The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events.
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in 2006; because they may have made most of their income in a later year, they may not be the top-grossing films for calendar year. The top ten of 2006 as of
, 2007 (Worldwide, U.S. & Canada and International);
, 2007, seven films released in 2006 had grossed more than $400 million, reaching
, '' became the third and fastest film in Hollywood history to reach the billion dollar worldwide Box Office mark with a $1,004,100,000, behind ''
'' and ''.
★ Worldwide: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2006&p=.htm
★ U.S. & Canada: http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2006&p=.htm
★ United Kingdom: http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/cinemagoing/boxoffice/ & http://www.imdb.com/
★ Australia: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/australia/ & http://www.mpdaa.org.au/home.nsf/web_insider?openform&login&action=home
, a wide-release movie is a film that studios believe will appeal to a broad spectrum of the public and that shows in at least 600 theatres in the United States and Canada. The following films meet these criteria:
''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''| 'Month' | 'Day' | 'Title' | 'Studio' | 'Notable Cast/Crew' |
| January | 6 | ''BloodRayne'' | Romar Entertainment | Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Rodriguez |
| ''Grandma's Boy'' | 20th Century Fox | Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Shirley Jones |
| ''Hostel'' | Lions Gate Films | Jay Hernandez |
| 13 | ''Glory Road'' | Walt Disney Pictures | Josh Lucas, Derek Luke, Jon Voight |
| ''Last Holiday'' | Paramount Pictures | Queen Latifah, Gérard Depardieu, LL Cool J |
| ''Tristan and Isolde'' | 20th Century Fox | James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell |
| 20 | ''End of the Spear'' | Jungle Films | Louie Leonardo, Chad Allen, Jack Guzman |
| '' | Screen Gems | Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy |
| 27 | ''Annapolis'' | Touchstone Pictures | James Franco, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster |
| ''Big Momma's House 2'' | 20th Century Fox | Martin Lawrence, Nia Long |
| ''Nanny McPhee'' | Universal Pictures | Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Angela Lansbury |
| February | 3 | ''Something New'' | Focus Features | Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Mike Epps |
| ''When a Stranger Calls'' | Screen Gems | Camilla Belle, Katie Cassidy |
| 10 | ''Curious George'' | Universal Pictures | voices of: Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore, David Cross, Eugene Levy, Joan Plowright, Dick Van Dyke |
| ''Final Destination 3'' | New Line Cinema | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman ,Kris Lemche, Alexz Johnson, Amanda Crew |
| ''Firewall'' | Warner Bros. | Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen |
| ''The Pink Panther'' | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Columbia Pictures | Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Beyoncé Knowles |
| 17 | ''Date Movie'' | 20th Century Fox | Alyson Hannigan, Jennifer Coolidge |
| ''Eight Below'' | Walt Disney Pictures | Paul Walker, Jason Biggs |
| ''Freedomland'' | Revolution Studios | Samuel L. Jackson, Julianne Moore |
| 24 | ''Doogal'' | The Weinstein Co. | Jim Broadbent, Ian McKellen, Bill Nighy |
| ''Madea's Family Reunion'' | Lions Gate Films | Tyler Perry |
| ''Running Scared'' | New Line Cinema | Paul Walker, Cameron Bright |
| March | 3 | ''16 Blocks'' | Warner Bros. | Bruce Willis, Mos Def |
| ''Aquamarine'' | 20th Century Fox | Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo |
| ''Ultraviolet'' | Screen Gems | Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund |
| ''Dave Chappelle's Block Party'' | Rogue Pictures | Dave Chappelle, Kanye West, Mos Def |
| 10 | ''Failure to Launch'' | Paramount | Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Bates |
| ''The Hills Have Eyes'' | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Vinessa Shaw, Kathleen Quinlan, Aaron Stanford |
| ''The Shaggy Dog'' | Walt Disney Pictures | Tim Allen, Kristin Davis, Danny Glover |
| 17 | ''She's the Man'' | DreamWorks | Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum |
| ''Thank You for Smoking'' ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Aaron Eckhart, Maria Bello, Katie Holmes |
| ''V for Vendetta'' | Warner Brothers | Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving |
| 24 | ''Inside Man'' | Universal Pictures | Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, Jodie Foster |
| '' | Lions Gate Films | Larry The Cable Guy |
| ''Stay Alive'' | Buena Vista Pictures | Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz |
| 31 | ''ATL'' | Warner Bros. | T.I., Lauren London, Evan Ross Naess |
| '' | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, Charlotte Rampling |
| '' | 20th Century Fox | animated, voices of: Ray Romano John Leguizamo Denis Leary Queen Latifah , Seann William Scott (), Josh Peck , Jay Leno ), Will Arnett () |
| ''Slither'' | Universal Pictures | Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker |
''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''| 'Month' | 'Day' | 'Title' | 'Studio' | 'Notable Cast/Crew' |
| April | 7 | ''The Benchwarmers'' | Revolution Studios | Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz |
| ''Friends with Money'' ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Jennifer Aniston, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener, Joan Cusack |
| ''Lucky Number Slevin'' | The Weinstein Co. | Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Ben Kingsley, Bruce Willis |
| ''Phat Girlz'' | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Mo'Nique Imes-Jackson |
| ''Take the Lead'' | New Line Cinema | Antonio Banderas, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard |
| 14 | ''Scary Movie 4'' | The Weinstein Co. | Anna Faris |
| ''The Wild'' | Walt Disney Pictures | Animated, Voices Of: Kiefer Sutherland, William Shatner, Greg Cipes, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, Richard Kind, James Belushi |
| 21 | ''American Dreamz'' | Universal Pictures | Hugh Grant, Mandy Moore, Dennis Quaid |
| ''The Sentinel'' | 20th Century Fox | Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger |
| ''Silent Hill'' | TriStar Pictures | Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean |
| 28 | ''Akeelah and the Bee'' | Lions Gate Films | Keke Palmer, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett |
| ''RV'' | Columbia Pictures | Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson |
| ''Stick It'' | Touchstone Pictures | Missy Peregrym, Jeff Bridges, Vanessa Lengies |
| ''United 93'' | Universal Pictures | David Rasche, Rebecca Schull, Denny Dillon |
| May | 5 | ''An American Haunting'' | Freestyle Releasing | Donald Sutherland, Sissy Spacek, James D'Arcy |
| ''Art School Confidential'' ‡ | United Artists | Max Minghella, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Anjelica Huston, Joel Moore |
| ''Hoot'' | New Line Cinema | Logan Lerman, Brie Larson, Luke Wilson |
| '' | Paramount Pictures | Tom Cruise, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Michelle Monaghan, Philip Seymour Hoffman |
| 12 | ''Goal! The Dream Begins'' | Touchstone Pictures | Kuno Becker, Marcel Iureş, Anna Friel |
| ''Just My Luck'' | 20th Century Fox | Lindsay Lohan, Chris Pine, Faizon Love |
| ''Poseidon'' | Warner Bros. | Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas, Richard Dreyfuss, Jacinda Barrett, Emmy Rossum |
| 19 | ''The Da Vinci Code'' | Columbia Pictures | Tom Hanks, Ian McKellen, Audrey Tautou |
| ''Over the Hedge'' | Paramount Pictures | Animated, Voices Of: Bruce Willis , Garry Shandling , Steve Carell , William Shatner , Avril Lavigne , Wanda Sykes |
| ''See No Evil'' | Lions Gate Films | Kane |
| 26 | '' | 20th Century Fox | Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Michael Murphy, Ellen Page, Halle Berry, Shawn Ashmore, Famke Janssen |
| June | 2 | ''The Break-Up'' | Universal Pictures | Jennifer Aniston, Vince Vaughn |
| 6 | ''The Omen'' | 20th Century Fox | Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow |
| 9 | ''Cars'' | Pixar/Walt Disney Pictures | Animated, Voices Of: Paul Newman , Owen Wilson , Larry the Cable Guy , George Carlin |
| ''A Prairie Home Companion'' | Picturehouse | Lindsay Lohan, Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones |
| 16 | '' | Universal Pictures | Lucas Black, Bow Wow |
| '' | 20th Century Fox | Breckin Meyer |
| ''The Lake House'' | Warner Bros. | Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock |
| ''Nacho Libre'' | Paramount Pictures | Jack Black |
| 23 | ''Click'' | Columbia Pictures | Adam Sandler, Christopher Walken |
| ''Waist Deep'' | Focus Features | Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good, The Game, Larenz Tate |
| 28 | ''Superman Returns'' | Warner Bros. | Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth |
| 30 | ''The Devil Wears Prada'' | 20th Century Fox | Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci |
''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''| 'Month' | 'Day' | 'Title' | 'Studio' | 'Notable Cast/Crew' |
| July | 7 | '' | Walt Disney Pictures | Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley |
| 14 | ''Little Man'' | Revolution Studios | Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Kerry Washington |
| ''You, Me and Dupree'' | Universal Pictures | Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon |
| 21 | ''Clerks II'' | Weinstein Co./MGM | Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith |
| ''Lady in the Water'' | Warner Bros. | Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard |
| ''Monster House'' | Columbia Pictures | animated, voices of Mitchel Musso, Spencer Locke |
| ''My Super Ex-Girlfriend'' | 20th Century Fox/Regency | Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Anna Faris |
| 26 | ''Little Miss Sunshine'' ‡ | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano |
| 28 | ''The Ant Bully'' | Warner Bros. | Zach Tyler Eisen, Paul Giamatti, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep |
| ''John Tucker Must Die'' | 20th Century Fox | Jesse Metcalfe, Ashanti Douglas, Sophia Bush, Brittany Snow, Arielle Kebbel |
| ''Miami Vice'' | Universal Pictures | Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li |
| August | 4 | ''Barnyard'' | Paramount Pictures | animated, voices of Kevin James, Courteney Cox |
| ''The Descent'' | Lions Gate | MyAnna Buring, Nora Jane Noone, Alex Reid |
| ''The Night Listener'' | Miramax Films | Robin Williams, Toni Collette, Bobby Cannavale |
| '' | Columbia Pictures | Will Ferrell |
| 9 | ''World Trade Center'' | Paramount Pictures | Nicolas Cage, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Oliver Stone (director) |
| 11 | ''Pulse'' | | Christina Milian, Kristen Bell |
| ''Step Up'' | Buena Vista | Channing Tatum |
| ''Zoom'' | Columbia Pictures | Tim Allen, Courteney Cox |
| 18 | ''Accepted'' | Universal Pictures | Justin Long, Blake Lively |
| ''The Illusionist'' ‡ | Yari Film Group | Edward Norton, Jessica Biel, Paul Giamatti |
| ''Material Girls'' | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Hilary Duff, Haylie Duff, Angelica Huston, Brent Spiner, Lukas Haas |
| ''Snakes on a Plane'' | New Line Cinema | Samuel L. Jackson, Nathan Phillips |
| 25 | ''Beerfest'' | Warner Bros. | Broken Lizard |
| ''How to Eat Fried Worms'' | New Line Cinema | |
| ''Idlewild'' | Universal Pictures/HBO Films | China Anderson, Macy Gray, Terrence Howard, Patti LaBelle, Ving Rhames, Cicely Tyson, Ben Vereen |
| ''Invincible'' | Buena Vista | Mark Wahlberg |
| September | 1 | ''Crank'' | Lions Gate | Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Efren Ramirez, and Dwight Yoakam |
| ''Crossover'' | Sony | Anthony Mackie |
| ''The Wicker Man'' | Warner Bros. | Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn |
| 8 | ''The Covenant'' | Screen Gems | Toby Hemingway |
| ''Hollywoodland'' | Focus Features | Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck, Diane Lane, Bob Hoskins |
| ''The Protector'' | Weinstein Company | Tony Jaa, Nathan Jones |
| 15 | ''The Black Dahlia'' | Universal Pictures | Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank, Fiona Shaw |
| ''Everyone's Hero'' | 20th Century Fox | |
| ''Gridiron Gang'' | Columbia Pictures | The Rock, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell |
| ''The Last Kiss'' | DreamWorks | Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson |
| 22 | ''All the King's Men'' | Columbia Pictures | Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet |
| ''Fearless'' | Rogue Pictures | Jet Li, Collin Chou |
| ''Flyboys'' | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | James Franco, Jean Reno, Martin Henderson |
| '' | Paramount Pictures | Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera, Preston Lacy, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, Dave England, Steve-O, Jason Acuña |
| 29 | ''The Guardian'' | Buena Vista | Kevin Costner, Ashton Kutcher |
| ''Open Season'' | Columbia Pictures | Animated, Voices of: Martin Lawrence Ashton Kutcher |
| ''School for Scoundrels'' | The Weinstein Company | Jacinda Barrett, Jon Heder, Billy Bob Thornton |
| 30 |
| ''The Queen'' ‡ | Miramax | Helen Mirren, James Cromwell, Michael Sheen |
''‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release.''| 'Month' | 'Day' | 'Title' | 'Studio' | 'Notable Cast/Crew' |
| October | 6 | ''The Departed'' | Warner Bros. | Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Martin Scorsese (director) |
| ''Employee of the Month'' | Lions Gate | Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson |
| '' | New Line Cinema | Andrew Bryniarski, Jordana Brewster |
| 13 | ''The Grudge 2'' | Columbia Pictures | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel |
| ''Man of the Year'' | Universal Pictures | Robin Williams, Laura Linney |
| ''The Marine'' | 20th Century Fox | John Cena, Robert Patrick, Kelly Carlson, Jeff Chase, Christina Lindley |
| ''One Night With The King'' | Gener8Xion Entertainment | Tiffany DuPont, Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, John Rhys-Davies, Luke Goss |
| 20 | ''Flags of Our Fathers'' | DreamWorks | Paul Walker, Ryan Phillippe, Clint Eastwood (director) |
| ''Flicka'' | 20th Century Fox | Alison Lohman, Daniel Pino, Dallas Roberts |
| ''Marie-Antoinette'' | Columbia Pictures | Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan |
| ''The Prestige'' | Touchstone Pictures/Warner Bros. | Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson |
| ''Two Weeks'' | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Sally Field, Ben Chaplin |
| 27 | ''Babel'' ‡ | Paramount Vantage | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Rinko Kikuchi, Adriana Barraza |
| ''Catch a Fire'' | Focus Features | Tim Robbins, Derek Luke |
| ''Saw III'' | Lions Gate Films | Angus Macfadyen, Shawnee Smith, Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, J. Larose, Barry Flatman, Leigh Whannell |
| November | 3 |
| '' | 20th Century Fox | Sacha Baron Cohen, Pamela Anderson |
| ''Flushed Away'' | DreamWorks | Animated, Voices of: Hugh Jackman , Kate Winslet |
| '' | Walt Disney Pictures | Tim Allen, Martin Short |
| ''Volver'' ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura |
| 10 |
| ''A Good Year'' | 20th Century Fox | Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Ridley Scott (director) |
| ''Harsh Times'' | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Christian Bale, Freddy Rodriguez, Eva Longoria |
| ''The Return'' | Rogue Pictures | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Peter O'Brien, Sam Shepard |
| ''Stranger Than Fiction'' | Columbia Pictures | Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman |
| 17 |
| ''Bobby'' | Weinstein Company/MGM | Anthony Hopkins, Elijah Wood, Sharon Stone, Lindsay Lohan, Shia LaBeouf |
| ''Casino Royale'' | MGM/Columbia | Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelson & Judi Dench |
| ''For Your Consideration'' | Warner Independent | Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Fred Willard, Ricky Gervais |
| ''Happy Feet'' | Warner Bros. | Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving |
| ''Let's Go To Prison'' | Universal | Dax Shepard, Will Arnett |
| 22 |
| ''Deck the Halls'' | 20th Century Fox | Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick |
| ''Deja Vu'' | Buena Vista | Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel |
| ''The Fountain'' | Warner Bros. | Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz |
| '' | New Line Cinema | Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed |
| December | 1 | ''The Nativity Story'' | New Line Cinema | Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo |
| ''Turistas'' | 20th Century Fox | Josh Duhamel, Melissa George |
| '' | MGM | Kal Penn |
| 8 |
| ''Apocalypto'' | Buena Vista | Mel Gibson (director) |
| ''Blood Diamond'' | Warner Bros. | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou |
| ''The Holiday'' | Columbia Pictures | Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law |
| ''Unaccompanied Minors'' | Warner Bros. | Wilmer Valderrama, Lewis Black |
| 15 |
| ''Charlotte's Web'' | Paramount Pictures | Dakota Fanning, Voice of: Julia Roberts |
| ''Dreamgirls'' ‡ | DreamWorks/Paramount | Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Danny Glover |
| ''Eragon'' | 20th Century Fox | Edward Speleers,Sienna Guillory, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Irons, Voice of: Rachel Weisz |
| ''The Pursuit of Happyness'' | Columbia Pictures | Will Smith, Thandie Newton |
| 20 |
| ''Letters from Iwo Jima'' ‡ | Warner Brothers | Ken Watanabe, Clint Eastwood (director) |
| ''Rocky Balboa'' | Revolution Studios/MGM/Columbia Pictures | Sylvester Stallone, Milo Ventimiglia |
| 21 |
| ''Curse of the Golden Flower'' ‡ | Sony Pictures Classics | Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li |
| 22 |
| ''Night at the Museum'' | 20th Century Fox | Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams |
| ''The Good Shepherd'' | Universal Pictures | Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon |
| ''We Are Marshall'' | Warner Bros. | Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, Kate Mara, Anthony Mackie |
| 25 |
| ''Black Christmas'' | MGM/Dimension Films | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg |
| ''Children of Men'' ‡ | Universal Pictures | Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine |
| ''Notes on a Scandal'' ‡ | Fox Searchlight | Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett |
| 29 |
| ''Arthur and the Invisibles'' ‡ | Weinstein Company/MGM | Freddie Highmore |
| ''Pan's Labyrinth'' ‡ | Picturehouse | Guillermo del Toro(director) |
This section lists films which either did not achieve wide-release status in North America, or were not released before in North America. Release dates refer to the North American release unless otherwise stated.
| 'Title' | 'Release date' | 'Studio' | 'Other notes' |
| ''10th & Wolf'' | August 18 | ThinkFilm | Val Kilmer, James Marsden, Giovanni Ribisi, Brad Renfro, Piper Perabo, Tommy Lee, Dennis Hopper |
| ''A Cock and Bull Story'' | January 27 | Picturehouse | Steve Coogan |
| ''Adam & Steve'' | March 31 | TLA Releasing | Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey |
| '' | September 13 | Balcony Releasing | Al Franken |
| ''Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker'' | October 6 | MGM/The Weinstein Company | Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Fry, Ewan McGregor, Andy Serkis, Robbie Coltrane, Missi Pyle |
| ''American Gun'' | March 22 | IFC Films | Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda Cardellini, Nikki Reed, Chris Ayres, Arlen Escarpeta, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, Schuyler Fisk, Tony Goldwyn, Melissa Leo |
| ''Amazing Grace'' | September 16 (Toronto Film Festival) | Walden Media | Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Rufus Sewell, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai, Ciarán Hinds, Michael Gambon |
| ''American Hardcore'' | September 22 | Sony Pictures Classics | |
| ''Amma Cheppindi'' | July 28 | Just Yellow Entertainments | Sharwanand, Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Shriya Reddy |
| ''Arthur's Missing Pal'' | July 1 | Lionsgate/Kidtoon Films | animated, voices of Carr Thompson, Daniel Brochu, Jodie Resther |
| ''Artie Lange's Beer League'' | September 15 | Echo Bridge Entertainment | Artie Lange, Ralph Macchio |
| ''Ask the Dust'' | March 10 | Paramount Pictures | Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek |
| ''Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!'' | March 31 | ThinkFilm | Mike D, Ad Rock, MCA (the Beastie Boys) |
| ''Bambi II'' | January 26 | Walt Disney Pictures | Theatrical release everywhere but US; date refers to Argentina release |
| ''Bandidas'' | September 22 | 20th Century Fox | Penélope Cruz, Salma Hayek, Steve Zahn |
| ''Bommarillu'' | August 9 (India) | RK Films | Siddharth Narayan, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj, director Bhaskar (Tollywood) |
| ''Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' | August 4 | Alliance Atlantis | Colm Feore, Patrick Huard |
| '' | August 31 | Citizens United/Peace River Company | J.D. Hayworth |
| ''Brick'' | March 31 | Focus Features | Rian Johnson (director), Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie de Ravin, Nora Zehetner, Matt O'Leary, Lukas Haas, Meagan Good, Noah Fleiss, Noah Segan |
| ''Broken Bridges'' | September 8 | Paramount Pictures | Toby Keith |
| ''Bubble'' | January 27 | Magnolia Pictures | Steven Soderbergh (director) |
| '' | December 2 | Kidtoon Films | animated, double feature |
| ''A Christmas Carol'' | November 4 | Kidtoon Films | animated |
| ''Chup Chup Ke'' | June 9 | | Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Neha Dhupia |
| ''Clean'' | April 28 | Palm Pictures | Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte |
| ''Confetti'' | September 15 | Fox Searchlight | Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson |
| ''Container'' | February 10, Berlin International Film Festival | | Lukas Moodysson (director) |
| ''Dead Man's Shoes'' | May 12 | Magnolia Pictures | Paddy Considine |
| ''Death of a President'' | September 10 | Newmarket Films | Gabriel Range (director) |
| ''The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu'' | April 26 | Tartan Films | Cristi Puiu (director) |
| ''Deep Sea 3D'' | March 3 | Warner Bros. | Johnny Depp (Narrator), Kate Winslet (Narrator) |
| ''Deliver Us From Evil | October 13 | Disarming Films | Documentary, Oscar nominee |
| ''District B13'' | June 2 | IFC Films | Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle, Adrian Pasdar |
| ''Don't Come Knocking'' | | Sony Pictures Classics | Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Eva Marie Saint |
| ''Edmond'' | July 14 | First Independent Pictures | William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Joe Mantegna |
| ''L'Enfant'' | March 24 | Sony Pictures Classics | the Dardenne brothers (directors) |
| ''Facing the Giants'' | September 29 | Destination Films | |
| ''Factotum'' | August 18 | IFC Films | Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor |
| ''Fanaa'' | May 26 | Yash Raj Films | Aamir Khan, Kajol |
| ''Fateless'' | January 6 | ThinkFilm | Lajos Koltai (director) |
| ''Fatwa'' | March 24 (Omaha Film Festival) | Capital City Entertainment, Lab 601 Inc. (in association with) | Lauren Holly, Lacey Chabert |
| ''Feast'' | September 22 | The Weinstein Company | Eric Dane, Navi Rawat, Krista Allen |
| ''Find Me Guilty'' | March 17 | Freestyle Releasing | Vin Diesel |
| '' Five Fingers'' | July 6 | Element Films | Mimi Ferrer, Laurence Fishburne, Touriya Haoud |
| ''Gabrielle'' | July 14 | Wellspring | Pascal Greggory, Isabelle Huppert |
| ''The Godfather'' | July 21 (Landmark Theatres in Detroit) | Paramount Pictures | re-release |
| ''God On My Side'' | November 2 (Australia) | Zapruder's Other Films Pty Ltd | Andrew Denton |
| ''A Good Woman'' | February 3 | Lions Gate Films | Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson |
| ''The Great New Wonderful'' | June 23 | First Independent Pictures | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| ''The Groomsmen'' | July 14 | Bauer Martinez Entertainment | Edward Burns, Donal Logue, Jay Mohr |
| ''A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints | September 29 | First Look Pictures | Shia LaBeouf, Robert Downey Jr., Rosario Dawson |
| ''Half Nelson'' | August 11 | THINKFilm | Ryan Gosling |
| ''Haven'' | September 15 | Freestyle Releasing | Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, Parker Posey |
| ''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' | | Palm Pictures | Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan and Cole Sprouse |
| ''The Heart of the Game'' | June 9 | Miramax Films | |
| ''Holla'' | December | Rockstone Pictures | Shelli Boone, Charles Porter |
| '' | September 2 | Kidtoon Films | animated, double feature |
| '' | September 2 | Kidtoon Films | animated, double feature |
| ''Hollywood Dreams'' | April 8 | | Karen Black, Justin Kirk, Melissa Leo |
| ''The House of Sand'' | August 11 | Sony Pictures Classics | |
| ''Idiocracy'' | September 1 | 20th Century Fox | Luke Wilson |
| ''An Inconvenient Truth'' | May 24 | Paramount Classics | Al Gore |
| ''Jesus Camp'' | September 15 | Magnolia Pictures | |
| ''Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna'' | August 11 | Dharma Productions | Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee |
| ''Keeping Mum'' | September 15 | ThinkFilm | Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith |
| ''Kinky Boots'' | April 14 | Miramax Films | Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| ''Krrish'' | June 28 | Yash Raj Films | Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah |
| ''Land of the Blind'' | June 16 | Bauer Martinez Entertainment | Donald Sutherland, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Hollander |
| ''Lassie'' | September 1 | Roadside Attractions | |
| ''The Last King of Scotland'' | September 27 | Fox Searchlight | Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, Gillian Anderson |
| ''The Legend Trip'' | June 6 | | Jamie Bilke, Jason Paul Collum, Mark Metcalf |
''Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World'' | January 20 | Warner Independent Pictures | Albert Brooks |
| ''The Lost City'' | April 28 | Magnolia Pictures | Andy García |
| ''Love Phobia | April 27 (South Korea) | Cinema Service | Kang Hye-jeong |
| ''Loverboy'' | June 16 | THINKFilm | Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon |
| ''Manderlay'' | January 27 | IFC Films | Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe, Danny Glover |
| ''Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School'' | March 31 | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen |
| ''Me and Her'' | August 22 (Edinburgh Film Festival) | UK Film Council | Karl Davies |
| ''Mini's First Time'' | July 14 | First Independent Pictures | Alec Baldwin, Nikki Reed, Luke Wilson |
| ''Miss Potter'' | December 29 | Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson |
| ''La mujer de mi hermano'' | April 14 | Lions Gate Films | Bárbara Mori, Manolo Cardona, Bruno Bichir |
| '' | January 1 | Hasbro/Kidtoon Films | animated |
| '' | August 5 | Hasbro/Kidtoon Films | animated |
| ''Night Watch'' | February 17 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Konstantin Khabensky |
| ''Night of the Living Dead 3D'' | November 10 | Lux Digital Pictures | Sid Haig, Greg Travis |
| ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' | October 20 | Walt Disney Pictures | animated, remastered 3-D re-release, voices of Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara |
| ''Nody Saves Christmas'' | December 2 | Kidtoon Films | animated, double feature |
| ''The Notorious Bettie Page'' | | April 14 | Gretchen Mol, Christian Bauer, Jared Harris |
| ''The OH in Ohio'' | July 14 | Cyan Pictures | Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito |
| ''Omkara'' | July 28 | Big Screen Entertainer | Saif Ali Khan, Bipasha Basu, Vivek Oberoi |
| ''Our Daily Bread'' | November 24 | First Run Icarus Films | Nikolaus Geyrhalter |
| ''Once in a Lifetime'' | July 7 | Miramax Films | Matt Dillon |
| ''The Painted Veil'' | December 15 | Warner Independent Pictures | Edward Norton, Naomi Watts |
| ''Peaceful Warrior'' | June 2 | Lionsgate | Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte, Amy Smart |
| '' | December 27 | Paramount Pictures | Won several awards at the German Film Awards |
| ''Pinocchio 3000'' | April 1 | Lionsgate/Kidtoon Films | animated, voices of Howie Mandel, Malcolm McDowell, Whoopi Goldberg |
| ''Played'' | November 2 | Film and Music Entertainment Inc. | Val Kilmer, Vinnie Jones |
| ''Pokiri'' | April 28 | Vaishno Academy | Mahesh Babu, Ileana D'Cruz, Prakash Raj |
| ''Premium'' | January 20 | Palm-Star Entertainment | Zoë Saldaña, Hill Harper, Eva Pigford |
| ''Princesas'' | August 23 | IFC Films | Candela Peña |
| ''The Promise'' | May 5 | Warner Independent Pictures | Cecilia Cheung, Nicholas Tse |
| ''The Proposition'' | May 5 | First Look Pictures | Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson |
| ''The Quiet'' | August 25 | Sony Pictures Classics | Camilla Belle, Elisha Cuthbert |
| ''Quinceañera'' | August 4 | Sony Pictures Classics | |
| ''R-Point'' | January 13 | Tartan Films | |
| ''Rang De Basanti'' | January 27 | Sony Pictures | Aamir Khan, Soha Ali Khan, R. Madhavan |
| ''Renaissance'' | September 22 | Miramax Films | Daniel Craig, Catherine McCormack, Jonathan Pryce, Ian Holm |
| ''Revolver'' | January 26 | Redbus | Guy Ritchie (director), Jason Statham, Ray Liotta |
| ''Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles'' | September 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | Zhang Yimou (director), Ken Takakura |
| ''Right At Your Door'' | September 8 | Thousand Words | Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Tony Perez |
| '' | February 4 | 20th Century Fox/Kidtoon Films | animated, double feature, voices of David A. Waterman, Toby McKeehan, Kirk Whalum |
| '' | February 4 | 20th Century Fox/Kidtoon Films | animated, double feature |
| ''The Road to Guantanamo'' | June 23 | | |
| '' | August 25 (New York Korean Film Festival) | Harmony Gold USA | animated, Tommy Yune & Dong-Wook Lee (directors), Mark Hamill (voice) |
| '' | October 27 | Indican Pictures | animated, Phil Nibbelink (director) |
| ''Roving Mars'' | January 27 | Walt Disney Pictures | Won a Visual Effects Society award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project in 2007. |
| ''Russian Dolls'' | May 10 | IFC Films | |
| ''A Scanner Darkly'' | July 7 | Warner Independent Pictures | Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder |
| ''The Science of Sleep'' | September 22 | Warner Independent Pictures | Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michel Gondry (director) |
| ''The Secret of the Sword'' | May 6 | Filmation Associates/Kidtoon Films | animated, re-release, voices of John Erwin, Melendy Britt, Alan Oppenheimer, Linda Gary, George DiCenzo, Erika Scheimer, Lou Scheimer |
| ''Scoop'' | July 28 | Focus Features | Woody Allen (director), Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson |
| ''Shadowboxer'' | July 21 | Freestyle Releasing | Cuba Gooding, Jr., Helen Mirren, Stephen Dorff |
| ''Sherrybaby'' | September 8 | IFC Films | Maggie Gyllenhaal |
| ''The Shining'' | June 30 (Landmark Theatres in Detroit) | Warner Bros. | re-release, Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers |
''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' | February 1 | Fantastical Cinema | Tony Todd, Tracy Scoggins |
| ''Strangers With Candy'' | June 28 | THINKFilm | Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Matthew Broderick, Dan Hedaya, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ian Holm, Todd Oldham, Sarah Jessica Parker |
| '' | October 6 | 20th Century Fox/Kidtoon Films | animated |
| ''Swimmers'' | March 31 | Skouras Pictures | Tara Devon Gallagher, Sarah Paulson, Robert Knott |
| ''Sympathy for Lady Vengeance'' | April 28 | Tartan Films | Park Chan-wook (director) |
| ''Temporada de patos'' | | Warner Independent Pictures | |
| ''Le Temps qui reste'' | July 21 | Strand Releasing | Melvil Poupaud, Jeanne Moreau, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi |
| ''This Film Is Not Yet Rated'' | September 1 | IFC Films | Kirby Dick (director) |
| '' | February 10 | Green Dog Films | John Leguizamo, Ryan Phillippe |
| '' | June 3 | Warner Bros. Family Entertainment/Kidtoon Films | animated, voices of Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Tom Kenny, Tress MacNeille |
| '' | March 4 | Hasbro/Kidtoon Films | animated |
| ''Trust the Man'' | August 18 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Billy Crudup |
| ''12 and Holding'' | May 19 | IFC Films | |
| ''Typhoon'' | June 2 | Lionsgate | Jang Dong-gun |
| ''The U.S. Versus John Lennon'' | September 15 | Lionsgate | |
| ''Wah-Wah'' | May 12 | Roadside Attractions | Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant (director) |
| ''Wassup Rockers'' | June 23 | First Look Pictures | directed by Larry Clark |
| ''Water'' | April 28 | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Seema Biswas. US release date. |
| ''Wicked Little Things'' | 17 November | Sony Pictures Entertainment | Lori Heuring, Scout Taylor-Compton, Chloe Moretz, Geoffrey Lewis |
| ''Who Killed the Electric Car?'' | June 28 | Sony Pictures Classics | Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Martin Sheen |
| ''Why We Fight'' | January 20 | Sony Pictures Classics | |
| ''Zen Noir'' | September 15 | Magic Lamp | Kim Chan |
| ''Zinda'' | January 13 | Eros Pictures | Sanjay Dutt, John Abraham |
| '' | January 26 | Cubix Pictures (Asia) | Fann Wong, Dennis Chew (voice) |