The top 10 filns of 2007 as voted for by Guardian readers is a suitably eclectic list. No surprises for the No.1 spot: The Lives of Others, which has been topping lists everywhere. But second went to the over-rated Atonement, followed rather appropriately by Control.
Although it was one of the year's commercial flops, David Fincher's Zodiac placed fourth, ahead of Sean Penn's Into The Wild and the year's best action film, The Bourne Ultimatum. David Lynch's mind-bending opus, Inland Empire, was seventh followed by another surprise entry: Mel Gibson's Apocalypto. The brilliant This Is England and Ratatouille completed the 10.
Now compare that with the list voted for by the reviewers at Empire: the two lists have only five films in common.
There's a bit of a shock at the top, with Bourne ousting Others - I don't think you'll find that on too many other lists!
Atonement ranks third aheaed of Ratatouille and the superb Assassination of Jesse James. Zodiac appears again in sixth.
There follow three comedies: Superbad, Hot Fuzz and Knocked Up. The top 10 is rounded out by Half Nelson, which I saw at the London Film Festival in 2006: a great, little film anchored by what turned out to be an Oscar-nominated performance by Ryan Gosling.
Clearly, there are some great works that don't feature in these top 10s: Venus, Once, The Fountain, Lions For Lambs, Letters From Iwo Jima.
How many of these will feature in my end of year review? Check back on 1 January 2008 to find out!
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