2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium, the 6th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 27 - Nanny McPhee (United States release)
- January 29 - Something New (Focus Features)
- February 10 - Curious George
- February 17 - Winter Passing (Focus Features)
- March 3 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party (Rogue Pictures)
- March 24 - Inside Man, Stay Alive
- March 31 - Slither, Brick (Focus Features)
- April 7 - On a Clear Day (Focus Features)
- April 21 - American Dreamz
- April 28 - United 93
- May 19 - Over the Hedge
- May 21 - Southland Tales
- June 2 - The Break-Up
- June 16 - The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- June 23 - Waist Deep (Rogue Pictures)
- July 14 - You, Me and Dupree
- July 28 - Miami Vice, Scoop (Focus Features)
- August 11 - Step Up (select international distribution only)
- August 18 - Accepted
- August 25 - Idlewild
- August 31 - Hollywoodland (Focus Features)
- September 15 - The Black Dahlia, The Ground Truth (Focus Features)
- September 22 - Fearless (Rogue Pictures)
- October 13 - Man of the Year
- October 27 - Catch a Fire (Focus Features)
- November 3 - Flushed Away
- November 10 - The Return
- November 17 - Let's Go to Prison
- December 8 - The Holiday
- December 22 - The Good Shepherd
- December 25 - Children of Men
Shorts[]
Television[]
Theme Parks[]
- March 31 - Universal Studios Japan celebrated its 5th anniversary.
Video games[]
- Nintendo GameCube
- October 17
- Over the Hedge: Backyard Obstacle Course
- Over the Hedge: Acorn Toss
Home video releases[]
VHS, DVD & Blu-ray releases[]
- January 3 - Broken Flowers
- January 10 - Red Eye (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- January 17 - Two for the Money
- February 7
- Doom
- Just Like Heaven (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- February 21 - First Descent
- February 28
- March 7 - Jarhead
- March 14 - The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- March 21 - Dreamer (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- March 28 - King Kong
- April 4 - Brokeback Mountain
- April 25 - Match Point (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- May 9
- May 16
- The Producers
- Something New
- Winter Passing
- May 30 - Smokey and the Bandit: Special Edition
- June 13 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party
- July 11 - On a Clear Day
- August 8
- September 5 - United 93
- September 26
- Curious George: Widescreen Edition
- Curious George: Full Screen Edition
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
- The Ground Truth
- October 10 - Waist Deep
- October 17
- American Dreamz
- The Break-Up
- Over the Hedge (DreamWorks Home Entertainment)
- October 24 - Slither
- November 14 - Accepted
- November 21
- December 5 - Idlewild
- December 12 - Miami Vice
- December 19 - Fearless
- December 26 - The Black Dahlia
Shorts[]
Direct-to-video releases[]
- March 21 - The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
- August 8 - Bring It On: All or Nothing
- September 19 - Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses
- November 14 - PollyWorld
- December 6 - The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
- December 19
- Altered
- American Pie: The Naked Mile
Character debuts[]
- February 10 - Curious George, The Man in the Yellow Hat, Margaret "Maggie" Dunlop, Junior Bloomsberry, Clovis, Mr. Bloomsberry, Ivan
- May 19 - RJ, Hammy, Vincent
- June 4 - Han Seoul-Oh, DK Takashi, Sean Bowls
- July 7 - Shawn Spencer, Gus
- September 22 - Nina Cassaday, Connie Rubirosa
- December 6 - Tricia, Guido
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