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2007 in film
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The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020.
Evaluation of the year
In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of Den of Geek said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine of the day." He also emphasized, "If 2007 proves anything, it's that classic films aren't just a relic of ages past; they're being made all around us. I can't wait to see what we're watching in another ten years' time."
Critic Craig Johnson from the film review and movie list website Taste of Cinema said in an article from December 16, 2014, "For one glorious year, it (2007) was like the 1970s all over again. Smart characters were using their brains as weapons. Movie stars were challenging themselves with tough roles. Punches were not pulled. Happy endings were not guaranteed. There was a parade of intelligent movies, seemingly made for adults to watch while the kids were watching Transformers".
Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 2007 by worldwide gross are as follows:
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* | Disney | $963,400,492 | |||||||||||
| *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* | Warner Bros. | $941,676,843 | |||||||||||
| *Spider-Man 3* | Sony | $895,871,626 | |||||||||||
| *Shrek the Third* | Paramount | $813,367,380 | |||||||||||
| *Transformers* | $709,709,780 | ||||||||||||
| *Ratatouille* | Disney | $623,726,085 | |||||||||||
| *I Am Legend* | Warner Bros. | $585,410,052 | |||||||||||
| *The Simpsons Movie* | [20th Century Fox](20th-century-fox) | $536,414,270 | |||||||||||
| *National Treasure: Book of Secrets* | Disney | $459,242,249 | |||||||||||
| *[300](300-film)* | Warner Bros. | $456,068,181 |
Events
| December | 13 | Nomination for the [65th Golden Globe Awards](65th-golden-globe-awards) are announced. *Atonement* earns the most entries with seven. *Charlie Wilson's War* follows with five. |
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Awards
| Category/Organization | [13th Critics' Choice Awards](13th-critics-choice-awards) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7, 2008 | [65th Golden Globe Awards](65th-golden-globe-awards) | ||||||
| January 14, 2008 | Producers, [Directors](60th-directors-guild-of-america-awards), [Screen Actors](14th-screen-actors-guild-awards), and Writers Guild Awards | [61st BAFTA Awards](61st-british-academy-film-awards) | |||||
| February 10, 2008 | [80th Academy Awards](80th-academy-awards) | ||||||
| February 24, 2008 | Drama | Musical or Comedy | |||||
| Best Film | *No Country for Old Men* | *Atonement* | *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* | *No Country for Old Men* | *Atonement* | *No Country for Old Men* | |
| Best Director | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | ||||||
| *No Country for Old Men* | Julian Schnabel | ||||||
| *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | ||||||
| *No Country for Old Men* | |||||||
| Best Actor | Daniel Day-Lewis | ||||||
| *There Will Be Blood* | Johnny Depp | ||||||
| *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* | Daniel Day-Lewis | ||||||
| *There Will Be Blood* | |||||||
| Best Actress | Julie Christie | ||||||
| *Away From Her* | Marion Cotillard | ||||||
| *La Vie en Rose* | Julie Christie | ||||||
| *Away From Her* | Marion Cotillard | ||||||
| *La Vie en Rose* | |||||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Javier Bardem | ||||||
| *No Country for Old Men* | |||||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Amy Ryan | ||||||
| *Gone Baby Gone* | Cate Blanchett | ||||||
| *I'm Not There* | Ruby Dee | ||||||
| *American Gangster* | Tilda Swinton | ||||||
| *Michael Clayton* | |||||||
| Best Screenplay, Adapted | Diablo Cody | ||||||
| *Juno* | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | ||||||
| *No Country for Old Men* | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | ||||||
| *No Country for Old Men* | Ronald Harwood | ||||||
| *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | ||||||
| *No Country for Old Men* | |||||||
| Best Screenplay, Original | Diablo Cody | ||||||
| *Juno* | |||||||
| Best Animated Film | *Ratatouille* | ||||||
| Best Original Score | *There Will Be Blood* | ||||||
| Jonny Greenwood | *Atonement* | ||||||
| Dario Marianelli | rowspan=3 | *La Vie en Rose* | |||||
| Christopher Gunning | *Atonement* | ||||||
| Dario Marianelli | |||||||
| Best Original Song | "Falling Slowly" | ||||||
| *Once* | "Guaranteed" | ||||||
| *Into the Wild* | "Falling Slowly" | ||||||
| *Once* | |||||||
| Best Foreign Language Film | *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* | *The Lives of Others* | *The Counterfeiters* | ||||
| Best Documentary | *Sicko* | *Sicko* | *Taxi to the Dark Side* |
Palme d'Or (60th Cannes Film Festival): :4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile), directed by Cristian Mungiu, Romania
Golden Lion (64th Venice International Film Festival): :Lust, Caution (色，戒), directed by Ang Lee, Taiwan
Golden Bear (57th Berlin International Film Festival): :Tuya's Marriage (圖雅的婚事), directed by Wang Quan'an, China
2007 films
By country/region
- List of American films of 2007
- List of Argentine films of 2007
- List of Australian films of 2007
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2007
- List of Bengali films of 2007
- List of Bollywood films of 2007
- List of Brazilian films of 2007
- List of British films of 2007
- List of Canadian films of 2007
- List of Chinese films of 2007
- List of French films of 2007
- List of Hong Kong films of 2007
- List of Italian films of 2007
- List of Japanese films of 2007
- List of Mexican films of the 2000s
- List of Pakistani films of 2007
- List of Russian films of 2007
- List of South Korean films of 2007
- List of Spanish films of 2007
- List of Kannada films of 2007
- List of Malayalam films of 2007
- List of Tamil films of 2007
- List of Telugu films of 2007
By genre/medium
- List of action films of 2007
- List of animated feature films of 2007
- List of avant-garde films of 2007
- List of crime films of 2007
- List of comedy films of 2007
- List of drama films of 2007
- List of horror films of 2007
- List of science fiction films of 2007
- List of thriller films of 2007
- List of western films of 2007
Births
- January 28 – Alaya High, American actress and singer
- January 30 – Braxton Alexander, American actor
- February 16 – Choi Ro-woon, South Korean actor
- March 1 – Miguel Cazarez Mora, American actor
- March 4 – Miya Cech, American actress
- March 5 – Roman Griffin Davis, British actor
- March 25 – Cailey Fleming, American actress
- May 11 – Samantha Lorraine, American actress
- June 2 – Jacob Moran, American actor
- June 6 – Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, American actress
- June 12 – Jack Veal, English actor
- June 14 – Lyon Daniels, American actor
- June 16 - Billy Barratt, English actor
- July 10 – Mason Thames, American actor
- July 17 – Charlie Shotwell, American actor
- July 18 – JD McCrary, American singer, dancer and actor
- August 24 – Noah Cottrell, American actor
- August 27 – Ariana Greenblatt, American actress
- September 14 – Heo Jung-eun, South Korean actress
- October 22 – Izaac Wang, American actor
- November 3 – Ever Anderson, American actress and model
- December 4 – Scarlett Estevez, American actress
- December 27 – Faithe Herman, American actress
Deaths
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **January** | *1* | A. I. Bezzerides | 98 | US | Screenwriter | |
| *4* | Ben Gannon | 54 | Australia | Producer | ||
| *4* | Christopher Greenbury | 55 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| *8* | Yvonne De Carlo | 84 | Canada | Actress | ||
| *8* | Iwao Takamoto | 81 | US | Animator, Director | ||
| *10* | Carlo Ponti | 94 | Italy | Producer | ||
| *11* | Solveig Dommartin | 45 | Algeria | Actress | ||
| *11* | Tudor Gates | 77 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| *14* | Harvey Cohen | 55 | US | Orchestrator | ||
| *16* | Ron Carey | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| *20* | Brian Eatwell | 67 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| *21* | Myrtle Devenish | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
| *22* | Anna Cropper | 68 | UK | Actress | ||
| *23* | David M. Ronne | 63 | US | Sound Engineer | ||
| *27* | Tige Andrews | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| *28* | Teala Loring | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| *30* | Sidney Sheldon | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| **February** | *1* | George Robotham | 86 | US | Stuntman, Actor | |
| *3* | Donfeld | 72 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| *4* | Barbara McNair | 72 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| *6* | Frankie Laine | 93 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| *8* | Anna Nicole Smith | 39 | US | Actress | ||
| *9* | Ian Richardson | 72 | UK | Actor | ||
| *9* | Erik Schumann | 82 | Germany | Actor | ||
| *12* | Peter Ellenshaw | 93 | UK | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| *12* | Randy Stone | 48 | US | Casting Director, Actor | ||
| *14* | Ryan Larkin | 63 | Canada | Animator, Director | ||
| *14* | Lee Patterson | 77 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *15* | Ray Evans | 92 | US | Lyricist | ||
| *19* | Janet Blair | 85 | US | Actress | ||
| *22* | Fons Rademakers | 86 | Netherlands | Director, Actor | ||
| *24* | Bruce Bennett | 100 | US | Actor | ||
| **March** | *1* | Harold Michelson | 87 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | |
| *7* | Andy Sidaris | 76 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *8* | John Inman | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| *10* | Richard Jeni | 49 | US | Comedian, Actor | ||
| *12* | Betty Hutton | 86 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| *13* | Herbert Fux | 79 | Austria | Actor | ||
| *15* | Alice Backes | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| *15* | Stuart Rosenberg | 79 | US | Director | ||
| *17* | Freddie Francis | 89 | UK | Cinematographer, Director | ||
| *18* | William N. Panzer | 64 | US | Producer | ||
| *19* | Calvert DeForest | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| *20* | John P. Ryan | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| *22* | Bradley Lavelle | 48 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *25* | Lynn Merrick | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| *26* | Bill Capizzi | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| *29* | John Gill | 94 | UK | Actor | ||
| *29* | Howard Goorney | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| *29* | Calvin Lockhart | 72 | Bahamas | Actor | ||
| **April** | *1* | George Sewell | 82 | UK | Actor | |
| *4* | Bob Clark | 67 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *4* | John Flynn | 75 | US | Director | ||
| *6* | Luigi Comencini | 90 | Italy | Director | ||
| *6* | George Jenkins | 98 | US | Production Designer | ||
| *7* | Barry Nelson | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| *8* | Roscoe Lee Browne | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| *10* | Jack Williams | 85 | US | Stuntman | ||
| *12* | James Lyons | 46 | US | Film Editor | ||
| *16* | Giuseppe Ruzzolini | 76 | Italy | Cinematographer | ||
| *17* | Kitty Carlisle | 96 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| *19* | Jean-Pierre Cassel | 74 | France | Actor | ||
| *24* | Roy Jenson | 80 | Canada | Actor, Stuntman | ||
| *27* | Al Hunter Ashton | 49 | UK | Actor | ||
| *28* | Dabbs Greer | 90 | US | Actor | ||
| *30* | Tom Poston | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| *30* | Gordon Scott | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| **May** | *6* | Curtis Harrington | 80 | US | Director | |
| *7* | Nicholas Worth | 69 | US | Actor | ||
| *8* | Mark Burns | 71 | UK | Actor | ||
| *11* | Bernard Gordon | 88 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *15* | Yolanda King | 51 | US | Actress | ||
| *16* | C. Timothy O'Meara | 64 | US | Film Editor | ||
| *21* | Bruno Mattei | 75 | Italy | Director | ||
| *21* | Bud Molin | 81 | US | Film Editor | ||
| *22* | Art Stevens | 92 | US | Animator, Director | ||
| *25* | Lee Frost | 71 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *25* | Charles Nelson Reilly | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| *29* | Norman Kaye | 80 | Australia | Actor | ||
| *30* | Jean-Claude Brialy | 74 | France | Actor | ||
| *30* | Nick Ramus | 77 | US | Actor | ||
| **June** | *2* | Charles Evans | 81 | US | Producer | |
| *9* | Alma Beltran | 87 | Mexico | Actress | ||
| *9* | Christina Kokubo | 56 | US | Actress | ||
| *9* | Beverly Michaels | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| *9* | Ousmane Sembène | 84 | Senegal | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *11* | Mala Powers | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| *14* | Alex Thomson | 78 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| *22* | Willy Holt | 85 | US | Production Designer | ||
| *28* | Leo Burmester | 63 | US | Actor | ||
| *29* | Edward Yang | 59 | Taiwan | Director | ||
| **July** | *5* | Kerwin Mathews | 81 | UK | Actor | |
| *9* | Charles Lane | 102 | US | Actor | ||
| *11* | Richard Franklin | 58 | Australia | Director | ||
| *12* | Marc Behm | 82 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *13* | Michael Reardon | 42 | US | Actor | ||
| *15* | Kieron Moore | 82 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| *19* | Laura Devon | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| *22* | Laszlo Kovacs | 74 | Hungary | Cinematographer | ||
| *23* | Joan O'Hara | 76 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| *24* | Chaney Kley | 34 | US | Actor | ||
| *26* | John Normington | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| *27* | William J. Tuttle | 95 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| *29* | Michel Serrault | 79 | France | Actor | ||
| *30* | Michelangelo Antonioni | 94 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| *30* | Ingmar Bergman | 89 | Sweden | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| **August** | *2* | Frank Rosenfelt | 85 | US | Studio Executive | |
| *3* | James T. Callahan | 76 | US | Actor | ||
| *5* | Peter Graham Scott | 82 | UK | Director | ||
| *8* | Melville Shavelson | 90 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| *12* | Merv Griffin | 82 | US | Producer, Actor | ||
| *22* | Keith Knight | 51 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *23* | Robert Symonds | 80 | US | Actor | ||
| *24* | Aaron Russo | 80 | US | Producer | ||
| *25* | Elizabeth Inglis | 94 | UK | Actress | ||
| *27* | Richard T. Heffron | 76 | US | Director | ||
| *28* | Miyoshi Umeki | 78 | Japan | Actress | ||
| *30* | José Luis de Vilallonga | 87 | Spain | Actor | ||
| **September** | *2* | Marcia Mae Jones | 83 | US | Actress | |
| *3* | Steve Ryan | 60 | US | Actor | ||
| *4* | Michael Evans | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| *5* | Nikos Nikolaidis | 67 | Greece | Director | ||
| *5* | Charlotte Zucker | 86 | US | Actress | ||
| *6* | Percy Rodriguez | 89 | Canada | Actor | ||
| *10* | Jane Wyman | 90 | US | Actress | ||
| *14* | Emilio Ruiz del Río | 84 | Spain | Special Effects Artist | ||
| *21* | Alice Ghostley | 81 | US | Actress | ||
| *22* | Karl Hardman | 80 | US | Actor, Producer | ||
| *22* | Marcel Marceau | 84 | France | Actor | ||
| *28* | Charles B. Griffith | 77 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| *28* | Martin Manulis | 92 | US | Producer | ||
| *29* | Lois Maxwell | 80 | Canada | Actress | ||
| **October** | *1* | Peggy Maley | 84 | US | Actress | |
| *2* | George Grizzard | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| *6* | Bud Ekins | 77 | US | Stuntman | ||
| *9* | Carol Bruce | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| *12* | Lonny Chapman | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| *14* | Sigrid Valdis | 79 | US | Actress | ||
| *16* | Deborah Kerr | 86 | UK | Actress | ||
| *17* | Joey Bishop | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| *17* | Harry Kleiner | 91 | Russia | Screenwriter | ||
| *20* | Arlene Francis | 93 | US | Actress | ||
| *21* | Don Fellows | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| *21* | Vic Ramos | 77 | US | Casting Director | ||
| *24* | Masakazu Yoshizawa | 57 | Japan | Musician | ||
| *26* | Bernard L. Kowalski | 78 | US | Director | ||
| *27* | Moira Lister | 84 | South Africa | Actress | ||
| *29* | David Morris | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| *30* | Robert Goulet | 73 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| *30* | Yisrael Poliakov | 66 | Israel | Comedian, Actor | ||
| **November** | *1* | Sonny Bupp | 79 | US | Actor | |
| *2* | Henry Cele | 58 | South Africa | Actor | ||
| *4* | Peter Viertel | 86 | Germany | Screenwriter | ||
| *6* | Peter Handford | 88 | UK | Sound Engineer | ||
| *10* | Jack Bear | 87 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| *10* | Laraine Day | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| *10* | Norman Mailer | 84 | US | Screenwriter, Director, Actor | ||
| *11* | Delbert Mann | 89 | US | Director | ||
| *12* | Al Mancini | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| *13* | Monty Westmore | 84 | US | Makeup Artist | ||
| *13* | Peter Zinner | 88 | Austria | Film Editor, Director | ||
| *14* | Michael Blodgett | 87 | US | Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| *14* | Ronnie Burns | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| *22* | Verity Lambert | 71 | UK | Producer | ||
| *22* | Reg Park | 79 | UK | Actor | ||
| *26* | Marit Allen | 66 | UK | Costume Designer | ||
| *28* | Jeanne Bates | 89 | US | Actress | ||
| *28* | Mali Finn | 69 | US | Casting Director | ||
| *30* | Evel Knievel | 69 | US | Daredevil, Actor | ||
| **December** | *1* | Gary Epper | 62 | US | Stuntman, Actor | |
| *1* | Anton Rodgers | 74 | UK | Actor | ||
| *2* | Eleonora Rossi Drago | 82 | Italy | Actress | ||
| *4* | Melvin Shapiro | 82 | US | Film Editor | ||
| *5* | Joe Brooks | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| *5* | Tony Tenser | 87 | UK | Producer | ||
| *8* | Donald Burton | 73 | UK | Actor | ||
| *10* | Ashleigh Aston Moore | 26 | US | Actress | ||
| *11* | Freddie Fields | 84 | US | Producer | ||
| *13* | Floyd Red Crow Westerman | 71 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| *19* | Frank Capra, Jr. | 73 | US | Producer | ||
| *19* | James Costigan | 81 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| *20* | Jeanne Carmen | 77 | US | Actress | ||
| *21* | John McPherson | 65 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| *23* | Michael Kidd | 92 | US | Actor, Choreographer | ||
| *28* | Tab Thacker | 45 | US | Actor |
Film debuts
- Gemma Arterton – St. Trinian's
- Hayley Atwell – Cassandra's Dream
- Haley Bennett – Music and Lyrics
- Alison Brie – Born
- Lachlan Buchanan- All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane
- Jamie Chung – I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
- Adèle Exarchopoulos – Boxes
- Michael Fassbender – 300
- Dave Franco – Superbad
- Zachary Gordon – Because I Said So
- Hafsia Herzi – The Secret of the Grain
- Ken Jeong – Knocked Up
- Christopher Mintz-Plasse – Superbad
- Pom Klementieff – After Him
- Zoë Kravitz – No Reservations
- Caleb Landry Jones – No Country for Old Men
- John Magaro – The Brave One
- Craig Robinson – D-War
- Saoirse Ronan – I Could Never Be Your Woman
- Andy Samberg – Hot Rod
- Emma Stone – Superbad
- Jason Sudeikis – The Ten
- Katherine Waterston – Michael Clayton
References
References
- Mark Allison. (18 April 2017). "Why 2007 was a great year for film". Den of Geek!.
- Craig Johnson. (16 December 2014). "20 Movies That Prove 2007 Is The Best Film Year of The 21st Century (So Far)".
- Patrick Ryan. (31 August 2017). "10 movies that prove 2007 is the best film year of the 21st century". USA Today.
- "2007 Worldwide Box Office". [[IMDb]].
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