Best of 2006
- Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Larry Charles
- Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
- The Prestige Christopher Nolan
- Stranger Than Fiction Marc Forster
- The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- The Departed Martin Scorsese
- Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón
- Paris, je t’aime Olivier Assayas, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Alexander Payne, Walter Salles, Jr., Oliver Schmitz, Gus Van Sant, Frédéric Auburtin, Gurinder Chadha, Daniela Thomas, Isabel Coi
- The Science of Sleep Michel Gondry
- Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro
- The Painted Veil John J. Curran
- Little Children Todd Field
