Mike's 2007 Movie List

Here's my list. This is my favorite movies released in 2007 not necessarily the best. I think this is the best year for movies since 1994. This year had great independent films and even a few good blockbusters. This list will definitely change over time as there are easily 10-15 flicks I missed this year that I'm anxiously awaiting on DVD. Also this year probably more so than recent will change over multiple viewings. All year my favorite has been "Once" only to be usurped at the last minute by "Into the Wild". Eric and I talk movies all of the time, I'd love to hear different opinions on either of our choices and even your own lists.


1 Into the Wild
2 Once
3 Juno
4 There Will Be Blood
5 No Country for Old Men
6 Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and The Butterfly)
7 Gone, Baby, Gone
8 The King of Kong
9 Grindhouse
10 The Bourne Ultimaturm
11 Zodiac
12 Paris, je t'aime
13 In the Valley of Elah
14 Eastern Promises
15 Black Snake Moan
16 300
17 American Gangster
18 Away From Her
19 Chalk
20 Stardust
21 Superbad
22 3:10 to Yuma
23 Romance and Cigarettes
24 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
25 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
26 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
27 Rescue Dawn
28 Deux jours à Paris (Two Days in Paris)
29 Ratatouille
30 Knocked Up
31 Persepolis
32 Beowulf
33 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
34 Death at a Funeral
35 The Astronaut Farmer
36 Zwartboek
37 The Ex
38 The Kite Runner
39 The Lookout
40 Talk to Me
41 Crazy Love
42 28 Weeks Later
43 Jackass 2.5
44 Eagle vs Shark
45 Broken English
46 Seraphim Falls
47 Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
48 The Hoax
49 The Savages
50 Weirdsville
51 The Namesake
52 The Transformers
53 Lars and the Real Girl
54 1408
55 Sicko
56 Fay Grim
57 Waitress
58 Reservation Road
59 Interview
60 First Snow
61 Bug
62 Introducing the Dwights
63 Redacted
64 Live Free or Die Hard
65 Angel-A
66 We Own the Night
67 Paprika
68 30 Days of Night
69 Sunshine
70 TMNT
71 Shoot 'Em Up
72 Bridge to Terabithia
73 Black Sheep
74 Alpha Dog
75 Aqua Teen Hunger Force
76 Hot Fuzz
77 The Invincible Iron Man
78 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
79 Cashback
80 Fido
81 Smiley Face
82 Spider-Man 3

Eric's 2007 Movie List

Here you go, folks...98 movies from 2007. This list has changed since it was first published as I moved films that were released in 2008 to that list. My thoughts: As usual, these aren't necessarily the "best" films of the year, just my faves. Having said that, this was a better than average year for film and my list reflects that, for once. I absolutely loved the top ten flicks on my list and can recommend them to almost anyone without hesitation. And I found that I thoroughly enjoyed the top twenty-five. In addition to the aforementioned, the top sixty or so come with my recommendation...dependent, of course, on your taste. This year I escaped having seen very few films that I truly disliked; those found their way to the bottom fifteen. And before you toss aspersions, let me say that I thought "Atonement" and "Michael Clayton" were both good movies, but waaaaaay overrated. I would elucidate, but I would have to resort to spoilers. Please feel free to leave comments whether you agree or not...especially if not. Oh...and this year I tried to included as much info as was available concerning the release dates of films I caught at SXSW Film and the Austin Film Festival. Ladies and gentlemen, sort your Netflix queues...

1	No Country for Old Men
2	Once
3	There Will Be Blood
4	This is England
5	Juno
6	4 months 3 weeks 2 days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)
7	The Wind That Shakes the Barley
8	Zwartboek (The Black Book)
9	Rocket Science
10	Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
11	Zodiac
12	Control
13	The Devil Came on Horseback
14	Chalk
15	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
16	Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)
17	The King of Kong
18	No End In Sight
19	The Darjeeling Limited
20	A Mighty Heart
21	Sicko
22	Hannah Takes the Stairs
23	Into the Wild
24	Deux jours à Paris (Two Days in Paris)
25	La Vie En Rose
26	The Namesake
27	The Savages
28	Atonement
29	Starter for Ten
30	Broken English
31	The Hoax
32	Rescue Dawn
33	Superbad
34	Who Loves the Sun	U.S. release unknown
35	Grindhouse
36	Paris, je t'aime
37	Smiley Face
38	Eastern Promises
39	Waitress
40	The Great Debaters
41	Lost in Woonsocket	On DVD now
42	Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders
43	For the Bible Tells Me So
44	America Unchained	U.S. release unknown
45	Knocked Up
46	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
47	Lars and the Real Girl
48	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
49	Charlie Wilson's War
50	Away From Her
51	The Kite Runner
52	God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan
53	Breach
54	King Corn
55	Crazy Love
56	My Kid Could Paint That
57	Black Snake Moan
58	Talk to Me
59	I Want Someone To Eat Cheese With
60	American Fork	release unknown
61	Michael Clayton
62	Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
63	Grace Is Gone
64	Ratatouille
65	East of Havana
66	An Unreasonable Man
67	Death at a Funeral
68	Interview
69	Gone, Baby, Gone
70	Elvis and Annabelle	release unknown
71	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
72	Glastonbury
73	Owl and the Sparrow	release unknown
74	Fired!
75	Margot at the Wedding
76	Kurt Cobain About a Son
77	Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist	release unknown
78	Fall from Grace	Showtime
79	3:10 to Yuma
80	Darfur Now
81	Manufacturing Dissent
82	Monkey Warfare	U.S. release unknown
83	I'm Not There
84	Hot Fuzz
85	The Simpsons Movie
86	Evening
87	Mr. Brooks
88	Mississippi Chicken	release unknown
89	The TV Set
90	The Rape of Europe
91	August the First	release unknown
92	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story
93	Ocean's Thirteen
94	Romance and Cigarettes
95	Year of the Dog
96	Wristcutters: A Love Story
97	AMERICANese
98	Beyond the Pale	release unknown