Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
84 min - Comedy

Kazakh TV talking head Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the greatest country in the world. With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson.

Director: Larry Charles
Writers: Sacha Baron Cohen (screenplay), Anthony Hines (screenplay)
Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell



 

Blood Diamond (2006)

Blood Diamond (2006)
143 min - Adventure | Drama | Thriller

A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.

Director: Edward Zwick
Writers: Charles Leavitt (screenplay), Charles Leavitt (story)
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly



 

Beerfest (2006)

Beerfest (2006)
110 min - Comedy

Two brothers travel to Germany for Oktoberfest, only to stumble upon a secret, centuries-old competition described as a "Fight Club" with beer games.

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Writers: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan
Stars: Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme



 

Babel (2006)

Babel (2006)
143 min - Drama

Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families.

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Writers: Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo Arriaga (idea)
Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal



 

Alpha Dog (2006)

Alpha Dog (2006)
122 min - Biography | Crime | Drama

A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writer: Nick Cassavetes
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin



 

A Scanner Darkly (2006)

A Scanner Darkly (2006)
100 min - Animation | Drama | Sci-Fi

An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Director: Richard Linklater
Writers: Philip K. Dick (novel), Richard Linklater (screenplay)
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr.



 

300 (2006)

300 (2006)
117 min - Action | Fantasy | History

King Leonidas and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.

Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder (screenplay), Kurt Johnstad (screenplay)
Stars: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham



 

16 Blocks (2006)

16 Blocks (2006)
105 min - Action | Crime | Drama

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse. There are however forces at work trying to stop prevent them from making it.

Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Richard Wenk
Stars: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse



 

The Water Horse (2007)

The Water Horse (2007)
112 min - Adventure | Family | Fantasy

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Director: Jay Russell
Writers: Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenplay), Dick King-Smith (book)
Stars: Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Alex Etel



 

Zodiac (2007)

Zodiac (2007)
157 min - Crime | Drama | Mystery

A San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac killer.

Director: David Fincher
Writers: James Vanderbilt (screenplay), Robert Graysmith (book)
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo



 

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
Video 96 min - Horror | Thriller

A group of reality show contestants find themselves fighting for their survival against a family of hideously deformed inbred cannibals who plan to ruthlessly butcher them all.

Director: Joe Lynch
Writers: Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Stars: Erica Leerhsen, Henry Rollins, Texas Battle



 

We Own the Night (2007)

We Own the Night (2007)
117 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller

A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.

Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes



 

War (2007)

War (2007)
103 min - Action | Crime | Thriller

An FBI Agent seeks vengeance on a mysterious assassin known as "Rogue" who murdered his partner.

Director: Philip G. Atwell
Writers: Lee Anthony Smith, Gregory J. Bradley
Stars: Jet Li, Jason Statham, Nadine Velazquez



 

Vacancy (2007)

Vacancy (2007)
85 min - Horror | Thriller

A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film

Director: Nimród Antal
Writer: Mark L. Smith
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley



 

Trick 'r Treat (2007)

Trick 'r Treat (2007)
82 min - Horror | Thriller

Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.

Director: Michael Dougherty
Writer: Michael Dougherty
Stars: Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker



 

There Will Be Blood (2007)

There Will Be Blood (2007)
158 min - Drama

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson (screenplay), Upton Sinclair (novel)
Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds



 

The Number 23 (2007)

The Number 23 (2007)
101 min - Mystery | Thriller

Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him. As his obsession increases, more and more similarities seem to arise.

Director: Joel Schumacher
Writer: Fernley Phillips
Stars: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman



 

The Mist (2007)

The Mist (2007)
126 min - Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Director: Frank Darabont
Writers: Frank Darabont (screenplay), Stephen King (novel)
Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden



 

The Man from Earth (2007)

The Man from Earth (2007)
87 min - Drama | Sci-Fi

An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.

Director: Richard Schenkman
Writer: Jerome Bixby
Stars: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley



 

The Lookout (2007)

The Lookout (2007)
99 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

Director: Scott Frank
Writer: Scott Frank
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode



 

The Lazarus Project (2008)

The Lazarus Project (2008)
100 min - Drama | Mystery | Thriller

A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility.

Director: John Glenn (as John Patrick Glenn)
Writers: John Glenn (screenplay), Evan Astrowsky (story)
Stars: Paul Walker, Piper Perabo, Brooklynn Proulx



 

The Kingdom (2007)

The Kingdom (2007)
110 min - Action | Drama | Thriller

A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.

Director: Peter Berg
Writer: Matthew Michael Carnahan
Stars: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner



 

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
116 min - Comedy | Romance

A newly wed man who believes he's just gotten hitched to the perfect woman encounters another lady on his honeymoon.

Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Writers: Scot Armstrong (screenplay), Leslie Dixon (screenplay)
Stars: Ben Stiller, Michelle Monaghan, Malin Akerman



 

The Great Debaters (2007)

The Great Debaters (2007)
126 min - Biography | Drama

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Director: Denzel Washington
Writers: Robert Eisele (screenplay), Robert Eisele (story)
Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise



 

Zulu (2013)

Zulu (2013)
110 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the ... See full summary »

Director: Jérôme Salle
Writers: Caryl Ferey (book), Julien Rappeneau
Stars: Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Tanya van Graan











 

Twice Born (2012)

Twice Born (2012)
"Venuto al mondo" (original title)
127 min - Drama | Romance | War

A single mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

Director: Sergio Castellitto
Writers: Margaret Mazzantini (novel), Sergio Castellitto (screenplay)
Stars: Penélope Cruz, Emile Hirsch, Adnan Haskovic