2007 in film


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 marginally ahead of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. It was also the last year to never have a film gross $1 billion until 2020.

Evaluation of the year

In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of Den of Geek said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century so far. Like 1939, 1976, or 1994, it was one of those years in which a succession of veritable classics came into being. So many, in fact, that some of the best examples were cruelly overlooked by the hype machine of the day." He also emphasized, "If 2007 proves anything, it's that classic films aren't just a relic of ages past; they're being made all around us. I can't wait to see what we're watching in another ten years' time."
Critic Craig Johnson from the film review and movie list website Taste of Cinema said in an article from December 16, 2014, "For one glorious year, it was like the 1970s all over again. Smart characters were using their brains as weapons. Movie stars were challenging themselves with tough roles. Punches were not pulled. Happy endings were not guaranteed. There was a parade of intelligent movies, seemingly made for adults to watch while the kids were watching Transformers".

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2007 by worldwide gross are as follows:
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndDisney$963,400,492
2Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixWarner Bros.$941,676,843
3Spider-Man 3Sony$895,871,626
4Shrek the ThirdParamount$813,367,380
5TransformersParamount$709,709,780
6RatatouilleDisney$623,726,085
7I Am LegendWarner Bros.$585,410,052
8The Simpsons Movie20th Century Fox$536,414,270
9National Treasure: Book of SecretsDisney$459,242,249
10300Warner Bros.$456,068,181

Events

Awards

Palme d'Or :
Golden Lion :
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2007 films

By country/region

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January1A. I. Bezzerides98USScreenwriter
January4Ben Gannon54AustraliaProducer
January4Christopher Greenbury55UKFilm Editor
January8Yvonne De Carlo84CanadaActress
January8Iwao Takamoto81USAnimator, Director
January10Carlo Ponti94ItalyProducer
January11Solveig Dommartin45AlgeriaActress
January11Tudor Gates77UKScreenwriter
January14Harvey Cohen55USOrchestrator
January16Ron Carey71USActor
January20Brian Eatwell67UKProduction Designer
January21Myrtle Devenish94UKActress
January22Anna Cropper68UKActress
January23David M. Ronne63USSound Engineer
January27Tige Andrews86USActor
January28Teala Loring84USActress
January30Sidney Sheldon89USScreenwriter
February1George Robotham86USStuntman, Actor
February3Donfeld72USCostume Designer
February4Barbara McNair72USActress, Singer
February6Frankie Laine93USActor, Singer
February8Anna Nicole Smith39USActress
February9Ian Richardson72UKActor
February9Erik Schumann82GermanyActor
February12Peter Ellenshaw93UKVisual Effects Artist
February12Randy Stone48USCasting Director, Actor
February14Ryan Larkin63CanadaAnimator, Director
February14Lee Patterson77CanadaActor
February15Ray Evans92USLyricist
February19Janet Blair85USActress
February22Fons Rademakers86NetherlandsDirector, Actor
February24Bruce Bennett100USActor
March1Harold Michelson87USArt Director, Production Designer
March7Andy Sidaris76USDirector, Screenwriter
March8John Inman71UKActor
March10Richard Jeni49USComedian, Actor
March12Betty Hutton86USActress, Singer
March13Herbert Fux79AustriaActor
March15Alice Backes83USActress
March15Stuart Rosenberg79USDirector
March17Freddie Francis89UKCinematographer, Director
March18William N. Panzer64USProducer
March19Calvert DeForest85USActor
March20John P. Ryan70USActor
March22Bradley Lavelle48CanadaActor
March25Lynn Merrick87USActress
March26Bill Capizzi70USActor
March29John Gill94UKActor
March29Howard Goorney85UKActor
March29Calvin Lockhart72BahamasActor
April1George Sewell82UKActor
April4Bob Clark67USDirector, Screenwriter
April4John Flynn75USDirector
April6Luigi Comencini90ItalyDirector
April6George Jenkins98USProduction Designer
April7Barry Nelson89USActor
April8Roscoe Lee Browne79USActor
April10Jack Williams85USStuntman
April12James Lyons46USFilm Editor
April16Giuseppe Ruzzolini76ItalyCinematographer
April17Kitty Carlisle96USActress, Singer
April19Jean-Pierre Cassel74FranceActor
April24Roy Jenson80CanadaActor, Stuntman
April27Al Hunter Ashton49UKActor
April28Dabbs Greer90USActor
April30Tom Poston85USActor
April30Gordon Scott80USActor
May6Curtis Harrington80USDirector
May7Nicholas Worth69USActor
May8Mark Burns71UKActor
May11Bernard Gordon88USScreenwriter
May15Yolanda King51USActress
May16C. Timothy O'Meara64USFilm Editor
May21Bruno Mattei75ItalyDirector
May21Bud Molin81USFilm Editor
May22Art Stevens92USAnimator, Director
May25Lee Frost71USDirector, Screenwriter
May25Charles Nelson Reilly76USActor
May29Norman Kaye80AustraliaActor
May30Jean-Claude Brialy74FranceActor
May30Nick Ramus77USActor
June2Charles Evans81USProducer
June9Alma Beltran87MexicoActress
June9Christina Kokubo56USActress
June9Beverly Michaels79USActress
June9Ousmane Sembène84SenegalDirector, Screenwriter
June11Mala Powers75USActress
June14Alex Thomson78UKCinematographer
June22Willy Holt85USProduction Designer
June28Leo Burmester63USActor
June29Edward Yang59TaiwanDirector
July5Kerwin Mathews81UKActor
July9Charles Lane102USActor
July11Richard Franklin58AustraliaDirector
July12Marc Behm82USScreenwriter
July13Michael Reardon42USActor
July15Kieron Moore82IrelandActor
July19Laura Devon76USActress
July22Laszlo Kovacs74HungaryCinematographer
July23Joan O'Hara76IrelandActress
July24Chaney Kley34USActor
July26John Normington70UKActor
July27William J. Tuttle95USMakeup Artist
July29Michel Serrault79FranceActor
July30Michelangelo Antonioni94ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
July30Ingmar Bergman89SwedenDirector, Screenwriter
August2Frank Rosenfelt85USStudio Executive
August3James T. Callahan76USActor
August5Peter Graham Scott82UKDirector
August8Melville Shavelson90USScreenwriter, Director
August12Merv Griffin82USProducer, Actor
August22Keith Knight51CanadaActor
August23Robert Symonds80USActor
August24Aaron Russo80USProducer
August25Elizabeth Inglis94UKActress
August27Richard T. Heffron76USDirector
August28Miyoshi Umeki78JapanActress
August30José Luis de Vilallonga87SpainActor
September2Marcia Mae Jones83USActress
September3Steve Ryan60USActor
September4Michael Evans87UKActor
September5Nikos Nikolaidis67GreeceDirector
September5Charlotte Zucker86USActress
September6Percy Rodriguez89CanadaActor
September10Jane Wyman90USActress
September14Emilio Ruiz del Río84SpainSpecial Effects Artist
September21Alice Ghostley81USActress
September22Karl Hardman80USActor, Producer
September22Marcel Marceau84FranceActor
September28Charles B. Griffith77USScreenwriter, Director
September28Martin Manulis92USProducer
September29Lois Maxwell80CanadaActress
October1Peggy Maley84USActress
October2George Grizzard79USActor
October6Bud Ekins77USStuntman
October9Carol Bruce87USActor
October12Lonny Chapman87USActor
October14Sigrid Valdis79USActress
October16Deborah Kerr86UKActress
October17Joey Bishop89USActor
October17Harry Kleiner91RussiaScreenwriter
October20Arlene Francis93USActress
October21Don Fellows84USActor
October21Vic Ramos77USCasting Director
October24Masakazu Yoshizawa57JapanMusician
October26Bernard L. Kowalski78USDirector
October27Moira Lister84South AfricaActress
October29David Morris83UKActor
October30Robert Goulet73USSinger, Actor
October30Yisrael Poliakov66IsraelComedian, Actor
November1Sonny Bupp79USActor
November2Henry Cele58South AfricaActor
November4Peter Viertel86GermanyScreenwriter
November6Peter Handford88UKSound Engineer
November10Jack Bear87USCostume Designer
November10Laraine Day87USActress
November10Norman Mailer84USScreenwriter, Director, Actor
November11Delbert Mann89USDirector
November12Al Mancini74USActor
November13Monty Westmore84USMakeup Artist
November13Peter Zinner88AustriaFilm Editor, Director
November14Michael Blodgett87USActor, Screenwriter
November14Ronnie Burns72USActor
November22Verity Lambert71UKProducer
November22Reg Park79UKActor
November26Marit Allen66UKCostume Designer
November28Jeanne Bates89USActress
November28Mali Finn69USCasting Director
November30Evel Knievel69USDaredevil, Actor
December1Gary Epper62USStuntman, Actor
December1Anton Rodgers74UKActor
December2Eleonora Rossi Drago82ItalyActress
December4Melvin Shapiro82USFilm Editor
December5Joe Brooks83USActor
December5Tony Tenser87UKProducer
December8Donald Burton73UKActor
December10Ashleigh Aston Moore26USActress
December11Freddie Fields84USProducer
December13Floyd Red Crow Westerman71USActor, Singer
December19Frank Capra, Jr.73USProducer
December19James Costigan81USScreenwriter
December20Jeanne Carmen77USActress
December21John McPherson65USCinematographer
December23Michael Kidd92USActor, Choreographer
December28Tab Thacker45USActor