Drama Movies 2006 List

With Gwyneth Paltrow • Daniel Craig • Sigourney Weaver • Toby Jones • Hope Davis • Isabella Rossellini • Jeff Daniels • Juliet Stevenson • Peter Bogdonovich • Doug McGrath • John Wells

Based on the true story of young Truman Capote and his investigation into the 1959 murders of a wealthy Kansas family of four. What starts out as a journey with his childhood friend Harper Lee to figure out "whodunit," turns into something unexpected: an intense and complex bond with one of the murderers that inspired his greatest work, 'In Cold Blood.'

With Gerard Butler • Anna Faris • Stellan Skarsgard • Charlie Sheen • Eva Mendes • Imelda Staunton • Kathy Bates • Julie Delpy • George Augusto

With Paul Feig • Tony Hale • Lauren Shuler Donner • Rob Corddry • Tyler James Williams • Jessica Walter • David Koechner • Wilmer Valderrama • Donny Osmond • Nick Thune • Brett Kelly • Dyllan Christopher • Al Roker • Teri Garr • Rob Riggle • BJ Novak • Dave Gruber Allen • Julie Snyder • Michael Aguilar • Ira Glass • Kate Kondell • Mya Stark • Jacob Meszaros

It's Christmas Eve and five kids have just been snowed in at the airport -- and there isn't a parent in sight. "Unaccompanied Minors" follows awkward Spencer (Dyllan Christopher), rich-girl Grace (Gina Mantegna), tomboy Donna (Quinn Shephard), geeky Charlie (Tyler James Williams) and bashful Beef (Brett Kelly) as they try to outwit a disgruntled airport official (Lewis Black) and reunite with their families. Using "borrowed" golf-carts, a canoe on a snow hill and the help of a reluctant flight attendant (Wilmer Valderrama), these kids are about to prove the holidays aren't about where you are, but who you're with.

With Russell Crowe • Aaron Eckhart • Ridley Scott • Marion Cotillard • Didier Bourdon • Julie Payne • Albert Finney • Marc Klein • Lisa Ellzey

Based on the novel by Peter Mayle, the film is about failed London banker Max Skinner (Crowe) who moves to Provence to tend a vineyard he inherited from his uncle, played by Albert Finney. There he encounters Cotillard's character, a beautiful California woman who says she is a long-lost cousin and lays claim to the property.

With Christian Bale • Eva Longoria • David Ayer • Freddy Rodriguez • Andrea Sperling

Jim Davis (Christian Bale) is an ex-Army Ranger recently discharged from the military, yet still haunted by nightmares of his former occupation. While seeking a position with the LAPD that will allow him to marry his Mexican girlfriend and bring her to the United States, Jim kills time chilling with his best friend, Mike (Freddy Rodriguez). Mike is feeling the heat from his longtime girlfriend, Sylvia (Eva Longoria): either get a job or get out. But the love of a beautiful woman can't compare to the bonds of friendship, and Jim and Mike are soon cruising the streets of South Central, slipping back into a deceitful life of drugs, violence and petty crime, just like when they were kids.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Nicole Kidman • Harris Yulin • Erin Cressida Wilson • Genevieve McCarthy • Ty Burrell • Boris McGiver • Steven Shainberg • Edward R. Pressman • Bonnie Timmermann • Vincent Farrell • Michael Roban

A biopic about the life of photographer Diane Arbus, considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with 'freak' subject-matter, her haunting work emerged from a deeply private place. Arbus' death was as mysteriously tragic as was the aura surrounding some of her most piercing portraits.

With Eva Green • Mads Mikkelsen • Daniel Craig • Judi Dench • John Cleese • Jeffrey Wright • Martin Campbell • Paul Haggis • Barbara Broccoli • Neal Purvis • Caterina Murino • Michael Wilson • Robert Wade

"Casino Royale" introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to '00' status. Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Uganda where he is to spy on a terrorist, Mollaka. Not everything goes to plan and Bond decides to investigate, independently of MI6, in order to track down the rest of the terrorist cell. Following a lead to the Bahamas, he encounters Dimitrios and his girlfriend, Solange. He learns that Dimitrios is involved with Le Chiffre, banker to the world's terrorist organizations. Secret Service intelligence reveals that Le Chiffre is planning to raise money in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro at Le Casino Royale. MI6 assigns 007 to play against him, knowing that if Le Chiffre loses, it will destroy his organization. 'M' places Bond under the watchful eye of the beguiling Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide, Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together and even torture at the hands of Le Chiffre. In Montenegro, Bond allies himself with Mathis MI6's local field agent, and Felix Leiter who is representing the interests of the CIA. The marathon game proceeds with dirty tricks and violence, raising the stakes beyond blood money and reaching a terrifying climax.

With Shia LaBeouf • Anthony Hopkins • Lindsay Lohan • Helen Hunt • Demi Moore • Martin Sheen • Sharon Stone • Laurence Fishburne • Ashton Kutcher • Elijah Wood • Nick Cannon • Heather Graham • Harry Belafonte • Emilio Estevez • William H. Macy • Christian Slater • Gary Michael Walters • Freddy Rodriguez • Joshua Jackson • Michel Litvak • Holly Wiersma • Edward Bass • Dan Grodn

"Bobby" revisits the night Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. Story is about how the lives of those at the hotel that evening intersected. Movie will take place against the backdrop of the cultural issues gripping the country at the time, including racism, sexual inequality and class differences.

With Dominic Cooper • Stephen Campbell Moore • James Corden • Frances de la Tour • Damian Jones • Alan Bennett • Richard Griffiths • Clive Merrison • Sacha Dhawan • Samuel Anderson • Andrew Knott • Samuel Barnett • Russell Tovey • Jamie Parker • Nicholas Hytner • Kevin Loader

"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history teacher (Frances de la Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.

With Darren Aronofsky • Ellen Burstyn • Donna Murphy • Iain Smith • Hugh Jackson • Rachel Weiz • Sean Gullete • Sean Patrick Thomas • Nick Wechsler • Arnon Milchan • Eric Watson

"The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's thousand-year struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th century Spain, where conquistador Tomas Creo (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Tree of Life, the legendary entity believed to grant eternal life to those who drink of its sap. As modern-day scientist Tommy Creo, he desperately struggles to find a cure for the cancer that is killing his beloved wife Isabel (Rachel Weisz). Traveling through deep space as a 26th century astronaut, Tom begins to grasp the mysteries of life that have consumed him for more than a century.

With Morgan Freeman • John Cusack • Bruce Beresford • Stephen Katz • John Darrouzet

Ray Keene (Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Cordell (Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.