gangs of new york, casino, goodfellas, raging bull, or taxi driver? you could even thrown in mean streets, the king of comedy, the color of money, and cape fear.

this man is responsible for some of the greatest films ever and he has never won an oscar, but at least the Three 6 Mafia has.

if martin doesn't walk away with best director for the departed, the oscars will officially mean nothing in my mind (not that it matters what i think).

[pizzamousechips]

Oh, if that list was by number, and his favorite really is Pan's Labyrinth, then I have to say bravo. That movie is amazing, and very deserving of awards up the wazoo. It really rates up there with Wizard as one of the best fantasy films ever produced.

I doubt anyone else has seen it, but if you have a chance, catch it when it hits theaters this month. It's a dark tale deep with imagination, maybe so dark and deep that it's not kid-friendly, but that shouldn't stop you from taking your kids if you're open-minded. It's intelligently gruesome, and I believe only drops one F-bomb. Either way, it's a fantasy story with a young girl as the main heroine, so it's really fine for everyone.

Edit: Here's my top ten, no particular order. (including foreign and independents)

Pan's Labyrinth
Volver
The Departed
The Illusionist
Only Human
Cache
United 93
Borat
Mission: Impossible III
A Scanner Darkly

Cache might not be 2005 though...

[DLcub]

in no special order:

The fountain
United 93
Volver
Pan's labyrinth
The devil wears prada
The illusionist (though looked better than it actually was)
Thank you for smoking
An inconvenient truth
Brand upon the brain
INLAND EMPIRE (ok, i haven't seen this one yet but i'm positive that it deserves a spot on a top ten list)

[kylelicious]

the fountain looked strange. i have seen several trailers for it and i still have no clue what it is about.

[ALIASd]

Originally Posted by pizzamousechips

Cache might not be 2005 though...

It was last year and an excellent film as well!

[sir clinksalot]

I'm like Stephen King, I see alot of my non-family type movies once they come out on DVD. Unfortunately, unlike Mr. King, I have to wait until they are released on DVD. So when it comes to Oscar time I usually haven't seen many of the films until after the awards.

That being said, my Top 10 (so far) for this year

The DaVinci Code
Thank you for Smoking
Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
Cars
Superman Returns
Stranger than Fiction
Borat
V for Vendetta

Actually, I think that's all I've seen this year that I could possibly put on a top 10 list. I just have to see more movies before I make my final list.

Movies I want to see:

Babel
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
The Pursuit of Happyness
Apocalypto
Blood Diamond
Casino Royale
The Queen
For Your Consideration
Bobby
The Prestige
The Illusionist

[merlinjones]

Some movies I liked this year:

Little Miss Sunshine
Borat
Casino Royale
V for Vendetta
Cars
For Your Consideration
The Notorious Bettie Page
The Break-Up
A Prairie Home Companion

A few I didn't like at all:

Pirates of the Caribbean 2
Superman Returns
The Proposition
The Prestige

Okay:

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