The Leonard Maltin Guide, for better or worse, sets a standard for how movies are ranked in later years. Although there are many examples of aberrations (for example Unforgiven, which frequently lands on best-films-of-all-time lists, is rated just *** out of ****) the guide has had influence in general in accessing films for future generations.So, with that in mind, I thought I'd look up the films which received the main awards from critics, guilds, etc. from last year to see where they placed in Maltin's rankings. (Note: After a movie's rating is listed once, I won't repeat the rating):
AMPAS Best Picture Nominees:
Atonement (**)
Juno (*** 1/2)
Michael Clayton (***)
No Country For Old Men (winner) (*** 1/2)
There Will Be Blood (*** 1/2)
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood
Best Actress: Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (rating for film: ***)
Best Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men
Best Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton for Michael Clayton
Best Original Screenplay: Juno
Best Adapted Screenplay: No Country for Old Men
Best Foreign Film: The Counterfeiters (*** 1/2)
Best Animated Film: Ratatouille (*** 1/2)
Best Documentary Feature: Taxi to the Dark Side (*** 1/2)
Multiple Oscar winners (features):
No Country for Old Men (4 Oscars)
The Bourne Ultimatum (3 Oscars) (***)
La Vie en Rose (2 Oscars)
There Will Be Blood (2 Oscars)
Most Oscar nominations (eight): No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood (tie at 8 each)
Golden Globes Best Drama Film: Atonement
Golden Globes Best Musical or Comedy Film: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (***)
Golden Globes Foreign-Language Film:The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (*** 1/2)
Golden Globes Animated Film: Ratatouille
BAFTA Best Film: Atonement
BAFTA Best British Film: This Is England (*** 1/2)
BAFTA Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others (*** 1/2)
BAFTA Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
PGA Best Film: No Country For Old Men
PGA Best Animated Film: Ratatouille
PGA Best Documentary Film: Sicko (*** 1/2)
SAG Ensemble Award: No Country For Old Men
DGA Award: No Country for Old Men
WGA Original Screenplay: Juno
WGA Adapted Screenplay: No Country For Old Men
WGA Documentary Screenplay: Taxi to the Dark Side
Online Film Critics Society Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Online Film Critics Society Best Foreign-Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Online Film Critics Society Best Documentary: The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (*** 1/2)
Online Film Critics Society Best Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Broadcast Film Critics Best Picture: No Country for Old Men
Broadcast Film Critics Animated Feature: Ratatouille
Broadcast Film Critics Comedy Film: Juno
Broadcast Film Critics Foreign Language Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
National Society of Film Critics Best Picture: There Will Be Blood
National Society of Film Critics Foreign-Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (*** 1/2)
National Society of Film Critics Non-Fiction Film: No End in Sight (****)
New York Film Critics Picture: No Country For Old Men
New York Film Critics Best Animated Film: Persepolis (*** 1/2)
New York Film Critics Non-Fiction Film: No End in Sight
New York Film Critics Best Foreign Language Film: The Lives of Others
Los Angeles Film Critics Picture: There Will Be Blood
Los Angeles Film Ciritics Best Animated Film: Persepolis and Ratatouille (tie)
Los Angeles Film Critics Non-Fiction Film: No End in Sight
Los Angeles Film Critics Best Foreign Language Film: 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
National Board of Review Top Ten Films:
The Assassination of Jesse James... (** 1/2)
Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bucket List (** 1/2)
Into the Wild (*** 1/2)
Juno
The Kite Runner (***)
Lars and the Real Girl (***)
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men (#1)
Sweeney Todd
National Board of Review Foreign Film: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
National Board of Review Animated Film: Ratatouille
National Board of Review Documentary: Body of War (n/a)
AFI Top Ten 2007:
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (** 1/2)
Into the Wild
Juno
Knocked Up (***)
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men
Ratatouille
The Savages (*** 1/2)
There Will Be Blood
Indiewire and Village Voice Top Tens (listed side by side)
1 There Will Be Blood/ There Will Be Blood
2 Zodiac (*** 1/2)/ No Country for Old Men
3 No Country for Old Men/ Zodiac
4 Syndromes and a Century (n/a)/ 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
5 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days/ I'm Not There (** 1/2)
6 I'm Not There/ Syndromes and a Century
7 The Assassination of Jesse James/ The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
8 Colossol Youth (n/a)/ Killer of Sheep (*** 1/2)
9 Killer of Sheep/ Ratatouille
10 Offside (*** 1/2)/ Colossal Youth
2007 additions to Theyshootpictures top 250 films of the 21st Century [here I'll repeat the ratings]:
17. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (*** 1/2)
21. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (*** 1/2)
25. ZODIAC (*** 1/2)
51. I'M NOT THERE (** 1/2)
52. 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS (*** 1/2)
65. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES... (** 1/2)
111. EASTERN PROMISES (***)
128. ONCE (***)
154. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (*** 1/2)
156. INTO THE WILD (*** 1/2)
165. PERSEPOLIS (*** 1/2)
177. RATATOUILLE (*** 1/2)
188. ATONEMENT (**)
190. AWAY FROM HER (***)
192. BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD (** 1/2)
221. MICHAEL CLAYTON (***)
235. THE DARJEELING LIMITED (** 1/2)
236. THE SAVAGES (*** 1/2)
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