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Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
Plot Summary:
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is a complete edit of the two-part martial arts action films Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2. The film was originally scheduled to be released as one part. However, due to the film's over 4 hour running time, it was split into two parts
Duration: 247 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: revenge, sword, girl fight, wedding, martial arts, violence, brutality, twists and turns, death, murder, justice, fight scenes, serial killer, dark humor, betrayal, heroine, pregnant bride, kung fu, gang, assassin, tough guy, femme fatale, gore, badass female lead, katana
The Prestige (2006)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: twists and turns, obsession, plot twist, magic, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, magician, secret, magic trick, illusionist, illusion, deception, secrets, revenge, great ending, nikola tesla, stage magic, teleportation, magical, partner, peril, twins, murder, vengeance, suicide
The Departed (2006)
Plot Summary:
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them
Duration: 151 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 14000000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Plot tags: mafia, police, organized crime, mole, mobster, undercover cop, twists and turns, violence, undercover, gunfight, corruption, working undercover, gangster, mind game, cop, police corruption, forensics, law enforcement, plot twist, police investigation, espionage, irish mob, undercover police officer, spy, dialogue
The Lives of Others (2006)
Plot Summary:
A tragic love story set in East Berlin with the backdrop of an undercover Stasi controlled culture. Stasi captain Wieler is ordered to follow author Dreyman and plunges deeper and deeper into his life until he reaches the threshold of doubting the system
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 8.4/10
IMDB Votes: 405000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Plot tags: surveillance, cold war, berlin wall, spy, stasi, communism, iron curtain, secrets, loneliness, voyeurism, interrogation, politics, suicide, secret police, life philosophy, murder, corruption, espionage, paranoia, conspiracy, propaganda, fighting the system, writers, tragedy, moral dilemma
Khosla's Nest (2006)
Plot Summary:
Upon retirement, cranky control freak Kamal Kishore Khosla obsesses about procuring a plot of land in Delhi, where he plans to build his dream house. After investing his entire life's savings to acquire the land, he discovers the plot's been stolen by a greedy land shark. Now, Khosla must rely on his comically dysfunctional family to pull off a scam on the biggest goon in real estate and win back
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: businessman, obsession, success, betrayal, parents and children, deception, corruption, greed, materialism, false identity, revenge plot, police, fraud, revenge, hindu, urban, middle class, agent, politics, dream, cheating, freak, society, unemployment, retired
Bommarillu (2006)
Plot Summary:
Siddu is the son of an over-protective business man. Every decision of his is made by his father, which leads him into frustration. He half-heartedly agrees to become engaged to a rich man's daughter, but then falls for a middle-class man's daughter called Hasini. The film focuses on his realization that he has to stand on his own and come out of his father's protective shell- and try to succeed in love
Duration: 170 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: overprotective parent, adulthood, family disapproval, father son relationship, respect, maturity, family relations, parents and children, fall in love, self discovery, self fulfillment, identity crisis, engagement, marriage, decision, wedding planning, love, love and romance, meet the parents, arranged marriage, reconciliation, overbearing parent, happiness, father, coffee
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Plot Summary:
Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10
IMDB Votes: 694000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, War
Country: Mexico, Spain
Plot tags: monster, mythology, fantasy world, macabre, creature, imagination, magical, legends and myths, good versus evil, maze, young heroes, imaginary, resistance, fairy, cruelty, woods, death, spanish civil war, goth, imaginary kingdom, fascism, fear, alternate dimension, magic, dead child
Colour It Yellow (2006)
Plot Summary:
A young idealistic English filmmaker, Sue, arrives in India to make a film on Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad and their contemporaries and their fight for freedom from the British Raj. Owing to a lack of funds, she recruits students from Delhi University to act in her docu-drama. She finds DJ, who passed out five years back but still wants to be a part of the University because he doesn't think there's too much out there in the real world to look forward to. Karan, the son of Industrialist Rajnath Singhania, who shares an uncomfortable relationship with his father, but continues to live off him, albeit very grudgingly. Aslam, is a middle class Muslim boy, who lives in the by-lanes near Jama Masjid, poet, philosopher and guide to his friends. Sukhi, the group's baby, innocent, vulnerable and with a weakness for only one thing - girls. Laxman Pandey
Duration: 167 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 122000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Plot tags: politics, sikh, rebelliousness, murder, patriotism, coming of age, courage, society, state affairs, patriot, corruption, filmmaker, protest, hindu, friends, dancing, investigation, muslim, pilot, indians, meaning of life, resistance, independence, war, rebellion
Casino Royale (2006)
Plot Summary:
Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond – on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent – to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career
Duration: 144 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 684000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas
Plot tags: 007, spy, poker, espionage, james bond, casino, chase, cia, secret service, heroic mission, gambling, terrorism, secret agent, agent, british secret service, reluctant partners, escapades, betrayal, shooting, assassin, car chase, undercover, cia agent, sexy brunette, conspiracy
Blood Diamond (2006)
Plot Summary:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide
Duration: 143 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 577000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Plot tags: greed, treasure hunt, mercenary, gem, civil war, escapades, journalism, smuggling, mining, brutality, slavery, revolution, rescue, fisherman, smuggler, against humanity, obsessive quest, reporter, diamond, life changing, journey, conflict, gratuitous violence, family bonds, redemption
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
Plot Summary:
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 549000
Genere: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: homeless, life, human spirit, life philosophy, rags to riches, family drama, success, single father, rise to the top, against the odds, life is a bitch, down on your luck, ambition, financial problem, hopes, father son relationship, single parent, once in a lifetime opportunity, poverty, salesman, parents, life changing, career, biopic, african american
Pokiri (2006)
Plot Summary:
Pandu (Mahesh Babu) is a ruthless mafia man who kills anybody for money. He falls in love with Sruthi (Ileana) at the very first sight. Sruthi too loves Pandu, but hesitates to confess her love to him as he is a reckless criminal. Though a goon, Pandu has certain rigid principles that leads for an enmity with Ali (Prakash Raj) - the biggest mafia don in the town. The rest of the story is all about how he settles score with Ali
Duration: 164 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Plot tags: one against many, revenge, gangster, violence, obsession, organized crime, death of father, one man army, chase, love, police, murder, criminal, fall in love, police officer killed, twists and turns, pursuit, fashion, exploitation, police officer, kidnapping, crime boss, sex tape, elevator, corrupt cop
Carry On, Munna Bhai (2006)
Plot Summary:
A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders' home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna's sidekick, Circuit, while Munna is busy romancing Jahnvi elsewhere
Duration: 144 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Plot tags: friendship, friends, love and romance, contests and competitions, fall in love, best friend, professor, disorder, love, medicine, psychiatrist, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, hindu, friendship between men, radio station, politics, satire, innovation, radio, college campus, historical figure, dream, deception, couples
Children of Men (2006)
Plot Summary:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 522000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Plot tags: apocalypse, distopia, redemption, end of the world, dystopia, pandemic, chaos, heroic mission, dystopian future, post apocalyptic, fertility, faith, dying, childlessness, epidemic, on the run, survival, betrayal, virus, birth, disaster, philosophy, extinction, human existence, protest
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Plot Summary:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it
Duration: 141 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: world war two, war, military, japanese history, battles, survival, anti war, japanese army, imperial japan, brutality, japanese military, violence, chaos, world war, wartime, character study, danger, pacific war, great war, selflessness, chaos and mayhem, stallion, war atrocity, soldier, suicide
Apocalypto (2006)
Plot Summary:
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life
Duration: 139 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 326000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Plot tags: survival, ancient history, slavery, manhunt, tribe, jungle, chase, native, solar eclipse, warrior, ancient civilization, violent, forest, sacrifice, death, prophecy, on the run, medieval, native american, ancient, gore, religion, gory, pyramid, revenge
The Fall (2006)
Plot Summary:
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, South Africa, India
Plot tags: hospital, surrealism, suicide attempt, escape from reality, magic realism, imagination, storytelling, suicide, imaginary kingdom, friendship, stuntman, child, desert, beautiful scenery, parallel universe, trippy, adventurer, good versus evil, depression, disguise, peril, escapades, fantasy world, revenge, trapped
Destiny (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bekir is in love with Ugur, who loves Zagor, who loves to commit crimes
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Plot tags: life is a bitch, fall in love, on the run, romancing a criminal, murder, destiny, love and romance, crime gone awry, estrangement, dishonesty, hopes, fighting illness, prison, criminal, death, desire, lonely, impossible love, turk, femme fatale, women's issues, family relations, parents and children, chases and races, urban
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Plot Summary:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 508000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Plot tags: road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, honest, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, journey, suicide attempt, coming of age, parenthood, human relationship, depression, bittersweet, father daughter relationship, family holiday, homosexual, travel, heartwarming, lgbt, feminist, mother son relationship
The Island (2006)
Plot Summary:
Somewhere in Northern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives an unusual man whose bizarre conduct confuses his fellow monks, while others who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Drama
Country: Russia
Plot tags: christian, religion, redemption, forgiveness, loneliness, life philosophy, island, solitude, monk, monastery, church, philosophy, sin, hopes, guilt, holy man, psychic, destiny, demon, christianity, religious, jesus, melancholy, world war two, insanity
Black Book (2006)
Plot Summary:
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance
Duration: 145 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Netherlands, Germany, UK, Belgium
Plot tags: world war two, holocaust, war, espionage, spy, nazism, nazi, revenge, resistance, occupation, gestapo, ss, terrorist, life is a bitch, german soldier, german army, betrayal, seduction, female spy, atrocity, bomb, resistance movement, sexual favor, bare butt, wartime
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Plot Summary:
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 323000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Plot tags: twists and turns, hitman, revenge, assassin, mistaken identity, organized crime, disorder, justice, mafia, vengeance, secrets, mysterious character, master criminal, plot twist, scheme, deception, heist, dialogue, interracial love, storytelling, crime gone awry, violent, gangster, manipulation, vigilante
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006)
Plot Summary:
When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon realises that changing the past isn't as simple as it seems, and eventually, will have to rely on her new powers to shape the future of herself and her friends
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: time travel, high school, friendship, supernatural ability, teenage girl, school, classmate, changing the past or future, time loop, coming of age, teenage love, friends, love, shyness, frustration, stopped time, imaginary, teenage life, tragedy, vengeance, transformation, imagination, storytelling, fantasy world, twists and turns
After the Wedding (2006)
Plot Summary:
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Norway
Plot tags: wedding, marriage, poverty, wealth, family bonds, family relations, nordic, family secret, family problems, parents and children, financial problem, hopes, couple relations, destiny, storytelling, father in law daughter in law relationship, couples, idealism, character study, death, hotel, adultery, father daughter relationship, infidelity, terminal illness
This Is England (2006)
Plot Summary:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Plot tags: skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, adolescence, neo nazi, coming of age, nationalism, youth, children, xenophobia, bullying, boy, prejudice, social problems, vandalism, bully, punk, teenager, violent, politics, juvenile delinquency, subculture, storytelling, outsider
Paprika (2006)
Plot Summary:
When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: dream, surveillance, virtual reality, lucid dream, surrealism, villain, trippy, scientist, mental illness, hallucination, psychiatrist, introspection, doctors and patients, cyberpunk, philosophy, investigation, research, human nature, alternate reality, storytelling, dystopia, twists and turns, paranoia, cognitive science, erotica
Inside Man (2006)
Plot Summary:
Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 392000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: heist, hostage, bank, bank robbery, robbery, twists and turns, perfect crime, manipulation, police, criminal, master criminal, thief, police detective, deception, caper, strategy, bank robber, investigation, swat team, plot twist, conspiracy, bank vault, mysterious character, kidnapping, money
Fearless (2006)
Plot Summary:
Huo Yuan Jia became the most famous martial arts fighter in all of China at the turn of the 20th Century. Huo faced personal tragedy but ultimately fought his way out of darkness, defining the true spirit of martial arts and also inspiring his nation. The son of a great fighter who didn't wish for his child to follow in his footsteps, Huo resolves to teach himself how to fight - and win
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 78000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Plot tags: martial arts, kung fu, master warrior, friendship, childhood, qing dynasty, wuxia, biopic, ambition, redemption, exile, fight, fight scenes, medieval, life philosophy, martial arts tournament, warrior, revenge, sword fight, self discovery, rivalry, determination, introspection, training, championship
Fireworks Wednesday (2006)
Plot Summary:
On the day before their holiday trip to Dubai, a wife who believes her husband is unfaithful enlists the help of Roohi, a young woman sent by an agency to clean the house. She asks Roohi to make an appointment and gather information at the salon of the woman she suspects. Roohi is betrothed, innocent of marital discord. Over the course of the day, she, the couple, their small son, the wife's sister and husband, and the beautician engage in a series of exchanges, confrontations, and prevarications. Are the wife's suspicions unwarranted; is her behavior imperiling her marriage? Acts of kindness may go awry. And the trip to Dubai?
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Iran
Plot tags: marital problem, marital infidelity, maid, social differences, iranian, couples, society, family problems, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, couple relations, housewife, wedding preparations and rituals, husband wife relationship, other woman, family relations, teenager, muslim, marriage, hidden treasure, new year, holiday, beautician, profanity, unfulfillment
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
Plot Summary:
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Plot tags: dictatorship, dictator, doctor, politics, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, biopic, medical, attempted murder, against humanity, torture, israeli, blacks and whites, assistant, violence, violent, head of state, kidnapping, hospital, political unrest, pills, madness, civil war