Movie Released in December 2006

Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

Release date

December 1

Genre

Comedy

Studio

MGM

Director

Mort Nathan

Starring

Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Holly Davidson, Glen Barry, Anthony Cozens, Tom Davey, William de Coverly, Shobu Kapoor, Dan Percival, Daniel Percival

The Nativity Story

Release date

December 1

Genre

Drama

Studio

New Line Cinema

Director

Catherine Hardwicke

Starring

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Alexander Siddig, Said Amadis, Ciaran Hinds, Tim Van Rellim

Turistas

Release date

December 1

Genre

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Studio

Fox Atomic

Director

John Stockwell

Starring

Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Polly Brown

Holla

Release date

December 1

Genre

Horror

Studio

Lions Gate Films

Director

H.M. Coakley

Starring

Shelli Boone, Young Sir, Charles Porter, Michael Bergin, Kimberly Barnett, Robbyne Manning, Tionne Williams, Brandon Phillips, Kali Hawk

3 Needles

Release date

December 1

Genre

Drama

Studio

Wolfe Releasing

Director

Thom Fitzgerald

Starring

Lucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh, Stockard Channing, Shawn Ashmore, Cory Bowles, Ian Roberts, Marc Trottier, Steven Crowder, Li Li

The Architect

Release date

December 1

Genre

Drama, Action

Studio

Magnolia Pictures

Director

Matthew Tauber

Starring

Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere, Sebastian Stan, Walton Goggins, Paul James

10 Items or Less

Release date

December 1

Genre

Drama

Studio

ThinkFilm

Director

Brad Silberling

Starring

Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill, Alexandra Berardi, Jennifer Echols, Kirsten Gronfield, Leonardo Nam, Kumar Pallana, Jim Parsons

Big Nothing

Release date

December 1

Genre

Comedy, Thriller

Studio

British Pathé

Director

Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Starring

Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Alice Eve, Natascha McElhone, Mimi Rogers, Jon Polito, Billy Asher, Maury Chaykin

Inland Empire

Release date

December 6

Genre

Drama, Mystery

Studio

Studio Canal

Director

David Lynch

Starring

Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons, Terryn Westbrook, Julia Ormond, Michael Pare, Ian Abercrombie, Masuimi Max

DOA: Dead or Alive

Release date

December 8

Genre

Action, Adventure

Studio

Dimension Films

Director

Corey Yuen

Starring

Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Devon Aoki, Derek Boyer, Steve Howey, Kane Kosugi, Matthew Marsden, Kevin Nash

The Holiday

Release date

December 8

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Studio

Sony Pictures Entertainment

Director

Nancy Meyers

Starring

Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Rufus Sewell, Edward Burns, Shannyn Sossamon, John Krasinski, Kathryn Hahn, Sarah Paris

Blood Diamond

Release date

December 8

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Edward Zwick

Starring

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo, Stephen Collins

Apocalypto

Release date

December 8

Genre

Action, Adventure, Drama

Studio

Buena Vista Pictures

Director

Mel Gibson

Starring

Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Carlos Emilio Baez, Ramirez Amilcar, Israel Contreras, Israel Rios

Unaccompanied Minors

Release date

December 8

Genre

Comedy

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Paul Feig

Starring

Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher, Gina Mantegna, Quinn Shephard, Brett Kelly, Rob Corddry, Jessica Walter

Days of Glory

Release date

December 8

Genre

Drama, History, War

Studio

The Weinstein Company

Director

Rachid Bouchareb

Starring

Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan, Matthieu Simonet

Off the Black

Release date

December 8

Genre

Drama

Studio

THINKFilm

Director

James Ponsoldt

Starring

Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Timothy Hutton, Sally Kirkland, Rosemarie DeWitt, Noah Fleiss, Sally Kirkland

Charlotte's Web

Release date

December 15

Genre

Drama, Family

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Director

Gary Winick

Starring

Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates, Reba McEntire, Robert Redford

The Pursuit of Happyness

Release date

December 15

Genre

Drama

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

Gabriele Muccino

Starring

Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta, Aida Bernardino, James Karen, Kurt Fuller, Branden Weslee Kong, Al Cacioppo

Eragon

Release date

December 15

Genre

Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action

Studio

The 20th Century Fox

Director

Stefen Fangmeier

Starring

Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, Joss Stone, John Malkovich, Christopher Paolini

Breaking and Entering

Release date

December 15

Genre

Drama

Studio

MGM

Director

Anthony Minghella

Starring

Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone, Martin Freeman, Vera Farmiga, Poppy Rogers, Mark Benton

Dreamgirls

Release date

December 15

Genre

Musical, Drama

Studio

DreamWorks

Director

Bill Condon

Starring

Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover, Anika Noni Rose, Jennifer Hudson, Keith Robinson, Bobby Slayton, Hinton Battle, Sharon Leal

The Good German

Release date

December 15

Genre

Drama, Thriller, Romance

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Steven Soderbergh

Starring

George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Leland Orser, Beau Bridges, Tony Curran, Robin Weigert, Jack Thompson, Christian Oliver

Rocky Balboa

Release date

December 20

Genre

Drama

Studio

MGM

Director

Sylvester Stallone

Starring

Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton, James Francis Kelly III, Antonio Tarver, Geraldine Hughes, Henry G. Sanders

The Painted Veil

Release date

December 20

Genre

Drama, Romance

Studio

Warner Independent Pictures

Director

John Curran

Starring

Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Sally Hawkins, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Helene Cardona, Linda Sans, Yu Xia, Lu Yin

Letters from Iwo Jima

Release date

December 20

Genre

Drama, Action

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Clint Eastwood

Starring

Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shido Nakamura, Nicholas Garren, Yoshio Iizuka, Nae Yuuki, James D. Dever

Curse of the Golden Flower

Release date

December 21

Genre

Action, Adventure, Drama,

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Director

Zhang Yimou

Starring

Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu, Man Li, Qin Junjie

Venus

Release date

December 21

Genre

Drama

Studio

Miramax Films

Director

Roger Michell

Starring

Peter O'Toole, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker

The Good Shepherd

Release date

December 22

Genre

Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Studio

Universal Pictures

Director

Robert De Niro

Starring

Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin, Billy Crudup, Michael Gambon, William Hurt, John Turturro, Tammy Blanchard, Vladimir Mashkov

We Are Marshall

Release date

December 22

Genre

Drama, Sport

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

McG

Starring

Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Ian McShane, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, January Jones, Kimberly Williams-Paisley

Night at the Museum

Release date

December 22

Genre

Action, Comedy, Family

Studio

The 20th Century Fox

Director

Shawn Levy

Starring

Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Ricky Gervais, Kim Raver, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Ernest Borgnine

Alatriste

Release date

December 22

Genre

Action, Adventure

Studio

The 20th Century Fox

Director

Agustin Diaz Yanes

Starring

Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara, Antonio Dechent, Juan Echanove, Eduard Fernandez, Ariadna Gil, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Eduardo Noriega

Black Christmas

Release date

December 25

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Studio

Dimension Films

Director

Glen Morgan

Starring

Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristin Cloke, Andrea Martin, Jessica Harmon

Children of Men

Release date

December 25

Genre

Sci Fi, Drama, Adventure

Studio

Universal Pictures

Director

Alfonso Cuaron

Starring

Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Charlie Hunnam, Chiwetel Ejiofor

It's a Boy Girl Thing

Release date

December 26

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Studio

Icon Entertainment International

Director

Nick Hurran

Starring

Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Emily Hampshire, Libby Adams, Brooke D'Orsay, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne, Sherry Miller

Notes on a Scandal

Release date

December 27

Genre

Drama

Studio

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director

Richard Eyre

Starring

Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Emma Kennedy, Juno Temple

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Release date

December 27

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Studio

DreamWorks SKG

Director

Tom Tykwer

Starring

Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman, Andres Herrera, Simon Chandler, David Calder, Richard Felix, Birgit Minichmayr

Arthur and the Invisibles

Release date

December 29

Genre

Animation, Fantasy

Studio

The Weinstein Co.

Director

Luc Besson

Starring

Robert De Niro, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Freddie Highmore, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Anderson, Chazz Palminteri, Jason Bateman, Jimmy Fallon

Miss Potter

Release date

December 29

Genre

Drama

Studio

Weinstein Company, The

Director

Chris Noonan

Starring

Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn, Bill Paterson, Lloyd Owen, Jane How

Pan's Labyrinth

Release date

December 29

Genre

Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Studio

Picturehouse

Director

Guillermo del Toro

Starring

Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil, Maribel Verdu, Aex Angulo, Roger Casamajor, Sebastian Haro, Mina Lira, Federico Luppi

Factory Girl

Release date

December 29

Genre

Drama

Studio

The Weinsteins Co.

Director

George Hickenlooper

Starring

Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Guy Pearce, Mena Suvari, Jimmy Fallon, Gavin Rossdale, Peter Bogdanovich, Meredith Ostrom

The Dead Girl

Release date

December 29

Genre

Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Studio

First Look Pictures

Director

Karen Moncrieff

Starring

Josh Brolin, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Bruce Davison, James Franco, Marcia Gay Harden, Mary Beth Hurt, Piper Laurie, Brittany Murphy, Giovanni Ribisi