Best Movies of 2007: No Country For Old Men + More

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This year, I again voted in the year-end movie polls conducted by the Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) and the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA).

Here's my list of the year's best films, as contributed to SEFCA:
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Michael Clayton
3. There Will Be Blood
4. 3:10 to Yuma
5. The Savages
6. The Assassination of Jesse James
7. Zodiac
8. The Namesake
9. Once
10. The Hoax

And SEFCA's final picks for
TOP TEN FILMS of 2007:

1. No Country for Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Atonement
4. Juno
5. Michael Clayton
6. Zodiac
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
8. Gone Baby Gone
9. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
10. Into the Wild

More SEFCA results:
Best Picture Paramount Vantage/Miramax No Country for Old Men
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis There Will Be Blood
Best Actress Julie Christie Away from Her
Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress Amy Ryan Gone Baby Gone
Best Director Joel & Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Best Original Screenplay Diablo Cody Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay Joel & Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign-Language Film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly France
Best Documentary Red Envelope Entertainment No End in Sight
Best Animated Feature Pixar Ratatouille
Wyatt Award* Waitress

Here's my original (first) ballot for the FFCC:
BEST PICTURE
1. No Country for Old Men (4 points)
2. Michael Clayton (2 points)
3. There Will Be Blood (1 point)

BEST ACTOR
1. Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood (4 points)
2. Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages, Before the Devil, Charlie Wilson's War (2 points)
3. George Clooney, Michael Clayton (1 point)

BEST ACTRESS
1. Julie Christie, Away From Her (4 points)
2. Ellen Page, Juno (2 points)
3. Amy Adams, Enchanted (1 point)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men (4 points)
2. Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton (2 points)
3. Casey Affleck, Assassination of Jesse James (1 point)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton (4 points)
2. Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone (2 points)
3. Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There (1 point)

DIRECTOR
1. Coens, No Country for Old Men (4 points)
2. Tony Gilroy, Michael Clayton (2 points)
3. Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood (1 point)

SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL)
1. Juno (4 points)
2. The Savages (2 points)
3. Michael Clayton (1 point)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. No Country for Old Men (4 points)
2. Sunshine (2 points)
3. The Assassination of Jesse James (1 point)

FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
1. The Namesake (4 points)
2. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2 points)
3. Lust, Caution (1 point)

ANIMATED FEATURE
1. The Simpsons (4 points)
2. Ratatouille (2 points)
3. Bee Movie (1 point)

BREAKOUT AWARD
1. Ellen Page, Juno (4 points)
2. Diablo Cody, Juno (2 points)
3. Paul Dano, There Will Be Blood (1 point)

Special Award for Music: Once

Final FFCC results (from the FFCC press release):
Dec. 21, 2007 - The stark, bloody crime drama No Country For Old Men dominated the Florida Film Critics Circle's annual awards, winning best picture, best directors for Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, best supporting actor for Javier Bardem and best cinematography for Roger Deakins. (Deakins was also recognized for shooting this year's The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.)

Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor for his portrayal of a ruthless oilman in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood. Ellen Page, who played a precocious, pregnant teenager in the indie comedy-drama Juno, won best actress. The 20-year-old Page also received the Pauline Kael Breakout Award, while 29-year-old Diablo Cody won best screenplay for Juno.

Amy Ryan received the award for best supporting actress for playing a drug-addled mother to a kidnapped child in Gone Baby Gone. France's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, directed by Julian Schnabel, won best foreign-language film, while the Paris-set Ratatouille was named best animated film. No End in Sight, which focuses on the U.S. occupation of Iraq, won best documentary.

A special award for best original songs was given to the Irish musical Once.

Founded in 1996, the Florida Film Critics Circle comprises 11 writers from state publications. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel's Phoebe Flowers has served as chairwoman since January 2005.

Following is a complete list of winners:

Best Picture: No Country For Old Men

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Best Actress: Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Best Directors: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men