Jen Barol-Lucero, former Tribune features editor

Best film: "Juno"

Honorable mention: "A Mighty Heart" "Charlie Wilson's War," "The Kite Runner," "American Gangster," "Michael Clayton," "No Country for Old Men," "Sicko," "Lions for Lambs," "Year of the Dog," "Away from Her," "10 Questions for the Dalai Lama"

Best director: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Best actress: Ellen Page, "Juno" (with Angelina Jolie in "A Mighty Heart" a close second)

Best actor: Adam Sandler, "Reign Over Me"

Miguel Garcia, 10, son of Tribune sports editor Mike Garcia

1. "Alvin and the Chipmunks"

2. "Transformers"

3. "The Simpsons Movie"

4. "National Treasure: Book of Secrets"

5. "Surf's Up"

6. "Ghost Rider"

7. "Blades of Glory"

8. "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"

9. "Ratatouille"

10. "TMNT"

Stephen Holden, New York Times

1. "There Will Be Blood"

2. "The Lives of Others"

3. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

4. "Persepolis"

5. "Starting Out in the Evening"

6. "No Country for Old Men"

7. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

8. "Atonement"

9. "Across the Universe"

10. "Juno"

Honorable mention: "Avenue Montaigne," "Away From Her," "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," "Breach," "Eastern Promises," "I'm Not There," "Lady Chatterley," "Lust, Caution," "Ratatouille," "The Savages," "This Is England," "2 Days in Paris," "The Wind That Shakes the Barley."

A.O. Scott, New York Times

1. "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"

2. "Ratatouille"

3. "There Will Be Blood" and "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

4. "I'm Not There" and "Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten"

5. "No End in Sight" and "Terror's Advocate"

6. "12:08 East of Bucharest" and "Live-in Maid"

7. "Into the Wild" and "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

8. "The Lives of Others" and "Michael Clayton"

9. "The Savages" and "Away From Her"

10. "Knocked Up" and "Superbad"

Honorable mention: "Lady Chatterley," "Into Great Silence," "Starting Out in the Evening," "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," "No Country for Old Men," "The Band's Visit," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Bamako," "Zodiac."

Manohla Dargis, New York Times

1. "There Will Be Blood"

2. "Zodiac"

Honorable mention: "Into Great Silence," "I'm Not There," "Killer of Sheep," "The Bourne Ultimatum," "Eastern Promises," "Michael Clayton," "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," "I Don't Want to Sleep Alone," "Lady Chatterley," "Colossal Youth," "Monika," "Superbad," "Southland Tales," "No End in Sight," "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead," "This Is England," "The Savages," "Year of the Dog," "Paprika," "The Host," "The Kingdom"

Steve Persall, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times

1. "No Country for Old Men"

2. "Into the Wild"

3. "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

4. "Juno"

5. "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

6. "Gone Baby Gone"

7. "Lars and the Real Girl"

8. "I'm Not There"

9. "Waitress"

10. "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" and "3:10 to Yuma"

Christy Lemire, Associated Press

1. "No Country for Old Men"

2. "Gone Baby Gone"

3. "Once"

4. "Knocked Up"

5. "Away From Her"

6. "There Will Be Blood"

7. "The Lives of Others"

8. "Lars and the Real Girl"

9. "Into the Wild"

10. "The Bourne Ultimatum"

Betsy Pickle, Scripps Howard News Service

1. "Reign Over Me"

2. "Once"

3. "The Lookout"

4. "Black Snake Moan"

5. "Away From Her"

6. "Feast of Love"

7. "Gone Baby Gone"

8. "Hairspray"

9. "3:10 to Yuma"

10. "Year of the Dog"

Honorable mention: "Surf's Up," "La Vie en Rose," "Into the Wild," "Mr. Brooks," "Red Road," "The Orphanage," "Control," "You Kill Me," "300," "Talk to Me"

David Germain, Associated Press

1. "No Country for Old Men"

2. "Once"

3. "Juno"

4. "Away From Her"

5. "Into the Wild"

6. "American Gangster"

7. "Stardust"

8. "Starting Out in the Evening"

9. "The Band's Visit"

10. "Year of the Dog"

American Film Institute

"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead"

"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

"Into the Wild"

"Juno"

"Knocked Up"

"Michael Clayton"

"No Country for Old Men"

"Ratatouille"

"The Savages"

"There Will Be Blood"

Los Angeles critics

Best film: "There Will Be Blood"

Best director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "There Will Be Blood"

Best actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"

Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"

Boston critics

Best film: "No Country for Old Men"

Best director Julian Schnabel, "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

Best actress: Marion Cotillard, "La Vie en Rose"

Best actor: Frank Langella, "Starting Out in the Evening"

New York critics

Best film: "No Country for Old Men"

Best director: Joel and Ethan Coen, "No Country for Old Men"

Best actress: Julie Christie, "Away from Her"

Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, "There Will Be Blood"