Ok, so I've finally assembled my personal Best of List(s) for 2007. It wasn't too difficult, though I had some problems in finding favorite films in a year which I consider to have been extremely weak - at least for me. Nothing new came into my list after December 31. 2007 - though I tried to find something and even gave some films a second chance. I have "adopted" (or maybe we just had the same idea at the same time) R6dw6C's method of creating two seperate lists with films that I find equally "important" or "significant" (you can interpret my selections any way you want ). The first list focuses more on my personal preferences, while the second lists recommended viewings that were as strong and interesting, but somehow didn't satisfy me as much on a personal level - which of course isn't to say they aren't worth of the same attention. I have refrained from making comments on the films, but this doesn't mean that I don't have anything to say or write about them. If you have any questions, just ask. 

PS: It was extremely difficult to rank some of the films in preferential order, and at least the Top 5 on my favorites list are practically interchangable. I tried to use the impact of the films as a guideline, but nevertheless, it was difficult. 

Favorite Films 

1. Lady Chatterley (Pascale Ferran / France, Belgium / 2006) - 1st viewing 
2. Nachmittag "Afternoon" (Angela Schanelec / Germany / 2006) - 2nd viewing 
3. State Legislature (Frederick Wiseman / USA / 2007) 
4. Nekam Achat Mishtey Eynay "Avenge But One of My Two Eyes" (Avi Mograbi / Israel, France / 2005) 
5. Bamako (Abderrahmane Sissako / Mali, USA, France / 2006) 
6. Meng Na Li Sha "Mona Lisa" (Li Ying / China, Japan / 2007) 
7. Frownland (Ronald Bronstein / USA / 2007) 
8. Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo "The Postmodern Life of My Aunt" (Ann Hui / Hong Kong / 2006) 
9. Haebyuneui Yoein "Woman On The Beach" (Hong Sangsoo / South Korea / 2006) 

Alternative List 

1. Unser täglich Brot "Our Daily Bread" (Nikolaus Geyrhalter / Austria, Germany / 2005) 
2. Twentynine Palms (Bruno Dumont / France, Germany, USA / 2003) 
3. Tian bian yi duo yun "The Wayward Cloud" (Tsai Ming-linag / Thailand, France / 2005) 
4. Last Days (Gus Van Sant / USA / 2004) 
5. Import/Export (Ulrich Seidl / Austria / 2007) 
6. Iklimler "Climates" (Nuri Bilge Ceylan / turkey, France / 2006) - 2nd viewing 
7. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Andrew Dominik / USA / 2007) 
8. Away From Her (Sarah Polley / Canada / 2006) 
9. Aju teukbyeolhan sonnim "Ad Lib Night" (Lee Yoon-ki / South Korea / 2006) 
10. Inland Empire (David Lynch / USA, France, Poland / 2006) 

Honorable Mentions : 

Binglang "Betelnut" (Heng Yang / China / 2006) 
Der Mann von der Botschaft "The Man from the Embassy" (Dito Tsintsadze / Germany / 2006) 
La stella che non c'è "The Missing Star" (Gianni Amelio / Italy, France, Switzerland, Singapore / 2006) 
Mogari no mori "The Mourning Forest" (Naomi Kawase, Japan, France / 2007) 
Reprise (Joachim Trier / Norway / 2006) 
Sanxia haoren "Still Life" (Jia Zhang-ke / China, Hong Kong / 2006) 
Shoot 'Em Up (Michael Davis / USA / 2007) 
Slumming (Michael Glawogger / Austria, Switzerland, Germany / 2006) 
Substitute (Fred Poulet, Vikash Dhorasoo / France / 2006) 
Un couple parfait "A Perfect Couple" (Nobuhiro Suwa / France, Japan / 2005) 

Hmm, going over my selections it doesn't seem such a bad year. I mean, 30 films that I would like to see again, and some of which are worth several re-watches. Even if there probably wasn't a film that I really considered perfect in itself (with the exception of Nikolaus Geyrhalter's "Our Daily Bread"), many films had lots of fascinating and stimulating moments. After all, that's why we watch movies.