http://www.cinema.ch/video/Gone-Baby-Gone now on DVD.
You want -compelling-? This is the one. (raw yes but no...it's not morbid)
Saw the other top movies and still think this was the best movie of '07.
WARNING: It's a dense mystery and is spoiled if you like to chat during films, go back & forth to the kitchen or write your bills at the same time. You'll end up saying "I don't get it" "why'd they do that?"