2007 was an exciting breath of fresh air. This was year that Horror films became great again. Musicals and Music-Based films had risen to magnificent heights. Superhero films faltered and Transformers proved to be slightly more than meets the eye. Here are the ten best films of that year.

1. No Country for Old Men/Ratatouille (Tie): These two films are perfect in every way and yet you couldn’t find two any more different. Both are films that reflect on life and death. The Coen Brothers have made their masterpiece with breathtaking scope and fury from Cormac McCarthy’s novel. Javier Bardem gives an Oscar-worthy performance. Brad Bird directs his second Pixar film and is by far much better than his first. Remy the Rat’s pursuit of being a Parisian chef is inspiring and delightfully delicious.
2. Juno: Ellen Page just bursts with life as the ever-sensational Juno. Director Jason Reitman and first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody make a film that is funnier than most comedies out there and even more emotionally unique. This is the kind of movie you want to come back to in order to feel good again and again.
3. Once: Ever find a musical that you just want to sing along to? I always find myself singing along each time I watch Once. Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova are natural singers and impressive actors in this uber-independent film set in modern-day Dublin where two nameless people start a love affair through music.
4. No End in Sight: There are only a few documentaries that have really gotten into the situation in Iraq with any objectivity and really exposes the biggest problems there. No End in Sight not only does so with impartial judgement towards all the players, but really understands that no one person or party deserves all the blame. This is the kind of documentary that puts Michael Moore to shame.
5. Eastern Promises: Viggo Mortensen and David Chronenberg are back at it in their newest graphic crime drama Eastern Promises, by far Chronenberg’s best film to date. Mortensen gives his Oscar performance as a Russian hitman/bodyguard in London who is deeply involved in a mystery concerning a baby whose nurse (Naomi Watts) is seeking to find out what happened. One of the best fight sequences in a decade occurs in the infamous bathhouse scene.
6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Tim Burton has made his second perfect film, this time taking on the cult Broadway musical with Johnny Depp at his best and Helena Bonham Carter giving what should be her Oscar-Winning performance. Everything about this film is majestic from the sets, costumes and makeup and cinematography.
7. 28 Weeks Later: I can name all of the award-worthy horror films on two hands, and 28 Weeks Later, a vastly superior film compared to it’s predecessor, is one of them. Juan Carlos Fresnedillo’s direction is breathtaking and alive with some incredible editing and cinematography. Jeremy Renner is sensational underplaying a military sniper who finds himself leading a band of survivors of a massacre when the walking (and running) infected retake London.
8. In the laceType w:st="on">ValleylaceType> of laceName w:st="on">ElahlaceName>: Is it over handed and hammy? A little. But do not deny the power of great acting as Tommy Lee Jones creates one of his most memorable performances as a man whose son is killed on a military base after returning from Iraq. Director Paul Haggis has taken a true story and turned it into a silent and thoughtful murder mystery.
9. Superbad: There cannot be a top ten list without one Judd Apatow film somewhere. I’ve picked one of the best of his canon, directed by Greg Matolla and written by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg about one wild night for three teenage boys determined to bring booze to a party in order to impress these girls of their dreams. This has the makings of a new classic teenage comedy in the vein of John Hughes.
10. Breach: This film is exciting and engaging in ways that make lesser films even more noticeable. Chris Cooper gives his next Oscar performance as a CIA genius who is selling secrets to other nations. Brought in to take him down is Ryan Phillippe and these two spark off each other in every scene they share.