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 and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 6 - Hostel
• January 20 - Underworld: Evolution
• February 3 - When a Stranger Calls
• February 10 - The Pink Panther
• February 17 - Freedomland
• March 3 - Ultraviolet
• March 31 - Basic Instinct 2
• April 7 - The Benchwarmers
• April 21 - Silent Hill
• April 28 - RV
• May 5 - Art School Confidential
• May 19 - The Da Vinci Code
• June 23 - Click
• July 14 - Little Man
• July 21 - Monster House
• August 4 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
• August 11 - Zoom
• September 1 - Crossover
• September 8 - The Covenant
• September 15 - Gridiron Gang
• September 22 - All the King's Men
• September 29 - Open Season
• October 12 - Quarantine
• October 16 - The Grudge 2
• October 20 - Marie Antoinette
• October 27 - Running with Scissors
• November 3 - Volver
• November 10 - Stranger Than Fiction
• November 17 - Casino Royale
• December 8 - The Holiday
• December 15 - The Pursuit of Happyness
• December 20 - Rocky Balboa

Television

Video games

• November 17 - Resistance Fall of Man

Home video

VHS, DVD, & Blu-ray releases

• January 3
  • The Cave
  • The Gospel
• January 24
  • The Fog
  • Oliver Twist
  • The Berenstain Bears: Always Look on the Bright Side
• January 31 - The Legend of Zorro
• February 7 - The Net 2.0
• February 14
  • MirrorMask
  • Zathura
• February 21
  • Rent
  • Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
• March 14
  • Ghostbusters
  • Ghostbusters II
• March 21 - Capote
• March 28 - Memoirs of a Geisha
• April 11 - Fun with Dick and Jane
• April 18 - Hostel
• May 16 - When a Stranger Calls
• May 23
  • Hollow Man 2
  • The Berenstain Bears: Fun Family Adventures
• May 30 - Freedomland
• June 6 - Underworld: Evolution
• June 13 - The Pink Panther
• June 27 - Ultraviolet
• July 25 - The Benchwarmers
• August 15 - RV
• August 22
  • Silent Hill
  • The Berenstain Bears: Discover School
• October 10
  • Art School Confidential
  • Click
• October 24 - Monster House
• November 7 - Little Man
• November 14 - The Da Vinci Code
• December 12 - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Characters debuts

• February 21 - Reeko, The Beast
• July 21 - DJ Walters, Chowder, Jenny Bennett, Horace Nebbercracker, Constance Nebbercracker, Mr. & Mrs. Walters, Eliza, Zee, Bones, Landers & Lister, Reginald Skullinski
• August 4 - Ricky Bobby
• September 29 - Boog, Elliot, Shaw, Beth, Giselle, Reilly, Ian, Mr. Weenie
• November 17 - Nathan Hale, Chimera

Other events

• TBA

Milestone anniversaries

• TBA

People

Births

• May 6 - Sadie Sandler (actress)
• June 25 - Mckenna Grace (actress and singer)

Deaths

• TBA

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