It was a great year for films and I know that a lot of us are still catching up with a lot of stuff but I thought we could post our “Final” top movies of the year, rank them and tabulate them like the songs and albums lists here. I will do the tabulating this year since there aren’t too many of us. You can post however many you want but only the top 12 will count and we will do something easy like number one gets 12 points; number two gets 11, like this:

1. 12
2. 11
3. 10
4. 9, etc.

If anyone else has a better, alternative way to score them, let me know. Again, this is for Final best movie lists only. And of course we can debate and talk about them as well. You can post from now and we’ll make the deadline for February 23rd, the Wednesday before the Oscars. I hope this all sounds well and I hope a lot of people contribute.

FINAL RESULTS:

1. There Will Be Blood – 101 points, 10 ballots, 4 first-place votes
2. No Country for Old Men – 99 points, 13 ballots, 2 first-place votes
3. Juno – 86 points, 12 ballots
4. Once – 84 points, 9 ballots, 2 first-place votes
5. Ratatouille – 83 points, 10 ballots, 3 first-place votes
6. Superbad – 69 points, 10 ballots
7. Zodiac – 59 points, 8 ballots
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – 55 points, 7 ballots, 1 first-place vote
9. Grindhouse – 53 points, 5 ballots, 1 first-place vote
10. 3:10 to Yuma – 42 points, 5 ballots

11. The Bourne Ultimatum – 37 points, 5 ballots
12. Atonement – 34 points, 5 ballots, 1 first-place vote
13. Eastern Promises – 33 points, 5 ballots
14. Knocked Up – 32 points, 8 ballots
15. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – 32 points, 6 ballots
16. The Lives of Others – 32 points, 4 ballots, 1 first-place vote
17. Into the Wild – 30 points, 4 ballots, 1 first-place vote
18. Michael Clayton – 29 points, 5 ballots
19. Gone Baby Gone – 27 points, 4 ballots, 1 first-place vote
20. Hot Fuzz – 27 points, 4 ballots

21. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – 25 points, 3 ballots, 1 first-place vote
22. Paprika – 21 points, 3 ballots
23. Before the Devil Knows Your Dead – 20 points, 3 ballots
24. Across the Universe – 19 points, 5 ballots
25. The Diving and the Butterfly – 19 points, 3 ballots
26. Moliere – 17 points, 2 ballots
27. The Darjeeling Limited – 16 points, 3 ballots
28. Away from Her – 13 points, 2 ballots
29. Charlie Wilson’s War – 13 points, 2 ballots
30. Sunshine – 13 points, 2 ballots

31. Stardust – 12 points, 3 ballots
32. I Am Legend – 12 points, 2 ballots
33. Shoot ‘Em Up – 12 points, 2 ballots
34. Black Snake Moan – 12 points, 1 ballots, 1 first-place vote
35. Waitress – 11 points, 2 ballots
36. American Gangster – 11 points, 1 ballots
37. The Host – 10 points, 3 ballots
38. 28 Weeks Later – 10 points, 2 ballots
39. SiCKO – 10 points, 2 ballots
40. Four others with 10 points and 1 ballot

Highest Average per vote (Minimum, 3 votes):

1. Grindhouse – 10.6
2. There Will Be Blood – 10.1
3. Once – 9.33
4. 3:10 to Yuma – 8.4
5. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days – 8.33
6. Ratatouille – 8.3
7. The Lives of Others – 8
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – 7.86
9. No Country for Old Men – 7.62
10. Into the Wild – 7.5

The People’s Champion (20 lists):

1. No Country for Old Men – 13
2. Juno – 12
3. Ratatouille – 10
4. Superbad – 10
5. There Will Be Blood – 10
6. Once – 9
7. Knocked Up – 8
8. Zodiac – 8
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford – 7
10. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – 6

Contributors:
Everyoneanindividual● twinsdad● acorvey● tabuno● Liberalkid● besttasteinmusicever● juanboy● TheGunslinger● hudson● unKeMPt● lovedones● EricG75● Monkey_Boy● JJGemini● blueskyoas● La La Love Pixies● crazed● mark f● Ish● FragileKidA

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I'm just worried I won't have seen everything I want to see before Feb 23. One of the drawbacks of living where I live, not everything comes through here. There Will Be Blood, for instance, still isn't playing anywhere within a couple hours of here. I can make a list, but it'll probably be pretty tentative.

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Originally posted by EricG75:
There Will Be Blood, for instance, still isn't playing anywhere within a couple hours of here.

You could always pirate it off the intraweb.

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Originally posted by EricG75:
I'm just worried I won't have seen everything I want to see before Feb 23.

I figured this would be an issue for some people and that’s why I pushed it as far back as I could. Once the Oscars happen, that’s pretty much it for awards and the critics have already long ago submitted their lists.

I just hope that everyone does get to see as many films as they can and post a list. Even if they don’t get to see a couple of films because they never got to them or they missed them and are awaiting the DVD, I would encourage them to post their list here. I just think we have enough people who really do follow movies and like them enough to start this.

Well, I guess I'm going to be the first one to post a list:
1. There Will Be Blood
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Persepolis
4. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5. Paprika
6. The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
7. Juno
8. Sunshine
9. Away From Her
10. Eastern Promises
11. 28 Weeks Later
12. Ratatouille

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Originally posted by SexyPandaBearGod:
Honorable Mentions: 28 Weeks Later, Zodiac, Lars and The Real Girl, and Ratatouille.

You wanna rank any of those for your 11 and 12 film? I am counting the first 12 so you can change that last two if you want.

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Originally posted by FragileKidA:

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Originally posted by SexyPandaBearGod:
Honorable Mentions: 28 Weeks Later, Zodiac, Lars and The Real Girl, and Ratatouille.

You wanna rank any of those for your 11 and 12 film? I am counting the first 12 so you can change that last two if you want.

Oh sorry, I completely forgot it was the top twelve films of 2007. Here I'll change it, thanks.

OK, I got it and no problem. You can always list as many as you want so you can re-add the rest of your honorable mentions if you wish. Only the top 12 will count.

How are you by the way, I hope all is well.

I have a few issues that need to be resolved but besides that, everything is just dandy. How about yourself?

I've e-mailed the music editor and she herself said that she will add our consensus list to the other "Top 10 lists of 2007" on the main MC site. This is great news because it will be up just like the movie and song lists. So I encourage everyone to post their list here, you have about a month left.

I'll make a list within a week. Does anyone know if The Lives of Others was 2007? I know it wasn't in Germany, but I think it may have been a 2007 release in the US. Let me know becuase that movie would rank high on my list.

It did play at some festivals here before the end of 2006. It was also submitted for an Oscar last year. Hence it's win for Best Foreign Film at last year's Oscars, but several critics put it on their Best of 2007 list because they couldn't see it until then. Your call.

If no one has a problem, then I'm going to put it on this year's list. Now, to see if it passes No Country for Old Men or Their will be Blood.

Yeah, that's no problem at all. Some movies, especially foreign ones, are hard to classify when it comes to release date.

i'll throw mine in there.

1. 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days
2. Zodiac
3. Atonement
4. Before the Devil Know your Dead
5. Bourne Ultimatum
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Once
8. Michael Clayton
9. Knocked Up
10.Tie The Namesake & The Assassination of Jesse James

I have seen a ton of movies from '07. 4 Months was just incredible. Acting, dialogue, Direction, & fantastic camera work. I didn't think anything would beat Zodiac but 4 Months, which I saw at the end of the year, finally won the top spot for me.

A couple other noteworthy releases for me were Gone Baby Gone & the hugely underrated fantasy film Stardust.

I have not seen I'm Not There, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly, and Persepolis.

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I will surely be posting a list, but will probably wait until the deadline to do so.

Did Paprika come out this year or last? iMdb says 2006.

UPDATED 2/6/08

1. There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. Zodiac (dir. David Fincher)
3. Into the Wild (dir. Sean Penn)
4. Juno (dir. Jason Reitman)
5. No Country for Old Men (dir. Joel & Ethan Coen)
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (dir. Andrew Dominik)
7. The Darjeeling Limited (dir. Wes Anderson)
8. Superbad (dir. Greg Mottola)
9. Hot Fuzz (dir. Edgar Wright)
10. The Bourne Ultimatum (dir. Paul Greengrass)
11. Atonement (dir. Joe Wright)
12. Knocked Up (dir. Judd Apatow)

13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (dir. David Yates)
14. 28 Weeks Later (dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo)
15. Sunshine (dir. Danny Boyle)
16. Grindhouse (dir. Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantion)
17. American Gangster (dir. Ridley Scott)
18. Michael Clayton (dir. Tony Gilroy)
19. The Lookout (dir. Scott Frank)
20. Eastern Promises (dir. David Cronenberg)

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1. Atonement.
2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
3. Nanny Diaries.
4. 1408.
5. Gone Baby Gone.
6. Breach.
7. Across The Universe.
8. Spiderman
9. Invasion.
10. Premonition.
11. Eastern Promises.
12. Margot at the Wedding.

Well if we can put The lives of others on.

1. The Lives of Others
2. Once
3. Charlie Wilson's War
4. There Will Be Blood
5. SuperBad
6. Before the Devil Knows you are dead
7. Juno
8. Knocked Up
9. Michael Clayton
10. No Country for Old Men

I regret that I have yet to see The diving bell and the butterfly, into the wild, persepolis and 4 months 3 weeks and 2 days.

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Originally posted by twinsdad:
i'll throw mine in there.

1. 4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days
2. Zodiac
3. Atonement
5. Bourne Ultimatum
6. No Country for Old Men
7. Once
8. Michael Clayton
9. Knocked Up
10.Tie The Namesake & The Assassination of Jesse James

You only have 9 movies there, you forgot #4.

And remember guys, you can rank how many movies you want but only the top 12 will count. So twinsdad and Liberalkid, you can expand your lists to 12 like the others have or leave it as is.