NATIONAL
BOARD OF REVIEW'S TOP FILMS OF 2007
The members of this
band of movie addicts seem reluctant to stand up and reveal their
identities and flaunt their credentials, whatever they may be. Yet
they never hesitate to be the first group to announce their pick
of the best movies and moviemakers of the year. And the reason they
are taken seriously by the movie industry is that their favorites
frequently turn out to be winners on Oscar night.
BEST
FILM
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
TOP TEN FILMS
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
THE ASSASSINATION
OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
ATONEMENT
THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
THE BUCKET LIST
INTO THE WILD
JUNO
THE KITE RUNNER
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
MICHAEL CLAYTON
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON
BARBER OF FLEET STREET
BEST FOREIGN FILM
THE DIVING BELL AND
THE BUTTERFLY
TOP FIVE FOREIGN FILMS
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2
DAYS
THE BAND'S VISIT
THE COUNTERFEITERS
LA VIE EN ROSE
LUST, CAUTION
BEST DOCUMENTARY
BODY OF WAR
TOP FIVE DOCUMENTARIES
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
DARFUR NOW
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
NANKING
TAXI TO THE DARKSIDE
TOOTS
TOP INDEPENDENT FILMS
(IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)
AWAY FROM HER
GREAT WORLD OF SOUND
HONEYDRIPPER
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
A MIGHTY HEART
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
THE SAVAGES
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING
WAITRESS
BEST ACTOR
GEORGE CLOONEY, MICHAEL
CLAYTON
BEST ACTRESS
JULIE CHRISTIE, AWAY
FROM HER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
CASEY AFFLECK, THE
ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY RYAN, GONE
BABY GONE
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD
MEN
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
BY AN ACTOR
EMILE HIRSCH, INTO
THE WILD
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
BY AN ACTRESS
ELLEN PAGE, JUNO
BEST DIRECTOR
TIM BURTON, SWEENEY
TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
BEN AFFLECK, GONE
BABY GONE
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
JOEL COEN and ETHAN
COEN, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
DIABLO CODY, JUNO
NANCY OLIVER, LARS
AND THE REAL GIRL
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
RATATOUILLE
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD
MICHAEL DOUGLAS
WILLIAM K. EVERSON
AWARD FOR FILM HISTORY
ROBERT OSBORNE
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT
IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
ROGER DEAKINS
THE BULGARI AWARD
FOR NBR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
THE GREAT DEBATERS
PERSEPOLIS
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