Posted: 01/28/07

The Film Monthly Critics Poll 2006
by The Staff At Film Monthly


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The New York Times, Tne National Tattler, TV Guide, IMDB, The Bass Fishing Journal. We figured, every other single publication on the planet gets in one it; why shouldn't we? So here are the results of our poll of FM critics as to their picks for award-winning films, actors, and filmmakers of the year.

BEST PICTURE

The Departed

Runner Up: Children of Men

BEST DIRECTOR

Martin Scorsese, The Departed

Runner Up: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed

Runner Up: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

BEST ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz, Volver

Runner Up: (tie) Judi Dench, Notes On A Scandal & Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mark Wahlberg, The Departed

Runner Up: Robert Downey, Jr., A Scanner Darkly

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls

Runner Up: Carmen Maura, Volver

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

(tie) Pedro Almodóvar, Volver & Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine

Runner Up: Guillermo Arriaga, Babel

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

William Monahan, The Departed

Runner Up: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men

Runner Up: Tom Stern, Flags Of Our Fathers

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Javier Navarrete, Pan’s Labyrinth

Runner Up: Clint Mansell, The Fountain

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE

Pan’s Labyrinth

Runner Up: Volver

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

An Inconvenient Truth

Runner Up: Unknown White Male

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Cars

Runner Up: (tie) Monster House & A Scanner Darkly

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Brick, Rian Johnson

Runner Up: Little Miss Sunshine, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris 

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