This article lists American films released in 2006. The Departed won the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Satellite Award for Best Film – Drama. Babel won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. Dreamgirls won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy.
Happy Feet won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film. Cars won the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. Pan's Labyrinth won the Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature.
Letters from Iwo Jima won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
An Inconvenient Truth won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Deliver Us from Evil won the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film.
God Grew Tired of Us won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. Quinceañera won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic.
Basic Instinct 2 won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.