A list of motion pictures that I saw (whether in film, video, DVD, or broadcast
television format) in 2007, sorted according to letter grade. By
recording these rankings I do not presume to reflect anything other than my personal
taste and discernment. To formulate a grade, I evaluate various aspects of each movie
-- the direction, screenplay, cinematography, acting, musical score -- and also factor
in the degree of cinematic enjoyment (for lack of a better term) I derive when
viewing each film.
My lists for other years:
2008,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2003,
2002,
2001,
2000,
1999,
1998,
1997,
1996,
1995,
1994,
1993,
1992,
1991,
1990,
1989,
1988,
1987,
1986,
1985,
1984,
1983,
1982.
A-
- Au hasard Balthazar
- Robert Bresson, dir. France, 1966.
- Bande à part [Band of Outsiders]
- Jean-Luc Godard, dir. France, 1964.
- Science of Sleep
- Michel Gondry, dir. France, 2006.
B+
- Les glaneurs et la glaneuse [The Gleaners and I]
- Agnès Varda, dir. France, 2000. Documentary.
B
- Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu [Warm Water Under a Red Bridge]
- Shohei Imamura, dir. Japan, 2001.
- C.R.A.Z.Y.
- Jean-Marc Vallée, dir. Canada, 2005.
- El violin [The Violin]
- Francisco Vargas, dir. Mexico, 2005.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Minds
- Michel Gondry, dir. USA, 2004.
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
- Tsai Ming-liang, dir. Taiwan, et al., 2006.
- Jeux interdits [Forbidden Games]
- René Clément, dir. France, 1952.
- Ma vie en rose [My Life in Pink]
- Alain Berliner, dir. Belgium, et al., 1997.
- Touchez pas au grisbi
- Jacques Becker, dir. France, 1954.
B-
- Cirque du Soleil: Dralion
- Guy Caron, David Mallet, dirs. Canada, USA, 2000. Performance documentary.
- Forever Mozart
- Jean-Luc Godard, dir. France, Switzerland, 1996.
- Je vous salut, Marie
- Jean-Luc Godard, dir. France, et al., 1985.
- Nacido Sin [Born Without]
- Eva Norvind, dir. Mexico, 2007. Documentary.
- Sami
- Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio, dirs. Finland, 2007. Documentary.
- Unser täglich Brot [Our Daily Bread]
- Nikolaus Geyrhalter, dir. Austria, Germany, 2005. Documentary
- Volver
- Pedro Almodóvar, dir. Spain, 2006.
C+
- La Bête Humaine
- Jean Renoir, dir. France, 1938.
- The Big Lebowski
- Joel Coen, dir. USA, 1998.
- Les Dames du Bois de Bologne
- Robert Bresson, dir. France, 1945.
- Les enfants du paradis [Children of Paradise]
- Marcel Carné dir., France, 1945.
- Jean Cocteau: Autoportrait d'un inconnu [Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown]
- Edgardo Cozarinsky, dir. France, 1985. Documentary.
- Quai des brumes, Le [Port of Shadows]
- Marcel Carné, dir. France, 1938.
- Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi [Spirited Away]
- Hayao Miyazaki, dir. Japan, 2001.
- Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Tim Burton, dir. UK, USA, 2007.
- Une hirondelle a fait le printemps [The Girl from Paris]
- Christian Carion, dir. France, 2001.
- The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
- Judy Irving, dir. USA, 2003. Documentary.
C
- À Nous la Liberté
- René Clair, dir. France, 1931.
- The Agronomist
- Jonathan Demme, dir. USA, 2003. Documentary.
- Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator Gallows]
- Louis Malle, dir. France, 1958.
- Drama/Mex
- Gerardo Naranjo, dir. Mexico, 2007.
- The Journals of Knud Rasmussen
- Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk, dirs. Canada, Denmark, 2006.
- Kamome shokudo [Seagull Diner]
- Naoko Ogigami, dir. Finland, Japan, 2006.
- Kurutta kajitsu [Crazed Fruit]
- Ko Nakahira, dir. Japan, 1956.
- Lapsia ja aikuisia - Kuinka niitä tehdään? [Producing Adults]
- Aleksi Salmenperä, dir. Finland, 2004.
- Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran [Monsieur Ibrahim]
- François Dupeyron, dir. France, 2003.
- Saving Face
- Alice Wu, dir. USA, 2004.
- Stestí [Something Like Happiness]
- Bohdan Sláma, dir. Czech Republic, Germany, 2005.
- Warchild
- Christian Wagner, dir. Germany, Slovenia, 2006.
C-
- Beau Travail
- Claire Denis, dir. France, 1999.
- À la folie . . . pas du tout [He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not]
- Laetitia Colombani, dir. France, 2002.
- Ciudad en celo [City in Heat]
- Hernán Gaffet, dir. Argentina, 2006.
- En'tracte
- René Clair, dir. France, 1924.
- Farväl Falkenberg [Falkenberg Farewell]
- Jesper Ganslandt, dir. Denmark, Sweden, 2006.
- The Prestige
- Christopher Nolan, dir. UK, USA, 2006.
- Rock'n Roll Never Dies
- Juha Koiranen, dir. Finland, 2006.
- Sang d'un poète, Le [The Blood of a Poet]
- Jean Cocteau, dir. France, 1930.
- Sous les toits de Paris [Under the Roofs of Paris]
- René Clair, dir. France, 1930.
- 25th Hour
- Spike Lee, dir. USA, 2002.
D+
- El Callejón de los milagros
- Jorge Fons, dir. Mexico, 1995.
- Jeux d'enfants [Love Me if You Dare]
- Yann Samuell, dir. Belgium, France, 2003.
- Music from the Inside Out
- David Anker, dir. USA, 2004. Documentary.
- Rent
- Chris Columbus, dir. USA, 2005.
- Spider Lilies
- Zero Chou, dir. Taiwan, 2006.
D
- Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia
- Ben Strout, dir. USA, 2006.
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© Alan Mäkinen
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© Alan Mäkinen