Jul 27, 2026 · 2 hr 9 min · 12 segments
In an attempt to put together the coolest "Staff Recommendations" shelf, we're drafting our favorite films from 2006. Thanks to Courtney for our tremendous show graphics and Whitney for running our…
All right.
The number one film of 2006.
Oh, God, I feel like I'm gonna have to choose this, because I feel like Jake might steal one of the greatest remakes of all time, and that's The Hills Have Eyes.
I need The Hills Have Eyes.
I need The Hills Have Eyes.
Do you, Jake, though?
I, I...
Yeah.
This, the, uh, from 2006-
Yeah
... um, this is, in my opinion, I think it's better than the original, it, by a landslide.
I d- I, I like the original, but not, like, love.
I think it's a really kind of a messy film.
This is a movie that I think a lot of people were mad when this movie came out.
Um, but I have such a fond memory watching this movie.
I went and saw it with my aunt, and we were gonna go see the horror film Stay Alive, the killer video game horror film.
[laughs]
But it was not playing at the theater near me, so we couldn't go see it, and my parents wouldn't let me go out into the city to watch movies because the city's a bad place where bad things happen.
So I had to go watch the movie s- near my house.
So we, they play- they were playing this, and it was the first time I think I ever saw rape on screen.
... was in this movie, and then the-
I was gonna say, first time you ever saw rape.
I was like, "Oh, wow."
Yeah.
I think-
All right.
The number one film of 2006.
Oh, God, I feel like I'm gonna have to choose this, because I feel like Jake might steal one of the greatest remakes of all time, and that's The Hills Have Eyes.
I need The Hills Have Eyes.
I need The Hills Have Eyes.
Do you, Jake, though?
I, I...
Yeah.
This, the, uh, from 2006-
Yeah
... um, this is, in my opinion, I think it's better than the original, it, by a landslide.
I d- I, I like the original, but not, like, love.
I think it's a really kind of a messy film.
This is a movie that I think a lot of people were mad when this movie came out.
Um, but I have such a fond memory watching this movie.
I went and saw it with my aunt, and we were gonna go see the horror film Stay Alive, the killer video game horror film.
[laughs]
But it was not playing at the theater near me, so we couldn't go see it, and my parents wouldn't let me go out into the city to watch movies because the city's a bad place where bad things happen.
So I had to go watch the movie s- near my house.
So we, they play- they were playing this, and it was the first time I think I ever saw rape on screen.
... was in this movie, and then the-
I was gonna say, first time you ever saw rape.
I was like, "Oh, wow."
Yeah.
I think-
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