Best Film
# Artist/Title Points Mentions
1 There Will Be Blood 402 56
2 No Country for Old Men 328 52
3 Zodiac 314 47
4 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 276 43
5 I'm Not There 241 37
6 Syndromes and a Century 208 31
7 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 185 27
8 Killer of Sheep 161 22
9 Ratatouille 135 25
10 Colossal Youth 132 19
11 Black Book 125 24
12 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 123 24
13 Eastern Promises 114 24
14 Once 112 21
15 Michael Clayton 103 19
16 Offside 97 17
17 Into the Wild 93 17
18 The Host 83 22
19 Away from Her 78 15
20 Regular Lovers 70 12
21 I Don't Want to Sleep Alone 67 12
22 Grindhouse 62 14
23 Southland Tales 62 11
24 Private Fears in Public Places 62 10
25 The Bourne Ultimatum 61 10
26 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 60 13
27 Persepolis 59 14
28 Atonement 57 9
29 No End in Sight 56 10
30 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 48 12
31 Knocked Up 48 10
32 Into Great Silence 47 8
33 Bamako 46 8
34 The Darjeeling Limited 46 7
35 12:08 East of Bucharest 44 10
36 Lady Chatterley 40 6
37 The Savages 39 9
38 Brand Upon the Brain! 36 9
39 Rescue Dawn 33 7
The Band's Visit 33 7
41 Hot Fuzz 32 6
42 Superbad 31 7
43 Control 31 6
Lust, Caution 31 6
45 Lars and the Real Girl 30 6
46 Day Night Day Night 29 6
47 Lake of Fire 27 8
48 Paprika 27 6
49 13 Lakes 26 4
50 Terror's Advocate 24 6
51 West of the Tracks 24 4
52 Margot at the Wedding 23 7
53 Honor de Cavalleria (Quixotic) 23 4
54 Juno 22 7
55 Belle Toujours 21 4
La Vie en Rose 21 4
The Golden Door 21 4
This is England 21 4
59 Gone Baby Gone 20 5
60 Starting Out in the Evening 20 4
61 The Wayward Cloud 20 3
62 Exiled 18 4
63 Manufactured Landscapes 18 3
64 Joshua 17 4
65 3:10 to Yuma 15 3
66 King of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters 15 2
My Kid Could Paint That 15 2
The Wind That Shakes the Barley 15 2
69 Across the Universe 14 2
70 We Own the Night 13 4
Youth Without Youth 13 4
72 Time 13 2
73 American Gangster 12 2
Red Road 12 2
The Lookout 12 2
76 Bug 11 3
The Life of Reilly 11 3
78 Black Snake Moan 11 2
79 In the Valley of Elah 10 3
80 Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) 10 2
81 Black Friday 10 1
82 The Hoax 9 3
The Namesake 9 3
84 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters 9 2
85 Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon 9 1
86 Flanders 8 3
87 Inland Empire 8 1
My Brother's Wedding 8 1
Romance & Cigarettes 8 1
Smiley Face 8 1
The Boss of It All 8 1
The Cats of Mirikitani 8 1
93 Redacted 7 3
94 Protagonist 7 2
The Simpsons Movie 7 2
96 Hot Rod 7 1
Noriko's Dinner Table 7 1
Vacancy 7 1
99 Sicko 6 3
100 Quiet City 6 2
101 The Fifth Empire 6 1
102 Ten Canoes 5 3
103 Forever 5 2
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten 5 2
Los Muertos 5 2
The Orphanage 5 2
107 Breach 5 1
Bridge to Terabithia 5 1
Charlie Wilson's War 5 1
Colma: The Musical 5 1
Dans Paris 5 1
Exterminating Angels 5 1
Great World of Sound 5 1
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains 5 1
Jones 5 1
Poison Friends 5 1
Private Property 5 1
Reservation Road 5 1
Revolver 5 1
Rolling Like a Stone 5 1
Silent Light 5 1
Summer Palace 5 1
Sunshine 5 1
Taxi to the Dark Side 5 1
Ten Skies 5 1
The Bubble 5 1
The Last Winter 5 1
The Magic Mirror 5 1
The Violin 5 1
The Wandering Cloud 5 1
Things We Lost in the Fire 5 1
Wristcutters: A Love Story 5 1
133 Close to Home 4 1
Delirious 4 1
Moliere 4 1
The Man of My Life 4 1
137 Alpha Dog 3 1
Comedy of Power 3 1
Goya's Ghosts 3 1
Honeydripper 3 1
Norbit 3 1
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 3 1
Reign Over Me 3 1
The Island 3 1
145 Blades of Glory 2 1
Grace Is Gone 2 1
Hairspray 2 1
Klimt 2 1
Rocket Science 2 1
Shoot 'Em Up 2 1
Triad Election 2 1
Waitress 2 1
153 28 Weeks Later 1 1
300 1 1
Hostel: Part II 1 1
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry 1 1
In Between Days 1 1
In the Pit 1 1
L'Iceberg 1 1
Music and Lyrics 1 1
Seraphim Falls 1 1
Stephanie Daley 1 1
Tekkonkinkreet 1 1
The Hunting Party 1 1
The Mist 1 1
The Rocket 1 1

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The Ground Rules

We asked each critic to cite 10 films, three male lead performances, three female lead performances, three male supporting performances, three female supporting performances, 10 films without distributors, and one choice each for documentary, first feature, and worst. Ranked ballots were weighted as follows: For film: 1 (10 points), 2 (9), 3 (8), 4 (7), 5 (6), 6 (5), 7 (4), 8 (3), 9 (2), 10 (1). For performance: 1 (3), 2 (2), 3 (1). Unranked films were awarded 5.5 points each, unranked performances two points. Ties were verboten. Outside of the undistributed category, we asked voters to focus on films that opened for U.S. theatrical engagements in 2007.