Underworld: Evolution (2006)

Underworld: Evolution (2006)
106 min - Action | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Picking up directly from the previous film, vampire warrior Selena and the half werewolf Michael hunt for clues to reveal the history of their races and the war between them.

Director: Len Wiseman
Writers: Danny McBride (screenplay), Len Wiseman (story)
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Bill Nighy



 

Ultraviolet (2006)

Ultraviolet (2006)
88 min - Action | Sci-Fi

A beautiful hemophage infected with a virus that gives her superhuman powers has to protect a boy in a futuristic world, who is thought to be carrying antigens that would destroy all hemophages.

Director: Kurt Wimmer
Writer: Kurt Wimmer
Stars: Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright, Nick Chinlund



 

Turistas (2006)

Turistas (2006)
93 min - Horror | Mystery | Thriller

A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.

Director: John Stockwell
Writer: Michael Ross
Stars: Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde



 

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)
"Fainaru Fantajî Sebun Adobento Chirudoren" (original title)
101 min - Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

An ex-mercenary is forced out of isolation when three mysterious men kidnap and brainwash the city's children afflicted with the Geostigma disease.

Directors: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
Writer: Kazushige Nojima (event scenario writer)
Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Ayumi Itô, Shotaro Morikubo



 

Capote (2005)

Capote (2005)
114 min - Biography | Crime | Drama

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

Director: Bennett Miller
Writers: Dan Futterman (screenplay), Gerald Clarke (book)
Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Clifton Collins Jr., Catherine Keener



 

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)
134 min - Drama | Romance

The story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys and their lives over the years.

Director: Ang Lee
Writers: Annie Proulx (short story), Larry McMurtry (screenplay)
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger, Michelle Williams



 

Brick (2005)

Brick (2005)
110 min - Drama | Mystery

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

Director: Rian Johnson
Writer: Rian Johnson
Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin



 

Bewitched (2005)

Bewitched (2005)
102 min - Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

Director: Nora Ephron
Writers: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine



 

Be Cool (2005)

Be Cool (2005)
118 min - Comedy | Crime

Disenchanted with the movie industry, Chili Palmer tries the music industry, meeting and romancing a widow of a music executive on the way.

Director: F. Gary Gray
Writers: Elmore Leonard (novel), Peter Steinfeld (screenplay)
Stars: John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Dwayne Johnson



 

Batman Begins (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)
140 min - Action | Crime | Thriller

After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Bob Kane (characters), David S. Goyer (story)
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Ken Watanabe



 

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)

Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
109 min - Action | Drama | Crime

A police sergeant must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect themselves on New Year's Eve, just as corrupt policeman surround the station with the intent of killing all to keep their deception in the ranks.

Director: Jean-François Richet
Writers: John Carpenter (earlier film), James DeMonaco (screenplay)
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Byrne



 

An Unfinished Life (2005)

An Unfinished Life (2005)
108 min - Drama

A down on her luck woman, desperate to provide care for her daughter, moves in with her father in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds.

Director: Lasse Hallström
Writers: Mark Spragg, Virginia Korus Spragg
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Robert Redford, Morgan Freeman



 

Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)

Aloha, Scooby-Doo! (2005)
Video 70 min - Animation | Comedy | Family

When Daphne is given the opportunity to design clothes for a company in Hawaii, the entire gang travels along with her. As they are leaving for their destination a man warns them that there are evil spirits on the island but the gang is doubtful. When they arrive in Hanahuna they are excited to watch the Big Kahuna of Hanahuna Surfing Contest which Manu Tuiama (a local) had won previously. Because the Mayor of the area welcomed everyone including mainlanders to the Surfing Contest they Tiki spirit was angered. The gang and everyone still in the area are threatened by little Tiki demons and the much bigger Wiki Tiki. Written by katie


Director: Tim Maltby
Writer: Temple Mathews
Stars: Casey Kasem, Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn



 

Æon Flux (2005)

Æon Flux (2005)
93 min - Action | Sci-Fi

Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is a sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.

Director: Karyn Kusama
Writers: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, 1 more credit »
Stars: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sophie Okonedo



 

A Lot Like Love (2005)

A Lot Like Love (2005)
107 min - Comedy | Drama | Romance

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are ... See full summary »

Director: Nigel Cole
Writer: Colin Patrick Lynch
Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Taryn Manning




 

A History of Violence (2005)

A History of Violence (2005)
96 min - Crime | Drama | Thriller

A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.

Director: David Cronenberg
Writers: John Wagner (graphic novel), Vince Locke (graphic novel)
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris



 

The Wicker Man (2006)

The Wicker Man (2006)
102 min - Horror | Mystery | Thriller

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.

Director: Neil LaBute
Writers: Neil LaBute (screenplay), Anthony Shaffer
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Leelee Sobieski



 

The Queen (2006)

The Queen (2006)
103 min - Biography | Drama

After the death of Princess Diana, HM Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: Peter Morgan
Stars: Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell



 

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
117 min - Biography | Drama

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.

Director: Gabriele Muccino
Writer: Steve Conrad
Stars: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith



 

The Prestige (2006)

The Prestige (2006)
130 min - Drama | Mystery | Thriller

The rivalry between two magicians becomes more exacerbated by their attempt to perform the ultimate illusion.

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay),
Stars: Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson



 

The Pink Panther (2006)

The Pink Panther (2006)
93 min - Adventure | Comedy | Crime

Bumbling Inspector Clouseau must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.

Director: Shawn Levy
Writers: Len Blum (screenplay), Steve Martin (screenplay)
Stars: Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, Jean Reno



 

The Marine (2006)

The Marine (2006)
92 min - Action | Drama | Thriller

A group of diamond thieves on the run kidnap the wife of a recently discharged marine who goes on a chase through the South Carolinian wilderness to retrieve her.

Director: John Bonito
Writers: Michelle Gallagher (story), Michelle Gallagher (screenplay)
Stars: John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick



 

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

The Last King of Scotland (2006)
123 min - Biography | Drama | History

Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writers: Peter Morgan (screenplay), Jeremy Brock (screenplay)
Stars: James McAvoy, Forest Whitaker, Gillian Anderson



 

The Lake House (2006)

The Lake House (2006)
99 min - Drama | Fantasy | Romance

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

Director: Alejandro Agresti
Writers: David Auburn (screenplay), Eun-Jeong Kim (motion picture "Siworae"), 1 more credit »
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Christopher Plummer



 

The Holiday (2006)

The Holiday (2006)
138 min - Comedy | Romance

Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Stars: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law