2007 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 2007. Top 30 & many honorables. Also a "Best in Film" ballot for individual categories of 2007. Here's the countdown:

     

                WALK HARD:

30.  THE DEWEY COX STORY

    AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE 
29.     COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS

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28.             SUPERBAD

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27.         AWAY FROM HER

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26.      EASTERN PROMISES

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25.   BRAND UPON THE BRAIN

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               PRIVATE FEARS

23.  IN PUBLIC PLACES

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                 4 MONTHS,
22.   3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS

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21.           RESCUE DAWN

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21.

TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS

20.                ELECTION

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-tie- 20.  TRIAD ELECTION

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19.       WE OWN THE NIGHT

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18.                    BUG

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17.         THE BAND'S VISIT

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16.             RATATOUILLE

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15.          DYING AT GRACE

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14.                 PAPRIKA

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13.      INTO GREAT SILENCE

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12.           GOLDEN DOOR

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11.             PERSEPOLIS

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10.         THIS IS ENGLAND

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9.          COLOSSAL YOUTH

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8.  SYNDROMES AND A CENTURY

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7.                   OFFSIDE

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6.    THE DARJEELING LIMITED

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-tie- 6.    HOTEL CHEVALIER

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      THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES 
5.        BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

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4.                  THE HOST

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3.  NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

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2.       THERE WILL BE BLOOD

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1.                  ZODIAC

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles from '07 I loved that could've placed)

BAMAKO

HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG?: APARTHEID AND THE CLUB OF THE WEST

PROKOFIEV'S

PETER & THE WOLF

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THE WAYWARD CLOUD

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HOT FUZZ

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INSIDE

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I’M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OKAY

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YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH

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 SMILEY FACE

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12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST

THE LAST WINTER

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LOREN CASS

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THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

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MY LOVE

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REGULAR LOVERS

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EXILED

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TEN CANOES

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RED ROAD

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LAKE OF FIRE

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SOUTHLAND TALES

[the Cannes cut]

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VACANCY

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ADAM'S APPLES

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STRANGE CIRCUS

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THE ORPHANAGE

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SUNSHINE

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DRAMA/MEX

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28 WEEKS LATER

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THE SIMPSONS MOVIE

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THE KING OF KONG: 
A FISTFUL OF QUARTERS

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HONEYDRIPPER

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THE MIST 

[black & white version]

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L'ICEBERG

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[REC]

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THE WIND 
THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY

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2 DAYS IN PARIS

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MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES

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THE MAN FRON LONDON

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BLACK BOOK

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ALL IS FORGIVEN

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SEARCHERS 2.0

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SIGUR ROS: HEIMA

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DEATH PROOF

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AMAZING GRACE

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WIND CHILL

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 THE BUBBLE

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BEYOND HATRED

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ALEXANDER: REVISITED

[THE FINAL CUT]

REDACTED

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JIMMY CARTER

MAN FROM PLAINS

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HOT ROD

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THE DIVING BELL

AND THE BUTTERFLY

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ON THE RUMBA RIVER

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NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE

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ROMANCE & CIGARETTES

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THE LOOKOUT

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TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER

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AT NIGHT

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TEKKONKINKREET

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STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING

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TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

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MICHAEL CLAYTON

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BLACK SNAKE MOAN

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STUCK

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TIME

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 BLAME IT ON FIDEL

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KNOCKED UP

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THE LIFE OF REILLY

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SWEENEY TODD: 
THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

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I NOW PRONOUNCE

YOU, CHUCK & LARRY

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GONE BABY GONE

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BROKEN ENGLISH

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BEAUFORT

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THE FIFTH

.

MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI

*****

2007 recap
TOP 30

1. ZODIAC (Fincher)
2. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Paul Thomas Anderson)
3. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Coen Bros.)
4. THE HOST (Bong Joon-Ho)
5. ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES (Dominik)
6. HOTEL CHEVALIER (Wes Anderson)                                 -tie- DARJEELING LIMITED (Wes Anderson)
7. OFFSIDE (Panahi)
8. SYNDROMES & A CENTURY (Weerasethakul)
9. COLOSSAL YOUTH (Costa)
10. THIS IS ENGLAND (Meadows)
11. PERSEPOLIS (Marjane Satrapi)
12. GOLDEN DOOR (Crialese)
13. INTO GREAT SILENCE (Gröning)
14. PAPRIKA (Satoshi Kon)
15. DYING AT GRACE (Allan King)
16. RATATOUILLE (Brad Bird)
17. THE BAND'S VISIT (Kolirin)
18. BUG (Friedkin)
19. WE OWN THE NIGHT (Gray)
20. TRIAD ELECTION (To)                                                       -tie- ELECTION (To) 
21. TIE XI QU: WEST OF THE TRACKS (Wang Bing)
22. RESCUE DAWN (Herzog)
23. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS & 2 DAYS (Mungiu)
24. PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Resnais)
25. BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! (Maddin)
26. EASTERN PROMISES (Cronenberg)
27. AWAY FROM HER (Sarah Polley)
28. SUPERBAD (Mottola)
29. AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE MOVIE (Maiellaro)
30. WALK HARD (J.Kasdan)

RUNNER-UP:
BAMAKO (Sissako), HAVE YOU HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG PT. 1 (Field), PETER & THE WOLF (Suzie Templeton), WAYWARD CLOUD (Ming-liang), HOT FUZZ (E.Wright), À L'INTÉRIEUR (Bustillo/Maury), I’M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OKAY (Chan-wook), YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (Coppola), SMILEY FACE (Araki), 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST (Porumboiu), LAST WINTER (Fessenden), LOREN CASS (Fuller), LIVING & THE DEAD (Rumley), MY LOVE (Petrov), REGULAR LOVERS (Garrel), EXILED (To), TEN CANOES (de Heer), RED ROAD (Andrea Arnold), LAKE OF FIRE (Kaye), SOUTHLAND TALES cannes cut (Kelly), VACANCY (Antal), ADAM'S APPLES (A.Thomas Jensen), STRANGE CIRCUS (Sono), THE ORPHANAGE (Bayona), SUNSHINE (Boyle), DRAMA/MEX (Naranjo), 28 WEEKS LATER (Fresnadillo), THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (Silverman), KING OF KONG (Seth Gordon), HONEYDRIPPER (Sayles), THE MIST (Darabont), L'ICEBERG (Abel/Gordon), [REC] (Plaza), WIND THAT SHAKES BARLEY (Loach), 2 DAYS IN PARIS (Julie Delpy), MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES (Jennifer Baichwal), MAN FRON LONDON (Tarr), BLACK BOOK (Verhoeven), ALL IS FORGIVEN (Mia Hansen-Løve), SEARCHERS 2.0 (Cox), HEIMA (DeBlois), DEATH PROOF (Tarantino), AMAZING GRACE (Apted), WIND CHILL (Jacobs), THE BUBBLE (E.Fox), BEYOND HATRED (Meyrou), ALEXANDER REVISITED (Stone), REDACTED (De Palma), JIMMY CARTER MAN FROM PLAINS (Demme), HOT ROD (A.Schaffer), DIVING BELL & THE BUTTERFLY (Schnabel), ON THE RUMBA RIVER (Sarasin), NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE (Sono), ROMANCE & CIGARETTES (Tuturro), THE LOOKOUT (Frank), TEARS OF THE BLACK TIGER (Sasanatieng), AT NIGHT (Christiansen), TEKKONKINKREET (Arias), STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING (Wagner), TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE (Gibney), MICHAEL CLAYTON (Gilroy), BLACK SNAKE MOAN (Brewer), STUCK (Stuart Gordon), TIME (Kim Ki-duk), BLAME IT ON FIDEL (Julie Gavras), KNOCKED UP (Apatow), LIFE OF REILLY (Frank L. Anderson), SWEENEY TODD (Burton), NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK & LARRY (Dugan), GONE BABY GONE (B.Affleck), BROKEN ENGLISH (Zoe R. Cassavetes), BEAUFORT (Cedar), THE FIFTH (Levin), MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI (Lavis/Szczerbowski)