Best of 2007

To counter the failures (and some successes) of the Oscar nominations, and along the lines of the format of AFI, I'm listing my choices for the Oscar top categories and the Best of TV for 2007.

Movies:
Top Movies of the year (in order):
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Michael Clayton
3. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
4. 3:10 to Yuma (though I hated the ending)
5. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
6. The Bourne Ultimatum
7. Waitress
8. American Gangster
9. Mr. Brooks
10. The Shooter
11. 28 Weeks Later
12. Charlie Wilson’s War
13. Once
14. The Mist

Best Actor:
1. George Clooney (Michael Clayton – I don’t like him, but he was terrific)
2. Russell Crowe (3:10 to Yuma)
3. Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)
5. Josh Brolin (No Country For Old Men)
6. Denzel Washington (American Gangster)
7. Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum)
8. Mark Wahlberg (The Shooter)
9. Kevin Costner (Mr. Brooks)
10. Ryan Philippe (Breach)

Best Actress:
1. Ellen Page (Juno)
2. Naomi Watts (Eastern Promises)
3. Keri Russell (Waitress)

Best Director:
1. Joel & Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men)
2. Ridley Scott (American Gangsters)
3. Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum)
4. Adrienne Shelly (Waitress)
5. James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma)
6. Sidney Lumet (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)
7. David Silverman (The Simpsons Movie)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Javier Bardem (No Country For Old Men)
2. Christian Bale (3:10 to Yuma)
3. J. K. Simmons (Juno)
4. Tommy Lee Jones (No Country For Old Men)
5. Russell Crowe (American Gangster)
6. Philip Seymour Hoffman (Charlie Wilson’s War)
7. Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac)
8. Jason Bateman (Juno)
9. Jeremy Sisto (Waitress)
10. William Hurt (Mr. Brooks)

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Tilda Swinton (Michael Clayton)
2. Adrienne Shelly (Waitress)
3. Joan Allen (The Bourne Ultimatum)
4. Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone)
5. Marisa Tomei (Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead)
6. Hope Davis (The Hoax)
7. Allison Janney (Juno)
8. Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone)
9. Laura Linney (Breach)
10. Jennifer Garner (Juno)
11. Amy Adams (Charlie Wilson’s War)
12. Kate Mara (The Shooter)

Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted):
1. No Country For Old Men
2. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead
3. Waitress
4. Michael Clayton
5. 28 Weeks Later
6. Charlie Wilson’s War
7. Juno
8. 3:10 to Yuma
9. Mr. Brooks
10. The Simpsons Movie

And the Razzie awards:

• Worst Movie of the year: Atonement (of course, it gets an Oscar Best Picture nod and wins the Golden Globe)
• Worst Director of the year: Michael Bay (Transformers)
• Worst Actor of the year: Nicholas Cage (National Treasure: Book of Secrets)
• Worst Actress of the year: I didn’t see I Know Who Killed Me, but I’ll guess Lindsay Lohan
• Worst Supporting Actor of the year: Sacha Baron Cohen (Sweeney Todd)
• Worst Supporting Actress of the year: Saoirse Ronan (Atonement)
• Worst Screenplay of the year: Superbad

I'll add a disclaimer that there are still a bunch of movies from 2007 that I missed and want to see. So the following movies could be added at a later time:

• Away From Her
• Bee Movie
• Cloverfield
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
• Grace Is Gone
• I’m Not There
• In The Valley Of Elah
• Into The Wild
• The Martian Child
• Ratatouille
• Reservation Road
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Television (a little awkward halfway through the season):
Best Drama:
1. L O S T
2. Mad Men
3. Battlestar Galactica
4. Pushing Daisies
5. Dexter
6. The Riches
7. Burn Notice
8. Saving Grace
9. Moonlight
10. Psych

Best Comedy:
1. 30 Rock
2. The Office
3. The Big Bang Theory
4. It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia
5. How I Met Your Mother

Best Actor:
1. John Hamm (Mad Men)
2. Michael C. Hall (Dexter)
3. Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies)
4. Eddie Izzard (The Riches)
5. Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
6. Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice)
7. James Roday (Psych)
8. Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory)
9. Alex O’Loughlin (Moonlight)
10. William Peterson (CSI)

Best Actress:
1. Elizabeth Mitchell (L O S T)
2. Minnie Driver (The Riches)
3. Tina Fey (30 Rock)
4. Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica)
5. Holly Hunter (Saving Grace)
6. Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies)
7. Gabrielle Anwar (Burn Notice)
8. Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?)
9. Kate Walsh (Private Practice)
10. Jordana Spiro (My Boys)

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Jack McBrayer (30 Rock)
2. Paul Adelstein (Private Practice)
3. Michael Hogan (Battlestar Galactica)
4. Zeljko Ivanek (Damages)
5. John Krasinski (The Office)
6. Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
7. Jack Coleman (Heroes)
8. Ray Wise (Reaper)
9. Barry Watson (Samantha Who?)
10. Ian Hart (Dirt)

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)
2. Jane Krakowski (30 Rock)
3. Jenna Fischer (The Office)
4. Angela Kinsey (The Office)
5. Emily Procter (CSI: Miami)
6. Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother)
7. Jorja Fox (CSI)
8. Chandra Wilson (Grey’s Anatomy)
9. Cristine Rose (Heroes)
10. Sara Ramirez (Grey’s Anatomy)