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(Includes films first exhibited to commercial audiences in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2007.
Consequently, certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced in earlier years.)


  • The Golden Compass Dir. Chris Weitz. With Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig C–
  • For the Bible Tells Me So Dir. Daniel Karslake. Documentary about U.S. homosexuality and Christianity B–
  • Persepolis Dirs. Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi. Animated. Voice of Chiara Mastroianni B
  • The Price of Sugar Dir. Bill Haney. Documentary about justice struggle for sugar-plantation workers B–
  • There Will Be Blood Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier B+
  • The Simpsons Movie Dir. David Silverman. Animated. Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner B–
  • Offside Dir. Jafar Panahi. With Sima Mobarak Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ida Sadeghi B
    Fay Grim Dir. Hal Hartley. With Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak B
  • Black Book Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch C
  • The Lookout Dir. Jake Kasdan. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, Jeff Daniels C
  • Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Dir. Jake Kasdan. With John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer D+
  • The Orphanage Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona. With Belén Rueda, Roger Príncep, Fernando Cayo C+
  • I Don't Want to Sleep Alone Dir. Tsai Ming-liang. With Norman Atun, Lee Kang-sheng B+
  • Charlie Wilson's War Dir. Mike Nichols. With Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman C–
  • The Exterminating Angels Dir. Jean-Claude Brisseau. With Frédéric van den Driessche, Lise Bellynck D+
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Dir. Julian Schnabel. With Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze B
  • Youth without Youth Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. With Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz C–
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Dir. Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp B–
  • Starting Out in the Evening Dir. Andrew Wagner. With Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor C
  • Juno Dir. Jason Reitman. With Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner B+
  • Atonement Dir. Joe Wright. With Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan C+
  • 12:08 East of Bucharest Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu. With Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mircea Andreescu B+
  • I Am Legend Dir. Francis Lawrence. With Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson B–
  • Broken English Dir. Zoe Cassavetes. With Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo B–
  • Enchanted Dir. Kevin Lima. With Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon B–
  • Days of Glory (Indigènes) Dir. Rachid Bouchareb. With Jamel Debbouze, Bernard Blancan, Sami Bouajila B
  • I'm Not There Dir. Todd Haynes. With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin A–
  • Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams Dir. Jasmila Žbanić. With Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijović, Leon Lučev B–
  • The Mist Dir. Frank Darabont. With Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden B
  • Margot at the Wedding Dir. Noah Baumbach. With Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zane Pais B–
  • Love in the Time of Cholera Dir. Mike Newell. With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem, Benjamin Bratt C–
  • Ten Canoes Dir. Rolf de Heer. With Crusoe Kurddal, Peter Minygululu, Richard Birrinbirrin B
  • Private Property Dir. Joachim LaFosse. With Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick Renier C+
  • Beowulf Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Animated. Voices of Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover C
  • Southland Tales Dir. Richard Kelly. With Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott B–
  • Redacted Dir. Brian De Palma. With Izzy Diaz, Rob Devaney, Patrick Carroll, Daniel Stewart Sherman B
  • Paris, je t'aime Dirs. Podalydès, Chadha, Van Sant, Coen & Coen, Salles & Thomas, Doyle, et al. C
    Crazy Love Dir. Dan Klores. Documentary about a man who marries the woman he maimed B
  • Lions for Lambs Dir. Robert Redford. With Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford C
  • No Country for Old Men Dir. Joel Coen. With Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem B
  • American Gangster Dir. Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin C
  • Fracture Dir. Gregory Hoblit. With Ryan Gosling, Anthony Hopkins, Rosamund Pike C–
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke B
  • Show Business: The Road to Broadway Dir. Dori Berinstein. Documentary about four musicals C–
  • Terror's Advocate Dir. Barbet Schroeder. Documentary about controversial defense lawyer Jacques Vergès B
  • Dan in Real Life Dir. Peter Hedges. With Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook C–
  • Lake of Fire Dir. Tony Kaye. Documentary about abortion debates in the United States B+
  • Rendition Dir. Gavin Hood. With Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zineb Oukach C–
  • Sleuth Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Michael Caine, Jude Law D+
  • My Kid Could Paint That Dir. Amir Bar-Lev. Documentary about 4-year-old artist Marla Olmstead B
  • Reservation Road Dir. Terry George. With Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly C–
  • Things We Lost in the Fire Dir. Susanne Bier. With Benicio Del Toro, Halle Berry, David Duchovny B–
  • Gone Baby Gone Dir. Ben Affleck. With Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris C+
  • The Savages Dir. Tamara Jenkins. With Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco B
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Dir. Andrew Dominik B–
    Elizabeth: The Golden Age Dir. Shekhar Kapur. With Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Abbie Cornish D+
  • Flight of the Red Balloon Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Juliette Binoche, Fang Song, Simon Iteanu B+
  • The Witnesses Dir. Andé Téchiné. With Johan Libéreau, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila C+
  • Faro: Goddess of the Waters Dir. Salif Traoré. With Fily Traoré, Sotigui Kouyaté, Djénéba Koné C
  • Irina Palm Dir. Sam Garbarski. With Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop D+
  • Silent Light Dir. Carlos Reygadas. With Cornelio Wall, Maríia Pankratz, Miriam Toews B
  • We Own the Night Dir. James Gray. With Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes A–
  • Lars and the Real Girl Dir. Craig Gillespie. With Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider C+
  • The Last Mistress Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida C–
  • Taxi to the Dark Side Dir. Alex Gibney. Documentary about post-9/11 U.S. torture practices B+
  • Yella Dir. Christian Petzold. With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann B+
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Dir. Cristian Mungiu. With Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu A–
    Michael Clayton Dir. Tony Gilroy. With George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton B
    Stuck Dir. Stuart Gordon. With Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby C
    Hallam Foe Dir. David Mackenzie. With Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani B
    Scream of the Ants Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Mahmoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass C+
    © The Aerial Dir. Esteban Sapir. With Valeria Bertuccelli, Rafael Ferro, Julieta Cardinali B
    The Darjeeling Limited Dir. Wes Anderson. With Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman C–
    © Men in the Nude Dir. Károly Esztergályos. With Lászlo Gálffi, Dávid Szabó, Éva Kerekes D+
    © Control Dir. Anton Corbijn. With Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara B–
  • Lust, Caution Dir. Ang Lee. With Tang Wei, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wang Lee-hom B+
  • The Kingdom Dir. Peter Berg. With Jamie Foxx, Ashraf Barhom, Jennifer Garner C
  • Into the Wild Dir. Sean Penn. With Emile Hirsch, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener B+
  • The Devil Came on Horseback Dirs. Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg. Documentary about genocide in Darfur B–
  • Lady Chatterley Dir. Pascale Ferran. With Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot B+
  • Helvetica Dir. Gary Hustwit. Documentary about this ubiquitous sans-serif typeface C
  • Across the Universe Dir. Julie Taymor. With Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson D+
  • In the Valley of Elah Dir. Paul Haggis. With Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon C–
  • In the Shadow of the Moon Dir. David Sington. Documentary about U.S. missions to the moon C
  • The Page Turner Dir. Denis Dercourt. With Déborah François, Catherine Frot, Pascal Greggory C
  • 3:10 to Yuma Dir. James Mangold. With Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster C–
  • Eastern Promises Dir. David Cronenberg. With Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel C+
  • Becoming Jane Dir. Julian Jarrold. With Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Laurence Fox C
  • The Brave One Dir. Neil Jordan. With Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews D+
  • 2 Days in Paris Dir. Julie Delpy. With Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Albert Delpy B+
  • The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Dir. Seth Gordon. Documentary on arcade-game rivalry B+
  • The Bubble Dir. Eytan Fox. With Ohad Knoller, Yousef Sweid, Daniela Virtzer C
  • Deep Water Dirs. Louise Osmond & Jerry Rothwell. Documentary about a fateful sailing contest A–
  • The 11th Hour Dirs. Nadia Conners & Leila Conners Petersen. Documentary on climate change B
  • No End in Sight Dir. Charles Ferguson. Documentary. Anatomy of U.S. failures in Iraq War B+
  • Superbad Dir. Greg Mottola. With Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse C–
  • Flanders Dir. Bruno Dumont. With Samuel Boidin, Adélaíde Leroux, Henri Cretel D+
  • Day Night Day Night Dir. Julia Koktev. With Luisa Williams, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Tschi Hun Kim A–
  • Killer of Sheep Dir. Charles Burnett. Reissue. With Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore A
  • This Is England Dir. Shane Meadows. With Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Joseph Gilgun B
  • The Bourne Ultimatum Dir. Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Strathairn B
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dir. David Yates. With Daniel Radcliffe, Imelda Staunton C+
  • Talk to Me Dir. Kasi Lemmons. With Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen B–
  • Joshua Dir. George Ratliff. With Sam Rockwell, Jacob Kogan, Vera Farmiga C+
  • Rescue Dawn Dir. Werner Herzog. With Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies B
  • Sunshine Dir. Danny Boyle. With Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne B
  • La Vie en rose Dir. Olivier Dahan. With Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Gérard Depardieu B
  • Hairspray Dir. Adam Shankman. With Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer B
  • Sicko Dir. Michael Moore. Polemical indictment of the U.S. health care industry B–
  • Transformers Dir. Michael Bay. With Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor C+
  • Ratatouille Dir. Brad Bird. Animated. With the voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm B–
  • A Mighty Heart Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi B+
  • Evening Dir. Lajos Koltai. With Claire Danes, Vanessa Redgrave, Hugh Dancy D+
  • Ocean's Thirteen Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon B
  • Waitress Dir. Adrienne Shelly. With Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto F
  • Stephanie Daley Dir. Hilary Brougher. With Amber Tamblyn, Tilda Swinton, Timothy Hutton B–
  • Knocked Up Dir. Judd Apatow. With Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann B
  • Hot Fuzz Dir. Edgar Wright. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent C
  • Bug Dir. William Friedkin. With Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr. B
  • Once Dir. John Carney. With Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Geoff Minogue A
  • Jindabyne Dir. Ray Lawrence. With Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Sean Rees-Wemyss A–
  • 28 Weeks Later Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots C+
  • Zoo Dir. Robinson Devor. With John Paulsen, Russell Hodgkinson, Jenny Edwards A–
  • Away from Her Dir. Sarah Polley. With Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis B
  • Red Road Dir. Andrea Arnold. With Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston B+
  • After the Wedding Dir. Susanne Bier. With Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett Knudsen B–
  • The Valet Dir. Francis Veber. With Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil C–
    Vacancy Dir. Nimród Antal. With Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley D
    Year of the Dog Dir. Mike White. With Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Josh Pais C
  • Into Great Silence Dir. Philip Gröning. Documentary. Life inside a French monastery B
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley Dir. Ken Loach. With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney B–
  • Grindhouse Dirs. Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino. With Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell B
  • 300 Dir. Zack Snyder. With Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro C+
  • The Host Dir. Bong Joon-ho. With Song Kang-ho, Bae Du-na, Park Hae-il B
  • Bamako Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako. With Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traore, Zégué Bamba B+
  • An Unreasonable Man Dirs. Henriette Mantel & Steve Skrovan. Documentary. With Ralph Nader B
    Black Snake Moan Dir. Craig Brewer. With Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake B+
    Zodiac Dir. David Fincher. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. B
    Breach Dir. Billy Ray. With Ryan Phillippe, Chris Cooper, Laura Linney B–
    The Lives of Others Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Mühe C
    © Alpha Dog Dir. Nick Cassavetes. With Emile Hirsch, Anton Yelchin, Justin Timberlake F
    Freedom Writers Dir. Richard LaGravenese. With Hilary Swank, April Lee Hernandez, Jason Finn C–



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