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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.)


Killer of Sheep Dir. Charles Burnett. Reissue. With Henry Gayle Sanders, Kaycee Moore A
Once Dir. John Carney. With Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Geoff Minogue A

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Dir. Cristian Mungiu. With Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu A–
Day Night Day Night Dir. Julia Koktev. With Luisa Williams, Josh Phillip Weinstein, Tschi Hun Kim A–
Deep Water Dirs. Louise Osmond & Jerry Rothwell. Documentary about a fateful sailing contest A–
I'm Not There Dir. Todd Haynes. With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin A–
Jindabyne Dir. Ray Lawrence. With Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Sean Rees-Wemyss A–
We Own the Night Dir. James Gray. With Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes A–
Zoo Dir. Robinson Devor. With John Paulsen, Russell Hodgkinson, Jenny Edwards A–

12:08 East of Bucharest Dir. Corneliu Porumboiu. With Teodor Corban, Ion Sapdaru, Mircea Andreescu B+
2 Days in Paris Dir. Julie Delpy. With Julie Delpy, Adam Goldberg, Albert Delpy B+
Bamako Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako. With Aïssa Maïga, Tiécoura Traore, Zégué Bamba B+
Black Snake Moan Dir. Craig Brewer. With Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake B+
Flight of the Red Balloon Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Juliette Binoche, Fang Song, Simon Iteanu B+
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone Dir. Tsai Ming-liang. With Norman Atun, Lee Kang-sheng B+
Into the Wild Dir. Sean Penn. With Emile Hirsch, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener B+
Juno Dir. Jason Reitman. With Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Garner B+
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Dir. Seth Gordon. Documentary on arcade-game rivalry B+
Lady Chatterley Dir. Pascale Ferran. With Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Hippolyte Girardot B+
Lake of Fire Dir. Tony Kaye. Documentary about abortion debates in the United States B+
Lust, Caution Dir. Ang Lee. With Tang Wei, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wang Lee-hom B+
A Mighty Heart Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi B+
No End in Sight Dir. Charles Ferguson. Documentary. Anatomy of U.S. failures in Iraq War B+
Red Road Dir. Andrea Arnold. With Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston B+
Syndromes and a Century Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. With Nantarat Sawaddikul B+
Taxi to the Dark Side Dir. Alex Gibney. Documentary about post-9/11 U.S. torture practices B+
There Will Be Blood Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Dillon Freasier B+
Yella Dir. Christian Petzold. With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann B+

The 11th Hour Dirs. Nadia Conners & Leila Conners Petersen. Documentary on climate change B
©The Aerial Dir. Esteban Sapir. With Valeria Bertuccelli, Rafael Ferro, Julieta Cardinali B
Away from Her Dir. Sarah Polley. With Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Olympia Dukakis B
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke B
The Bourne Ultimatum Dir. Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Strathairn B
Bug Dir. William Friedkin. With Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr. B
Crazy Love Dir. Dan Klores. Documentary about a man who marries the woman he maimed B
Days of Glory (Indigènes) Dir. Rachid Bouchareb. With Jamel Debbouze, Bernard Blancan, Sami Bouajila B
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Dir. Julian Schnabel. With Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze B
Fay Grim Dir. Hal Hartley. With Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak B
Grindhouse Dirs. Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino. With Rose McGowan, Kurt Russell B
Hairspray Dir. Adam Shankman. With Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer B
Hallam Foe Dir. David Mackenzie. With Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani B
The Host Dir. Bong Joon-ho. With Song Kang-ho, Bae Du-na, Park Hae-il B
Into Great Silence Dir. Philip Gröning. Documentary. Life inside a French monastery B
Knocked Up Dir. Judd Apatow. With Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Leslie Mann B
Michael Clayton Dir. Tony Gilroy. With George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton B
The Mist Dir. Frank Darabont. With Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden B
My Kid Could Paint That Dir. Amir Bar-Lev. Documentary about 4-year-old artist Marla Olmstead B
No Country for Old Men Dir. Joel Coen. With Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem B
Ocean's Thirteen Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon B
Offside Dir. Jafar Panahi. With Sima Mobarak Shahi, Shayesteh Irani, Ida Sadeghi B
Persepolis Dirs. Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi. Animated. Voice of Chiara Mastroianni B
Redacted Dir. Brian De Palma. With Izzy Diaz, Rob Devaney, Patrick Carroll, Daniel Stewart Sherman B
Rescue Dawn Dir. Werner Herzog. With Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies B
The Savages Dir. Tamara Jenkins. With Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco B
Silent Light Dir. Carlos Reygadas. With Cornelio Wall, Maríia Pankratz, Miriam Toews B
Sunshine Dir. Danny Boyle. With Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne B
Ten Canoes Dir. Rolf de Heer. With Crusoe Kurddal, Peter Minygululu, Richard Birrinbirrin B
Terror's Advocate Dir. Barbet Schroeder. Documentary about controversial defense lawyer Jacques Vergès B
This Is England Dir. Shane Meadows. With Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Joseph Gilgun B
An Unreasonable Man Dirs. Henriette Mantel & Steve Skrovan. Documentary. With Ralph Nader B
La Vie en rose Dir. Olivier Dahan. With Marion Cotillard, Sylvie Testud, Gérard Depardieu B
Zodiac Dir. David Fincher. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. B

After the Wedding Dir. Susanne Bier. With Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett Knudsen B–
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Dir. Andrew Dominik B–
Breach Dir. Billy Ray. With Ryan Phillippe, Chris Cooper, Laura Linney B–
Broken English Dir. Zoe Cassavetes. With Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo B–
©Control Dir. Anton Corbijn. With Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara B–
The Devil Came on Horseback Dirs. Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg. Documentary about genocide in Darfur B–
Enchanted Dir. Kevin Lima. With Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Susan Sarandon B–
For the Bible Tells Me So Dir. Daniel Karslake. Documentary about U.S. homosexuality and Christianity B–
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams Dir. Jasmila Žbanić. With Mirjana Karanović, Luna Mijović, Leon Lučev B–
I Am Legend Dir. Francis Lawrence. With Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson B–
Margot at the Wedding Dir. Noah Baumbach. With Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zane Pais B–
The Price of Sugar Dir. Bill Haney. Documentary about justice struggle for sugar-plantation workers B–
Ratatouille Dir. Brad Bird. Animated. With the voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm B–
Sicko Dir. Michael Moore. Polemical indictment of the U.S. health care industry B–
The Simpsons Movie Dir. David Silverman. Animated. Voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner B–
Southland Tales Dir. Richard Kelly. With Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott B–
Stephanie Daley Dir. Hilary Brougher. With Amber Tamblyn, Tilda Swinton, Timothy Hutton B–
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Dir. Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp B–
Talk to Me Dir. Kasi Lemmons. With Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen B–
Things We Lost in the Fire Dir. Susanne Bier. With Benicio Del Toro, Halle Berry, David Duchovny B–
The Wind That Shakes the Barley Dir. Ken Loach. With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney B–

28 Weeks Later Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With Mackintosh Muggleton, Imogen Poots C+
300 Dir. Zack Snyder. With Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro C+
Atonement Dir. Joe Wright. With Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan C+
Eastern Promises Dir. David Cronenberg. With Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel C+
Gone Baby Gone Dir. Ben Affleck. With Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Ed Harris C+
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dir. David Yates. With Daniel Radcliffe, Imelda Staunton C+
Joshua Dir. George Ratliff. With Sam Rockwell, Jacob Kogan, Vera Farmiga C+
Lars and the Real Girl Dir. Craig Gillespie. With Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider C+
The Orphanage Dir. Juan Antonio Bayona. With Belén Rueda, Roger Príncep, Fernando Cayo C+
Private Property Dir. Joachim LaFosse. With Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick Renier C+
Scream of the Ants Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf. With Mahmoud Chokrollahi, Mahnour Shadzi, Karl Maass C+
Transformers Dir. Michael Bay. With Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Rachael Taylor C+
The Witnesses Dir. Andé Téchiné. With Johan Libéreau, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila C+

American Gangster Dir. Ridley Scott. With Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin C
Becoming Jane Dir. Julian Jarrold. With Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, Laurence Fox C
Beowulf Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Animated. Voices of Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover C
Black Book Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch C
The Bubble Dir. Eytan Fox. With Ohad Knoller, Yousef Sweid, Daniela Virtzer C
Faro: Goddess of the Waters Dir. Salif Traoré. With Fily Traoré, Sotigui Kouyaté, Djénéba Koné C
Helvetica Dir. Gary Hustwit. Documentary about this ubiquitous sans-serif typeface C
Hot Fuzz Dir. Edgar Wright. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent C
In the Shadow of the Moon Dir. David Sington. Documentary about U.S. missions to the moon C
The Kingdom Dir. Peter Berg. With Jamie Foxx, Ashraf Barhom, Jennifer Garner C
The Lives of Others Dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. With Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Mühe C
The Lookout Dir. Jake Kasdan. With Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Matthew Goode, Jeff Daniels C
The Page Turner Dir. Denis Dercourt. With Déborah François, Catherine Frot, Pascal Greggory C
Paris, je t'aime Dirs. Podalydès, Chadha, Van Sant, Coen & Coen, Salles & Thomas, Doyle, et al. C
Starting Out in the Evening Dir. Andrew Wagner. With Frank Langella, Lauren Ambrose, Lili Taylor C
Stuck Dir. Stuart Gordon. With Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby C
Year of the Dog Dir. Mike White. With Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard, Josh Pais C

3:10 to Yuma Dir. James Mangold. With Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Ben Foster C–
Charlie Wilson's War Dir. Mike Nichols. With Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman C–
Dan in Real Life Dir. Peter Hedges. With Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook C–
The Darjeeling Limited Dir. Wes Anderson. With Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman C–
Fracture Dir. Gregory Hoblit. With Ryan Gosling, Anthony Hopkins, Rosamund Pike C–
Freedom Writers Dir. Richard LaGravenese. With Hilary Swank, April Lee Hernandez, Jason Finn C–
The Golden Compass Dir. Chris Weitz. With Dakota Blue Richards, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig C–
In the Valley of Elah Dir. Paul Haggis. With Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Susan Sarandon C–
The Last Mistress Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida C–
Love in the Time of Cholera Dir. Mike Newell. With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Javier Bardem C–
Rendition Dir. Gavin Hood. With Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zineb Oukach C–
Reservation Road Dir. Terry George. With Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly C–
Save Me Dir. Robert Cary. With Chad Allen, Robert Gant, Judith Light, Stephen Lang C–
Show Business: The Road to Broadway Dir. Dori Berinstein. Documentary about four musicals C–
Superbad Dir. Greg Mottola. With Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse C–
The Valet Dir. Francis Veber. With Gad Elmaleh, Alice Taglioni, Daniel Auteuil C–
Youth without Youth Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. With Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz C–

Across the Universe Dir. Julie Taymor. With Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson D+
The Brave One Dir. Neil Jordan. With Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Naveen Andrews D+
Elizabeth: The Golden Age Dir. Shekhar Kapur. With Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Abbie Cornish D+
Evening Dir. Lajos Koltai. With Claire Danes, Vanessa Redgrave, Hugh Dancy D+
The Exterminating Angels Dir. Jean-Claude Brisseau. With Frédéric van den Driessche, Lise Bellynck D+
Flanders Dir. Bruno Dumont. With Samuel Boidin, Adélaíde Leroux, Henri Cretel D+
Irina Palm Dir. Sam Garbarski. With Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop D+
Lions for Lambs Dir. Robert Redford. With Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford C
©Men in the Nude Dir. Károly Esztergályos. With Lászlo Gálffi, Dávid Szabó, Éva Kerekes D+
Sleuth Dir. Kenneth Branagh. With Michael Caine, Jude Law D+
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Dir. Jake Kasdan. With John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer D+

Vacancy Dir. Nimród Antal. With Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley D

©Alpha Dog Dir. Nick Cassavetes. With Emile Hirsch, Anton Yelchin, Justin Timberlake F
Waitress Dir. Adrienne Shelly. With Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Jeremy Sisto F


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