Greg Veltman of Comment magazine discusses his favorite films of 2007. I only saw four that are on his list, but I agree that each of them are well worth watching. The four are Amazing Grace, Blood Diamond, The Lives of Others, and Ratatouille.
Here's a list, in no particular order, of the films I watched (or watched again) this past year. Some of these, depending on taste and interest, are highly recommended. Some are entertaining but not particularly memorable. Others were not worth the time. Those with a single asterisk I thought offered a message or technical effects that made them stand out. The double asterisk indicates that, for me, the movie was exceptional:
- Cinema Paradiso*
- Legends of the Fall
- Maria Full of Grace*
- Blood Diamond**
- Beyond the Gates*
- The Talented Mr. Ripley
- Human Stain
- Lives of Others**
- 300*
- Dune
- Bourne Identity*
- Bourne Supremacy
- Emperor's Club
- A Beautiful Mind**
- Salvador*
- Failure to Launch
- 13Tzameti
- The Pianist**
- Stalingrad*
- Ratatouille**
- Pirates of the Caribbean*
- Gangs of New York*
- Nowhere in Africa
- Algiers
- The Great Raid*
- Wyatt Earp
- Amazing Grace**
- Casino Royale*
- No Man's Land*
- Tears of the Sun*
- Kingdom of Heaven*
- Die Hard: With A Vengeance
- Russia House
- Bang Rajan
- I, Robot
- David Copperfield*
- The Last King of Scotland
- Apocalypto*
- Troy*
- Hunt For Red October*
- Babette's Feast
- Jackal
- Training Day*
- Sum of All Fears
- Lucky Number Slevin
- Das Boot**
- City of God*
On the recommendation of friends I tried to watch Damon/Affleck's Good Will Hunting, but found it so gratuitously vulgar that I couldn't make it past the first ten minutes.
RLC