Best Drama movies of 2006

Actors : Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Robert Conder, Joan Allen,
Directors : Christopher N. Rowley,

Three women take a road trip to Santa Barbara in order to deliver the ashes of one of their dead husbands to his resentful daughter.

Actors : Charlotte Gainsbourg, Aurora Quattrocchi, Vincenzo Amato, Vincent Schiavelli,
Directors : Emanuele Crialese,

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. ...

Actors : Stefano Accorsi, Julie Depardieu, Nina Kervel-Bey, Benjamin Feuillet,
Directors : Julie Gavras,

A 9-year-old girl weathers big changes in her household as her parents become radical political activists in 1970-71 Paris.

Actors : Alison Lohman, Michael Pitt, Gina Gershon, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Tom DiCillo,

An offbeat drama focused on a homeless youth, a pop music siren and a member of the paparazzi.

Actors : Nick Cannon, Forest Whitaker, Kim Basinger, Kelsey Grammer,
Directors : Mark Rydell,

Gambling addiction bring the stories of three otherwise unconnected people together as it destroys each of their lives.

Actors : Chris Eigeman, Famke Janssen, Ian Holm, Stephanie March,
Directors : Oren Rudavsky,

Jake Singer is at loose ends in New York City, and neck deep in psychoanalysis with the outrageous Dr. Morales, when he meets the enigmatic and beautiful widow Allegra Marshall.

Actors : Michel Joelsas, Paulo Autran, Germano Haiut, Daniela Piepszyk,
Directors : Cao Hamburger,

A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil.

Actors : Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castanos,

As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.

Actors : Jamie Anne Allman, Marcus Atkins, Kristian Best, Raymond J. Barry,
Directors : Brian Jun,

During a Midwestern winter, two working-class brothers must cope with their recently incarcerated father.

Actors : Siddharth, Soha Ali Khan, Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi,
Directors : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,

This story is about six friends who help an English filmmaker create a documentary about Indian freedom struggle. During filming, this group of friends learn about those before them and the importance of fighting for their rights.

Actors : Jonas Ball, Mie Omori, Krisha Fairchild, Gail Kay Bell,
Directors : Andrew Piddington,

A dramatization of Mark Champman's plan to murder John Lennon.

Actors : Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White, Max Paradise, Fairuza Balk,
Directors : Cam Archer,

A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

Actors : Jenjira Pongpas, Nantarat Sawaddikul, Jaruchai Iamaram, Sophon Pukanok,
Directors : Apichatpong Weerasethakul,

Story about director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's parents who were both doctors, and director's memories about growing up in the hospital environment.

Actors : Lei Hao, Xueyun Bai, Lin Cui, Xiaodong Guo,
Directors : Ye Lou,

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ensue and take a toll on their lives.

Actors : Justin Long, Agnes Bruckner, John Corbett, Kelli Garner,
Directors : Jason Matzner,

A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.

Actors : Ilkka Koivula, Maria Heiskanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi,
Directors : Aki Kaurismäki,

In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.

Actors : Yousef 'Joe' Sweid, Daniella Wircer, Alon Friedman, Ohad Knoller,
Directors : Eytan Fox,

The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the ...

Actors : Fabrizio Borsani, Bruno Ganz, Teo Gheorghiu, Julika Jenkins,
Directors : Fredi M. Murer,

A 12-year-old piano prodigy, suffocating from his parent's big dreams for him, decides to make his escape and with the aid of his grandfather chase his own dreams instead.

Actors : Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Hayden Panettiere, Isabella Rossellini,
Directors : Matt Tauber,

An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Cécile De France, Valérie Lemercier, Albert Dupontel,
Directors : Danièle Thompson,

A young woman arrives in Paris where she finds a job as a waitress in bar next on Avenue Montaigne that caters to the surrounding theaters and the wealthy inhabitants of the area. She will meet a pianist, a famous actress and a great art collector, and become acquainted with the "luxurious" world her grandmother has told her about since her childhood.