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Top 25 Movies of 2007

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My top 25 favorite new films of 2007, in order.

1

There Will Be Blood
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.6/10
A sprawling epic about family, greed, corruption, and the pursuit of the American dream. Set in the booming West coast oil fields at the turn of the 20th century, "There Will Be Blood" follows the rise of rugged prospector Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) who becomes an independent oilman after...

2

Once
2006	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.9/10
In this charming contemporary musical helmed by John Carney, a street musician (Glen Hansard) in Dublin, Ireland, strikes up a friendship with a migrant street hawker (Markéta Irglová). Over the course of a busy week, they compose, rehearse and record a series of songs that mirror the duo's...

3

No Country for Old Men
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.9/10
When a Vietnam veteran discovers $2 million while wandering through the aftermath of a Texas drug deal gone horribly awry, his decision to abscond with the cash sets off a violent chain reaction in a crime drama from Joel and Ethan Coen. Llewelyn Moss has just stumbled into the find of a lifetime....

4

The Bourne Ultimatum
2007	MPAA: NR	Avg. Rating: 8/10
All he wanted was to disappear. Instead, Jason Bourne is now hunted by the people who made him what he is. Having lost his memory and the one person he loved, he is undeterred by the barrage of bullets and a new generation of highly-trained killers. Bourne has only one objective: to go back to the...

5

Gone Baby Gone
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.3/10
Dorchester, one of the toughest neighborhoods in all of Boston, is no place for the weak or innocent. Its a territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets littered with broken families, hearts, dreams. When one of its own, a 4-year-old girl, goes missing, private investigators...

6

3:10 to Yuma
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.3/10
A rancher struggles to support his ranch and family during a long drought. Desperately needing money to build a well, he takes an assignment to transport a notorious felon, in the hands of authorities, to Yuma for imprisonment. But, once the two meet, the criminal tries to tempt him with--in...

7

Into the Wild
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 8.2/10
Based on a true story of one young man's tragic 'return to nature'. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along...

8

Zodiac
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.1/10
Based on the true story of a San Francisco serial killer who terrorized the city with random killings during the 60's and 70's.

9

Knocked Up
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.4/10
Alison Scott (Heigl) has just received a large promotion at work. During a night out she meets up with an irresponsible guy named Ben to have a one night stand. Their story should have ended there, but eight weeks later she finds out she's pregnant.

10

Sunshine
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 6.8/10
Fifty years from now, the sun is dying, and mankind is dying with it. Our last hope: a spaceship and a crew of eight men and women. They carry a device which will breathe new life into the star. But deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, their mission is starting to unravel....

11

Ratatouille
2007	MPAA: G	Avg. Rating: 7.7/10
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero,...

12

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.4/10
Two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store. The job goes horribly wrong, triggering off a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.

13

Michael Clayton
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 6.9/10
Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A former criminal prosecutor, Clayton takes care of Kenner, Bach and Ledeen's dirtiest work at the behest of the firm's co-founder Marty Bach. Though burned out and hardly content with his job as a fixer,...

14

No End In Sight
2007	MPAA: NR	Avg. Rating: 7/10
An examination of the Bush Administration's conduct of the Iraqi war and occupation. The film chronicles the manner in which the principle errors of U.S. policy--the use of insufficient troop levels, allowing the looting of Baghdad, the purging of professionals from the Iraqi government, and the...

15

28 Weeks Later
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 6.7/10
Six months have passed since the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles. The U.S. Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and that the reconstruction of the country can begin. As the first wave of refugees return, a family is reunited--but one of them unwittingly carries a...

16

Superbad
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.5/10
Two co-dependent high school guys want to hook up with girls before they graduate and go off to different colleges, but, after a calamitous night just trying to buy alcohol for a school party, overcoming their separation anxiety becomes a greater challenge than getting the girls.

17

Death Proof
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.2/10
Director Quentin Tarantino delivers an adrenaline shot to the heart with DEATH PROOF, a "tribute to balls-out pedal-to-the-metal car chases" (Pete Hammond, Maxim). Featuring exhilarating high-speed action, jaw-dropping stunts, and some of the most quotable lines since PULP FICTION, DEATH PROOF...

18

The Darjeeling Limited
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.4/10
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving...

19

Dan in Real Life
2007	MPAA: PG-13	Avg. Rating: 7.1/10
A widower and father of three who also writes a parenting advice column for his local newspaper falls for the girlfriend of his younger brother during a family vacation in director Peter Hedges' offbeat love triangle laugher. Steve Carell stars as the writer who finds his widely-known convictions...

20

Waitress
2007	MPAA: NR	Avg. Rating: 6.5/10
Written by director and co-star Adrienne Shelly (who was murdered shortly before the film's selection for the Sundance Film Festival), Waitress is a frank and funny examination of the fears brought on by impending motherhood. Keri Russell plays Jenna, a waitress whose fabulous pies are about the...

21

Ocean's Thirteen
2007	MPAA: NR	Avg. Rating: 7/10
Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist, after casino owner Willy Bank double-crosses one of the original eleven, Reuben Tishkoff.

22

Harry Potter and the Order of the...
2007	MPAA: PG-13	Avg. Rating: 7.3/10
As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring...

23

Hot Fuzz
2007	MPAA: NR	Avg. Rating: 7.5/10
Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer, with an arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force. He's so good, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so embarrassing -- the crime-free village...

24

300
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.6/10
In the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.

25

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of...
2007	MPAA: R	Avg. Rating: 7.3/10
Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd and the hit Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's...

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