Daniel's Top Ten of 2007, Honorable Mentions, and Top Eight Categories

What a fantastic year for film.

I wasn't able to see: American Gangster, Away from Her, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Gone Baby Gone, In the Valley of Elah, The Kite Runner, Lars and the Real Girl, Zodiac

Here are my Top Ten of 2007:
1. There Will Be Blood

2. No Country for Old Men
3. Juno
4. Atonement
5. Ratatouille
6. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
7. Once
8. Eastern Promises
9. Into the Wild
10. The Savages

Honorable Mention(s): 3:10 to Yuma, Enchanted, Grace is Gone, Knocked Up, Rescue Dawn, Superbad, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

...and my nominees and winners (in bold) of the Top Eight categories:

Best Picture
Atonement
Juno
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
There Will Be Blood

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
David Cronenberg, Eastern Promises
Jason Reitman, Juno

Best Actor
John Cusack, Grace is Gone
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
James McAvoy, Atonement
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises
Brad Pitt, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Best Actress
Amy Adams, Enchanted
Helena Bonham Carter, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Laura Linney, The Savages
Ellen Page, Juno

Best Supporting Actor
Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Michael Cera, Juno
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Best Supporting Actress
Allison Janney, Juno
Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men
Vanessa Redgrave, Atonement
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Best Original Screenplay
Brad Bird, Ratatouille
Diablo Cody, Juno
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Steven Knight, Eastern Promises
Adrienne Shelly, Waitress

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men
Andrew Dominik, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Christopher Hampton, Atonement
Sean Penn, Into the Wild

I can't wait. In the meantime, I have to get to bed since I'll be watching the Oscars live...at 1 AM my time. Enjoy the show!