Note: These lists are unchanged from their final form the year they were compiled… in many cases, they don’t reflect my current opinions of the films and albums listed.

Movies:

1. No Country For Old Men
2. There Will Be Blood
3. I’m Not There
4. Zodiac
5. Ratatouille
6. My Kid Could Paint That
7. Juno
8. Knocked Up
9. Gone Baby Gone
10. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Music:

1. Rufus Wainwright – Release the Stars
2. Bruce Springsteen – Magic
3. Lucinda Williams – West
4. Lily Allen – Alright, Still
5. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away
6. Josh Rouse – Country Mouse City House
7. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
8. Fountains of Wayne – Traffic and Weather
9. M.I.A. – Kala
10. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band – It’s Not Big It’s Large