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The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest grossing film of the year was Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was just ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2007[1]
RankTitleStudioWorldwide gross
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Disney $963,420,425
2. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. $939,885,929
3. Spider-Man 3 Columbia $890,871,626
4. Shrek the Third Paramount $798,958,162
5. Transformers $709,709,780
6. Ratatouille Disney / Pixar $623,722,818
7. I Am Legend Warner Bros. $585,349,010
8. The Simpsons Movie Fox $527,071,022
9. National Treasure: Book of Secrets Disney $457,364,600
10. 300 Warner Bros. $456,068,181

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have grossed more than $900 million, making them the twenty-second and twenty-fifth highest grossing films worldwide in history.

Events

Month Day Event
January 9 33rd People's Choice Awards: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest wins Favorite Movie, Favorite Movie Drama, and Favorite On Screen Matchup for Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley. Depp also wins Favorite Male Action Star and Favorite Male Movie Star.
13 64th Golden Globe Awards: Major winners include Dreamgirls and Babel.
20 Little Miss Sunshine is chosen as best picture by the Producers Guild of America.
22 The Golden Raspberry Awards announces picks for worst film achievement in 2007, with both Little Man and Basic Instinct 2 leading with seven nominations. Other nominees included Lady in the Water, RV, The Shaggy Dog, and Date Movie.
23 79th Academy Awards nominations announced, leading films are:
28 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Helen Mirren, for Best Female Actor, Forest Whitaker, for Best Male Actor, Eddie Murphy, for Best Male Supporting Actor, Jennifer Hudson, for Best Female Supporting Actor.
February 15 BAFTA Awards: Major winners include Helen Mirren, Best Actress and Forest Whitaker, Best Actor
24 Basic Instinct 2 dominates the Golden Raspberry Awards, walking away with 4 awards, including Worst Picture and Worst Actress (Sharon Stone). M. Night Shyamalan wins Worst Director and Worst Supporting Actor for Lady in the Water. Other awards include Shawn and Marlon Wayans for Little Man and Carmen Electra for Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie.
25 79th Academy Awards: The Departed wins picture and director (Martin Scorsese) and two other awards. Helen Mirren (The Queen) and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) win top acting awards for leading roles, while Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) win top acting awards for supporting roles.
March 27 12th Empire Awards: Casino Royale wins the most awards with three including Best Film and Best Actor for Daniel Craig.
April 25 The 2007 Tribeca Film Festival opens with notable films such as Spider-Man 3 and Surf's Up.
May 6 Spider-Man 3 finishes weekend with a total weekend gross of $151,116,516, breaking the previous record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
27 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, a Romanian film by Cristian Mungiu wins the top prize, the Palme d'Or, at the Cannes Film Festival. Paranoid Park, a film by Gus Van Sant wins the 60th Anniversary Prize.
June 20 The American Film Institute holds a revised edition of 100 Years...100 Movies. Citizen Kane retains its place as the greatest movie of the past century.
September 12 Producer Gil Cates elects Jon Stewart as MC for the 80th Academy Awards.
November 5 12,000 writers of the Writers Guild of America go on strike affecting both motion picture and television production, including the Golden Globes and the Academy Awards in 2008.
December 13 Nomination for the 65th Golden Globe Awards are announced. Atonement earns the most entries with seven. Charlie Wilson's War follows with five.

Awards

Category/Organization 13th Critics' Choice Awards
7 January 2008
65th Golden Globe Awards
January 13, 2008
14th Screen Actors Guild Awards
January 27, 2008
61st BAFTA Awards
February 10, 2008
80th Academy Awards
February 24, 2008
Drama Musical or Comedy
Best Film No Country for Old Men Atonement Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street N/A Atonement No Country for Old Men
Best Director Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Julian Schnabel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
N/A Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Johnny Depp
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Daniel Day-Lewis
There Will Be Blood
Best Actress Julie Christie
Away From Her
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
Julie Christie
Away From Her
Marion Cotillard
La Vie en Rose
Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem
No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress Amy Ryan
Gone Baby Gone
Cate Blanchett
I'm Not There
Ruby Dee
American Gangster
Tilda Swinton
Michael Clayton
Best Screenplay, Adapted Diablo Cody
Juno
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
N/A Ronald Harwood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men
Best Screenplay, Original N/A Diablo Cody
Juno
Best Animated Film Ratatouille N/A Ratatouille
Best Original Score There Will Be Blood
Jonny Greenwood
Atonement
Dario Marianelli
N/A La Vie en Rose
Christopher Gunning
Atonement
Dario Marianelli
Best Original Song "Falling Slowly"
Once
"Guaranteed"
Into the Wild
N/AN/A "Falling Slowly"
Once
Best Foreign Language Film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly N/A The Lives of Others The Counterfeiters

2007 Wide-release films

January–March

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5 Code Name: The Cleaner New Line Cinema Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu, Nicollette Sheridan
Freedom Writers Paramount Pictures Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, April Lee Hernández, Mario
Happily N'Ever After Lions Gate Entertainment Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Andy Dick, Wallace Shawn, Patrick Warburton, George Carlin, Sigourney Weaver
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12 Alpha Dog Universal Studios Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin, Ben Foster, Shawn Hatosy, Bruce Willis, Sharon Stone
Primeval Hollywood Pictures Dominic Purcell, Orlando Jones, Brooke Langton, Jürgen Prochnow
Stomp the Yard Screen Gems Columbus Short, Meagan Good, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Darrin Henson, Brian J. White, Laz Alonso
19 The Hitcher Rogue Pictures / Platinum Dunes Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton, Neal McDonough
26 Blood & Chocolate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez, Bryan Dick, Katja Riemann
Catch and Release Columbia Pictures Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith, Fiona Shaw, Juliette Lewis
Epic Movie 20th Century Fox\Regency Enterprises Kal Penn, Adam Campbell, Jennifer Coolidge, Jayma Mays, Faune A. Chambers, Crispin Glover
Smokin' Aces Universal Studios Ben Affleck, Andy García, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Berg
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2 Because I Said So Universal Studios Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo
The Messengers Screen Gems Kristen Stewart, Dylan McDermott, Penelope Ann Miller, John Corbett
9 Hannibal Rising The Weinstein Company Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li, Rhys Ifans, Dominic West, Kevin McKidd, Richard Brake, Stephen Walters
Norbit DreamWorks Brian Robbins (director), Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Eddie Griffin, Terry Crews, Clifton Powell, Katt Williams
14 Daddy's Little Girls Lions Gate Entertainment Louis Gossett, Jr., Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Terri J. Vaughn, Tracee Ellis Ross, Tyler Perry
Music and Lyrics Warner Bros. Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston, Campbell Scott, Haley Bennett
Starter for 10 BBC Films James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, Catherine Tate, Alice Eve, Benedict Cumberbatch, James Corden, Mark Gatiss, Charles Dance
16 Breach Universal Studios Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Laura Linney, Dennis Haysbert, Caroline Dhavernas, Gary Cole
Bridge to Terabithia Walt Disney Pictures Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel, Robert Patrick
Ghost Rider Columbia Pictures Mark Steven Johnson (director), Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Wes Bentley, Sam Elliott, Peter Fonda, Donal Logue
23 The Abandoned Lions Gate Entertainment Anastasia Hille, Karel Roden, Valentin Ganev, Carlos Reig-Plaza
Amazing Grace Walden Media Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Youssou N'Dour, Albert Finney, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Gambon
The Astronaut Farmer Warner Bros. Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Tim Blake Nelson, Max Thieriot, Jon Gries
The Number 23 New Line Cinema Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Danny Huston, Logan Lerman, Lynn Collins, Rhona Mitra
Reno 911!: Miami 20th Century Fox / Paramount Pictures Carlos Alazraqui, Mary Birdsong, Robert Ben Garant, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Thomas Lennon
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2 Black Snake Moan Paramount Vantage Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake, S. Epatha Merkerson
Wild Hogs Touchstone Pictures Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei, Jill Hennessy
Zodiac Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. David Fincher (director), Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Edwards, Brian Cox, Elias Koteas, Dermot Mulroney, John Carroll Lynch, Donal Logue, Philip Baker Hall, Chloë Sevigny, Adam Goldberg, Charles Fleischer
9 300 Warner Bros. Zack Snyder (director), Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender
The Ultimate Gift Fox Faith Abigail Breslin, Drew Fuller, James Garner, Brian Dennehy, Ali Hillis, Bill Cobbs
16 Dead Silence Universal Studios Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Bob Gunton,
I Think I Love My Wife Fox Searchlight Pictures Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Gina Torres, Edward Herrmann
Premonition TriStar Pictures / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Sandra Bullock, Julian McMahon, Nia Long, Kate Nelligan, Amber Valletta, Peter Stormare
23 The Hills Have Eyes 2 Fox Atomic Jessica Stroup, Michael McMillian, Daniella Alonso, Lee Thompson Young
The Last Mimzy New Line Cinema Timothy Hutton, Joely Richardson, Rainn Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn
Pride Lions Gate Entertainment Bernie Mac, Terrence Howard, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold, Regine Nehy
Reign Over Me Columbia Pictures Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland
Shooter Paramount Pictures Antoine Fuqua (director), Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra, Rade Šerbedžija, Ned Beatty
TMNT Warner Bros. / The Weinstein Company Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako Iwamatsu, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Zhang Ziyi
30 Blades of Glory DreamWorks Pictures / MTV Films Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, Craig T. Nelson, Jenna Fischer, William Fichtner
The Lookout Miramax Films Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels, Matthew Goode, Isla Fisher
Meet the Robinsons Walt Disney Pictures Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicole Sullivan, Adam West

April–June

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4 Are We Done Yet? Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios Steve Carr (director), Ice Cube, Nia Long, John C. McGinley, Aleisha Allen, Philip Bolden
Firehouse Dog 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp, Bill Nunn
5 The Reaping Warner Bros. Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Idris Elba, AnnaSophia Robb
6 Grindhouse The Weinstein Company
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Planet Terror - Robert Rodriguez (director), Rose McGowan, Freddy Rodriguez, Michael Biehn, Bruce Willis, Stacy Ferguson
Death Proof - Quentin Tarantino (director), Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd
The Hoax Miramax Films Richard Gere, Alfred Molina, Marcia Gay Harden, Hope Davis, Julie Delpy, Stanley Tucci
13 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters First Look Pictures Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Carey Means, Andy Merrill, Matt Maiellaro, Mike Schatz, C. Martin Croker
Disturbia DreamWorks Pictures Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Aaron Yoo, Carrie-Anne Moss, Matt Craven, David Morse
Lonely Hearts Samuel Goldwyn Films / Regency Enterprises John Travolta, Jared Leto, Salma Hayek, James Gandolfini, Bailee Madison, Laura Dern, Scott Caan
Pathfinder 20th Century Fox Karl Urban, Moon Bloodgood, Russell Means, Ralf Möller, Clancy Brown
Perfect Stranger Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, Giovanni Ribisi, Gary Dourdan
Redline Chicago Pictures Nathan Phillips, Nadia Bjorlin, Angus Macfadyen, Tim Matheson, Eddie Griffin
Slow Burn Lions Gate Entertainment Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, Mekhi Phifer, Taye Diggs, Jolene Blalock, Chiwetel Ejiofor
20 Fracture New Line Cinema Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike, André Benjamin, Embeth Davidtz, Billy Burke
Hot Fuzz Studio Canal Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Bill Bailey, Bill Nighy, Martin Freeman, Steve Coogan, Cate Blanchett, Edward Woodward
In the Land of Women Warner Bros. Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Olympia Dukakis, Makenzie Vega
Vacancy Screen Gems Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale, Frank Whaley
27 The Condemned Lions Gate Entertainment Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Nathan Jones
The Invisible Hollywood Pictures Justin Chatwin, Margarita Levieva, Chris Marquette, Marcia Gay Harden
Kickin' It Old Skool Yari Film Group Jamie Kennedy, Michael Rosenbaum, Vivica A. Fox, Debra Jo Rupp, Christopher McDonald, Bobby Lee
Next Paramount Pictures Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel, Tom Kretschmann, Peter Falk
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2 Waitress Fox Searchlight Pictures Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Andy Griffith
4 Lucky You Warner Bros. Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Jean Smart, Debra Messing, Robert Downey, Jr., Horatio Sanz
Spider-Man 3 Columbia Pictures Sam Raimi (director), Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard
11 28 Weeks Later Fox Atomic Jeremy Renner, Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack
Delta Farce Lions Gate Entertainment Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy, DJ Qualls, Keith David, Danny Trejo
Georgia Rule Universal Studios Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman, Garrett Hedlund
The Ex The Weinstein Company Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman, Mia Farrow, Charles Grodin, Donal Logue, Amy Poehler
18 Shrek the Third DreamWorks Animation Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Justin Timberlake, John Cleese
25 Bug Lions Gate Entertainment Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick, Jr.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Walt Disney Pictures Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgård
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Knocked Up Universal Studios Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Alan Tudyk, Kristen Wiig
Mr. Brooks Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi Moore, Dane Cook
8 Hostel: Part II Lions Gate Entertainment Jay Hernandez, Lauren German, Roger Bart, Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo
Ocean's Thirteen Warner Bros. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Bernie Mac, Don Cheadle, Al Pacino, Elliott Gould, Blake Lively
Surf's Up Columbia Pictures Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, James Woods, Diedrich Bader
15 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios Tim Story (director), Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Laurence Fishburne
Nancy Drew Warner Bros. Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Amy Bruckner, Kay Panabaker
22 1408 The Weinstein Company John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub
Evan Almighty Universal Studios / Spyglass Entertainment Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, Jimmy Bennett
A Mighty Heart Paramount Vantage Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman
27 Live Free or Die Hard 20th Century Fox Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Kevin Smith
29 Evening Focus Features Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close
Ratatouille Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Peter O'Toole, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett
Sicko The Weinstein Company Michael Moore

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3 License to Wed Warner Bros. Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, John Krasinski, Christine Taylor, Eric Christian Olsen, Josh Flitter
Transformers DreamWorks Pictures / Paramount Pictures Michael Bay (director), Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Anderson, Rachael Taylor, John Turturro, Jon Voight
4 Clubland Warner Independent Pictures Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Richard Wilson, Frankie J. Holden, Rebecca Gibney
Rescue Dawn Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Christian Bale, Steve Zahn, Jeremy Davies
6 Joshua Fox Searchlight Pictures Vera Farmiga, Sam Rockwell, Jacob Kogan, Celia Weston, Dallas Roberts
7 Rise: Blood Hunter Samuel Goldwyn Films Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis
11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Warner Bros. David Yates (director), David Heyman, David Barron (producer), Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis
13 Captivity Lions Gate Entertainment Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Michael Harney, Laz Alonso, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Talk to Me Focus Features Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Mike Epps, Martin Sheen
20 Hairspray New Line Cinema Adam Shankman (director), Nikki Blonsky, John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer, Christopher Walken, Amanda Bynes, James Marsden
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Universal Studios Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd
Sunshine Fox Searchlight Pictures Danny Boyle (director), Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity, Cillian Murphy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong
25 Arctic Tale Paramount Vantage Queen Latifah
27 I Know Who Killed Me TriStar Pictures Lindsay Lohan, Julia Ormond, Neal McDonough, Brian Geraghty
No Reservations Warner Bros. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin, Patricia Clarkson
The Simpsons Movie 20th Century Fox Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, Albert Brooks, Tom Hanks, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool (Green Day)
Who's Your Caddy? The Weinstein Company Big Boi, Jeffrey Jones, James Avery, Tony Cox, Tamala Jones, Jenifer Lewis, Andy Milonakis, Jim Piddock
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3 Becoming Jane Miramax Films Anne Hathaway, James McAvoy, James Cromwell, Maggie Smith
The Bourne Ultimatum Universal Studios Matt Damon, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen, Édgar Ramírez, Albert Finney
Bratz: The Movie Lions Gate Entertainment Skyler Shaye, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning, Nathalia Ramos, Chelsea Staub, Anneliese van der Pol
Hot Rod Paramount Pictures Andy Samberg, Ian McShane, Logan Browning, Isla Fisher, Sissy Spacek, Bill Hader, Will Arnett
Underdog Walt Disney Pictures Jason Lee, Alex Neuberger, James Belushi, Patrick Warburton, Brad Garrett, Amy Adams, Taylor Momsen, John DiMaggio
8 Daddy Day Camp Revolution Studios Cuba Gooding, Jr., Paul Rae, Lochlyn Munro, Tamala Jones, Spencer Bridges
10 Rush Hour 3 New Line Cinema Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow
Skinwalkers After Dark Films Jason Behr, Elias Koteas, Rhona Mitra
Stardust Paramount Pictures Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Sienna Miller, Charlie Cox, Ian McKellen, Peter O'Toole
17 The Invasion Warner Bros. Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Jeffrey Wright
The Last Legion The Weinstein Company Thomas Sangster, Colin Firth, Aishwarya Rai, Ben Kingsley
Superbad Columbia Pictures Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Emma Stone
24 Mr. Bean's Holiday Universal Studios Rowan Atkinson, Willem Dafoe
The Nanny Diaries The Weinstein Company Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney, Paul Giamatti, Alicia Keys, Chris Evans, Nicholas Art
Resurrecting the Champ Yari Film Group Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Hartnett, Alan Alda, Rachel Nichols, Teri Hatcher
September Dawn Slowhand Cinema Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope
War Lions Gate Films Jet Li, Jason Statham, Devon Aoki, Steph Song, Nadine Velazquez, Luis Guzmán, Saul Rubinek
29 Balls of Fury Rogue Pictures Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, Masi Oka, Maggie Q, Diedrich Bader, David Koechner, Terry Crews, George Lopez, Robert Patrick, Aisha Tyler
31 Death Sentence 20th Century Fox Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Matt O'Leary, Kelly Preston, Aisha Tyler
Halloween The Weinstein Company Malcolm McDowell, Daeg Faerch, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, William Forsythe, Brad Dourif
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7 3:10 to Yuma Lions Gate Entertainment Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Alan Tudyk, Logan Lerman
The Brothers Solomon TriStar Pictures Will Arnett, Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Jenna Fischer, David Koechner, Bill Hader, Chi McBride
Shoot 'Em Up New Line Cinema Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Monica Bellucci, Christian Cage
The Hunting Party The Weinstein Company Richard Gere, Terrence Howard
14 Across the Universe Sony Pictures Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Bono, Robert Clohessy, Harry Lennix
The Brave One Warner Bros. Jodie Foster, Naveen Andrews, Terrence Howard
D-War Freestyle Releasing Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Robert Forster, Craig Robsinson
Eastern Promises Focus Features David Cronenberg (director), Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts
In the Valley of Elah Warner Independent Pictures Paul Haggis (director), Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Charlize Theron, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Jonathan Tucker
Mr. Woodcock New Line Cinema Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott, Susan Sarandon, Ethan Suplee, Amy Poehler, M. C. Gainey, Melissa Leo
21 Good Luck Chuck Lions Gate Entertainment Dane Cook, Jessica Alba, Dan Fogler
Resident Evil: Extinction Screen Gems Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter, Mike Epps, Ashanti, Matthew Marsden, Linden Ashby
Magicians Universal Studios David Mitchell, Robert Webb
The Jane Austen Book Club  Sony Pictures Classics Maria Bello, Emily Blunt, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Maggie Grace, Hugh Dancy, Kevin Zegers
Into the Wild Paramount Vantage Sean Penn (director), Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Catherine Keener
28 Feast of Love Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Selma Blair, Morgan Freeman, Fred Ward, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell
The Game Plan Walt Disney Pictures Dwayne Johnson, Roselyn Sánchez, Kyra Sedgwick
The Kingdom Universal Studios Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman, Jeremy Piven, Richard Jenkins, Kyle Chandler
29 The Darjeeling Limited Fox Searchlight Pictures Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston, Natalie Portman

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5 Feel the Noise Columbia Pictures Omarion Grandberry, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Rasuk, Melonie Diaz
The Heartbreak Kid Paramount Pictures Ben Stiller, Rob Corddry, Carlos Mencia, Michelle Monaghan, Jerry Stiller
The Seeker 20th Century Fox Alexander Ludwig, Ian McShane, Frances Conroy, Gregory Smith, Christopher Eccleston
Michael Clayton Warner Bros. George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack
12 Elizabeth: The Golden Age Universal Studios Shekhar Kapur (director), Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish
The Final Season Yari Film Group Sean Astin, Powers Boothe, Tom Arnold, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Angarano
Why Did I Get Married? Lions Gate Tyler Perry, Janet Jackson, Jill Scott, Tasha Smith, Sharon Leal, Michael Jai White, Malik Yoba
We Own the Night Columbia Pictures Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall
19 30 Days of Night Columbia Pictures Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Ben Foster
The Comebacks Fox Atomic David Koechner, Matthew Lawrence, Eric Christian Olsen, Andy Dick, Kerri Kenney, Stacy Keibler
Gone Baby Gone Miramax Films Ben Affleck (director), Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, John Ashton, Amy Ryan
Rendition New Line Cinema Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Peter Sarsgaard, J. K. Simmons
Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour Freestyle Releasing Rissa Walters, Brian Comrie, Dan Comrie
The Ten Commandments Promenade Pictures Ben Kingsley, Christian Slater, Alfred Molina, Elliott Gould
Things We Lost in the Fire Paramount Pictures Halle Berry, Benicio del Toro, David Duchovny, John Carroll Lynch
26 Dan in Real Life Touchstone Pictures Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney
Saw IV Lions Gate Entertainment Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Lyriq Bent, Angus Macfadyen
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2 American Gangster Universal Studios Ridley Scott (director), Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh Brolin, RZA, Idris Elba, Ruby Dee
Bee Movie DreamWorks Animation Jerry Seinfeld, Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, John Goodman, Kathy Bates, Matthew Broderick, Rip Torn
Martian Child New Line Cinema John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Sophie Okonedo, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Bobby Coleman
9 Fred Claus Warner Bros. Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamatti, Miranda Richardson, Kevin Spacey, Kathy Bates, Rachel Weisz, Ludacris
Lions for Lambs Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Michael Peña, Peter Berg
No Country For Old Men Miramax Films Joel and Ethan Coen (directors), Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Root
P2 Summit Entertainment Rachel Nichols, Wes Bentley
16 Beowulf Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Robert Zemeckis (director), Greg Ellis, Ray Winstone, Brendan Gleeson, Crispin Glover, Anthony Hopkins, Angelina Jolie, Robin Wright Penn
Love in the Time of Cholera New Line Cinema Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, John Leguizamo, Fernanda Montenegro
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium 20th Century Fox Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman
21 August Rush Warner Bros. Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Williams, Terrence Howard, William Sadler
Enchanted Walt Disney Pictures Kevin Lima (director), Amy Adams, James Marsden, Jodi Benson, Susan Sarandon, Idina Menzel, Patrick Dempsey, Timothy Spall, Julie Andrews
Hitman 20th Century Fox Timothy Olyphant, Dougray Scott, Henry Ian Cusick, Olga Kurylenko
The Mist Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, William Sadler
This Christmas Screen Gems Laz Alonso, Chris Brown, Columbus Short, Mekhi Phifer, Regina King, Lauren London, Idris Elba
30 Awake The Weinstein Company Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin
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7 Atonement Focus Features Joe Wright (director), Keira Knightley, Vanessa Redgrave, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan
The Golden Compass New Line Cinema Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Freddie Highmore, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi, Jack Shepherd, Kathy Bates, Sam Elliott, Ian McShane
Noelle Gener8Xion Entertainment David Wall, Kerry Wall, Sean Patrick Brennan
12 The Perfect Holiday Yari Film Group Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Faizon Love, Katt Williams
14 Alvin and the Chipmunks 20th Century Fox / Regency Enterprises Tim Hill (director), Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardson, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney
I Am Legend Warner Bros. Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson
21 Charlie Wilson's War Universal Studios Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
National Treasure: Book of Secrets Walt Disney Pictures Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren
P.S. I Love You Warner Bros. Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler, Gina Gershon, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Bates, Harry Connick, Jr., Dean Winters
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street DreamWorks Pictures / Warner Bros. Tim Burton (director), Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Laura Michelle Kelly
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Columbia Pictures John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Kristen Wiig
22 Secret
23 Bender's Big Score
24 11 Minutes Ago
25 Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 20th Century Fox Brothers Strause (director), Steven Pasquale, Reiko Aylesworth, Johnny Lewis, John Ortiz, David Paetkau
St Trinian's Ealing Studios Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Gemma Arterton, Talulah Riley, Lily Cole, Juno Temple, Russell Brand, Tamsin Egerton, Stephen Fry, Celia Imrie, Zöe Salmon, Lena Headey, Mischa Barton, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole (Girls Aloud)
The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep Revolution Studios Alexander Nathan Etel, Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Craig Hall
The Bucket List Warner Bros. Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes
26 There Will Be Blood Paramount Vantage Paul Thomas Anderson (director), Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano
26 American Pie Presents: Beta House
27 Timecrimes
28 The Orphanage Picturehouse Juan Antonio Bayona (director), Belén Rueda
29 Contact
30 The Last Day of Summer

Notable deaths

January 1 A. I. Bezzerides 98 USA Author, Screenwriter
4 Ben Gannon 54 Australia Producer
4 Christopher Greenbury 55 UK Film Editor
8 Yvonne De Carlo 84 Canada Actress
8 Iwao Takamoto 81 USA Director
10 Carlo Ponti 94 Italy Producer
11 Tudor Gates 77 UK Screenwriter, Producer
14 Harvey Cohen 55 USA Composer, Orchestrator
16 Ron Carey 71 USA Actor
19 Denny Doherty 66 Canada Actor, Singer The Real Howard Spitz
21 Myrtle Devenish 94 UK Actress
22 Anna Cropper 68 UK Actress Cromwell
23 David M. Ronne 63 USA Sound Mixer
27 Tige Andrews 86 USA Actor, Writer
28 Teala Loring 84 USA American actress Gas House Kids (1946)
30 Sidney Sheldon 89 USA Writer, Director
February 1 George Robotham 86 Germany Stuntman, Actor, Director
3 Donfeld 72 USA Costume Designer
4 Barbara McNair 72 USA Actress
5 David Wiley 77 USA Actor Friday the 13th Part III
6 Frankie Laine 93 USA Actor, Singer
8 Anna Nicole Smith 39 USA Actress
9 Ian Richardson 72 UK Actor
9 Erik Schumann 82 Germany Actor
12 Randy Stone 48 USA Casting Director, Actor
12 Peter Ellenshaw 93 USA Special Effects, Visual Effects
14 Lee Patterson 77 USA Actor
15 Walker Edmiston 82 USA Voice Actor, Actor
19 Janet Blair 85 USA Actress
24 Bruce Bennett 100 USA Actor
March 1 Harold Michelson 87 USA Art Director
7 Andy Sidaris 76 USA Director, Writer
8 John Inman 71 UK Actor
10 Richard Jeni 49 USA Comedian, Actor The Mask
12 Betty Hutton 86 USA Actress, Singer
13 Herbert Fux 79 Switzerland Actor, Director
14 Gareth Hunt 65 UK Actor Bloodbath at the House of Death
15 Stuart Rosenberg 79 USA Director
17 Freddie Francis 89 UK Cinematographer, Director
19 Calvert DeForest 85 USA Actor
20 John P. Ryan 70 USA Actor
22 Bradley Lavelle 48 UK Actor
26 Bill Capizzi 70 USA Actor
29 Calvin Lockhart 72 Bahamas Actor
29 Howard Goorney 85 UK Actor
April 1 George Sewell 82 UK Actor
4 Bob Clark 67 USA Director
4 Edward Mallory 76 USA Actor, Director, Producer Birdman of Alcatraz
6 Luigi Comencini 90 Italy Director
6 George Jenkins 98 USA Production Designer
7 Barry Nelson 89 USA Actor
8 Roscoe Lee Browne 79 USA Actor
10 Jack Williams 85 USA Stuntman, Actor
17 Kitty Carlisle 96 USA Actress
19 Jean-Pierre Cassel 74 France Actor
24 Roy Jenson 80 USA Stuntman, Actor
27 Al Hunter Ashton 49 UK Actor, Writer
28 Dabbs Greer 90 UK Actor
30 Tom Poston 85 USA Actor
May 2 Brad McGann 43 New Zealand Director, Writer In My Father's Den
6 Curtis Harrington 80 USA Director
7 Nicholas Worth 69 USA Actor
7 Mark Burns 71 UK Actor
15 Yolanda King 51 USA Actress
21 Bruno Mattei 75 Italy Director
22 Art Stevens 92 USA Animator
25 Charles Nelson Reilly 76 USA Actor, Voice Actor
29 Norman Kaye 80 Australia Actor
30 Jean-Claude Brialy 74 France Actor
30 Nick Ramus 77 USA Actor
June 2 Charles Evans 81 USA Producer
3 Gordon Gostelow 82 UK Actor
9 Alma Beltran 87 Mexico Actress
9 Ousmane Sembène 84 Senegal Director, Writer Black Girl
11 Mala Powers 75 USA Actress
14 Alex Thomson 78 UK Cinematographer
18 Bernard Manning 76 UK Actor, Writer
19 Tommy Eytle 80 UK Actor, Composer The Criminal
27 William Hutt 87 Canada Actor The Statement
28 Leo Burmester 63 USA Actor
29 Joel Siegel 63 USA Film Critic Deathtrap
July 5 Kerwin Mathews 81 UK Actor
5 George Melly 80 UK Actor, Writer Sweet Movie
9 Charles Lane 102 USA Actor
13 Michael Reardon 42 USA Actor
15 Kieron Moore 82 France Actor, Writer, Director
19 Ivor Emmanuel 79 Spain Actor Zulu
19 Laura Devon 76 USA Actress
22 Laszlo Kovacs 74 Hungary Cinematographer
23 Joan O'Hara 76 Ireland Actress
26 John Normington 70 UK Actor
27 William J. Tuttle 95 USA Make-up Artist
29 Mike Reid 67 Spain Stuntman, Actor
30 Michelangelo Antonioni 94 Italy Director
30 Ingmar Bergman 89 Sweden Director
August 3 James T. Callahan 76 USA Actor
5 Peter Graham Scott 82 UK Director Captain Clegg
7 Hal Fishman 75 USA Broadcaster
8 Melville Shavelson 90 USA Screenwriter, Director
12 Merv Griffin 82 USA Producer, Actor
13 Geoffrey Wilkinson 64 UK Actor
22 Keith Knight 51 Canada Actor
23 Robert Symonds 80 USA Actor
24 Aaron Russo 80 USA Producer
25 Elizabeth Inglis 94 USA Actress
28 Miyoshi Umeki 78 Japan Actress
30 José Luis de Vilallonga 87 Spain Director
September 2 Marcia Mae Jones 83 USA Actress
3 Steve Ryan 60 USA Actor
4 Michael Evans 87 USA Actor
5 Nikos Nikolaidis 67 Greece Director
6 Ronald Magill 87 UK Actor Julius Caesar
6 Luciano Pavarotti 71 Italy Singer, Actor Yes, Giorgio
10 Jane Wyman 90 USA Actress
14 Emilio Ruiz del Río 84 Spain Set Designer
19 Christine Hewitt 64 UK Actress, Double
21 Alice Ghostley 81 USA Actress
22 Marcel Marceau 84 France Actor, Mime
22 Karl Hardman 80 USA Actor, Producer
28 Charles B. Griffith 77 USA Screenwriter
28 Martin Manulis 92 USA Producer
29 Lois Maxwell 80 Canada Actress
October 2 George Grizzard 79 USA Actor
6 Bud Ekins 77 USA Stunt Performer
9 Carol Bruce 87 USA Actor
12 Lonny Chapman 87 USA Actor
12 Noel Coleman 87 UK Actor Under Suspicion
14 Sigrid Valdis 79 USA Actress
16 Deborah Kerr 86 UK Actress
16 Gareth Forwood 62 UK Actor
17 Joey Bishop 89 USA Actor
20 Arlene Francis 93 93 Actress
21 Don Fellows 84 USA Actor
24 Masakazu Yoshizawa 57 Japan Musician, Actor
26 Bernard L. Kowalski 78 USA Director
27 Moira Lister 84 South Africa Actress
29 David Morris 83 UK Actor
30 Robert Goulet 73 USA, Canada Singer, Actor
November 1 Sonny Bupp 79 USA Actor
2 Henry Cele 58 South Africa Actor
4 Peter Viertel 86 Germany Screenwriter
6 Hilda Braid 78 UK Actress
6 Peter Handford 88 UK Sound Mixer
10 Laraine Day 87 USA Actress
10 Jack Bear 87 USA Costume Designer
11 Delbert Mann 89 USA Screenwriter
12 Al Mancini 74 USA Actor, Writer
13 Peter Zinner 88 Austria Film Editor, Actor, Director
13 Monty Westmore 84 USA Makeup Artist
14 Michael Blodgett 87 USA Actor, Screenwriter
14 Ronnie Burns 72 USA Actor
22 Verity Lambert 71 UK Producer
26 Marit Allen 66 UK Costume Designer
26 Denis Rich 77 UK Storyboard Artist, Production Illustrator
28 Jeanne Bates 89 USA Actress
28 Mali Finn 69 USA Casting Director
28 Tony Holland 67 UK Writer, Actor
30 Evel Knievel 69 USA Daredevil, Actor
December 1 Anton Rodgers 74 UK Actor
1 Gary Epper 62 USA Stuntman, Actor
5 Joe Brooks 83 USA Actor
5 Christine Finn 79 UK Actress
5 Tony Tenser 87 UK Producer
8 Donald Burton 73 USA Actor
11 Freddie Fields 84 USA Producer
12 Schuster Vance 47 USA Stuntman, Actor
13 Floyd Red Crow Westerman 71 USA Actor, Singer
15 John Berg 58 USA Actor Star Trek: Nemesis
19 Frank Capra, Jr. 73 USA Producer
19 James Costigan 81 USA Actor, Writer
23 Tyler MacDuff 82 USA Actor The Boy from Oklahoma
23 Michael Kidd 92 USA Actor, Choreographer
26 Stu Nahan 81 USA Actor, Broadcaster
28 Tab Thacker 45 USA Actor

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References

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