Best 2006 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2006 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Inside Man
- Stacker score: 89.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 417,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Spike Lee
- Actors: Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $88,513,495

#19. Venus
- Stacker score: 90.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Roger Michell
- Actors: Peter O'Toole, Jodie Whittaker, Leslie Phillips
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $3,347,411

#18. After the Wedding
- Stacker score: 90.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 39,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: Susanne Bier
- Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,534,584

#17. Half Nelson
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 94,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Ryan Fleck
- Actors: Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Shareeka Epps
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,697,938

#16. The Host
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 140,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Bong Joon Ho
- Actors: Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-Bong, Park Hae-il
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,201,923

#15. The Namesake
- Stacker score: 92.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Mira Nair
- Actors: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $13,569,248

#14. The Wind that Shakes the Barley
- Stacker score: 92.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 57,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Ken Loach
- Actors: Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $1,836,089

#13. Paprika
- Stacker score: 92.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 107,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Satoshi Kon
- Actors: Megumi Hayashibara, Tôru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $882,267

#12. Little Miss Sunshine
- Stacker score: 92.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 544,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
- Actors: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Greg Kinnear
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $59,891,098

#11. Casino Royale
- Stacker score: 94.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 724,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Martin Campbell
- Actors: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench
- Runtime: 2 hours 24 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $167,445,960

#10. Away from Her
- Stacker score: 95.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 24,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Sarah Polley
- Actors: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $4,571,521

#9. The Queen
- Stacker score: 95.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 118,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Stephen Frears
- Actors: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $56,441,711

#8. This Is England
- Stacker score: 95.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 133,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Shane Meadows
- Actors: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $329,379

#7. Borat
- Stacker score: 95.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 465,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Larry Charles
- Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell
- Runtime: 1 hour 24 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $128,505,958

#6. Children of Men
- Stacker score: 95.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 553,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Alfonso Cuarón
- Actors: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $35,552,383

#5. Deliver Us from Evil
- Stacker score: 97.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Amy Berg
- Actors: Oliver O'Grady, Thomas Doyle, Adam
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $201,275

#4. United 93
- Stacker score: 97.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 114,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Paul Greengrass
- Actors: David Alan Basche, Olivia Thirlby, Liza Colón-Zayas
- Runtime: 1 hour 51 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $31,483,450

#3. Letters from Iwo Jima
- Stacker score: 98.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 175,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Actors: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara
- Runtime: 2 hours 21 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $13,756,082

#2. Once
- Stacker score: 98.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 124,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: John Carney
- Actors: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh
- Runtime: 1 hour 26 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $9,439,923

#1. The Departed
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.5 (votes: 1.5 million)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
- Runtime: 2 hours 31 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $132,399,394