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2007 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 2007, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

2007 Academy Awards

Iron Man
Directed by: Jon Favreau
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
Country: United States of America
Outline: After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
300
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West
Country: United States of America
Outline: King Leonidas of Sparta and a force of 300 men fight the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush
Country: United States of America
Outline: Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle.
Transformers
Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Country: United States of America
Outline: An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.
Spider-Man 3
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Topher Grace, Thomas Haden Church
Country: United States of America
Outline: A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.
Blood Diamond
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly, Kagiso Kuypers
Country: United States of America
Outline: A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
The Pursuit of Happyness
Directed by: Gabriele Muccino
Starring: Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Brian Howe
Country: United States of America
Outline: A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase
Country: United States of America
Outline: The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
Atonement
Directed by: Joe Wright
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Brenda Blethyn, Saoirse Ronan
Country: United States of America
Outline: Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a thirteen-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
3:10 to Yuma
Directed by: James Mangold
Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, Ben Foster, Logan Lerman
Country: United States of America
Outline: A small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
Eastern Promises
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Starring: Naomi Watts, Viggo Mortensen, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Josef Altin
Country: United States of America
Outline: A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
The Kite Runner
Directed by: Marc Forster
Starring: Khalid Abdalla, Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada, Atossa Leoni, Shaun Toub
Country: United States of America
Outline: After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.