TOP FILMS OF 2007

I am just about done with the films of 2007. I will be seeing RATATOUILLE tomorrow and there are probably a few more films I will see on dvd from this past year. But for the most part, the following are my final picks for the year, from best to worst.

Julian Schnabel’s THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
Andrew Dominik’s THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
Paul Thomas Anderson’s THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Joel & Ethan Coen’s NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
David Fincher’s ZODIAC
Sean Penn’s INTO THE WILD
Ridley Scott’s AMERICAN GANGSTER
David Cronenberg’s EASTERN PROMISES
Sidney Lumet’s BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
Tim Burton’s SWEENEY TODD

Susanne Bier’s THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE
Tony Gilroy’s MICHAEL CLAYTON
Peter Berg’s THE KINGDOM
Zack Snyder’s 300
Paul Greengrass’ THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS
Jimmy Mangold’s 3:10 TO YUMA
Judd Apatow’s KNOCKED UP
John Carney’s ONCE
Werner Herzog’s RESCUE DAWN

Tamara Jenkins’ THE SAVAGES
Joe Wright’s ATONEMENT
Jason Reitman’s JUNO
Ben Affleck’s GONE BABY GONE
Kevin Lima’s ENCHANTED
Todd Haynes’ I’M NOT THERE
Gore Verbinski’s PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
James Gray’s WE OWN THE NIGHT
Dan Klores’ CRAZY LOVE
Gavin Hood’s RENDITION

Paul Haggis’ IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s 28 WEEKS LATER
Billy Ray’s BREACH
Jake Kasdan’s THE TV SET
eter Hedges’ DAN IN REAL LIFE
Michael Moore’s SICKO
Charles Ferguson’s NO END IN SIGHT
Wes Anderson’s THE DARJEELING LIMITED
Joe Carnahan’s SMOKIN’ ACES
Bong Joon-ho’s THE HOST

David Silverman’s THE SIMPSONS: THE MOVIE
Adrienne Shelly’s WAITRESS
DJ Caruso’s DISTURBIA
Steven Soderbergh’s OCEANS 13
Craig Brewer’s BLACK SNAKE MOAN
William Friedkin’s BUG
David Von Ancken’s SERAPHIM FALLS
Mike Binder’s REIGN OVER ME
Zoe Cassavettes’ BROKEN ENGLISH
Michael Davis’ SHOOT ‘EM UP

Scott Frank’s THE LOOKOUT
Ang Lee’s LUST, CAUTION
Michael Winterbottom’s A MIGHTY HEART
Terry George’s RESERVATION ROAD
Richard Kelly’s SOUTHLAND TALES
Brian De Palma’s REDACTED
Mikael Hafstrom’s 1408
Greg Mottola’s SUPERBAD
Mark Polish’s THE ASTRONAUT FARMER
Will Speck & Josh Gordon’s BLADES OF GLORY

Jonathan Kasdan’s IN THE LAND OF WOMEN
Luc Besson’s ANGEL-A
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini’s THE NANNY DIARIES
Nick Cassavettes’ ALPHA DOG
Antoine Fuqua’s SHOOTER
Curtis Hanson’s LUCKY YOU
Gregory Hoblit’s FRACTURE
Robert Zemeckis’ BEOWULF (IMAX 3-D)
Edgar Wright’s HOT FUZZ
Nimrod Attal’s VACANCY

Akiva Schaffer’s HOT ROD
Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez’s GRINDHOUSE
Bruce Evans’ MR. BROOKS
Sam Raimi’s SPIDERMAN 3
Len Wiseman’s LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD
Walt Becker’s WILD HOGS
James Foley’s PERFECT STRANGER
Joel Schumacher’s THE NUMBER 23
Dave Meyer’s THE HITCHER
Ken Kwapis’ LICENSE TO WED

Adam Shankman’s HAIRSPRAY
Dennis Dugan’s I KNOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
Marcus Nispel’s PATHFINDER