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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
Zodiac David Fincher
2.
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck
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Films

3.
Once John Carney
4.
The Orphanage
El orfanato J.A. Bayona
5.
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
6.
Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols
7.
Grindhouse
Planet Terror
Death Proof Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Robert Rodriguez, and Rob Zombie
8.
Lust, Caution
Sè, Jiè Ang Lee
9.
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
10.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Cristian Mungiu
11.
The Debt
Ha Hov Assaf Bernstein
12.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Le scaphandre et le papillon Julian Schnabel
13.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik
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Films

14.
Superbad Greg Mottola
15.
American Gangster Ridley Scott
16.
The Mist Frank Darabont
17.
In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis
18.
3:10 to Yuma James Mangold
19.
Music and Lyrics Marc Lawrence
20.
Bug William Friedkin
21.
Things We Lost in the Fire Susanne Bier
22.
No End in Sight Charles Ferguson
23.
We Own the Night James Gray
24.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sidney Lumet
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Films

25.
Snow Angels David Gordon Green
26.
Into the Wild Sean Penn
27.
Hot Fuzz Edgar Wright
28.
Ratatouille Brad Bird
29.
La Vie en Rose
La môme Olivier Dahan
30.
Waitress Adrienne Shelly
31.
The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass
32.
Knocked Up Judd Apatow
33.
The Great Debaters Denzel Washington
34.
Juno Jason Reitman
35.
Funny Ha Ha Andrew Bujalski
36.
Water Lilies
Naissance des pieuvres Céline Sciamma
37.
Mr. Brooks Bruce A. Evans
38.
Lars and the Real Girl Craig Gillespie
39.
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin
40.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Jake Kasdan
41.
[Rec] Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza
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Films

42.
Atonement Joe Wright
43.
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
44.
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg
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Films

45.
Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen
46.
Hairspray Adam Shankman
47.
Fracture Gregory Hoblit
48.
Breach Billy Ray
49.
Black Snake Moan Craig Brewer
50.
The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel
51.
Death at a Funeral Frank Oz
52.
The King of Kong Seth Gordon
53.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton
54.
I'm Not There Todd Haynes
55.
I Think I Love My Wife Chris Rock
56.
Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach
57.
The Bucket List Rob Reiner
58.
Lions for Lambs Robert Redford
59.
The Savages Tamara Jenkins
60.
Sunshine Danny Boyle
61.
2 Days in Paris Julie Delpy
62.
Live Free or Die Hard Len Wiseman
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Films

63.
The Brave One Neil Jordan
64.
My Blueberry Nights Wong Kar-wai
65.
The Hoax Lasse Hallström
2 Days in Paris Julie Delpy 
3:10 to Yuma James Mangold 
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Cristian Mungiu 
American Gangster Ridley Scott 
Atonement Joe Wright 
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sidney Lumet 
Black Snake Moan Craig Brewer 
Breach Billy Ray 
Bug William Friedkin 
Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen 
Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols 
Death at a Funeral Frank Oz 
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg 
Fracture Gregory Hoblit 
Funny Ha Ha Andrew Bujalski 
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck 
Grindhouse
Planet Terror
Death Proof Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Robert Rodriguez, and Rob Zombie 
Hairspray Adam Shankman 
Hot Fuzz Edgar Wright 
I'm Not There Todd Haynes 
In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis 
Into the Wild Sean Penn 
I Think I Love My Wife Chris Rock 
Juno Jason Reitman 
Knocked Up Judd Apatow 
Lars and the Real Girl Craig Gillespie 
La Vie en Rose
La môme Olivier Dahan 
Lions for Lambs Robert Redford 
Live Free or Die Hard Len Wiseman 
Lust, Caution
Sè, Jiè Ang Lee 
Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach 
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy 
Mr. Brooks Bruce A. Evans 
Music and Lyrics Marc Lawrence 
My Blueberry Nights Wong Kar-wai 
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin 
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
No End in Sight Charles Ferguson 
Once John Carney 
Ratatouille Brad Bird 
[Rec] Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza 
Snow Angels David Gordon Green 
Sunshine Danny Boyle 
Superbad Greg Mottola 
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton 
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik 
The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass 
The Brave One Neil Jordan 
The Bucket List Rob Reiner 
The Debt
Ha Hov Assaf Bernstein 
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Le scaphandre et le papillon Julian Schnabel 
The Great Debaters Denzel Washington 
The Hoax Lasse Hallström 
The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel 
The King of Kong Seth Gordon 
The Mist Frank Darabont 
The Orphanage
El orfanato J.A. Bayona 
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson 
The Savages Tamara Jenkins 
Things We Lost in the Fire Susanne Bier 
Waitress Adrienne Shelly 
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Jake Kasdan 
Water Lilies
Naissance des pieuvres Céline Sciamma 
We Own the Night James Gray 
Zodiac David Fincher 
No End in Sight Charles Ferguson 22 January 2007
Music and Lyrics Marc Lawrence 14 February 2007
Breach Billy Ray 16 February 2007
Zodiac David Fincher 02 March 2007
Black Snake Moan Craig Brewer 02 March 2007
I Think I Love My Wife Chris Rock 16 March 2007
Grindhouse
Planet Terror
Death Proof Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Robert Rodriguez, and Rob Zombie 06 April 2007
Funny Ha Ha Andrew Bujalski 19 April 2007
The Hoax Lasse Hallström 20 April 2007
Fracture Gregory Hoblit 20 April 2007
Hot Fuzz Edgar Wright 20 April 2007
Bug William Friedkin 25 May 2007
Waitress Adrienne Shelly 25 May 2007
Knocked Up Judd Apatow 01 June 2007
Mr. Brooks Bruce A. Evans 01 June 2007
Once John Carney 15 June 2007
Live Free or Die Hard Len Wiseman 27 June 2007
Ratatouille Brad Bird 29 June 2007
La Vie en Rose
La môme Olivier Dahan 20 July 2007
Hairspray Adam Shankman 20 July 2007
Sunshine Danny Boyle 27 July 2007
The Bourne Ultimatum Paul Greengrass 03 August 2007
Water Lilies
Naissance des pieuvres Céline Sciamma 15 August 2007
Superbad Greg Mottola 17 August 2007
The Invasion Oliver Hirschbiegel 17 August 2007
2 Days in Paris Julie Delpy 31 August 2007
3:10 to Yuma James Mangold 07 September 2007
Death at a Funeral Frank Oz 07 September 2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile Cristian Mungiu 14 September 2007
The Brave One Neil Jordan 14 September 2007
Eastern Promises David Cronenberg 21 September 2007
In the Valley of Elah Paul Haggis 28 September 2007
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy 12 October 2007
We Own the Night James Gray 12 October 2007
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck 19 October 2007
Things We Lost in the Fire Susanne Bier 19 October 2007
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Andrew Dominik 19 October 2007
Into the Wild Sean Penn 19 October 2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sidney Lumet 26 October 2007
Lust, Caution
Sè, Jiè Ang Lee 26 October 2007
American Gangster Ridley Scott 02 November 2007
Lars and the Real Girl Craig Gillespie 02 November 2007
Lions for Lambs Robert Redford 09 November 2007
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 21 November 2007
The Mist Frank Darabont 21 November 2007
[Rec] Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza 23 November 2007
My Blueberry Nights Wong Kar-wai 28 November 2007
The Debt
Ha Hov Assaf Bernstein 29 November 2007
I'm Not There Todd Haynes 07 December 2007
Charlie Wilson's War Mike Nichols 21 December 2007
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Jake Kasdan 21 December 2007
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Tim Burton 21 December 2007
Juno Jason Reitman 25 December 2007
The Great Debaters Denzel Washington 25 December 2007
The Bucket List Rob Reiner 11 January 2008
The Orphanage
El orfanato J.A. Bayona 11 January 2008
Atonement Joe Wright 11 January 2008
Cassandra's Dream Woody Allen 18 January 2008
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson 25 January 2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Le scaphandre et le papillon Julian Schnabel 01 February 2008
The Savages Tamara Jenkins 01 February 2008
Margot at the Wedding Noah Baumbach 21 February 2008
The King of Kong Seth Gordon 28 February 2008
Snow Angels David Gordon Green 21 March 2008
My Winnipeg Guy Maddin 04 July 2008
Films Not Yet Seen This Year