This list of my top 25 films of 2006 might still be subject to change in the coming months as I see more films from that given year. I wish I could go on further in explaining my selections, but I'm so lazy to do so for the moment.

1. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuaron)
2. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)
3. Paprika (Satoshi Kon)
4. United 93 (Paul Greengrass)
5. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles)
6. The Departed (Martin Scorsese)
7. Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo Del Toro)
8. The Science of Sleep (Michel Gondry)
9. The Queen (Stephen Frears)
10. Thank You For Smoking (Jason Reitman)
11. A Prairie Home Companion (Robert Altman)
12. Cars (John Lasseter)
13. An Inconvenient Truth (Davis Guggenheim)
14. Dreamgirls (Bill Condon)
15. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
16. Casino Royale (Martin Campbell)
17. Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Michel Gondry)
18. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
19. The History Boys (Nicholas Hytner)
20. The Illusionist (Neil Burger)
21. The Prestige (Christopher Nolan)
22. Stranger Than Fiction (Marc Forster)
23. Inside Man (Spike Lee)
24. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (Kirby Dick)
25. Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest (Gore Verbinski)

Worth mentioning: Superman Returns, The US vs. John Lennon, Idiocracy, Art School Confidential, For Your Consideration, The Pursuit of Happyness, V For Vendetta, Happy Feet, Monster House, A Scanner Darkly, Lucky Number Slevin, Over The Hedge, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Nacho Libre, Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006 films I still plan to see: Strangers With Candy, Wordplay, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, Flushed Away, Venus, The Devil Wears Prada, Shortbus, Fast Food Nation

Of an interesting note is Paprika (#3), which was the first film I saw in a theater before it even premiered in its home country (Japan).