20 BEST FILMS OF 2007
1. No Country for Old Men
Joel & Ethan Coen, U.S.
2. There Will Be Blood
P.T. Anderson, U.S.
3. Zodiac
David Fincher, U.S.
4. Syndromes and a Century
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thailand/Austria/France
5. I’m Not There
Todd Haynes, U.S./Germany
6. Killer of Sheep
Charles Burnett, U.S.
7. Lady Chatterley
Pascale Ferran, France/Belgium
8. Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg, U.K./Canada
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Cristian Mungiu, Romania
10. Colossal Youth
Pedro Costa, France/Portugal/Switzerland
11. The Lives of Others
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany
12. Black Book
Paul Verhoeven, Netherlands/Germany/Belgium
13. Michael Clayton
Tony Gilroy, U.S.
14. No End in Sight
Charles Ferguson, U.S.
15. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
Sidney Lumet, U.S.
16. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Julian Schnabel, France/U.S.
17. Away from Her
Sarah Polley, Canada
18. Offside
Jafar Panahi, Iran
19. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
Tsai Ming-liang, Malaysia/China/Taiwan/France/Austria
20. Private Fears in Public Places
Alain Resnais, France/Italy
20 BEST UNRELEASED FILMS OF 2007
1. Silent Light
Carlos Reygadas, Mexico/France/Netherlands
2. Flight of the Red Balloon
Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan/France
3. Paranoid Park
Gus Van Sant, France/U.S.*
4. Secret Sunshine
Lee Chang-dong, South Korea*
5. My Winnipeg
Guy Maddin, Canada
6. Useless
Jia Zhang-Ke, China/Hong Kong*
7. Still Life
Jia Zhang-Ke, China/Hong Kong*
8. In the City of Sylvia
José Luis Guerín, Spain*
9. The Last Mistress
Catherine Breillat, France/Italy
10. The Romance of Astrée and Céladon
Eric Rohmer, France/Italy/Spain*
11. The Duchess of Langeais
Jacques Rivette, France/Germany
12. Alexandra Alexander
Sokurov, France/Russia
13. The Unforeseen
Laura Dunn, U.S.
14. Go Go Tales
Abel Ferrara, Italy/U.S.
15. Battle for Haditha
Nick Broomfield, U.K.*
16. Mister Lonely
Harmony Korine, U.K./France/Ireland/U.S.
17. The Pool
Chris Smith, U.S.*
18. George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead
George A. Romero, U.S.
19. Chop Shop
Ramin Bahrani, U.S.
20. Encounters at the End of the World
Werner Herzog, U.S.
(tie) Profit motive and the whispering wind
John Gianvito, U.S.
