must-see movies of 2007

Tis the season for tv repeats, end of the year Top Ten lists, and leaving your house to go to the movies. For those folks who screen movies early, here is a compilation of what some are calling the Best of 2007, including nominations from awards and such. Those marked with an * are winners, or number ones, the cream of the crop some might say.

Who is getting the most votes? Who do you agree with? Take a look and see. I’ll update the list as new picks are out and some time in 2008 I will have seen enough movies to feel like I can do my own little top ten list.

• Across the Universe – GG
• After the Wedding – RS
• American Gangster – CCA, GG, PT, RR
• The Assassination of Jesse James – BM, LS, MLS, MSN, NBR, SFFCC
• Atonement – CCA, GG, MLS, MSN, NBR, NYFCO, PH, PT,  RC, US
• Away From Her – DE, Sat
• Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – AFI, MLS, NYFCO, OG, PT, RS, SAT, TV
• Beowolf – RC
• Black Book – RS, TV
• The Bourne Ultimatum – NBR
• Breach – RS, SK
• The Bucket List – NBR
• Charlie Wilson’s War – BM, GG
• Children of Men – SK
• Dan in Real Life – MLS, RS
• The Darjeeling Limited – NYFCO
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – AFI, BM, CCA, DE, DGA, MSN, NYFCO*, TV
• Eastern Promises – GG, PT, SAT, TV, US
• Flanders – MLS
• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – AOS*, LS
• Golden Door – MLS
• Gone Baby Gone – RR, SK
• Grace is Gone – DE
• The Great Debaters – GG
• Great World of Sound – GA, TV
• Grindhouse – OG, PH
• Hairspray – GG, SAT, US
• The Host – PH
• I’m Not There – AOS, GA, LS, MSN, NYFCO, OG*, PT, US
• In the Valley of Elah – RC, RS, SK
• Into the Wild – AFI, AOS, CCA, DGA, GA*, PT, MSN, NBR
• Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis – OG
• Juno – AFI, CCA, GG, NBR, NYFCO, PH, PT, RR, SAT, US
• Killer of Sheep – RC
• The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters – PH
• The Kite Runner – CCA, NBR
• Knocked Up – AFI, AOS, LS, PH, PT, SAT, US
• Lady Chatterley – LS
• Lars and the Real Girl – NBR, SAT
• Little Children – RC, SK
• The Lives of Others – BM, OG, SK
• The Lookout – RR, SAT, SK
• Margot at the Wedding – GA, MSN, SAT
• Michael Clayton – AFI, CCA, DE, DGA, GG, NBR, NYFCO, OG, PH, RR*, RS*, TV
• A Mighty Heart – US
• The Namesake – GA
• No Country for Old Men – AFI, BM, BSFC, CCA*, DE, DGA, GG, LS, MLS, MSN, NBR*, NYFCC, NYFCO, PH, PT*, RC*, RR, RS,  SAT*, SK*, US
• No End In Sight – DE, LS, OG, RC
• Once – BM, OG, RR
• Paprika – TV
• Paris Je T’Aime – RR
• Persepolis – BM, DE, LS, NYFCO, RC
• Ratatouille – AFI, AOS, BM, DE, MSN, PH
• Redacted – MLS
• Revolution Summer – MLS
• The Savages – AFI, AOS, BM, DE, PH, RS
• Shoot ’em Up – Sat
• Superbad – OG, RR
• Sweeny Todd – AOS, BM, CCA, DE, GG, NBR, NYFCO, PT, RC, US
• Terror’s Advocate – AOS
• There Will Be Blood – AFI, AOS, CCA, DE, DGA, GG, LAF*, LS*, MSN, NYFCO*, PT, RS
• 3:10 to Yuma – SAT, SK
• 12:08 East of Bucharest – AOS
• 28 Weeks Later – SK
• Waitress – RC, MLS
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley – TV
• Zodiac – LS, MSN, OG, RR, TV, US

AFI – Boston Society of Film Critics, BM – Bob Mondello on All Things Considered/NPR, CCA-Critics Choice Awards Nomineess, DCFC-DC Area Film Critics Association, DE – David Edelstein for Fresh Air/NPR, DGA – Director’s Guild of America, GG-Golden Globe Nominations, GA-Gotham Awards, SK-Stephen King (seen in 2007), LAF- LA Film Critics, MLS – Mick LaSalle for SF Chronicle, NBR – National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, LS – Lisa Schwarzbaum for EW, MSN, NYFCC-New York Film Critics Circle, NYFCO – New York Film Critics Online, OG – Owen Gleiberman for EW, PH – Peter Hartlaub for SF Chronicle, PT – Peter Travers for Rolling Stone, SAT – Satellite Awards, SFFCC – San Francisco Film Critics Circle, RC-Richard Corliss-Time, RR – Richard Roeper for Ebert and Roeper, RS-Richard Shickel-Time, TV – TV Guide, US-US Weekly

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