Movie Released in October 2006

Death Toll

Release date

October 1

Genre

Action

Studio

HK Pictures

Director

Phenomenon

Starring

Lou Diamond Phillips, DMX, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Leila Arcieri, Eric F. Adams, Gene Christensen, Aron Biedenharn Coates, Jarred Coates

The Departed

Release date

October 6

Genre

Action, Mystery, Thriller

Studio

Warner Bros.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga, Alec Baldwin, Anthony Anderson

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Release date

October 6

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Studio

New Line Cinema

Director

Jonathan Liebesman

Starring

Jordana Brewster, Andrew Bryniarski, R. Lee Ermey, Taylor Handley, Matthew Bomer, Diora Baird, Heather Kafka, Marietta Marich, Terrence Evans

Little Children

Release date

October 6

Genre

Drama, Romance, Mystery

Studio

New Line Cinema

Director

Todd Field

Starring

Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Wilson, Noah Emmerich, Jackie Earle Haley, Gregg Edelman, Sarah Buxton, Raymond J. Barry, Ty Simpkins

Employee of the Month

Release date

October 6

Genre

Comedy

Studio

Lions Gate Films

Director

Greg Coolidge

Starring

Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shepard, Efren Ramirez, Tim Bagley, Andy Dick, Brian George, Marcello Thedford, Danny Woodburn, Sean Whalen

The Grudge 2

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama, Horror, Mystery

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

Takashi Shimizu

Starring

Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Teresa Palmer, Takako Fuji, Ryo Ishibashi, Misako Uno, Shaun Sipos, Edison Chen

The Marine

Release date

October 13

Genre

Action, Drama, Thriller

Studio

The 20th Century Fox

Director

John Bonito

Starring

John Cena, Kelly Carlson, Robert Patrick, Jeff Chase, Jon Bennett, Abigail Bianca, Troy Brenna, Ashley Lyons, Anthony Ray Parker, Drew Powell

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker

Release date

October 13

Genre

Action, Adventure

Studio

MGM

Director

Geoffrey Sax

Starring

Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Alex Pettyfer, Alicia Silverstone, Mickey Rourke, Sophie Okonedo, Missi Pyle, Sarah Bolger, Ashley Walters, Damian Lewis

Man of the Year

Release date

October 13

Genre

Comedy

Studio

Universal Pictures

Director

Barry Levinson

Starring

Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, Jeff Goldblum, Shawn Roberts, Sasha Roiz

One Night with the King

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama

Studio

8X Entertainment Inc.

Director

Michael O. Sajbel

Starring

Peter O'Toole, Tiffany Dupont, Omar Sharif, Luke Goss, Tom 'Tiny' Lister, James Callis, Dilshad, Jonah Lotan, John Noble, John Rhys-Davies

Sweet Land

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama

Studio

Forward Entertainment LLC

Director

Ali Selim

Starring

Alan Cumming, Ned Beatty, Lois Smith, Alex Kingson, John Heard, Elizabeth Reaser, Tim Guinee

Nearing Grace

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama

Studio

Whitewater Films

Director

Rick Rosenthal

Starring

Gregory Smith, Jordana Brewster, Ashley Johnson, David Morse, David Moscow, Chad Faust, Brian Doyle-Murray, Sharon Lawrence, Logan Bartholomew

Shortbus

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama, Romance

Studio

THINKFilm

Director

John Cameron Mitchell

Starring

Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, Lindsay Beamish, PJ DeBoy, Jay Brannan, Peter Stickles, Shanti Carson, Raphael Barker, Bitch

Tideland

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama, Fantasy

Studio

ThinkFilm

Director

Terry Gilliam

Starring

Jeff Bridges, Jodelle Ferland, Brendan Fletcher, Jennifer Tilly, Janet McTeer

Infamous

Release date

October 13

Genre

Drama

Studio

Warner Independent Pictures

Director

Douglas McGrath

Starring

Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdonovich, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Isabella Rossellini, Sigourney Weaver

Driving Lessons

Release date

October 13

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Director

Jeremy Brock

Starring

Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Oliver Milburn, Michelle Duncan, Tamsin Eggerton

Zerophilia

Release date

October 13

Genre

Comedy

Studio

Microangelo Entertainment LLC

Director

Martin Curland

Starring

Kelly LeBrock, Taylor Handley, Kyle Schmid, Gina Bellman, Marieh Delfino, Alison Folland, Adam Zolotin

Flicka

Release date

October 20

Genre

Drama, Family

Studio

The 20th Century Fox

Director

Michael Mayer

Starring

Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten

Marie Antoinette

Release date

October 20

Genre

Drama

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

Sofia Coppola

Starring

Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Judy Davis, Rip Torn, Rose Byrne, Asia Argento, Molly Shannon, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston, Steve Coogan

The Prestige

Release date

October 20

Genre

Drama, Action, Fantasy

Studio

Touchstone Pictures

Director

Christopher Nolan

Starring

Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, Piper Perabo, David Bowie

Flags of Our Fathers

Release date

October 20

Genre

Drama, Action

Studio

DreamWorks

Director

Clint Eastwood

Starring

Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey, Neal McDonough, Joseph Cross, Robert Patrick

Running with Scissors

Release date

October 20

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

Ryan Murphy

Starring

Annette Bening, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin, Jill Clayburgh, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vanessa Redgrave

Sleeping Dogs Lie

Release date

October 20

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

Samuel Goldwyn Films LLC

Director

Bob Goldthwait

Starring

Melinda Page Hamilton, Bryce Johnson, Geoff Pierson, Colby French, Jack Plotnick, Bonita Friedericy, Brian Posehn, Morgan Murphy, Steve Agee

Don

Release date

October 20

Genre

Action

Studio

Excel Entertainment

Director

Farhan Akhtar

Starring

Shahrukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Kareena Kapoor, Isha Koppikar

Catch a Fire

Release date

October 27

Genre

Drama

Studio

Focus Features

Director

Phillip Noyce

Starring

Tim Robbins, Derek Luke, Bonnie Henna, Robert Hobbs

Saw III

Release date

October 27

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Studio

Lions Gate Films

Director

Darren Lynn Bousman

Starring

Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Dina Meyer, Bahar Soomekh, Angus MacFadyen

Conversations with God

Release date

October 27

Genre

Drama

Studio

Samuel Goldwyn Company

Director

Stephen Simon

Starring

Henry Czerny, Ingrid Boultin, Jerry McGill, Michelle Merring, T. Bruce Page, Vilma Silva, Michael A. Goorjian

Color of the Cross

Release date

October 27

Genre

Drama

Studio

Nu-Lite Entertainment

Director

Jean Claude LaMarre

Starring

Jean Claude LaMarre, Debbi Morgan, David Gianopoulos, Elya Baskin, Ananda Lewis

Death of a President

Release date

October 27

Genre

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Studio

Newmarket Films

Director

Gabriel Range

Starring

Hend Ayoub, George W. Bush, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Michael Reilly Burke, Neko Parham, Holly Barrett, Patricia Buckley, Bryan Cohen

Babel

Release date

October 27

Genre

Drama

Studio

Paramount Vantage

Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Starring

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal, Koji Yakusho, Elle Fanning, Shilpa Shetty, Mahima Chaudhry, Paul Terrell Clayton, Jamie McBride

The Phobic

Release date

October 30

Genre

Thriller

Studio

Alex Ryan Productions

Director

Margo Romero

Starring

Courtney Gains, Juliette Marquis, Eric Millegan, Silas Weir Mitchell

Crazy Eights

Release date

October 31

Genre

Horror

Studio

After Dark Films

Director

James Koya Jones

Starring

Traci Lords, Dina Meyer, Gabrielle Anwar, George Newbern, Dan DeLuca, Frank Whaley