Twelve jurors must decide the fate of a Chechen teenager (Apti Magamaev) who allegedly killed his Russian stepfather. While all signs point to the boy being the killer, one juror (Sergei Makovetsky) votes for aquittal. With the knowledge that they hold a life in their hands, the jurors review every detail of the case to see if they can come to a unanimous decision. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov. With Mikhail Yefremov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Aleksei Petrenko, Yuriy Stoyanov, Sergei Gazarov, Valentin Gaft, Mikhail Yefremov, Aleksey Gorbunov, Sergei Artsybashev, Viktor Verzhbitsky and Roman Madyanov. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in 12
Mike Enslin (John Cusack), a cynical writer who investigates supernatural phenomena, travels to spend a night in room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. The hotel's manager, Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson), initally objects to allowing Mike to stay in the room, which is said to harbor evil spirits and is off limits to guests. But, after he threatens to sue the establishment, Gerald checks Mike into the room and sends him off to a sleepless night. Directed by Mikael Håfström. With Jasmine Jessica Anthony and Mary McCormack. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Drama. Year:2007.

2007 in 1408
Six months after a virus ripped through Great Britain turning its inhabitants into blood-thirsty zombies, the US Army has helped to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But, when a carrier enters the safe zone, the Army's plan fails and the infection spreads once again. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. With Jeremy Renner, Catherine McCormack, Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau, Idris Elba, Imogen Poots, Mackintosh Muggleton and Rose Byrne. Categories: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in 28 Weeks Later
When the sun sets in Barrow, Alaska, the town is plunged into thirty straight days of darkness. As the light fades, bloodthirsty vampires move in from across the frozen, barren wasteland to feed on the citizens of this normally quiet town. Their only hope is the over-matched police force, consisting of Sheriff Eben Olemaun (Josh Hartnett) and Deputy Stella Olemaun (Melissa George), a husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love. Directed by David Slade. With Ben Foster. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in 30 Days of Night
During the Battle of Thermopylae, Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) leads his small army of fierce warriors against the advancing Persians, inspiring all of Greece to band together against a common enemy and helping to usher in the world's first democracy. Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel. Directed by Zack Snyder. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, War. Year: 2007.

2007 in 300
In this tense drama based on the Elmore Leonard bestseller, Russell Crowe stars as a dangerous outlaw who must be transported from one jail to another. Christian Bale is a poor but honest farmer, desperate for money to pay for medical care for his younger son. So the farmer accepts the assignment to escort the outlaw from jail to a train that will take him to another state. The farmer is also motivated by a desire to impress his older son (Ben Foster), who is attracted to the outlaw life. Peter Fonda plays a former gunslinger who helps the farmer. Directed by James Mangold. With Logan Lerman and Dallas Roberts. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.

2007 in 3:10 to Yuma
On the eve of serial killer Jon Forster's execution, Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), the forensic psychiatrist who influenced the jury to send Forster to death row, receives a phone call stating that he has eighty-eight minutes to live. While Gramm tries to track down possible suspects, a copycat killer strikes in Seattle using Forster's same twisted methods. To save his life and prevent himself from being framed for murder, Gramm will need to use all of his skills and years of training, along with the help of his ex-wife (Amy Brenneman), his assistant (Alicia Witt) and an FBI agent (William Forsythe). Directed by Jon Avnet. With Leelee Sobieski and Benjamin McKenzie. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in 88 Minutes
Jude (Jim Sturgess), a dock worker from Liverpool, and Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood), a sheltered American girl, struggle to hold onto their love during the turbulent times of the Vietnam War era. While Lucy's brother, Max (Joe Anderson), is shipped off to the frontlines, Lucy and Jude try to make sense of their lives and relationship through the songs of the Beatles. Directed by Julie Taymor. With Dana Fuchs, Martin Luther, T.V. Carpio and Bono. Categories: Musical, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Across the Universe
A peaceful Colorado town becomes the center of an intergalactic battle when a Predator scout ship crash lands and releases the Aliens on board. As the Aliens begin to infect the town, a lone “Wolf” Predator (Ian Whyte) is sent to exterminate the hoard. Meanwhile, the townspeople caught in the middle of the brutal face-off set out to the stop the Alien outbreak before the military carpet bombs the area. Directed by Colin Strause and Greg Strause. With Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, John Ortiz, Johnny Lewis, David Paetkau and Chelah Horsdal. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007. Release Date: December 25, 2007.

2007 in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
After the tree they live in is cut down, three singing chipmunk brothers, Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) find themselves in Los Angeles, where they are adopted by struggling songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee). Impressed with the little guys' talent and seeing the opportunity for long-awaited success, Dave sets out to make the chipmunks a musical sensation. But, to achieve their dream and remain a family, Dave and the boys will have to overcome a meddling record executive (David Cross). Directed by Tim Hill. With Cameron Richardson. Categories: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Based on a Cartoon. Year: 2007.

2007 in Alvin and the Chipmunks
After the death of the top gangster in Harlem, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), the man's former driver, moves into a position of great power in the drug market. Striking a deal with a Thai general, Lucas is able to smuggle heroin in the coffins of soldiers who died in Vietnam and makes a fortune. But, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), a NJ detective with close ties to the streets, aims to bring Lucas down after he is put in charge of a drug trafficking task force. With Roberts bearing down on him, Lucas must do everything he can to stay on top, including dealing with the Italian mafia and corrupt NYPD officers. Directed by Ridley Scott. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, Armand Assante and T.I.. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in American Gangster
Uprooted from their lives and forced into internment camps in Utah in the early 1940s, the Nomuras, a Japanese American family, face a country that doubts their loyalty and confines them to prisoners' conditions. The father (Masatoshi Nakamura), a former pro ballplayer, starts a baseball league as a way to find strength and pride during the difficult time. With his older brother Lane (Leonardo Nam) enlisted in the Army, Lyle Nomura (Aaron Yoo) plays against teams mad eup of guards and bigoted minor league players. Directed by Desmond Nakano. With Gary Cole and Sarah Drew. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in American Pastime
Intent on starting a new sports magazine and providing a better life for his step-children, Nick (Ice Cube) moves into his dream house in the suburbs with his wife Suzanne (Nia Long). But, when everything that can go wrong does, Nick is left to left to clean up the mess with the help of his wacky, over-eager real estate agent/contractor, Chuck Mitchell Jr. (John C. McGinley). Directed by Steve Carr. With Aleisha Allen and Philip Bolden. Categories: Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Are We Done Yet?
As the notorious and charismatic outlaw Jesse James (Brad Pitt) plans his next great robbery, he must battle against the men who want to capture him for fame and a fortune in reward money. Meanwhile, Robert Ford (Casey Affleck), an admire of James, joins his gang, only to become resentful of his former hero and hatch a plan to kill the fastest gun in the West. Directed by Andrew Dominik. With Mary-Louise Parker, Sam Rockwell and Sam Shepard. Categories: Crime, Drama, Western. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
After witnessing her older sister Cecilia (Keira Knightley) in a compromising situation with Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the son of the family housekeeper, Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) acts out in jealousy and bears false witness to have the young man arrested for a crime he did not commit. Kept apart by prison and war, the young lovers stay connected through hearts and letters, while Briony (Vanessa Redgrave), now an againg writer, sets out to share their bittersweet story with the world. Directed by Joe Wright. With Romola Garai. Categories: Drama, Romance, War, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.

2007 in Atonement
A talented Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered cellist (Keri Russell), who share a strong but momementary connection, are torn apart by their circumstances before their love is given a chance to grow. The result of their brief encounter is August Rush (Freddie Highmore), now an orphan living on the streets of New York. Using his unique musical gifts and aided by his odd caretaker (Robin Williams), August sets out to find his birth parents and discover who he is. Directed by Kirsten Sheridan. With Terrence Howard. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.

2007 in August Rush
Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) suffers from a heart condition that requires a heart transplant. When he receives a call informing him that a donor has been found, he believes that his life has been saved. But, during surgery, Clay experiences a phenomenon called "anesthetic awareness," leaving him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. To escape the pain, Clay has an out of body experience, and discovers that his new wife, Sam (Jessica Alba), and his trusted friend, Dr. Jack Harper (Terrence Howard) are involved in a plot to take his life. Directed by Joby Harold. With Lena Olin and Christopher McDonald. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Awake
Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler), a washed-up former ping pong prodigy, is recruited by FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez (George Lopez) to infiltrate a mysterious life-or-death tournament held by Feng (Christopher Walken), the ruthless criminal mastermind who kille dhis father (Robert Patrick). With his skills a little rusty, Daytona is sent into training with Master Wong (James Hong) and his beautiful niece, Maggie (Maggie Q). If Daytona plans on avenging his father and keeping his life, he will have to play the best ping pong of his life and defeat his arch-enemy, Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon). Directed by Robert Ben Garant. With Terry Crews, Diedrich Bader, Aisha Tyler and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in Balls of Fury
In 1999, thousands of activists descend upon Seattle to join in a mass demonstration against the WTO Ministerial Conference. What begins as a peaceful protest in Seattle's streets turns into an all-out riot, with protesters facing off with police and the National guard. Caught in the middle are Dale (Woody Harrelson), a riot cop, Ella (Charlize Theron), his wife, Jay (Martin Henderson), a protest organizer, and Mayor Jim Tobin (Ray Liotta). Directed by Stuart Townsend. With Michelle Rodriguez, André Benjamin, Rade Serbedzija, Ivana Milicevic, Joshua Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Channing Tatum and Jennifer Carpenter. Categories: Action, Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in Battle in Seattle
Daphne (Diane Keaton), an incredibly overbearing mother, fears that her youngest daughter, Milly (Mandy Moore), will make the same mistakes with love that she once did. Deciding to help Milly find the perfect man, Daphne creates an internet personal ad and proceeds to interview a series of eligible (and not-so-eligible) bachelors. During the course of her interview sessions, an intrigued eavesdropper, Johnny (Gabriel Macht), tries to persuade Daphne that he is right for her daughter. Assuming that Johnny is just a suave heartbreaker, she brushes him aside, favoring the more stable Jason (Tom Everett Scott) instead. But, when an old flame comes back into Daphne's life, she is foced to reasses her views and realizes that sometimes being a mom means letting go. Directed by Michael Lehmann. With Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, Stephen Collins and Ty Panitz. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year:2007.

2007 in Because I Said So
Directed by Julian Jarrold. With James McAvoy, Anne Hathaway, Julie Walters, James Cromwell and Maggie Smith. Categories: Biography, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Becoming Jane
Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) is a college educated bee who wants more out of life than just making honey. After venturing outside the hive and traveling to New York City, Barry nearly dies before being saved by a florist named Vanessa (Renée Zellweger). As Barry's relationship with Vanessa grows, he comes to learn that humans eat honey and decides to sue the human race as a result. Directed by Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith. With Matthew Broderick, John Goodman, Chris Rock and Kathy Bates. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Bee Movie
In this CGI adaptation of the legenday tale, the mythic warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) must battle the demon Grendel (Crispin Glover), who is terrorizing the countryside. Later, Grendel's ruthless and seductive mother (Angelina Jolie) becomes hellbent on revenge and it is up to Beowulf to put an end to the killings. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Anthony Hopkins and Robin Wright Penn. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Beowulf
After being stripped of their gold medals, rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) exploit a loophole to return to competitive ice skaking as a pairs team. Michaels is brash, crude and unapologetic, skating with flair, power and charisma. MacElroy is a sensitive artist whose skills have been developed in a strict, protected environment. Training with Coach (Craig T. Nelson), Chazz and Jimmy set out to learn new skills and train to perform a controversial manuever that might be the only way to defeat their main competition, the Van Waldenberg siblings (Amy Poehler and Will Arnett). Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck. With Jenna Fischer, William Fichtner, Nick Swardson, Luke Wilson and Rob Corddry. Categories: Comedy, Romance, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in Blades of Glory
Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is back and determined to discover the truth about his past once and for all. Still suffering from amnesia, Bourne teams up with a reporter (Paddy Considine) who has information about the organization that trained him. With the woman he loved murdered, Bourne will stop at nothing to fight his way through a group of highly-trained assassins to finally learn who he really is. Directed by Paul Greengrass. With Edgar Ramirez, Julia Stiles, Brian Cox, David Strathairn, Chris Cooper and Joan Allen. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Bourne Ultimatum
At the age of 24, Jack (Andrew Garfield) is released from prison, having been locked up for most of his life after he and another boy murdered a child. As he attempts to readjust to the world and begin a new life with the help of Terry (Peter Mullan), his parole officer and mentor, Jack struggles to keep his past a secret from the people he meets. Directed by John Crowley. With Shaun Evans, Jeremy Swift and Anthony Lewis. Categories: Drama. Year 2007.

2007 in Boy A
In the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, a notorious gang known as the Bra Boys combine surfing, hard partying, rebellion and brotherhood to deal with the realities of larger society. This documentary chronicles the evolution of the gang's tough, close-knit culture and how the stigma of their surf community has contributed to their social displacement. The film focuses on the Abberon brothers (Koby Abberton, Sunny Abberton, Jai Abberton), who pursue their dream of professional surfing while one of their own is on trial for murder. Directed by Sunny Abberton and Macario De Souza. Narrated by Russell Crowe. Categories: Documentary, Foreign Film, Independent Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Bra Boys
Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is living the charmed life with her fiance, David (Naveen Andrews), when her life is abruptly turned upside down by a startling attack that causes David's death and leaves Erica wounded. The tragedy shakes her to her core and sends her on a personal vigilante quest to avenge her fiance's death. Erica is forced to grapple with whether her chosen path has transformed her into the very thing she is trying to eradicate. Directed by Neil Jordan. With Terrence Howard, Mary Steenburgen and Nicky Katt. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Brave One
In his quest to be made an FBI agent, computer specialist Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) is assigned to clerk for senior agent Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) and write down everything he does. Initially told he's a part of an investigation into Hanssen's sexual habits, O'Neill eventually finds that the FBI suspects Hanssen of selling sensitive US intelligence to the Soviet Union. As the pair grows closer, O'Neill digs deeper into the life a devout Catholic he has come to respect and finds it more and more difficult to keep his personal and professional lives separate. Directed by Billy Ray. With Laura Linney, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole, Dennis Haysbert and Kathleen Quinlan. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Breach
Eric (Tom Cavanaugh) and Sam (Ben Shenkman) are a happy gay couple whose lives are suddenly turned upside down when a distant relative dies and names them the guardians of a young boy, Scot. The twist is that the tween boy has already decided he is gay and they don't know how to handle this, especially Eric, a former hockey player turned sportscaster, who is still in the closet at work. Directed by Laurie Lynd. With Categories: Drama, Music, Romance, Sport. Year: 2007.

2007 in Breakfast with Scot
Based on the highly acclaimed novel by Monica Ali, this film tells the story of a young Bangladeshi woman (Tannishtha Chatterjee), pressured into an arranged marriage, who finds herself living a lonely life in London with a husband (Satish Kaushik) she doesn't love. To drown her sorrows, she drifts into an affair with a young Muslim worker (Christopher Simpson), which becomes more complicated after the events of 9/11 in 2001. Directed by Sarah Gavron. With, Naeema Begum, and Lana Rahman. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Brick Lane
After losing a foot race, Jesse Aarons (Josh Hutcherson) becomes quick friends with Leslie Burke (AnnaSophia Robb), the new girl who beat him. As the pair spends more time together, they begin to build an imaginary world of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants of which they are the king and queen. But, when a tragedy occurs, Jesse must use the power of his imagination and their friendship to pull him through. Directed by Gabor Csupo. With Zooey Deschanel and Robert Patrick. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Bridge to Terabithia
Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) is cynical, thirty-something New Yorker with absolutely no marriage prospects, a fact her mother (Gena Rowlands) reminds her of on a daily basis. Bored with her job at an upscale hotel and envious of her best friend Audrey's (Drea de Matteo) perfect marriage, Nora doesn't believe her fortunes will ever change. But, after a series of horrible dates, Nora meets a Frenchman named Julien (Melvil Poupaud) who makes her see the world in a different light. But, before she can find true love, Nora must overcome the feelings that have been holding her back for so long. Directe by Zoe R. Cassavetes. With Tim Guinee and Justin Theroux. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Broken English
John (Will Arnett) and Dean Solomon (Will Forte) are a pair of good-natured, but completely socially awkward brothers who set out to give their dying father the grandchild he always wanted. Homeschooled and raised isolated from strangers, the brothers will have to overcome their inability to talk to women and convince at least one of them to become pregnant before it's too late. Directed by Bob Odenkirk. With Kristen Wiig, Jenna Fischer, David Koechner, Chi McBride and Bill Hader. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Brothers Solomon
Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) is a beautiful, famous fashion model with the eyes of America eager to see her every move. But, one fan wants America's sweetheart all for himself. Drugged and kidnapped at a charity event, Jennifer awakes to find that she is confined to a cell. Kept in dark, close quarters, Jennifer is subjected to a series of twisted, sadistic tortures conceived by the her demented captor. Directed by Roland Joffé. With Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Michael Harney and Laz Alonso. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Captivity
Ian (Ewan McGregor) and Terry (Colin Farrell), two dead broke brothers living in London, are approached by their rich Uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson) with a money making propostion. All they have to do is "take care of" one of Howard's old business associates to keep his troubles from ruining the life he's built. The brothers struggle with the immorality of the request, and end up becoming enemies when each chooses a different side. Directed by Woody Allen. With Hayley Atwell and Sally Hawkins. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Cassandra's Dream
Frank Allen (Ryan Reynolds), a best-selling efficiency expert, believes he has perfected the art of living using timetables and index cards. His obsession with order drives his wife Susan (Emily Mortimer) to set his clock backward ten minutes, setting off a chain off events that turns Frank's life upside down. After things can't get any worse, Frank decides to live entirely in the moment and embraces the freedom provided by chaos. Directed by Marcos Siega. With Stuart Townsend, Sarah Chalke and Constance Zimmer. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Chaos Theory
In the week leading up to the assassination of John Lennon (Mark Lindsay Chapman), Jude (Lindsay Lohan), a young Beatles fan, befriends Mark David Chapman (Jared Leto) outside of The Dakota, Lennon's New York apartment building. As the day of the murder approaches, Chapman, a lonely, unstable man obsessed with J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, is shows increasing signs of paranoia, socio-pathis lying and delusion. Intent on adding his own final chapter to the novel, Chapman loses his grip on reality and does the unthinkable. Directed by J.P. Schaefer. With Judah Friedlander. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Chapter 27
Struggling to fit in at his new public high school, wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) uses his natural charm and deft senses of perception to position himself as an amateur psychiatrist for his fellow students. Setting up shop in a bathroom stall, Charlie dishes out advice and prescription drugs with the help of his partner, Murphy Bivens (Tyler Hilton). Charlie's sessions lead to some personal discovery of his own, allowing him to find romance and accept who he is. Directed by Jon Poll. With Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis and Kat Dennings. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Charlie Bartlett
In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas is persuaded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts), to assist rebels in Afghanistan in their plight against the Soviet Union. With the help of maverick CIA agent Gust Avrakotos (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Wilson dedicates himself to supplying the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support. But, along the way toward victory, Wilson discovers that every war has unforeseen consequences. Directed by Mike Nichols. With Amy Adams. Categories: Drama, Politics. Year: 2007.

2007 in Charlie Wilson's War
Using archival footage, animation, and music, this politically-charged documentary examines the eight anti-war protesters put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Directed by Brett Morgen. With the voices of Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber and Jeffrey Wright. Categories: Documentary, Animation. Year: 2007.

2007 in Chicago 10
Directed by Renny Harlin. With Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes, Ed Harris, Luis Guzm_n and Robert Forster. Categories: Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Cleaner
When African American attorneys Bobby (Cedric Yarbrough) and Tamika (April Barnett) hire racially hyper-sensitive real estate agent Hillary Macella (Wendi McLendon-Covey), they find themselves in a bidding war with Tom (Andrew Friedman) and Dawn (Patty Wortham), whose agent (Ryan Smith) works to sabotage the deal and get his clients the best price possible. Directed by Armen Kaprelian and Kent G. Llewellyn. With Rob Brownstein, Colleen Crabtree, Kirstin Pierce and Bruce Thomas. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Closing Escrow
After a B-17 bomber crashes near Belfast during WWII, the plane's dying rear gunner asks a local to return a ring to his girlfriend back home. Years later, a young man (Martin McCann) learns of the ring's story and sets out to track down its rightful owner. Directed by Richard Attenborough. With Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, Gregory Smith and Mischa Barton. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Closing the Ring
The worst coach in history, Lambeau Fields (David Koechner), guides a rag-tag college football team toward the championship. An incompetent loser of epic proportions, Fields is convinced by fellow coach Freddie Wiseman (Carl Weathers) to return to the field for one last shot. Moving his wife (Melora Hardin) and children to Texas, Fields does his best to inspire a misfit collection of players and save his relationship with his family. Directed by Tom Brady. With Matthew Lawrence, Jermaine Williams, Noureen DeWulf and Jackie Long. Categories: Comedy, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Comebacks
After being arrested by Berlin Police in Nazi Germany, Salomon Sorowitsch (Karl Markovics), a man with a talent for forging documents and counterfeiting money, is sent to a hard labor camp. Years later, after being recognized by Sturmbannführer Friedrich Herzog (Devid Striesow), the man who arrested him, Salomon is moved into better living conditions so that he and a group of imprisioned professionals can produce fake foreign currency for Operation Berhard. While Salomon follows orders to help weaken the economies of Germany's enemies, fellow forger Adolf Burger (August Diehl) realizes the true nature of their work and refuses to use his skills for Nazi profit, forcing Salomon to reconsider his actions. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Martin Brambach, August Zirner and Veit Stübner. Categories: Crime, Drama, War, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Counterfeiters
In 1950s New York, Burt Pugach, a married lawyer, loses his mind and throws acid in the face of his twenty-something mistress, Linda Riss, when she breaks up with him. The ordeal made headlines at the time, but the most shocking event occurs sixteen years later when the couple is unexpectedly married. Directed by Dan Klores and Fisher Stevens. Categories: Documentary. Year: 2007.

2007 in Crazy Love
When reporter Ethan Kendrick (Jason Behr) is sent to investigate the appearance of a monstrous creature, he meets a girl (Amanda Brooks) striken with a mysterious illness, who he believes could hold the key to stopping the beast. The pair track the creature to Los Angeles and must fight an army of reptilian monsters to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Directed by Hyung-rae Shim. With Robert Forster and Craig Robinson. Categories: Action, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in D-War
To fathers, Charlie Hinton (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Phil Ryerson (Paul Rae) attempt to take over a summer day camp armed with no knowledge of the great outdoors, a dilapidated facility, and a motley group of campers. Before long, things get out of control and the camp is under threat of foreclosure. To save his dream, Charlie is forced to call on his estranged father, Col Buck Hinton (Richard Gant) to bring the camp back to life and teach everyone about teamwork, perseverance and the power of forgiveness. Directed by Fred Savage. With Tamala Jones and Josh McLerran. Categories: Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Daddy Day Camp
After the courts award custody of his three daughter to his drug-dealing ex-wife, Monty (Idris Elba), a mechanic, asks Julia (Gabrielle Union), an attorney he met while working as a chauffeur, to help him get his girls back. Although they come from two different worlds, Monty and Julia develop an attraction as they fight to keep Monty's family from being ripped apart. Directed by Tyler Perry. With Louis Gossett Jr., Tasha Smith, Tracee Ellis Ross and Malinda Williams. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Daddy's Little Girls
Ryûnosuke Kamiki plays the last of a dying breed of giant human warriors who have been protecting Japan from invasion since the bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in today's world, young people find this elderly giant warrior irrelevant. He has to prove himself and do battle once more against a giant gang of monsters set on taking over the world. Directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto. With Riki Takeuchi and Hitoshi Matsumoto. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Dai-Nipponjin
Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is an advice columnist who knows how to help everyone but himself. A dedicated single father, Dan does his best to raise his kids, but he neglects to take time for himself. Things start to change when Dan meets and falls for Marie (Juliette Binoche) at a bookstore, only to learn later that she is dating his brother (Dane Cook). Directed by Peter Hedges. With Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson and Marlene Lawston. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Dan in Real Life
Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman), three brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year, hop aboard a train for a spiritual quest across India that they hope will help them reconnect with one another. After a series of quarrels fueled by mistrust and over-the-counter pain killers, Peter and Jack discover that Francis is secretly taking them to locate their estranged mother (Anjelica Huston), who has joined a convent. Later, abandoned by their train, the brothers find themselves lost in the middle of the desert and face a life and death situation that will decide the direction of the rest of their jouney. Directed by Wes Anderson. With Amara Karan and Bill Murray. Categories: Adventure, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Darjeeling Limited
As way out of his prison sentence, former Marine Tim Kearney (Paul Walker) accepts a deal from DEA agent Tad Gruzsa (Laurence Fishburne) to impersonate Bobby Z, a recently deceased drug dealer. Kearney takes Bobby Z's place during a hostage switch with a crime lord, but when the negotiations go bad, Kearney escapes with Z's son in tow. Directed by John Herzfeld. With Olivia Wilde. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) is a former Hollywood stuntman with an invincible car and a taste for highway murder. Using charm, steel and gasoline, he hunts down beautiful women and takes them for a ride they'll never remember. But, after taking care of a disc jockey (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) and her pals (Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan and Vanessa Ferlito) after a night at the bar in Austin, TX, Stuntman Mike meets his match on the back roads of Tennessee. There, he runs into two female stunt car drivers (Zoe Bell and Tracie Thoms) and their friends (Rosario Dawson and Mary Elizabeth Winstead), in town while shooting a movie. Unable to resist a challenge, Stuntman Mike pulls out all the stops and puts the pedal to the metal. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. With Quentin Tarantino. Categories: Action, Horror, Thriller, Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Death Proof
Henry Roth (Billy Crudup) is a cynical, obsessive compulsive, neurotic author of a hit children's book series. When his long time collaborator and best friend passes away, Roth is forced to work with Lucy (Mandy Moore), a beautiful new illustrator. Distrught and without direction, Henry struggles with letting go of his past and learning how to open up to new people. Directed by Justin Theroux. With Martin Freeman, Amy Sedaris, Dianne Wiest and Tom Wilkinson. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Dedication
Three lazy, dimwitted Army reservists (Larry The Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and DJ Qualls) are forced into action when their unit is sent to Iraq. But, when they are mistakenly dropped in Mexico, the oblivious trio sets to complete their mission, and ends up saving a Mexican village from a band of corrupt Federales. Directed by C.B. Harding. With Keith David. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Delta Farce
After being brutally raped, a promising college student (Rosario Dawson) sets out for revenge and struggles to rebuild her life. Directed by Talia Lugacy. With Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick and Christopher DeBlasio. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Descent
After his father's death, rebellious teenager Kale Brecht (Shia LaBeouf) is placed under house-arrest after punching his Spanish teacher. Content to watch TV and play video games, Kale is brought back to the reality of his situation when his mother (Carrie-Anne Moss) takes away all of his favorite forms of entertainment. With nothing left to do, Kale begins to spy on his neighbors, including an attractive new girl, Ashley (Sarah Roemer). But, what starts out as a way to pass the time, becomes an intense fight for survival when Kale, his best friend Ronnie (Aaron Yoo) and Ashley witness a murder in the house next door. Directed by D.J. Caruso. With David Morse. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Disturbia
At the age of 43, Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) suffers a stroke that paralyzes his entire body, except his left eye. Determined to describe his interior world and express his imagination, Bauby uses the only form of communication that he has left to blink out his memoir. Directed by Julian Schnabel. With Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny and Olatz López Garmendia. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Anna (Naomi Watts), an innocent midwife trying to return a lost diary, runs into trouble when she learns that the book may hold secrets of a notorious crime family. Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), is tasked with recovering the evidence, setting off a harrowing chain of murder, deceit, and retribution. Directed by David Cronenberg. With Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent Cassel and Jerzy Skolimowski. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Eastern Promises
Charlie Banks (Jesse Eisenberg) is an insecure college student who reconnects with Mick (Jason Ritter), a bully who tormented him when they were kids. Now he is drawn into a strange friendship with Mick, but then he learns that Mick may have committed a horrible crime and isn't sure what to do. The film was directed by Fred Durst, the frontman for the band Limp Bizkit. Directed by Fred Durst. With Eva Amurri, Sebastian Stan, Gloria Votsis and Chris Marquette. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Education of Charlie Banks
With the changing religious and political tides of late 16th century Europe, Queen Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett) finds her rule challenged by King Philip II of Spain (Jordi Mollà). With Spain's powerful army and armada intent on returning England to Catholicism, Queen Elizabeth must prepare to defend her empire, while struggling with her forbidden love with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen). Directed by Shekhar Kapur. With Geoffrey Rush, Samantha Morton and Abbie Cornish. Categories: Drama, History, Biography. Year: 2007.

2007 in Elizabeth: The Golden Age
When a fairytale princess (Amy Adams) is transported into modern day New York City by an evil queen (Susan Sarandon), she begins to change her views on life and love after meeting a handsome lawyer (Patrick Dempsey). Banished from her magical, animated home, the princess is followed by her equally unprepared prince (James Marsden), who hopes to save his damsel from the dangers of the real world. Directed by Kevin Lima. With Timothy Spall and Rachel Covey. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Enchanted
When four troubled orphans (Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jayma Mays and Faune A. Chambers) escape from Willy Wonka's (Crispin Glover) wacky chocolate factory, they are transported to the wonderful land of Gnarnia after stumbling upon an enchanted wardrobe. There, they battle pirates, meet student wizards and team up with a group of mutants and a mischievous beaver in an attempt to defeat the evil White Bitch. Directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer. Categories: Adventure, Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Epic Movie
After leaving the Buffalo TV station where he was tormented by rival Bruce Nolan, Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) is elected as a congressman and moves to Washington D.C. But, just as he is getting started with his new job, God (Morgan Freeman) summons Evan to build an ark. As Evan is transformed into a modern day Noah, he must deal with the appearance of thousands of wild animals and explain his bizarre behavior to his family, friends and constituents. Directed by Tom Shadyac. With Lauren Graham, Jonah Hill, Wanda Sykes, Ed Helms, John Michael Higgins and John Goodman. Categories: Comedy, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Evan Almighty
When the Silver Surfer (voiced by Laurence Fishburne) comes to Earth, wreaking havoc around the globe to prepare it for destruction, the Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe. As Reed (Ioan Gruffudd), Sue (Jessica Alba), Johnny (Chris Evans) and Ben (Michael Chiklis) work to unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer, they are confronted with the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon). Directed by Tim Story. Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Based on a Comic. Year: 2007.

2007 in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Local professor Harry Stevenson (Morgan Freeman) witnesses love in all its glorious, mischievous and brutal forms while sitting in a coffeeshop in a small Oregon town. There's the die-hard romantic coffee shop owner (Greg Kinnear), the adulterous real estate agent (Radha Mitchell), the beautiful young newcomer (Alexa Davalos) and the troubled young man (Toby Hemingway). But, it is Harry himself who may have the greatest trouble of all after the loss of a loved one. Directed by Robert Benton. With Selma Blair, Jane Alexander and Billy Burke. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Feast of Love
Rob (Omarion Grandberry), an aspiring NY rapper, flees trouble in the big city for a new home in Puerto Rico. There, he finds a father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew and develops a passion for Raggaeton. Together with his half-brother, Javi (Victor Rasuk), Rob sets out to capture his dream no matter what stands in his way. Directed by Alejandro Chomski. With Melonie Diaz and Zulay Henao. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.

2007 in Feel the Noise
Kent Stock (Sean Astin) quits his job and cancels his wedding in order to take the head coach position for the Norway High School baseball team. With a long tradition of winning, the team now faces uncertainty with the loss of their long time coach and the knowledge that this will be their last season before their school merges with another in the area. Kent must find a way to motivate his new team and convince them to go out winners. Directed by David M. Evans. With Powers Boothe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Angarano and Tom Arnold. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Final Season
After Bruce Lee's death leaves fans shocked and saddened, a movie studio quickly sets out to turn the 12 minutes of footage that they have from his final film into a full-length feature. Searching far and wide, executives audition hundreds of men hoping that they might have what it takes to fill Bruce Lee's shoes. They do not. Directed by Justin Lin. With Roger Fan, Sung Kang, James Franco and McCaleb Burnett. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Finishing the Game
When Hollywood's most famous and talented dog, Rexxx, goes missing, he ends up being adopted by young Shane Fahey (Josh Hutcherson). Taken in at the firehouse where Shane's father (Bruce Greenwood) is captain, Rexxx goes from nuisance to hero when his incredible physical abilities prove invaluable during rescue calls. With Rexxx onboard, the once downtrodden fire department regains its former glory. But, with all the media attention Rexxx's exploits attract, his former handlers take notice and set out to return Rexxx to the spotlight. Directed by Todd Holland. With Dash Mihok and Bree Turner. Categories: Action, Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Firehouse Dog
Mr. Hobbs (Michael Caine) has been the nighttime janitor at London Diamond Corporation for as long as anyone can remember. Unnoticed by the powerful executives who walk by him each day, he has had plenty of time to survey the entire building and learn the ins and outs of how the company is run. Observing the frustration of Laura Quinn (Demi Moore), a bright, beautiful American executive held back by the company's glass ceiling, Hobbs convinces her to help him execute an intricate diamond heist to teach their bosses a lesson they won't soon forget. Directed by Michael Radford. With Joss Ackland, Constantine Gregory and Lambert Wilson. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Flawless
Young, hotshot lawyer Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling), who's set to join a prestigious civil-law firm, is tasked with prosecuting Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins), a wealthy, brilliant structural engineer who confessed to killing his wife and entrapping her lover. After asserting his right to represent himself at his trial, Crawford sets out to expose Beachum's one weakness in order to orchestrate a crime with exact precision. Directed by Gregory Hoblit. With David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, Embeth Davidtz and Billy Burke. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Fracture
After living his whole life in his younger brother's shadow, Fred (Vince Vaughn), a repo man who steals what he reposses, is forced to move to the North Pole and make amends with his perfect, generous brother, Santa (Paul Giamatti). Directed by David Dobkin. With Kevin Spacey, Kathy Bates, Elizabeth Banks, Ludacris, Rachel Weisz and John Michael Higgins. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Fred Claus
Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With April L. Hernandez, Hilary Swank and Jaclyn Ngan. Categories: Biography, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Freedom Writers
Jakob is a Jewish boy (played as a child by Robbie Kay and a young man by Stephen Dillane) living in Poland during World War II. When his family is murdered by the Nazis, Athos (Rade Serbedzija), a Greek archeologist who is working in the area, takes him in. Athos brings Jakob back to Greece and raises him as his son. But in spite of his good luck, Jakob grows up with a feeling of deep sadness, and longs especially for his sister who disappeared during the war. Athos and Jakob move to Canada, Jakob's obsession with the Holocaust complicates his relationship with his wife (Rosamund Pike). Directed by Jeremy Podeswa. With Ayelet Zurer. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.

2007 in Fugitive Pieces
Just as Ann (Naomi Watts), George (Tim Roth) and their son Georgie (Devon Gearhart) begin to settle into their lake house for a relaxing summer vacation, they are introduced to Peter (Brady Corbet) and Paul (Michael Pitt), two polite, articulate young men with a disturbing hidden agenda. After killing the family dog and breaking George's leg with a golf club, Peter and Paul hold the family hostage and torture them for their own amusement. To stay alive until morning, Ann, George and Georgie will have to play a series of sadistic games and do whatever Peter and Paul say. Directed by Michael Haneke. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Funny Games
Joe Kingman (Dwayne Johnson), a successful pro quarterback, has his life turned upside down when he discovers that he has a 7-year-old daughter named Peyton (Madison Pettis). While Joe and his teammates compete for the championship, this reluctant father must learn how to juggle his new responsiblities and still lead his team to victory. Along the way, he learns that patience and teamwork are just as important off the field as they are on the gridiron. Directed by Andy Fickman. With Kyra Sedgwick, Roselyn Sanchez, Morris Chestnut and Lauren Storm. Categories: Comedy, Family, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Game Plan
Lindsay Lohan plays Rachel, a rebellious teen from San Francisco. When her mother (Felicity Huffman of the television show, Desperate Housewives) sends her to stay with her strict grandmother (Jane Fonda) in a small town in Idaho, Rachel acts up even more. But it turns out that Rachel's behavior is her way of coping with a traumatic secret. Teen star Lohan and veteran actress and Oscar winner Fonda mix laughs and tears as they learn to trust each other. Directed by Garry Marshall. With Dermot Mulroney, Cary Elwes, Hector Elizondo and Laurie Metcalf. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Georgia Rule
In order to protect the woman he loves, motorcycle stunt performer Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) sells his soul to Mephisto (Peter Fonda), but ends up losing Roxanne (Eva Mendes) anyway. Years later, Mephisto returns with a deal. In exchange for his soul, Blaze agrees to become the Ghost Rider, an avenging spirit that takes its form at night as a demon with a flaming skull and motorcycle. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson. With Wes Bentley and Sam Elliott. Categories: Action, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Ghost Rider
After a successful season in the Premiership, Santiago Munez is transferred to Real Madrid, one of the most powerful club teams in the world. Joining a lineup of superstars, including David Beckham and Zinédine Zidane, Santiago must prove once again that he has what it takes to play alongside the best soccer players in the world. Reuniting with his old friend Gavin Harris (Alessandro Nivola) and set to marry his girlfriend Roz (Anna Friel), everything looks to be going Santiago's way. But, when he learns that the mother who abandoned his family years before is now living in Spain, Santiago loses his focus and must decide if he has what it takes to be the best. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela, Elizabeth Peña and Rutger Hauer. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in Goal II: Living the Dream
After learning of an extraordinary particle capable of uniting the universe, young Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) journeys to the Artic North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from a mysterious organization. To succeed in her quest, Lyra must seek aid from mysterious clans and powerful armored polar bears and embrace her destiny of saving the world. Directed by Chris Weitz. With Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Golden Compass
Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angela Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan), two private detectives in Boston, are hired to investigate a little girl's kidnapping when people in the neighborhood are reluctant to talk with police. When an arranged exchange with a drug dealer is botched, resulting in the girl's death, Patrick and Angela blame themselves and have difficulty moving past the tragedy. But, when another child goes missing, the pair picks up the investigation and discovers that things aren't always what they seem. Directed by Ben Affleck. With Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan and Amy Madigan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery. Year: 2007.

2007 in Gone Baby Gone
After Chuck (Dane Cook) breaks up with his longtime girlfriend, he is shocked when he learns that she got engaged to her very next boyfriend. Re-entering the dating circuit, he finds that this pattern begins to repeat itself; once he breaks up with a girl, she marries her next boyfriend. Once word get out, Chuck has more dates than he can handle. But, when Chuck falls for the beautiful Cam Wexler (Jessica Alba), he does his best to but an end to his dating curse. Directed by Mark Helfrich. With Dan Fogler. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Good Luck Chuck
Stanley Philipps (John Cusack) is devastated by the news that his wife was killed in Iraq. Unable to come to terms with her death and tell his two daughters, Stanley decides to take them on a cross-country road trip to an amusement park. Directed by James C. Strouse. With Gracie Bednarczyk and Shélan O'Keefe. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Grace Is Gone
After her star athlete older brother (Jesse Lee Soffer) dies in a car accident, Gracie Bowen (Carly Schroeder) decides she wants to take his place on her school's soccer team. Facing discouragement at every turn, even from her own father (Dermot Mulroney), Gracie overcomes all odds and takes her rightful place on the pitch. Directed by Davis Guggenheim. With Emma Bell, Elisabeth Shue, Andrew Shue and John Doman. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in Gracie
In this improvisational comedy, One-Eyed Jack Faro (Woody Harrelson), a washed-up alcoholic who's been married more times than he can count on both hands, enters the Grand Championship of Poker in Las Vegas to save his dead grandfather’s hotel-casino from a real estate developer. To win the world’s most famous high stakes tournament, Jack will have to face off against some of the top players in the game, icluding a genius who still lives with his Mom (Chris Parnell), a head case who wears disguises to gain an edge on his opponents (David Cross), and a pro (Cheryl Hines) with a stay at home husband (Ray Romano). Directed by Zak Penn. With Mike Epps, Dennis Farina, Richard Kind, Michael McKean, Jason Alexander and Hank Azaria. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Grand
In 1935, Professor Melvin Tolson (Denzel Washington), a brilliant, fiery professor at Wiley College in Texas, inspires his students to form the schools first debate team. Using the power of words, Tolson shapes a group of underdog students from a small African American college into elite debaters, who eventually challenge Harvard in the national championship. Directed by Denzel Washington. With Forest Whitaker, Jermaine Williams and John Heard. Categories: Drama, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Great Debaters
When Martin and Clarence (Pat Healy and Kene Holliday) answer an ad to train as record producers, they're excited to finally be employed. Sent out to sign undiscovered artists, the pair quickly learns that they're a part of a record industry talent scouting scheme. Hitting the road to sign new acts, Martin and Clarence do their best, but are unsure what will happen when it comes time for their checks to be cashed. Directed by Craig Zobel. Categories: Comedy, Independent Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Great World of Sound
Directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez present their homage to B-movie thrillers with this intense double-bill spectacular. In "Death Proof," a psycho killer named Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) stalks Jungle Julia (Sydney Tamiia Poitier) and her two friends (Jordan Ladd and Vanessa Ferlito) as they hit the town in search of a good time. In "Planet Terror," a small town is overrun with a murderous, zombie army. As the "sickos" take over the night, a gun-legged woman named Cherry (Rose McGowan) and her partner (Freddy Rodríguez) lead a team of accidental warriors in an all out battle. With Josh Brolin, Marley Shelton, Naveen Andrews, Stacy Ferguson and Rosario Dawson. Categories: Horror. Year: 2007.

2007 in Grindhouse
Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky), an overweight teenager who loves to dance, is obsessed with "The Corny Collins Show," a hit TV dance party. Every day after school, Tracy and her best friend Penny (Amanda Bynes) run home to watch heartthrob Link Larkin (Zac Efron) and the rest of the show's performers shake their stuff. When Corny Collins (James Marsden) holds auditions to replace a star who has left the show, Tracy seizes her chance to make her dream come true, even though her mother Edna (John Travolta) doesn't approve. Directed by Adam Shankman. With Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, Queen Latifah, Brittany Snow, Elijah Kelley and Allison Janney. Categories: Comedy, Musical, Dance, Remake. Year: 2007.

2007 in Hairspray
As his fifth year at Hogwarts begins, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) struggles with the trials of adolescence and his upcoming OWL exams, while Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes) return looms in the distance. Things get even worse when authorities ignore Harry and Dumbledore's (Michael Gambon) warnings and Harry's classmates begin to view him with disdain. Meanwhile, a new witch assumes control at Hogwarts, throwing the entire school into chaos. Directed by David Yates. With Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Gary Oldman and Alan Rickman. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
When Eddie (Ben Stiller) meets Lila (Malin Akerman), he thinks he has met the woman of his dreams. After a brief courtship, the two marry and head off for Mexico for their honeymoon. On the ride down, Lila's true personality begins to be exposed, and before long Eddie realizes that he has made a terrible mistake. In Cabo, matters are further complicated when Eddie meets the beautiful, down-to-earth Miranda (Michelle Monaghan) and sparks fly. It's then up to Eddie to figure out a way to break up with crazy Lila allowing Miranda to learn why he's really in Mexico. Directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. With Jerry Stiller, Carlos Mencia and Rob Corddry. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Heartbreak Kid
When a group of National Guard trainees marching through the New Mexico desert find the camp that they were bringing supplies to deserted, the team follows a blurred distress signal to try to determine why the soldiers and scientists who were supposed to be there vanished. What they find instead is a hoard of blood-thirsty mutants who crave human flesh and females to carry on their grotesque breed. Directed by Martin Weisz. With Jessica Stroup, Michael McMillian, Daniella Alonso and Lee Thompson Young. Categories: Horror, Romance, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Hills Have Eyes II
In the big screen adaptation of the popular video game, Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) is the genetic spawn of brtual criminals created by a team of scientists to be a hired assassin. Caught in the middle of a political conspiracy, Agent 47 must battle both Interpol and the Russian military as he treks across Eastern Europe. Directed by Xavier Gens. With Dougray Scott, Olga Kurylenko and Robert Knepper. Categories: Action, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Hitman
Three female college students (Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo and Bijou Phillips) studying in Rome are lured to a Slovakian hostel with the promise of seclusion, safety and rejuvenation. Instead, they are captured and sold to the highest bidder amongst a group of disturb individuals who lust for torture and murder. At the same time, two American men (Roger Bart and Richard Burgi) join this depraved auction to experince what it feels life to take another's life. Directed by Eli Roth. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Hostel: Part II
Police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is the finest cop in London. He's so good, in fact, that he makes everyone else look incompetent by comparison. As a "reward," his superiors send him out to a quiet village with the lowest crime rate in the country. But, after being partnered with Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), an oafish but well-meaning young cop, Angel discovers that a series of bloody "accidents" are more than they seem and sets out to crack the case. Directed by Edgar Wright. With Bill Nighy, Steve Coogan and Timothy Dalton. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime. Year: 2007.

2007 in Hot Fuzz
Rod Kimble (Andy Samberg) dreams of being a famous stuntman. Deadset on becoming the next Evel Knievel, he attempts one unsuccessful stunt jump after another around his small town in the hopes of impressing his long time crush Denise (Isla Fisher). Besides his own ineptitude, Rod is held back by his discouraging, meanspirited stepfather Frank (Ian McShane). When Frank needs an operation the family can't afford, Rod sets out to raise the money with his biggest stunt yet and win Frank's respect once and for all. As Rod prepares for a record breaking motorcycle jump over fifteen school buses, he's aided by his faithful stunt team made up of his best friends Kevin (Jorma Taccone), Dave (Bill Hader) and Rico (Danny R. McBride). Directed by Akiva Schaffer. With Sissy Spacek and Will Arnett. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Hot Rod
Years after an on-air meltdown, discredited newsreporter Simon Hunt (Richard Gere) reunites with his old cameraman, Duck (Terrence Howard), and a young journalist (Jesse Eisenberg), promising to help them find Bosnia's most wanted war criminal. When the team embarks on the dangerous, unauthorized mission, they are mistaken for a CIA hit squad while deep in enemy territory. Directed by Richard Shepard. With James Brolin. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Hunting Party
After she escapes from a sadistic serial killer who abducted and tortured her, Aubrey Fleming (Lindsay Lohan) insists that she is not who people think she is. Regaining consciousness in a hospital, the traumatized girl contends that she is Dakota Moss, a character Aubrey invented for an English assignment, and that the real Aubrey Fleming is still in mortal danger. Directed by Chris Sivertson. With Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Garcelle Beauvais and Gregory Itzin. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in I Know Who Killed Me
Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) and Larry Valentine (Kevin James) are two veteran NYFD firefighters and best pals. But, when Larry, a widower, neglects to hand in a form that will allow his children to collect his pension, he is forced to persuade Chuck to take their relationship to the next level. Once married, these macho men must pretend to be a gay couple in order to convince city official Clint Fitzer (Steve Buscemi) that their arrangement isn't a sham. Directed by Dennis Dugan. With Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Allen Covert, David Spade, Rob Schneider and Rob Corddry. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Richard Cooper (Chris Rock) is a married man who is bored to death with his beautiful, intelligent wife (Gina Torres), his loving children and his suburban life. As an escape, Richard fantasizes about pretty much every woman he sees, but his daydreams have always remained a fantasy. But, when an old friend's ex-mistress, Nikki (Kerry Washington), pays him a visit and tempts him to leave his old life behind, Richard's will is finally put to the test. Directed by Chris Rock. With Steve Buscemi. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in I Think I Love My Wife
Six actors portray the different eras and aspects of musician Bob Dylan's life and work. Directed by Todd Haynes. With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Julianne Moore and Heath Ledger. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.

2007 in I'm Not There
Carter (Adam Brody), a young writer, leaves Los Angeles after he breaks up with his girlfriend, a famous actress. He heads for suburban Detroit, where he moves in with his grandmother (Olympia Dukakis). He gets to know the family across the street, and becomes friends with the mother (Meg Ryan), who is struggling to keep her troubled marriage together. He also begins a romance with the teenage daughter (Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella in Twilight). Soon, he finds that his life is changed profoundly by his relationships with these women. Directed by Jon Kasdan. With Makenzie Vega, Clark Gregg, and Elena Anaya. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in In the Land of Women
When an dark army descends on the kingdom of Ehb, a simple man named Farmer (Jason Statham) is the land's only hope in their plight against the evil wizard Gallian (Ray Liotta) and his Krugs, vicious creatures created to do his bidding. With his son murdered and his wife Solana (Claire Forlani) captured, Farmer sets out with his friends Norick (Ron Perlman) and Bastian (Will Sanderson) on a mission to rescue his love and put an end to Gallian's heinous plot. Directed by Uwe Boll. With Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Kristanna Loken, Matthew Lillard and Burt Reynolds. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
After a young soldier goes AWOL following his return from Iraq, his father, Hank (Tommy Lee Jones), a career military officer, and his mother, Joan (Susan Sarandon), work together with police detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron) to uncover the truth behind his mysterious disappearance. Directed byPaul Haggis. With Jason Patric, James Franco, Frances Fisher and Josh Brolin. Categories: Drama, Mystery. Year: 2007.

2007 in In the Valley of Elah
An intense, two-character drama in which Steve Buscemi (who also directed the film) plays Pierre, a serious journalist sent to interview Katya (Sienna Miller), a movie star. Pierre thinks the assignment is beneath him and that Katya will be an airhead. But he finds her to be much more complex and intelligent than he imagined and starts to fall for her. But is she just playing with him? Directed by Steve Buscemi. Categories: Drama, Music. Year: 2007.

2007 in Interview
Based on the nonfiction bestseller, this film tells the story of Chris (Emile Hirsch), a bright young college graduate from a troubled family who decides to go off on his own and live off the land. On the road, he makes friends with a sweet teenage girl (Kristen Stewart) and a lonely widower (Hal Holbrook). His parents (William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden) and sister (Jena Malone) become frantic, since they have no idea where he is. Eventually he abandons his new friends as he heads deep into the Alaskan wilderness, determined to live by his wits alone. With Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn. Directed by Sean Penn. Categories: Adventure, Biography, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Into the Wild
After a mysterious epidemic suddenly grips the nation, Carol (Nicole Kidman), a Washington-based psychiatrist, discovers that the disease stems from an extraterrestrial invasion. She and her colleague, Ben (Daniel Craig), attempt to find a cure and protect her son (Jackson Bond), who might actually hold the key to the cure. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and James McTeigue. With Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright and Veronica Cartwright. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Invasion
Nick Powell (Justin Chatwin), a high school senior, wants to be a writer and plans on leaving for London to pursure his dream. But, before he can leave his hometown for good, Nick is brutally attacked by a troubled teen named Annie (Margarita Levieva) and her group of thugs in a case of mistaken identity. Left for dead, Nick awakes to find that he is invisible. He can see and hear everything around him, but no one sees him -- except for Annie. With no one else to help him, Nick must convince Annie to lead authorities to his body before it's too late. Directed by David S. Goyer. With Marcia Gay Harden, Chris Marquette, Alex O'Loughlin, Callum Keith Rennie and Michelle Harrison. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Invisible
Five Californian women and one man start a book club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they make their way through each novel, the group begins to see connections between their own relationships and Austen's beloved romances. Directed by Robin Swicord. With Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Hugh Dancy and Jimmy Smits. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Jane Austen Book Club
Former President Jimmy Carter sets out on a tour to promote his book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." Talking with the media and ordinary folks, Carter speaks about how peace can be achieved in the Middle East. Directed by Jonathan Demme. Categories: Documentary. Year: 2007.

2007 in Jimmy Carter Man from Plains
Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page), an intelligent, strong-willed teenager, has to deal with the repercussions of an unplanned preganany. Unable to imagine raising the child with the father, an innocent boy named Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera), Juno and her best friend Leah (Olivia Thirlby) set out to find the unborn child the perfect set of parents. After locating Mark (Jason Bateman) and Vanessa Loring (Jennifer Garner), Juno believes she has found her child a good home. But, as the birth approaches, Juno must make a difficult choice that will affect the rest of her life and that of her baby. Directed by Jason Reitman. With J.K. Simmons, Allison Janney and Rainn Wilson. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Juno
Two college friends, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, move to Iowa to try their hand at growing one acre of corn. With the help of their neighbors, some genetically modified seed, and an unhealthy dose of herbicides and pesticides, the pair grows a bumper crop of America's most productive, most subsidized grain. But, when they try to follow their harvest into the food system, they find as many questions as they do answers regarding what Americans eat and how corporate farming operates. Directed by Aaron Woolf. Categories: Documentary. Year: 2007.

2007 in King Corn
Directed by Mike Cahill. With Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood and Willis Burks II. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in King of California
When a terrorist bomb is detonated inside a Western housing compound in Saudi Arabia, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) assembles an elite team for a secret mission to locate the terrorists behind the bombing. After landing in the desert, Fleury and his team find Saudi authorities unhelpful, wishing to handle the investigation of the attack themselves. Despite the difficulties faced by their mission, the team is relentless in their pursuit and will do what ever it takes to bring the people responisible to justice. Directed by Peter Berg. With Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman and Jeremy Piven. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Kingdom
After living in California for 20 years, Amir (Khalid Abdalla) returns to Afghanistan to help his childhood friend's son. The country is a different place under the Taliban's rule, and Amir must face his haunting memories in order to finally set things right. Directed by Marc Forster. With Atossa Leoni, Homayon Ershadi and Shaun Toub. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Kite Runner
Ben Stone (Seth Rogen), an out of shape slacker is living his dream: sharing a house with his friends, partying all day and having absolutely no responibilities. Alison Scott (Katherine Heigl) is a motivated career woman with a promising future in television. They seem like the unlikeliest of couples, but after a few drinks at a bar where Alison is celebrating her recent promotion, the pair have a one night stand. Their relationship would have ended there, but eight weeks later Alison discovers that she is pregnant. Now, Ben and Alison will have to decide if they can make things work for the sake of the baby, or if their differences are just too much to overcome. Directed by Judd Apatow. With Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jason Segel, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill and Harold Ramis. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Knocked Up
Edith Piaf (Marion Cotillard), the Little Sparrow, overcomes overwhelming odds to become one of the most beloved singers of the 20th century. Born into proverty in France to an alcoholic street singer and a circus performer, Piaf spends much of her early life in her grandmother's brothel and singing on street corners. After being discovered by a wealthy club owner (Gérard Depardieu), Piaf struggles with alcohol and drug addiction and intense heartache as her magical voice captivates audiences around the world. Directed by Olivier Dahan. With Jean-Pierre Martins. Categories: Biography, Drama, Music, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in La Vie En Rose
Moctesuma Valdez (Saúl Lisazo), a TV infomercial guru, is the target of Emilio (Miguel Varoni) and Alejandro (Fernando Colunga), two former thieves who reunite to rob the man of the millions he made selling worthless health products to poor immigrants. But, when none of the members of their professional team want to go undercover as day laborers, Emilio and Alejandro hire real chauffeurs, gardeners, maids, and repairmen to pull off the heist. Directed by Joe Menendez. Categories: Action, Adventure, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Ladrón que Roba a Ladrón
Everyone always knew that Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) was a little strange. But, the loveable introvert, who spends most of his time alone, surprises everyone when he starts introducing a life-like doll he bought off the internet as his new girlfriend, Bianca. His brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and his wife Karen (Emily Mortimer) don't know how to react, so they just play along and treat Bianca like a real person. The family doctor (Patricia Clarkson) agrees, saying that the delusion is something that Lars needs and they should all support him until his issues are resolved. Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Kelli Garner. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Lars and the Real Girl
While searching for a way to escape the island fortress of Capri, 12-year-old Romulus Augustus (Thomas Sangster) discovers "excaliburnus," the legendary sword of Julius Caesar. Aided by his teacher, Ambrosinus (Ben Kingsley), and the strength of his loyal legionnaire, Aurelius (Colin Firth), Romulus realizes that he must do everything in his power to save Rome. Directed by Doug Lefler. With Aishwarya Rai. Categories: Action, Adventure, War, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Last Legion
After finding a mysertious box of toys, Noah (Chris O'Neil) and Emma Wilder (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) begin to develop special powers and gain an incredible increase in their intelligence. Using the items in the box, including a stuffed bunny named Mimzy, Noah and Emma discover a secret from the future with the ability to create a magical energy. But, when the FBI becomes suspicious of their activity, the siblings must find a way to send Mimzy back to the future. Directed by Robert Shaye. With Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson and Kathryn Hahn. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Last Mimzy
After making a deal to watch a feisty Jack Russell for a girl he's hoping to sleep with, Bobby (Justin Rice), a struggling screenwriter, must also contend with his womanizing friend Scott (Brendan Sexton III) and a foe (Zach Galligan) who steals his screenplay ideas. All the while, Bobby suffers through a slew of failed relationships of the course of a normal month in New York City. Directed by Jonathan Blitstein. With Laura Breckenridge, Pepper Binkley and Anthony Rapp. Categories: Comedy, Independent Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Let Them Chirp Awhile
Sadie Jones (Mandy Moore) and Ben Murphy (John Krasinski) meet in Starbucks, fall in love and decide to tie the knot. Everything is going according to plan until Reverend Frank (Robin Williams) steps in. The Reverend puts Sadie and Ben through a grueling, unconventional marriage preparation course, putting their relationship to the ultimate test. Directed by Ken Kwapis. With Christine Taylor, Eric Christian Olsen and Josh Flitter. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in License to Wed
On the 15th anniversary of a violent school shooting, Diana (Uma Thurman), a suburban wife and mother, begins to question her seemingly happy life. As she remembers the events days leading up to the tragedy, Diana is reminded of of her best friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) and the strain that their relationship had been under before she was killed. The more memories that come to the surface, the more Diana begins to unravel, realizing that there are mysterious circumstances that she has yet to face. Directed by Vadim Perelman. With Evan Rachel Wood, Brett Cullen and Gabrielle Brennan. Categories: Drama, Thriller, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Life Before Her Eyes
With two of his former students under fire in Afghanistan, idealistic professor Dr. Malley (Robert Redford) attempts to make an impression on a privileged but disaffected student (Andrew Garfield). Meanwhile, in Washington D.C., TV journalist Janine Roth (Meryl Streep) is close to breaking a huge story provided to her by Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise), a charismatic presidential hopeful. Directed by Robert Redford. With Derek Luke, Michael Peña and Peter Berg. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Lions for Lambs
With the help of a young computer hacker (Justin Long), John McClane (Bruce Willis) takes on an Internet-based terrorist who is taking the US's computer infrastructure hostage and crippling the nation. While the villain thinks he's planned for every conceivable scenario, he never imagined he'd have to deal with an old school cop with a talent for taking out bad guys the hard way. Directed by Len Wiseman. With Timothy Olyphant, Jeffrey Wright, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kevin Smith. Categories: Action, Adventure, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Live Free or Die Hard
Before a tragic car accident left his short-term memory severely damaged, Chris Pratt(Joseph Gordon-Levitt) was a promising, popular high school hockey player. Now working as a janitor at a small town bank, he struggles through his day to day life relying a notepad and help from his blind friend, Lewis (Jeff Daniels). When a group of petty criminals learns of Chris's disability, they decide to use him to gain access to the bank for a planned robbery. At first, Chris enjoys making some new friends, but slowly he begins to piece together their true motives and decides to put an end to their plans. DIrected by Scott Frank. With Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher, Carla Gugino, Bruce McGill and Alberta Watson. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Lookout
Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is an ultra-competitive poker player, who has problems with commiting to realtionships and living up to expectations. His mission to win the 2003 World Series of Poker is complicated when he meets Billie Offer (Drew Barrymore), a beautiful singer, and tries to overcome his history of running away from his feelings. Meanwhile, as the tournament progress, it seems inevitable that Huck will have to face his estranged father (Robert Duvall) at the final table. Directed by Curtis Hanson. With Horatio Sanz, Debra Messing and Robert Downey Jr.. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Lucky You
Margot (Nicole Kidman), a successful writer, has never gotten along with her sister, Pauline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Pauline has always envied and looked up to the imperious Margot. Now that Pauline is engaged to an underemployed musician (Jack Black), Margot heads to the wedding with her adolescent son, saying she wants to support her sister. But she criticizes Pauline so harshly, she makes Pauline doubt whether she should go through with the marriage. Directed by Noah Baumbach, who made the highly praised dysfunctional family drama, The Squid

2007 in Margot at the Wedding
Directed by Ira Sachs. With Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams, David Richmond-Peck and Pierce Brosnan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Married Life
Bill (Aaron Eckhart) has a miserable life. He's out of shape, his career is going nowhere and his wife (Elizabeth Banks) is cheating on him with a local TV news anchor(Timothy Olyphant). When Bill is tasked with mentoring an unruly teenager (Logan Lerman), he's reluctant at first, but, eventually, the boy helps him see that his life is still full of options. Directed by Bernie Goldmann and Melisa Wallack. With Jessica Alba, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis and Holmes Osborne. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Meet Bill
Twelve-year-old inventor Lewis's (Daniel Hansen) latest project is a device which he hopes will retrieve early memories of his mother. But, before he can get his answer, the invention is stolen by the dastardly Bowler Hat Guy. Just when Lewis is about to give up hope, a mysterious boy named Wilbur Robinson (Wesley Singerman) whisks him away in a time machine to spend a day with his eccentric family. Directed by Stephen J. Anderson. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi. With Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Kelly Ripa, Laurie Metcalf and Harland Williams. Categories: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi. Year: 2007.

2007 in Meet the Robinsons
After their daughter, Jess (Kristen Stewart), injures their son, Ben (Evan Turner), in a drunk driving accident, Roy (Dylan McDermott) and Denise Solomon (Penelope Ann Miller) move their family from Chicago to an abandoned farm in North Dakota in order to rebuild their lives. Soon after their arrival, an ominous darkness invades the farm that is only visible to Jess and Ben, who is now mute. As the strange and supernatural occurances grow more frequent, Jess begins to suspect that their farmhand, Burwell (John Corbett), is not who he seems and may know what happened to the farm's previous owners. Directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang. With William B. Davis and Brent Briscoe. Categories: Drama, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Messengers
Former criminal prosecuter Michael Clayton (George Clooney) takes care of the unseen dirty work for one of New York's largest corporate law firms. Though burned out and disillusioned by his job, Clayton is tied to the firm and must clean up any mess that co-founder Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack) lays at his feet. Meanwhile, litigator Karen Crowder (Tilda Swinton) career rests on the settlement of a class action suit that Clayton's firm is set to win. But, when Arthur Edens (Tom Wilkinson), the firm's lead attorney, sabotages the case, Clayton faces the biggest challenge of his life. Directed by Tony Gilroy. With Sean Cullen and Michael O'Keefe. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Michael Clayton
When Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), a Wall Street Journal reporter, is kidnapped during an interview with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric in Karachi, Pakistan, his pregnant wife and fellow reporter, Mariane Pearl (Angelina Jolie), initiates the search to find her husband. As Pakistani police, American embassy personnel and the FBI investigate witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives for leads on Daniel's whereabouts and who has taken him, Mariane writes about his disappearance, the intense effort to find him and his eventual murder. Directed by Michael Winterbottom. With Archie Panjabi. Categories: Drama, History, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in A Mighty Heart
A troubled teen who can't get over his mother's death, Hallem Foe (Jamie Bell, who starred in Billy Elliot) starts spying on the neighbors near the family's Scottish country estate. He believes that his father (Ciarán Hinds) and his stepmother (Claire Forlani), plotted to kill his mother and one day he runs away to Edinburgh. There he sees a woman (Sophia Myles) who looks just like his mother and gets a job in the kitchen of the hotel where she works. But that's only the beginning of their relationship. Directed by David Mackenzie. With Ewen Bremner and Jamie Sives. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Mister Foe
In Paris, a young man who works as a Michael Jackson impersonator (Diego Luna) meets a young woman who pretends to Marilyn Monroe (Samantha Morton). She invites him to come to the commune in Scotland where she lives, and meet her husband, who impersonates Charlie Chaplin and her daughter, who pretends to be Shirley Temple. He comes and falls in love with Marilyn. He also finds his life changed as he becomes a part of this gentle community. Directed by Harmony Korine. With Werner Herzog, Anita Pallenberg, Denis Lavant and Esme Creed-Miles. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Mister Lonely
Genghis Khan (Tadanobu Asano) rises from his early life as a slave boy to conquer nearly half the world. Known for his ruthlessness and cunning, Khan stops at nothing to crush his enemies and take rightful place in history. Directed by Sergei Bodrov. With Honglei Sun and Khulan Chuluun. Categories: Drama, History, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Mongol
Mr. Brooks (Kevin Costner) is a successful businessman and loving father with a dark secret. Underneath his perfect exterior, lies Mr. Brooks' alter ego, Marshal (William Hurt), a vicious, insatiable serial killer. No one suspects a thing until an amateur photographer witnesses him in the act. Now, with detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore) closing in on him, Mr. Brooks must tie up all his loose ends to keep the truth from being revealed. Directed by Bruce A. Evans. With Dane Cook, Marg Helgenberger and Danielle Panabaker. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Mr. Brooks
When Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman), the eccentric owner of a magical toy store, decides that it is time for him to retire, he leaves his store and all of its strange and fantastic treasures to his young employee, Molly Mahoney (Natalie Portman). But, after Molly is left in charge and the store comes under the scrutiny of a skeptical accountant (Jason Bateman), an ominous change overtakes the once happy shop and it loses its former magic. Directed by Zach Helm. With Zach Mills and Marcia Bennett. Categories: Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
When John Farley (Seann William Scott), a self-help author, returns to his hometown, he discovers that his mother (Susan Sarandon) has fallen in love with Mr. Wookcock (Billy Bob Thornton), his old high school gym teacher. Farley has never forgotten the years of humiliation he went through at Woodcock's hand and vows to do whatever he can to stop their marriage. Directed by Craig Gillespie. With Amy Poehler, Melissa Sagemiller and Ethan Suplee. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Mr. Woodcock
Washed up pop singer Alex Fletcher (Hugh Grant) sees a ray of hope for his career when he is given an opportunity to compose and sing a duet with current teen sensation Cora Corman (Haley Bennett). Struggling with the lyrics, he stumbles upon Sophie Fisher (Drew Barrymore), whose quirky way with words is just the thing Alex needs to complete the song. While their personalities and styles clash, Alex and Sophie soon find themselves drawn into an unexpected relationship. But, in order to make things work, they'll have to overcome their fears and admit they make perfect music together. Directed by Marc Lawrence. With Brad Garrett. Categories: Comedy, Music, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Music and Lyrics
Ron Livingston stars as Richard Pimental, a real-life advocate for the rights of the disabled who was the driving force behind the Americans with Disabilities Act. Pimental was a soldier in Vietnam who lost most of his hearing when a shell exploded near him. Back home, he received poor medical treatment and little help living with his disability. He befriended Art Honeyman (Michael Sheen), a brilliant young man confined to a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy and together they began to fight for better treatment for the disabled. Directed by Steven Sawalich. With Rebecca De Mornay, Melissa George and Hector Elizondo. Categories: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in Music Within
After breaking up with her boyfriend (Chad R. Davis), Elizabeth (Norah Jones) leaves New YOrk City and travels across the country working as a waitress. Leaving her life and all her memories behind, Elizabeth sets out in search of something to mend her broken heart. As she meets a series of customers with problems even worse than her own, Elizabeth begins to realize that there may someone in New York who was there for her all along. Directed by Kar Wai Wong. With Jude Law, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in My Blueberry Nights
Four-year-old Marla Olmstead became an overnight sensation in the modern art world. Gaining international renown and hundreds of thousands of dollars, the young artist was billed as budding Picasso. But, after a series of television appearances, the media and the art community began to question the motivation behind Marla's parents' (Laura Olmstead and Mark Olmstead) promotion of her talent, with accusations ranging from exploitation to outright fraud. Filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev agrees to document Marla's creativity, at her parents' request, and finds himself involved in a situation that might compromise his integrity as a journalist. Directed by Amir Bar-Lev. Categories: Documentary. Year: 2007.

2007 in My Kid Could Paint That
Horror film actor Bruce Campbell wrote and directed this film, which combines comedy and horror. Campbell plays himself, a laid-back star who is approached by a group of teens whose hometown has been taking over by zombies. They've seen all Campbell's movies, and are sure he is the only man who can help them. He's sure, too. But the problem is, he doesn't have much experience fighting real monsters. Directed by Bruce Campbell. With Grace Thorsen, Ted Raimi, Taylor Sharpe, Ariel Badenhop, James J. Peck and Michael Kallio. Categories: Comedy, Horror. Year: 2007.

2007 in My Name Is Bruce
Scarlett Johannsson plays a graduate student from a modest background who becomes a nanny for a fabulously rich New York family in this movie version of the bestselling novel. She is both impressed and intimidated by the selfish, glamorous Mrs. X (Laura Linney), her employer, and cares deeply about the little boy (Nicholas Art) she works with. But she is frustrated: How can she get his mother and workaholic father to pay attention to this child? While she struggles with this question, she juggles her studies and an attraction to a hot Harvard student. Directed by Robert Pulcini. With Chris Evans and Alicia Keys. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Nanny Diaries
Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) returns to uncover the truth behind Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Using the 18 pages missing from John Wilkes Booth's diary, Gates investigates the mystery, which implicates one of his ancestors in the murder. To discover the truth and clear his family name, Gates will stop at nothing - even if it means breaking into Buckingham Palace and the White House. Directed by Jon Turteltaub. With Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren, Harvey Keitel and Justin Bartha. Categories: Action, Adventure. Year: 2007.

2007 in National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Las Vegas magician Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) can see the future. But, to escape the tests and examinations he went through as a child, he now lives under an assumed name and keeps his powerful abilities a secret. When a terrorist group threatens LA with a nuclear attack, government agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) must convince Johnson to use his gift to help her stop the destruction before it's too late. Directed by Lee Tamahori. With Jessica Biel. Categories: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Next
In a series of three interconnected short films, a troubled actor, a television show runner and an acclaimed videogame designer (all played by Ryan Reynolds) find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways. As the actor finds himself under house arrest, the show runner deals with post-production on his new network drama and the game designer faces car trouble deep in an unpopulated stretch of woods. Directed by John August. With Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy and Elle Fanning. Categories: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Nines
While hunting in the Texas countryside, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) discovers a group of dead bodies, a cache of heroin and more than $2 million in cash. After taking the money and setting out on the road to sort out the details, Moss is pursued by a ruthless assassin (Javier Bardem) intent on covering up the crime and recovering the lost money. Realizing that Llewelyn and his wife (Kelly Macdonald) are in great danger, Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), the local sheriff, investigates the case and attempts to keep the town from being destroyed by violence, despite the suspicion that the times may have past him by. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. With Woody Harrelson, Garret Dillahunt and Barry Corbin. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in No Country for Old Men
A thriller full of twists in which Eli (Alan Rickman), a brilliant chemist, wins the Nobel Prize, only to learn that his son has just been kidnapped. The kidnapper (Shawn Hatosy), demands the $2 million Nobel Prize money as the ransom. While Eli and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), try to decide what to do, a police detective (Bill Pullman), begins investigating and a mysterious woman (Eliza Dushku) gets involved in the case. Directed by Randall Miller. With Bryan Greenberg and Danny DeVito. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Nobel Son
Tired of putting up with the incessant car alarms going off in his neighborhood each night, successful David Owen (Tim Robbins), dubbing himself "The Rectifier", becomes a vigilante bringing "justice" to New York City. Initally only drawing grief from his wife (Bridget Moynahan), David soon finds that his antics have drawn the ire of the city's arrogant mayor (William Hurt). Directed by Henry Bean. With Margarita Levieva and William Baldwin. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Noise
Norbit (Eddie Murphy) has had a tough life. Abandoned by his family and raised by a tough Asian father, Norbit grows into a meek man who is pressed into marrying a monstrous woman. But, when he finally meets the woman of his dreams (Thandie Newton), Norbit takes a chance and tries to figure out a way to be with her. Directed by Brian Robbins. With Cuba Gooding Jr. and Eddie Griffin. Categories: Comedy, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Norbit
Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey), a good-natured dog-catcher, becomes obsessed with a cryptic novel given to him by his wife (Virginia Madsen) for his birthday. As Walter dives deeper into the book, he is mesmerized by the murder mystery's use of numerology that constantly returns to the number 23. Finding more and more connections between the book and his own life, Walter sets out to find the truth behind the story, putting himself and his family in danger. Directed by Joel Schumacher. With Logan Lerman, Danny Huston and Rhona Mitra. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Number 23
This deadpan comedy tells the story of a railroad engineer named Odd (Baard Owe). He is accustomed to and happy with his orderly life. But when he retires, he doesn't know what to do with himself and he has to find a new way to spend his time, which leads to some strange situations. Directed by Bent Hamer. With Espen Skjønberg and Henny Moan. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in O'Horten
Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his band of professional thieves return to take down Willy Bank (Al Pacino), after the ruthless casino owner double-crossed their pal, Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould). This time, Danny and company will have to team up with their old nemesis, Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia), in order to infitrate the most sophisitcated security system ever developed. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. With Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner and Shaobo Qin. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Ocean's Thirteen
Young widow Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) discovers that before her husband (Gerard Butler) died he left her a list of tasks revealed in ten anonymous messages, intended to ease her pain and help her build a new life. Directed by Richard LaGravenese. With James Marsters, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates and Harry Connick Jr.. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.

2007 in P.S., I Love You
When her car won't start and her cell phone loses signal, Angela (Rachel Nichols), an ambitious young executive, finds herself trapped in her office's parking garage on Christmas Eve. Thankfully, Thomas (Wes Bentley), the friendly night security guard, arrives and offers to help, and Angela believes she will make it home to her family for Christmas after all. But, when it turns out that Thomas has over motives, Angela will have to find a way to escape level P2 if she wants to make it out alive. Directed by Franck Khalfoun. With Philip Akin and Stephanie Moore. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year:2007.

2007 in P2
Ghost (Karl Urban), a Viking boy, is raised by a Native American tribe when his clan is defeated in a battle. After learning the ways of his new family, Ghost, who is now a man, must protect his people from the Vikings, who have returned to conquer and settle in North America. Directed by Marcus Nispel. With Moon Bloodgood and Russell Means. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War. Year: 2007.

2007 in Pathfinder
Directed by Lance Rivera. With Gabrielle Union, Queen Latifah, Morris Chestnut, 2007, Jill Marie Jones, Katt Williams, Faizon Love, Rachel True, Terrence Howard and Charles Q. Murphy. Categories: Comedy, Family, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Perfect Holiday
After quitting her job as a reporter for a New York paper, Rowena Price (Halle Berry) goes undercover to expose ad exec Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis), who she suspects is her best friend's killer. After taking a temp job at Hill's agency, Price enters into a dangerous online relationship with her boss. Aiding Price in her investigation is Miles Haley (Giovanni Ribisi), a friend from her paper who has a secret and possibly dangerous crush on her. Directed by James Foley. With Richard Portnow and Gary Dourdan. Categories: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Perfect Stranger
Marjane Statrapi (Chiara Mastroianni), an outspoken young Iranian girl, comes of age during the Islamic Revolution. After the fundamentalists take power, forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands, Marjane uses her wit to outsmart the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, while living with the terror of government persecution and the Iran/Iraq war. As Marjane grows, she must make peace with past and deal with the lack of acceptance of Muslims in Europe. Directed by Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi. With Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes Benites and Gabrielle Lopes. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Persepolis
After teaming up to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from a deadly sea monster, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley), Will (Orlando Bloom) and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) head off with their old friend to face off against Davey Jones (Bill Nighy) and Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander). Calling the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng (Yun-Fat Chow), the buccaneers gather to preserve their way of life and retain control over the seven seas. Directed by Gore Verbinski. With Jack Davenport, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
When an experimental biological weapon is accidentally released at a remote military base, reformed outlaw El Ray (Freddy Rodríguez) and his sassy ex-girlfriend Cherry Darling (Rose McGowan) head up a team of locals as they defend themselves from a hoard of grotesque, flesh-eating zombies who have been exposed to the toxic nerve gas. While a local ER doctor (Josh Brolin) attempts to diagnose the epidemic and local police attempt to preserve order, El Ray's keen shot and deft reflexes fend off the hungry swarm, while Cherry Darling blasts her way through the "sickos" with a custom-made gun attached to her recently amputated leg. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. With Marley Shelton, Jeff Fahey, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis, Naveen Andrews, Stacy Ferguson, Nicky Katt and Quentin Tarantino. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Planet Terror
A poor boy with no family, working in an opulent neighborhood in the hills above Goa, India, sees a beautiful pool at a deserted house and develops a fantasy that swimming in this pool will change his life. He also meets a well-to-do family who offer him work and the chance at an education. Can he leave behind the life he knows (and his fantasy of the perfect swim in that pool) to take advantage of this opportunity? Directed by Chris Smith. With Jhangir Badshah, Ayesha Mohan, Nana Patekar and Venkatesh Chavan. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Pool
Dude (Zack Ward) was just laid off from his job and joins forces with cult leader Uncle Dave (Dave Foley) to rob an amusement park. But a group of recently arrived Taliban terrorist have the same idea, so a simple robbery turns into an international incident. There's something to offend everyone in this politically incorrect comedy. Directed by Uwe Boll. With Larry Thomas, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, Verne Troyer and Brent Mendenhall. Categories: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Postal
Depressed housewife Linda Hanson's (Sandra Bullock) world is ripped apart when she receives word that her loving husband Jim (Julian McMahon) has been killed in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning and finds that he is still alive, she believes the events of the previous day were all a bad dream. But, on the following day, Jim is dead again and Linda's sense of reality is shaken to its core. Desperate to save her family, Linda battles against time and fate to save the life she and Jim have built together. Directed by Mennan Yapo. With Nia Long, Amber Valletta and Peter Stormare. Categories: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Premonition
After being held back from reaching his dream, Jim Ellis (Terrence Howard) becomes an inspiring swim coach determined to see his team fulfill their potential. After gaining the trust of a group of troubled teens, Ellis gets them into shape and helps them believe in themselves, even in the face of discrimination and inequality. Directed by Sunu Gonera. With Bernie Mac, Tom Arnold, Kimberly Elise, Brandon Fobbs, Alphonso McAuley, Nate Parker, Kevin Phillips, Evan Ross and Regine Nehy. Categories: Drama, Sports, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in Pride
Tom (Kevin Bacon) is a railway engineer who loves trains more than anything else in his life. Davey (Miles Heizer) is a boy whose suicidal mother takes pills, then parks her car with the two of them in it on the tracks just when a train is scheduled to come. Tom is driving the train that almost kills the boy, and after the accident, the two of them get to know each other. Befriending the boy helps Tom come to terms with some difficult issues in his life, including his wife's illness. Directed by Alison Eastwood. With Marcia Gay Harden, and Bonnie Root. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Rails & Ties
Remy (Patton Oswalt) is a rat who dreams of becoming a great French chef and constantly risks life to steal delicious food from an expensive restaurant in Paris. His father and brother don't approve and would rather stick to the normal rat life of eating garbage. But, Remy won't be deterred in his quest to join the culinary world and teams up with a lowly janitor (Lou Romano) to make his dreams come true. Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava. With Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett and John Ratzenberger. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Ratatouille
Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler), a man who lost his family in the September 11 attacks, has suffered a mental breakdown. Living in his own world and shutting out all of his painful memories, Charlie drifts along on the streets of New York City on his scooter and lives off of an insurance settlement. When Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle), Charlie's roommate from dental school, sees him on the street, Charlie at first doesn't recognize his old friend. As the two begin to reconnect, Charlie begins to recover from his grief and Alan learns that he has been neglecting his family and all of the things he has to be thankful for. Directed by Mike Binder. With Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein and Melinda Dillon. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Reign Over Me
After the Egyptian born Anwar El-Ibrahimi (Omar Metwally) disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington DC, his American wife, Isabella (Reese Witherspoon), travels to the nation's capital to try to learn the truth. Meanwhile, CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) begins to question his assignment after witnessing El-Ibrahimi's interrogation at a secret military detention center. Directed by Gavin Hood. With Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard and Alan Arkin. Cateogries: Thriller, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Rendition
Traveling to Miami for a national police convention, the Reno Police Department is tasked with single-handedly protecting the city after a terrorist attack leaves the rest of the nation's police force incapacitated. Faced with overwhelming odds and the distractions of spring break, Lt. Dangle (Thomas Lennon), Deputy Jones (Cedric Yarbrough), Deputy Garcia (Carlos Alazraqui) and the rest of Reno's finest do their best to keep the peace and capture the ruthless druglord (Paul Rudd) behind the terrorist plot. Directed by Robert Ben Garant. With Mary Birdsong, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash, Patton Oswalt and Ian Roberts. Categories: Comedy, Crime. Year: 2007.

2007 in Reno 911!: Miami
On their way home from his son's recital, college professor Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix), his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly), and their daughter Emma (Elle Fanning) watch as the boy is killed in a hit-and-run accident. The driver Dwight Arno (Mark Ruffalo) is returning his son Lucas (Eddie Alderson) to his ex-wife (Mira Sorvino) after attending a baseball game. In one terrible instant, the two father's lives are devasted. As Ethan sets out to track down his son's killer, Dwight makes the difficult choice to cover up his horrible act and deals with the unbearable guilt that follows. Directed by Terry George. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Reservation Road
Years after the Raccoon City disaster, Alice (Milla Jovovich) teams up with a group of survivors traveling through the ruins of Las Vegas on their way to Alaska. Together, they must fight to survive against hordes of zombies, killer crows and the most terrifying creatures created as a result of the deadly T-Virus that has killed millions. Directed by Russell Mulcahy. With Ali Larter, Ashanti and Mike Epps. Categories: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Resident Evil: Extinction
Looking for a story to put him on the map, struggling sports reporter Erik Kernan ( Josh Hartnett) happens to help a homeless man who claims to be boxing legend Bob Satterfield (Samuel L. Jackson). Since most people think that the former champ had passed away, Erik sees their chance meeting as a great opportunity to resurrect Satterfield'a story and escape the shadow of his successful father. But, when the truth of the Champ's life comes to the surface, Erik is forced to reexamine his own life and his relationship with his estranged wife (Kathryn Morris) and their young son (Dakota Goyo). Directed by Rod Lurie. With Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher and David Paymer. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in Resurrecting the Champ
Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu), an investigative reporter investigating a dark underground cult preying on hipsters in Los Angeles, awakens in a morgue consumed with a craving for blood. Intent on stopping the evil responsible for her transformation, Sadie joins forces with Detective Rawlins (Michael Chiklis), a distraught father who lost his only daughter to the cult, to exact revenge and save the lives of more innocent people. Directed by Sebastian Gutierrez. With Robert Forster and Cameron Richardson. Categories: Action, Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Rise
After leaving his pregnant fiancée, Libby (Thandie Newton), at the altar, Dennis (Simon Pegg), a charming, slightly overweight, but overall good guy, has spent the last five years regretting his decision and lacking a sense of purpose. In an attempt to win Libby back and prevent her from falling for a two-faced American named Whit (Hank Azaria), Dennis sets out to train for marathon. Having little athletic talent and even less stamina, Dennis must rely on his friends Gordon (Dylan Moran) and Mr. Ghoshdashtidar (Harish Patel) to keep him focused on his goal so that he doesn't screw up his last shot to win back the mother of his child. Directed by David Schwimmer. With India de Beaufort and Matthew Fenton. Categories: Comedy, Sports. Year: 2007.

2007 in Run Fatboy Run
When the Chinese Ambassador he is protecting is shot by an assassin in Paris, Lee (Jackie Chan) once again teams up with his old pal, Carter (Chris Tucker), who is now working as a traffic cop. After learning that the Triads, a deadly Chinese crime syndicate, have targeted the Ambassador because he knows the identity of their leader, Lee and Carter set out to stop them before they elimiante the Ambassador and his daughter, Soo Yung (Jingchu Zhang). Directed by Brett Ratner. With Vinnie Jones and Roselyn Sanchez. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Rush Hour 3
Though beautiful and charismatic, Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore) is no match for her well-bred husband Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), the heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. When their first child Tony (Eddie Redmayne) is born, an already strained marriage is pushed to its limits. A failure to his father, Tony becomes increasingly close to his mother, ultiamtely leading the family to tragedy. Directed by Tom Kalin. With Unax Ugalde and Belén Rueda. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Savage Grace
Young Will Stanton (Alexander Ludwig) has his life turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of ancient warriors predestined to fight against the forces of the Dark. To complete his quest, Will must travel back and forth through time to discover a series of six signs that will lead him into a final confrontation with forces of unimaginable evil. Aided by the Old Ones, Will races against his nemisis, the Rider (Christopher Eccleston), to secure the fate of the universe. Directed by David L. Cunningham. With Ian McShane and Frances Conroy. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
This hard-hitting documentary provides a first-hand account of the rampant corruption and violent kidnappings that are ravaging the Brazilian people. The cycles of class warfare stemming from huge economic disparities are examined through the exploits of a wealthy businessman, a plastic surgeon and a politician whose income relies on a frog farm. Directed by Jason Kohn. Categories: Documentary. Year: 2007.

2007 in Send a Bullet
In this epic drama, two Norsemen reach the shores of North America in 1007 A.D. Stranded there, they fight for survival, although one takes a spiritual path while the other is driven by animal instincts. It turns out that they are not alone in their new land and meet both Native Americans and Irish monks who are already living there. This drama is filmed in quasi-documentary style. Directed by Tony Stone. Categories: Adventure, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America
This action-packed movie tells the story of a woman (Monica Bellucci) and a baby who are being stalked by a ruthless hit man (Paul Giamatti). By chance, she meets Smith (Clive Own), who becomes her protector. The hit man thinks Smith is just a fool, but it turns out he is a secret agent with special skills and is more than a match for the gangsters. Directed by Michael Davis. With Greg Bryk. Categories: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Shoot 'Em Up
After learning about a plot to kill the president, Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine sniper living in exile, is coerced back into duty. But, when he is double-crossed and framed for the assassination, Swagger goes on the run to find the real killer and figure out just who set him up. Directed by Antoine Fuqua. With Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara and Rhona Mitra. Categories: Action, Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Shooter
When King Harold (John Cleese) falls ill, Shrek (Mike Myers) must find his rightful heir or be forced to take the throne himself. So, with the help of Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas), Shrek sets out to find a rebellious young man named Artie (Justin Timberlake). While Shrek is away, Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and a group of royal heroines must defend the throne from the jilted Prince Charming (Rupert Everett) and his army of fairy tale villains. Directed by Chris Miller and Raman Hui. With Julie Andrews, Amy Sedaris, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph. Categories: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Shrek the Third
Andrew Wyke (Michael Caine), a wealthy, aging writer of detective stories, matches wits with Milo Tindle (Jude Law), the struggling actor who is having an affair with older man's wife. When Wyke reveals that he is aware of the relationship, he challenges Tindle to a deadly game of cat and mouse set in the writer's sprawling, high-tech estate. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Sleuth
After a mob boss puts a contract on Buddy "Aces" Israel (Jeremy Piven), a sleazy magician turned FBI informant, the Feds place Aces into protective custody in a swanky Las Vegas penthouse. When word of the price on Aces' head hits the streets and horde of bounty hunters, hired guns and double-crossing mobsters race against one another to be the first to collect the prize. Directed by Joe Carnahan. With Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta and Ryan Reynolds. Categories: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Smokin Aces
Kate Beckinsale plays Annie, a waitress and single mother in a small town. During a very cold winter, problems with her alcoholic ex-husband (Sam Rockwell) develop into a crisis. Michael Angarano is a sensitive teen who has had a crush on Annie since she was his babysitter years before. He tries to help her as best he can, and also struggles to figure out his own relationship with his girlfriend (Olive Thirlby). Directed by David Gordon Green. With Nicky Katt and Gracie Hudson. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Snow Angels
Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) has spent his young life sheltered from the outside world, including TV, music and movies, by his strict, religious family. But, when Lee Carter (Will Poulter), a school troublemaker and would-be film maker, introduces him to a bootleg copy of Rambo: First Blood, Will's eyes are opened and he becomes entranced with his new friend's exciting, forbidden world. Together, the pair set out to film a low-budget sequel to Rambo, with Will acting as stuntman, and end up becoming the most popular kids in school. Directed by Garth Jennings. With Neil Dudgeon, Jessica Hynes and Jules Sitruk. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Son of Rambow
With Spider-Man now a beloved celebrity, Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) has come to terms with his duty and has found a way to balance his work with his relationship with Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst). But, when his suit somehow turns black and increases his super powers, Peter's personality begins to change and he becomes angry, aggressive and arrogant. After his actions cause him to lose Mary Jane, Peter must figure out a way to return to his former self while fighting off his old friend Harry Osborn (James Franco) and a powerful new enemy, Sandman (Thomas Haden Church). Directed by Sam Raimi. With Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris and J.K. Simmons. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Based on a Comic. Year: 2007.

2007 in Spider-Man 3
Directed by Barnaby Thompson. With Russell Brand, Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Mischa Barton and Lena Headey. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in St. Trinian's
When a bright light streaks across the night sky above a village located near the edge of a magical land, a young man named Tristan (Charlie Cox) sets out to recover the fallen star in order to win the heart of Victoria (Sienna Miller), the beutiful, but cold object of his desire. Once in the mysterious realm, Tristan finds that the star has transformed into a girl named Yvaine (Claire Danes) and that he is not the only one searching for her. To make it home, Tristan will have to overcome the evil sons of an aging king (Peter O'Toole), a wicked witch (Michelle Pfeiffer), a pirate named Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) and a shady trader (Ricky Gervais). Directed by Matthew Vaughn. With Ian McKellen and Rupert Everett. Categories: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Stardust
After his brother's death, troubled teen and talented dancer DJ (Columbus Short) attends Truth University. Having difficulty fitting in, DJ joins a struggling fraternity, and before long becomes the competing fraternity's main rival. DJ will have to learn how to balance his education and his new love interest while proving himself in an important step team competition. Directed by Sylvain White. With Meagan Good. Categories: Drama, Musical, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Stomp the Yard
When a revolver-weilding gunman (Hideaki Ito) crosses paths with two warring clans on the hunt of buried treasure in a remote western town, he offers his services to the highest bidder. But, as the battle unfolds, he eventually comes to the aid of the innocent townspeople. Directed by Takashi Miike. With Quentin Tarantino, Masanobu Ando, Yusuke Iseya, Renji Ishibashi, Takaaki Ishibashi and Yoshino Kimura. Categories: Action, Western, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Sukiyaki Western Django
When the Sun begins to die as a form of matter that inhibits nuclear fusion grows at its center, a team of astronauts is assembled to re-ignite the star by detonating a powerful bomb. As they travel towards their destination, the crew experiences an accident and receives a distress call from a long lost spaceship. In order to complete their mission, the astronauts will have to fight for their lives, along with their sanity. Directed by Danny Boyle. With Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy and Michelle Yeoh. Categories: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Sunshine
Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) are best friends and high school seniors. Before they graduate and go off to separate colleges, the pair wants to reverse their long running losing streak with girls while attending a huge end of the year bash. But, after their plan to buy alcohol goes awry, Seth and Evan realize that overcoming their separation anxiety is an even greater challenge than getting girls. Directed by Greg Mottola. With Seth Rogen, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Emma Stone and Martha MacIsaac. Categories: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Superbad
Up-and-comer Cody Maverick (Shia LaBeouf) is the newest participant at the annual Penguin World Surfing Championship. Inspired by his hero, a legendary wave rider named Big Z (Jeff Bridges), Cody leaves his family to travel to Pen-Gu Island for the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. Directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. With Jon Heder and James Woods. Categories: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Surf's Up
In the 1960s, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz gave up his life as a successful doctor, moved his family into an RV and began a nomadic life centered on surfing. With his wife, Juliette, and their nine children, Doc set out to live a highly controlled and principled life designed to free his family from the contrains of the materialistic world. Home schooling his children, keeping them on a strict diet and entering them in surfing competitions, Doc created a strong family, free from the excesses of modern American life. But, years later, we learn that the Paskowitz's lifestlye was never easy and resulted in a strange mix of gratitude and resentment. Directed by Doug Pray. Categories:Documentary, Sports, Family. Year: 2007.

2007 in Surfwise
After being falsely arrested and sent to prison, Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp) escapes from the penal colony where he was held for fifteen years and returns to London seeking revenge. Upon discovering that Judge Turpin (Alan Rickman), the man who sent him away, is also responsible for his wife's death and has taken his daughter in as his ward, Barker adopts the alias of Sweeney Todd and sets out to make Turpin and his fellow aristocrats pay for their crimes. After reopening his barber shop, Barker enters a sinister partnership with Mrs. Lovett (Helena Bonham Carter), a woman who makes the worst meat pies in all of London. Based on the hit Broadway musical. Directed by Tim Burton. With Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Laura Michelle Kelly Laura Michelle Kelly and Jayne Wisener. Categories: Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
In this modern retelling of the classic fairytale, Sydney White (Amanda Bynes) adjusts to her freshman year of college and pledges a sorority with the help of seven nerdy boys. When the sorority turns out to not be what Sydney expected, she and her socially challenged friends take on the most popular girl on campus (Sara Paxton) in attempt to shake up the school's social hierarchy. Directed by Joe Nussbaum. With Matt Long and Samm Levine. Category: Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Sydney White
Felix De La Pena (John Leguizamo) drives an armored-truck driver, and is a devoted husband to his wife Marina (Rosie Perez) and a loving father of two in a tough neighborhood in East Los Angeles. He is kidnapped and shot in the head during a hijacking by Adell Baldwin (Tyrese Gibson) and loses his memory. Struggling with post-traumatic stress syndrome that causes him to behave erratically, he is framed as a prime suspect for the crime. Since he cannot provide any leads to FBI agent Steve Perelli (Bobby Cannavale), Felix is forced to try to find his assailant by himself. Directed by Brad Furman. With Matthew Hatchette, Jake Muxworthy, and Laurence Mason. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Take
The true story of Ralph "Petey" Greene (Don Cheadle), a man who went from an ex-con to a popular radio talk show host and community activist in 1960s Washington, D.C. Combining soul music and outrageous social commentray, Greene made a commotion on and off the airwaves. With his fiery girlfriend (Taraji P. Henson) by his side, Greene became the voice of a community, speaking out on power and race with biting humor and poignant observations. Directed by Kasi Lemmons. With Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mike Epps, Cedric the Entertainer and Martin Sheen. Categories: Drama, History. Year: 2007.

2007 in Talk to Me
After defeating the Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. While Master Splinter (Mako) struggles to keep the team together, strange things are brewing in New York City, where tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters. With the help of old allies April O'Neil and Casey Jones, the Turtles are in for the fight of their lives. Directed by Kevin Munroe. Categories: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Based on a Cartoon. Year: 2007.

2007 in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
After dealing with the death of her adoptive mother and separating from her husband (Matthew Broderick), New York schoolteacher April Epner (Helen Hunt) begins to undergo a midlife crisis when she is contacted by her apparent birth mother, Bernice Graves (Bette Midler). As Bernice, an eccentric local talk show host, attempts to make up for lost time and past mistakes, April seeks comfort in the arms of Frank (Colin Firth), the father of one of her students. With her world turned upside down, April must come to grips with the fact that life doesn't always go as planned. Directed by Helen Hunt. With Lynn Cohen and Ben Shenkman. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Then She Found Me
In turn of the century California, struggling silver miner, Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), turns his sights to oil. Traveling to a small, impoverished town with his adopted son, H.W. (Dillon Freasier), Daniel targets the Sunday family ranch, which he has been told sits on a small sea of oil. Intent on acquiring the property, Daniel faces off with Eli Sunday (Paul Dano), a young, charismatic reverend, who has his own plans for the oil. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Kevin J. O'Connor and Ciarán Hinds. Categories: Drama, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in There Will Be Blood
Recent widow Audrey Burke (Halle Berry) finds her life adrift after her husband (David Duchovny) is killed during a random act of violence. With nowhere else to turn, Audrey invites her husband's troubled drug-addicted best friend Jerry Sunborne (Benicio Del Toro) to live in a room next to her garage, in the hope that he might be able to her and her children deal with the sudden loss of her husband. As Jerrt struggles to overcome his addiction and Audrey deals with her grief, they are able to find strength in one another that helps them both move forward. Directed by Susanne Bier. With Alexis Llewellyn, Micah Berry, John Carroll Lynch and Alison Lohman. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Things We Lost in the Fire
Surveying a nearby hillside with a pair of binoculars, Hector (Karra Elejalde) spots a nude woman amidst the trees. While investigating, he is attacked by a man whose head is wrapped in a grotesque, pink bandages. Taking refuge in a laboratory atop the hill, Hector is ushered into a contraption that turns out to be a time machine by the laboratory's lone attendant (Nacho Vigalondo). Emerging moments later, Hector finds that he has traveled back hours in time, and ends up in a deadly confrontation with multiple versions of himself. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. With Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga and Juan Inciarte. Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Foreign Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in Timecrimes
After her mother Gail (Maria Bello) sends her to live in Houston with her strict father Rifat (Peter Macdissi), Jasira (Summer Bishil), a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, experiences the struggles of becoming a woman under her father's watchful eye and fitting into a community that views her with uncomfortable curiosity. To overcome her loneliness, Jasira seeks the friendship of her two next door neighbors Travis Vuoso (Aaron Eckhart), an army reservist, and Melina Hines, an expectant mother. Stuck in an uncomfortable situation, Jasira must face racism, hypocrisy and an adult world she not quite ready for. Directed by Alan Ball. With Chris Messina, Carrie Preston and Eugene Jones III. Categories: Drama, Based on a Novel. Year: 2007.

2007 in Towelhead
When his 13-year-old sister Adriana (Paulina Gaitan) is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, Jorge (Cesar Ramos) sets out on a deserate mission to free the young girl. As Jorge dodges immigration officers, he is joined in his quest to track the movements of the underground organization by Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop who has experienced the devastating effects the sex trade can have on a family first-hand. While Adriana clings to her friend and protector Veronica (Alicja Bachleda-Curus), Jorge and Ray forge a close bond as they try to stop Adriana's kidnappers before she is sold and disappears forever. Directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Trade
When the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons bring their intergalactic robot duel to Earth, the future of humankind is left hanging in the balance as they change into objects ranging from cars to trucks to planes. As a military unit headed by Captain Lennox (Josh Duhamel) works to stop the carnage, a young man (Shia LaBeouf) running for his life may hold the key to changing the tide in the battle. Directed by Michael Bay. With Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, Anthony Anderson, John Turturro and Bernie Mac. Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi. Year: 2007.

2007 in Transformers
A documentary about the life, times and work of the Oscar-winning screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who wrote Spartacus, Roman Holiday and many other classics. He was blacklisted during the late Forties because he had been involved with the Communist Party, then went on to win an Oscar for a movie script, The Brave One, he wrote under a pseudonym. In interviews and archival footage, Trumbo and his friends and family recall his struggles and triumphs. Contemporary actors including Joan Allen, Michael Douglas, Brian Dennehy and Dustin Hoffman perform scenes from his work. Directed by Peter Askin. With Josh Lucas, Christopher Trumbo, Donald Sutherland and Peter Hanson. Categories: Documentary, Biography. Year: 2007.

2007 in Trumbo
After his grandmother passes away, nine-year-old Carlitos (Adrian Alonso) embarks on a journey from Mexico to the US to find his mother, Rosario (Kate del Castillo). What Carlitos doesn't know is that Rosario, an illegal immigrant, has already begun a desperate search of her own in the hope of being reunited with her son. Directed by Patricia Riggen. With America Ferrera, Eugenio Derbez and Jesse Garcia. Categories: Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Under the Same Moon
When their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox (Kate Beckinsale) find themselves stranded at a run-down motel. Content to pass the time watching television until their car is fixed, the young couple is horrified when they realize that the slasher flick they are watching is a real-life scene filmed in their own room. Frightened for their lives, David and Amy make a desperate attempt to escape, while hidden cameras record their every move. Directed by Nimród Antal. With Frank Whaley and Ethan Embry. Categories: Horror, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Vacancy
When Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), a widowed economics professor, travels to New York for a conference, he is surprised to discover that a young couple has been living in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek (Haaz Sleiman), a Syrian man, and Zainab (Danai Jekesai Gurira), his Senegalese girlfriend, are illegal immigrants with nowhere else to go. Reluctantly, Walter allows them to stay, and eventually forms a close bond with Tarek, as the young man teaches him how to play the hand drum. After Tarek is arrested in the subway and held for deportation, Walter is compelled by his renewed passion for life and sense of purpose to help his new friend through his desperate situation. Directed by Thomas McCarthy. With Hiam Abbass. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Visitor
Jenna (Keri Russell ), an unhappily married waitress in the deep South, hopes to win a pie-baking contest so that she can leave her awful husband, Earl (Jeremy Sisto). But, when she finds out that she's pregnant and falls in love with her new doctor (Nathan Fillion), her plans to start a new life are thrown out the window. With the help of her fellow waitresses (Cheryl Hines and Adrienne Shelly) and some sage advice from Old Joe (Andy Griffith), the crotchety owner of the diner where she works, Jenna decides to take a chance and pursue the life she deserves. Directed by Adrienne Shelly. With Eddie Jemison and Lew Temple. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Romance. Year: 2007.

2007 in Waitress
Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) is a beloved but troubled musician whose songs captivate the nation. On his rocky road to stardom, Cox experiences all the highs and lows of celebrity: female adoration, famous friends, drug abuse and failed marriages. But, after all his trial, Cox becomes a national icon and earns the love of a good woman (Jenna Fischer). Directed by Jake Kasdan. With Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, Justin Long, David Krumholtz, David Koechner, Kristen Wiig and John Michael Higgins. Categories: Comedy, Music. Year: 2007.

2007 in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Obsessed with revenge after his partner and family are murdered by an elusive assassin known as Rogue (Jet Li), FBI agent Jack Crawford (Jason Statham) tracks his enemy as he resurfaces during a bloody street war between rival Asian mobsters. But, when the two rivals finally come face-to-face, the truth behind their pasts is finally revealed. Directed by Philip G. Atwell. With John Lone, Luis Guzmán and Devon Aoki. Categories: Action, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in War
After discovering a mysterious egg in a tide pool, Angus MacMorrow (Alex Etel) raises the strange creature that hatches as his pet. As the animal begins to grow, Angus has a harder and harder time keeping it hidden in his bathtub. Eventually, with authorities taking notice, Angus must release his friend into the wild to become the mythic monster of Scottish lore. Directed by Jay Russell. With Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin and Priyanka Xi. Categories: Adventure, Family, Fantasy. Year: 2007.

2007 in The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep
Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) has chosen a life of nightclubs and gangsters and changed his name to hide the fact the he comes from a long line of distinguised policemen. But, when his brother, Joseph (Mark Wahlberg), and father, Burt (Robert Duvall), begin targeting the Russian gangster who operates a drug ring out of the club he manages, Bobby must decide where his allegiances lie before it's too late. Directed by James Gray. With Eva Mendes. Categories: Crime, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in We Own the Night
Eight married friends gather in the mountains of Colorado for their annual reunion. But, when one couple's infidelity is exposed, the rest of the friends begin to question their own marriages. Over the course of the rest of the trip, the husbands and wives wrestle with issues of commitment, betrayal and forgiveness. Directed by Tyler Perry. With Sharon Leal, Tasha Smith, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba, Janet Jackson, Richard T. Jones, Keesha Sharp, Denise Boutte and Jill Scott. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Why Did I Get Married?
Four suburban wannabe bikers (Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy) set out on the open road and head west in search of the adventure that's missing from their everyday lives. Their trip eventually leads them to a New Mexico bar where they come across a biker gang named the Del Fuegos, who steal one of their bikes. Not to be disrespected, the group forms a plan to pay back the Del Fuegos and get their bike back. Directed by Walt Becker. With Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei and Jill Hennessy. Categories: Adventure, Comedy. Year: 2007.

2007 in Wild Hogs
When Peggy (Molly Shannon), a lonely, unmarried secretary, unexpectedly loses her dog Pencil, the love of her life, her world begins to spin out of control. With the help of her family and coworkers, Peggy tries to find new ways to pass the time, but eventually she gets so wrapped up in animal rights causes that she puts her job and new relationships in danger. Directed by Mike White. With Laura Dern, Regina King, Peter Sarsgaard and John C. Reilly. Categories: Comedy, Drama. Year: 2007.

2007 in Year of the Dog
Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) is a successful hit man for a Polish mob family in Buffalo. But, when his excessive drinking causes him to botch an important assignment, Frank's uncle send him to the west coast to try to kick the habit. There, he connects with Laurel (Téa Leoni), a sharped-tongued woman who helps him start a new way of life. Later, when Frank finds out that an Irish gang is moving in on his family's business, he and Laurel head home to face the trouble together. Directed by John Dahl. With Luke Wilson, Dennis Farina, Philip Baker Hall and Bill Pullman. Categories: Comedy, Crime, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in You Kill Me
Dominic Matei (Tim Roth), a brilliant but fumbling professor living in Romania in the years before WWII, grieves over his lost love Laura (Alexandra Maria Lara) and struggles with finishing his life's work, a book which traces the origins of the world's languages. But, after being struck by lightning, Dominic awakes to find that he is a much younger man. Reconnecting with Laura, who now has the ability to travel through the languages of time, Dominic is able to continue his work but must evade the Nazis as he is pursued across Europe. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Bruno Ganz. Categories: Romance, Thriller. Year: 2007.

2007 in Youth Without Youth
Newspaper cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac, a serial killer who terrorized San Francisco with a string of murders and cryptic messages to the media during the 1960s and 1970s. Though he has no personal stake in the case, Graysmith slowly pieces together missed clues and identifies possible suspects with the help of newspaper reporter Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and Inspector David Toschi (Mark Ruffalo), even as the crimes are forgotten by the rest of the city. Directed by David Fincher. With Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox and Chloë Sevigny. Categories: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Based on a True Story. Year: 2007.

2007 in Zodiac