2007 Awards Season | Film

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Titles nominated in major categories:

  • Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • Best Achievement in Directing
  • Best Writing, Original Screenplay
  • Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Acting, Leading Role
  • Best Acting, Supporting Role


at the major awards ceremonies:

  • Academy Awards
  • Golden Globe Awards
  • British Academy Film Awards
  • Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Independent Spirit Awards
  • Directors Guild of America Awards
  • Writers Guild of America Awards
  • Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Producers Guild of America Awards
  • National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • National Board of Review Awards
  • American Film Institute Awards

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1. No Country for Old Men (2007)

R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

92 Metascore

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong and over two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson

Votes: 1,060,900 | Gross: $74.28M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • WINNER: Producers Guild of America Awards
  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Joel Daniel Coen; Ethan Jesse Coen)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: Directors Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Joel Daniel Coen; Ethan Jesse Coen)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: Writers Guild of America Awards
  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Tommy Lee Jones)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Javier Bardem)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Kelly Macdonald)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 292

2. There Will Be Blood (2007)

R | 158 min | Drama

93 Metascore

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Martin Stringer

Votes: 641,459 | Gross: $40.22M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Paul Thomas Anderson)

  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards


BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Paul Thomas Anderson)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Daniel Day-Lewis)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Paul Dano)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 167

3. Juno (2007)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

81 Metascore

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes a selfless decision regarding the unborn child.

Director: Jason Reitman | Stars: Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman

Votes: 549,403 | Gross: $143.50M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Jason Reitman)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Diablo Cody)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: Writers Guild of America Awards
  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Elliot Page)

  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 150

4. Michael Clayton (2007)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

82 Metascore

A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multibillion-dollar class action suit.

Director: Tony Gilroy | Stars: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson, Michael O'Keefe

Votes: 174,111 | Gross: $49.03M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Tony Gilroy)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Tony Gilroy)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (George Clooney)

  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Tom Wilkinson)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Tilda Swinton)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 115

5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama

92 Metascore

The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny

Votes: 110,447 | Gross: $5.99M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: Producers Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Julian Schnabel)

  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Ronald Harwood)

  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 108

6. Atonement (2007)

R | 123 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

85 Metascore

Thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

Director: Joe Wright | Stars: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Brenda Blethyn, Saoirse Ronan

Votes: 299,985 | Gross: $50.93M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Joe Wright)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Christopher Hampton)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (James McAvoy)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Keira Knightley)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Saoirse Ronan)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Vanessa Redgrave)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


Points: 86

7. Away from Her (2006)

PG-13 | 110 min | Drama

88 Metascore

A man coping with the institutionalization of his wife because of Alzheimer's disease faces an epiphany when she transfers her affections to another man, Aubrey, a wheelchair-bound mute who also is a patient at the nursing home.

Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Julie Christie, Michael Murphy, Gordon Pinsent, Stacey LaBerge

Votes: 23,089 | Gross: $4.57M

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Sarah Polley)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Julie Christie)

  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 67

8. The Savages (2007)

R | 113 min | Comedy, Drama

85 Metascore

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

Director: Tamara Jenkins | Stars: Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Peter Friedman

Votes: 38,642 | Gross: $6.61M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Tamara Jenkins)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Tamara Jenkins)

  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Laura Linney)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 63

9. Into the Wild (2007)

R | 148 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

73 Metascore

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

Director: Sean Penn | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener, Marcia Gay Harden

Votes: 658,416 | Gross: $18.35M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Sean Penn)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Directors Guild of America Awards


BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Sean Penn)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Emile Hirsch)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Catherine Keener)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Hal Holbrook)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 49

10. I'm Not There (2007)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

73 Metascore

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 61,197 | Gross: $4.02M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Todd Haynes)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Cate Blanchett)

  • WINNER: Golden Globe Awards
  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards
  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Marcus Carl Franklin)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 49

11. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,703 | Gross: $130.16M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Ridley Scott)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Steven Zaillian)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Denzel Washington)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Ruby Dee)

  • WINNER: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards


Points: 47

12. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

R | 116 min | Drama, Horror, Musical

83 Metascore

The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall

Votes: 387,030 | Gross: $52.90M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Tim Burton)

  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Johnny Depp)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


Points: 41

13. Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

70 Metascore

A delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.

Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, R.D. Reid

Votes: 155,471 | Gross: $5.97M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Nancy Oliver)

  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Ryan Gosling)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 36

14. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

R | 160 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

68 Metascore

Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker

Votes: 192,874 | Gross: $3.90M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Casey Affleck)

  • WINNER: National Society of Film Critics Awards
  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 32

15. La Vie En Rose (2007)

PG-13 | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music

66 Metascore

Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.

Director: Olivier Dahan | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Pascal Greggory, Emmanuelle Seigner

Votes: 90,767 | Gross: $10.30M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Marion Cotillard)

  • WINNER: Academy Awards
  • WINNER: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 30

16. Gone Baby Gone (2007)

R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

72 Metascore

Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.

Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan

Votes: 293,077 | Gross: $20.30M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Amy Ryan)

  • WINNER: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • WINNER: National Board of Review Awards
  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 26

17. The Lives of Others (2006)

R | 137 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

89 Metascore

In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur

Votes: 410,666 | Gross: $11.29M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Ulrich Mühe)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 17

18. Eastern Promises (2007)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

83 Metascore

A teenager who dies during childbirth leaves clues in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin

Votes: 261,246 | Gross: $17.11M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Viggo Mortensen)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 16

19. Paranoid Park (2007)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

84 Metascore

A teenage skateboarder's life begins to fray after he is involved in the accidental death of a security guard.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller

Votes: 31,930 | Gross: $0.49M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Gus Van Sant)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 16

20. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

86 Metascore

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife barreling towards a shattering climax.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei

Votes: 111,742 | Gross: $7.08M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Sidney Lumet)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Marisa Tomei)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Amy Ryan)

  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 15

21. The Kite Runner (2007)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

61 Metascore

After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub

Votes: 82,565 | Gross: $15.80M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (David Benioff)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 15

22. A Mighty Heart (2007)

R | 108 min | Biography, Drama, History

74 Metascore

Mariane Pearl embarks on a frantic search to locate her journalist husband Daniel when he goes missing in Pakistan.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan, Archie Panjabi

Votes: 28,222 | Gross: $9.18M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Angelina Jolie)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 14

23. Talk to Me (2007)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

69 Metascore

The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Bruce McFee, Mike Epps

Votes: 10,275 | Gross: $4.47M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Don Cheadle)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Chiwetel Ejiofor)

  • WINNER: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 13

24. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

67 Metascore

A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

Votes: 124,932 | Gross: $66.66M

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (Aaron Sorkin)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Philip Seymour Hoffman)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Julia Roberts)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


Points: 12

25. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

85 Metascore

Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless C.I.A. official and his Agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Matt Damon, Edgar Ramírez, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles

Votes: 658,419 | Gross: $227.47M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (Paul Greengrass)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 11

26. Ratatouille (2007)

G | 111 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

96 Metascore

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Paris restaurant.

Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava | Stars: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm

Votes: 825,713 | Gross: $206.45M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Brad Bird)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards


Points: 10

27. Knocked Up (2007)

R | 129 min | Comedy, Romance

85 Metascore

For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.

Director: Judd Apatow | Stars: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann

Votes: 384,772 | Gross: $148.73M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: American Film Institute Awards


BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Judd Apatow)

  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards


Points: 10

28. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, History

45 Metascore

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

Director: Shekhar Kapur | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Jordi Mollà

Votes: 75,080 | Gross: $16.29M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Cate Blanchett)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards
  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards
  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards
  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards
  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 10

29. Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance

78 Metascore

An ambitious graduate student convinces a writer that her thesis can resurrect his career.

Director: Andrew Wagner | Stars: Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Patti Perkins, Lili Taylor

Votes: 3,346 | Gross: $0.90M

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Fred Parnes; Andrew Wagner)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Frank Langella)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards
  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 8

30. Hairspray (2007)

PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

81 Metascore

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Nikki Blonsky, Michelle Pfeiffer

Votes: 138,741 | Gross: $118.87M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (John Travolta)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


Points: 7

31. 3:10 to Yuma (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

76 Metascore

A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman

Votes: 331,191 | Gross: $53.61M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Screen Actors Guild Awards


Points: 6

32. The Bucket List (2007)

PG-13 | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

42 Metascore

Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.

Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd

Votes: 259,945 | Gross: $93.47M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: National Board of Review Awards


Points: 6

33. The Great Debaters (2007)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

65 Metascore

A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Kimberly Elise, Nate Parker

Votes: 62,876 | Gross: $30.23M

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


Points: 6

34. This Is England (2006)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama

86 Metascore

A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.

Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim

Votes: 128,773 | Gross: $0.33M

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Shane Meadows)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 4

35. Waitress (2007)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

75 Metascore

Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last attempt at happiness.

Director: Adrienne Shelly | Stars: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto, Cheryl Hines

Votes: 48,839 | Gross: $19.07M

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Adrienne Shelly)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 4

36. Lust, Caution (2007)

NC-17 | 157 min | Drama, History, Romance

61 Metascore

During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.

Director: Ang Lee | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tang Wei, Joan Chen, Leehom Wang

Votes: 45,542 | Gross: $4.60M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Tony Leung Chiu-wai)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Tang Wei)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 4

37. Year of the Dog (I) (2007)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

70 Metascore

A secretary's life changes in unexpected ways after her dog dies.

Director: Mike White | Stars: Molly Shannon, John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Laura Dern

Votes: 6,607 | Gross: $1.54M

BEST WRITING, ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (Mike White)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 4

38. Zodiac (2007)

R | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

79 Metascore

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards

Votes: 598,709 | Gross: $33.08M

BEST WRITING, ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (James Vanderbilt)

  • Nominee: Writers Guild of America Awards


Points: 3

39. Enchanted (2007)

PG | 107 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

75 Metascore

A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil Queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.

Director: Kevin Lima | Stars: Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden, Patrick Dempsey

Votes: 217,376 | Gross: $127.81M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Amy Adams)

  • Nominee: Critics' Choice Movie Awards


Points: 2

40. In the Valley of Elah (2007)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

A retired military investigator works with a police detective to uncover the truth behind his son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jonathan Tucker, Jason Patric

Votes: 75,113 | Gross: $6.78M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Tommy Lee Jones)

  • Nominee: Academy Awards


Points: 2

41. The Brave One (2007)

R | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama

56 Metascore

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director: Neil Jordan | Stars: Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews, Nicky Katt

Votes: 63,512 | Gross: $36.79M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Jodie Foster)

  • Nominee: Golden Globe Awards


Points: 2

42. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

97 Metascore

A woman assists her friend in arranging an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania.

Director: Cristian Mungiu | Stars: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean

Votes: 63,305 | Gross: $1.19M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Anamaria Marinca)

  • Nominee: National Society of Film Critics Awards


Points: 2

43. Interview (I) (2007)

R | 84 min | Drama

64 Metascore

After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.

Director: Steve Buscemi | Stars: Sienna Miller, Steve Buscemi, Michael Buscemi, Tara Elders

Votes: 13,943 | Gross: $0.42M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Sienna Miller)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 2

44. Broken English (2007)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

61 Metascore

Since college, Nora hasn't had much luck with men. Now in her 30s, she works in a NYC hotel going nowhere. That is, until she meets Julien.

Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes | Stars: Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Gena Rowlands, Drea de Matteo

Votes: 7,091 | Gross: $0.96M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Parker Posey)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 2

45. August Evening (2007)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

68 Metascore

August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to ... See full summary »

Director: Chris Eska | Stars: Pedro Castaneda, Veronica Loren, Abel Becerra, Walter Perez

Votes: 288 | Gross: $0.07M

BEST ACTING, LEADING ROLE (Pedro Castaneda)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 2

46. Rescue Dawn (2006)

PG-13 | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, War

77 Metascore

A U.S. fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies, Zach Grenier

Votes: 110,830 | Gross: $5.49M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Steve Zahn)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 1

47. Control (2007)

R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Music

78 Metascore

A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.

Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson, Alexandra Maria Lara

Votes: 68,576 | Gross: $0.87M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Samantha Morton)

  • Nominee: British Academy Film Awards


Points: 1

48. Margot at the Wedding (2007)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

66 Metascore

Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Flora Cross, Zane Pais

Votes: 22,724 | Gross: $1.96M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Jennifer Jason Leigh)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 1

49. The Namesake (2006)

PG-13 | 122 min | Drama

82 Metascore

American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Director: Mira Nair | Stars: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett

Votes: 21,763 | Gross: $8.66M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Irrfan Khan)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 1

50. Rocket Science (2007)

R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama

73 Metascore

Looking for answers to life's big questions, a stuttering boy joins his high school debate team.

Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: Reece Thompson, Anna Kendrick, Nicholas D'Agosto, Utkarsh Ambudkar

Votes: 13,694 | Gross: $0.71M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Anna Kendrick)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 1

51. Great World of Sound (2007)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

72 Metascore

When a man answers an advertisement to train as a record producer, he's excited by the prospect of signing undiscovered musicians, only to discover his new job isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Pat Healy, Kene Holiday, John Baker, Robert Longstreet

Votes: 1,301 | Gross: $0.02M

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Kene Holliday)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 1

52. Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)

R | 81 min | Drama, Romance

After his father's untimely suicide, Cufe leaves his home in a Native American reservation in search of a more fulfilling life.

Director: Sterlin Harjo | Stars: Wes Allen, Jeri Arredondo, Laura Bailey, Nando Betancur

Votes: 641

BEST ACTING, SUPPORTING ROLE (Tamara Podemski)

  • Nominee: Independent Spirit Awards


Points: 1



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