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Directed by Michael Winterbottom and based on the 2003 memoir of the same name by Mariane Pearl, A Mighty Heart (2007) is an American drama film with a gripping storyline. The film follows the events surrounding Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s disappearance in Karachi while he was supposed to fly to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, who is also a journalist. With meticulous planning, Danny has set up an interview with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric at a café. However, things take a dark turn when he doesn’t return and Mariane takes it upon herself to find him.

Battle in Seattle (2007), a political action-thriller, marks Stuart Townsend’s directorial debut. The movie loosely revolves around the protest activity during the WTO Ministerial Conference in 1999. Thousands of activists gather in Seattle, Washington to demonstrate against the conference, as they believe the World Trade Organization is exacerbating the wealth divide and contributing to global issues such as hunger and disease. However, the WTO argues that it is working towards reducing these disparities and improving global conditions. During those five days in 1999, the film ...

Paul Haggis wrote and directed the American crime drama film, In the Valley of Elah (2007). The story follows Hank Deerfield, a retired military police sergeant living in Monroe, Tennessee with his wife Joan. On November 1, 2004, Hank receives news that his son Mike, a soldier who had recently returned from Iraq, is missing. Determined to find him, Hank makes the trip to New Mexico where Mike’s base is located. Along the way, he stops to help a school custodian raise the American flag correctly. At Fort Rudd, he meets Mike’s squad and manages to sneak away with his son’s cell phone from his belongings. ...

1408 (2007) is an American psychological horror film based on Stephen King’s 1999 short story of the same name. Mike Enslin, a cynical and skeptical author known for his niche books about supernatural events, receives an anonymous postcard while promoting his latest book in Hermosa Beach, California. The postcard features The Dolphin, a hotel located on Lexington Avenue in New York City, with one simple message: ‘Don’t enter 1408’. Seeing this as a personal challenge, Mike decides to visit The Dolphin and specifically requests room 1408. However, the hotel manager Gerald Olin tries to dissuade ...

Georgia Rule (2007) is an American comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Mark Andrus. Rachel, a teenager known for her promiscuity and heavy drinking, has been struggling with drug addiction and rebellious behavior. Unfortunately, her repeated negative actions have led to her mother Lily enforcing the final rule in their San Francisco home. With no other options, Lily brings Rachel to stay at her grandmother Georgia’s house in Idaho –a place she promised to never return to. Georgia lives by a strict set of rules that prioritize God and hard ...

The Great Debaters (2007), an American historical drama film directed by Denzel Washington, tells the story of debate coach Melvin B. Tolson’s efforts to overcome racial barriers in the Jim Crow-era American South. Based on a true story and inspired by a 1997 article for American Legacy by Tony Scherman, the film follows Tolson as he leads his team at Wiley College, a historically black institution affiliated with The United Methodist Church. Despite facing discrimination and violence, the Wiley debaters defy expectations and eventually earn the opportunity to challenge Harvard University in a debate competition. ...

Charlie Wilson’s War (2007), an American biographical comedy-drama, tells the story of Congressman Charlie Wilson and CIA agent Gust Avrakotos. The duo worked together to establish Operation Cyclone, a program aimed at supporting Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet–Afghan War (1979–1989). Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on George Crile III’s book, the film follows Congressman Wilson in 1980 as he focuses more on partying than his legislative duties. His lavish lifestyle eventually ...

Imprint (2007), an independent drama/thriller directed by Michael Linn and produced by Chris Eyre, stands out as one of the few American films featuring an indigenous Native American lead role. Actress Carmelo, of Tongva-Kumeyaay descent, portrays Shayla, an attorney in South Dakota who initially convicts a young Lakota boy for homicide. Troubled by the case’s toll on her, Shayla seeks refuge at her family home on the Lakota reservation. However, upon her return she experiences visions that she believes are messages from her ...

The television film Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) is a re-imagining of the popular series and premiered on multiple networks, including Sci Fi in the US, Space in Canada, and Sky One in the UK. It takes place during the first thirty days of Lee Adama’s command on the Pegasus, after ‘The Captain’s Hand’ but before ‘Lay Down Your Burdens’, utilizing flashbacks to showcase Rear Admiral Cain’s orders during and after the Cylon attack. Kendra Shaw, who sees herself as Cain’s legacy, connects her actions during the post-apocalyptic aftermath with the present. Meanwhile, viewers witness Lieutenant William Adama and Helena ...

Charlie Bartlett (2007), an American movie directed by Jon Poll, follows the story of a teenager who want to be popular at his new high school. His wealthy parents are not there for him, except for his depressed mother, while his father serves time for tax evasion. Being expelled from multiple private schools due to misbehavior, Charlie enrolls in a bitter public school headed by an alcoholic Principal Nathan Gardner, who was once his history teacher. Struggling to fit in with his peers, Charlie is diagnosed with ADHD and forms an alliance with Murphy Bivens, the school bully. Together, they sell prescription drugs that ...

Gone Baby Gone (2007), an American neo-noir thriller, marks the directorial debut of Ben Affleck. Adapted from Dennis Lehane’s 1998 novel by Affleck and Aaron Stockard, the film is set in Dorchester, Boston. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro are drawn into a search for four-year-old Amanda, whose mother Helene McCready pleads for her safe return on television. When Helene’s sister and brother-in-law hire the detectives to find Amanda, they ...

I Am Legend (2007) is an American post-apocalyptic action thriller film directed by Francis Lawrence and written by Akiva Goldsman and Mark Protosevich. The film depicts a world in which a measles virus, intended to cure cancer, instead becomes lethal and spreads rapidly, infecting 99% of the population and turning them into vampiric, albino, cannibalistic mutants known as Darkseekers. These creatures are vulnerable to sunlight and prey on the small number of people who are naturally immune. Three years have passed since ...

The autobiography film, Goodbye Bafana (2007), was based on the book Goodbye Bafana: Nelson Mandela, My Prisoner, My Friend, which was criticized by Anthony Sampson, a longtime friend of Nelson Mandela who has since passed away. In his authorized biography of Mandela, Sampson accused James Gregory (also deceased) of lying and violating Mandela’s privacy in his work. According to Sampson, Gregory did not have a close relationship with Mandela and instead used censored letters to fabricate one. Other prison ...

Michael Clayton (2007) is an American legal thriller feature film that marks Tony Gilroy’s directorial debut. The movie revolves around the life of Michael Clayton, a ‘fixer’ for a prestigious law firm in New York City. He uses his extensive connections and knowledge of legal loopholes to benefit his clients. One evening, Michael interrupts a poker game to assist a client who had hit a pedestrian with his car in Westchester County. On his way back home, while passing by some barren trees atop a hill, he notices three horses and stops to take a closer look. Little did he know that behind him, an ...

White Noise 2: The Light (2007) is a supernatural horror thriller film directed by Patrick Lussier. It serves as a standalone sequel to the 2005 film White Noise, which was directed by Geoffrey Sax. After witnessing the murder-suicide of his family at the hands of Henry Caine, Abe Dale is plunged into deep despair and tries to take his own life. However, he survives and gains an unexpected ability – the ability to foresee death. Using this power, Abe saves three individuals from dying, including a nurse named Sherry Clarke who he meets during his recovery. ...

The film Knocked Up (2007), written, produced, and directed by Judd Apatow, follows the story of ambitious Los Angeles reporter Alison Scott. She lands an on-air job with E! and resides in her sister Debbie’s guest house. On the other hand, Ben Stone is a careless Canadian slacker who relies on injury compensation money to get by. He also works sporadically on a celebrity porn website with his roommates who are constantly high. While celebrating her promotion, Alison crosses paths with Ben at a local club. They engage in a night of heavy drinking and end up having a one-night stand. However, due to a ...

The American road thriller film, The Hitcher (2007), features an all-star cast including Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, and Zachary Knighton. It is a remake of the 1986 film with the same title. Two college students, Jim Halsey and Grace Andrews, are on their way to meet friends for spring break in New Mexico. On their first night of driving, they almost hit a hitchhiker standing in the middle of the road. After swerving to avoid him, they continue on their journey. However, fate has other plans as Jim comes across the hitchhiker ...

88 Minutes (2007) is an American thriller film directed by Jon Avnet. In 1997, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm provides crucial testimony and expert psychiatric opinion at the trial of suspected serial killer Jon Forster, known as ‘The Seattle Slayer’ to the police. Gramm’s testimony leads to Forster’s conviction for the attempted killing of Janie Cates and the murder of her sister Joanie, who was drugged, hanged upside down and killed in their apartment. As Forster receives a guilty verdict from the jury, he taunts Gramm with the words ‘Tick-tock, Doc’. Nine years later, as ...

Awake (2007) is an American conspiracy thriller film written and directed by Joby Harold. Clay Beresford, Jr., a young billionaire, has fallen for his mother’s personal assistant, Samantha ‘Sam’ Lockwood. In need of a heart transplant, Clay turns to his friend and heart surgeon, Dr. Jack Harper. He also asks Dr. Harper to help him elope with Sam, and the two exchange vows privately in the middle of the night before Clay heads to the hospital for his operation. However, something unexpected happens during surgery – Clay experiences anesthesia awareness. Despite the intense pain, he has a moment of ...

The teen supernatural thriller, The Invisible (2007), directed by David S. Goyer, hit theaters on April 27th of that year. This film is based on a Swedish young adult novel by Mats Wahl, which was previously made into another Swedish film with the same title. Nick Powell, a high school senior, has plans to skip his graduation and attend a writing program in London. However, his controlling mother Diane strongly disapproves and maintains an emotionally distant relationship with him. Pete Egan, Nick’s best friend, confides in him about being bullied by Annie Newton, a ...