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The Best Movies of 2008 - Original Release   (188 Most Notable)

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 RATING    TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
# 1 for 2008, # 297 Overall The Hurt Locker 2008 Bigelow, Kathryn USA DBOP
# 2 for 2008, # 351 Overall Slumdog Millionaire 2008 Boyle, Danny / Tandan, Loveleen UK / USA DBOP
# 3 for 2008, # 399 Overall Let the Right One In 2008 Alfredson, Tomas Sweden DBO
# 4 for 2008, # 406 Overall Waltz with Bashir 2008 Folman, Ari Israel / Germany / France DBOPS
# 5 for 2008, # 602 Overall Precious 2008 Daniels, Lee USA DBO
# 6 for 2008, # 769 Overall The Dark Knight 2008 Nolan, Christopher USA DBOPS
# 7 for 2008, # 770 Overall Milk 2008 Van Sant, Gus USA DBOPS
# 8 for 2008, # 781 Overall Frost/Nixon 2008 Howard, Ron USA / UK / France DBOPS
# 9 for 2008, # 817 Overall The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008 Fincher, David USA DBOPS
# 10 for 2008, # 927 Overall Wall•E 2008 Stanton, Andrew USA DBOS
# 11 for 2008, # 932 Overall Gomorrah 2008 Garrone, Matteo Italy DB
# 12 for 2008, # 1008 Overall The Wrestler 2008 Aronofsky, Darren USA DBOP
# 13 for 2008, # 1052 Overall The Reader 2008 Daldry, Stephen USA / Germany DBOP
# 14 for 2008, # 1158 Overall Happy-Go-Lucky 2008 Leigh, Mike UK DOP
# 15 for 2008, # 1203 Overall Changeling 2008 Eastwood, Clint USA DBOPS
# 16 for 2008, # 1235 Overall The Class 2008 Cantet, Laurent France DBOP
# 17 for 2008, # 1357 Overall Anvil! The Story of Anvil 2008 Gervasi, Sacha USA DOS
# 18 for 2008, # 1517 Overall Departures 2008 Takita, Yojiro Japan D
# 19 for 2008, # 1539 Overall I've Loved You So Long 2008 Claudel, Philippe France DBOS
# 20 for 2008, # 1542 Overall Trouble the Water 2008 Deal, Carl / Lessin, Tia USA D
# 21 for 2008, # 1575 Overall Gran Torino 2008 Eastwood, Clint USA DBO
# 22 for 2008, # 1613 Overall Synecdoche, New York 2008 Kaufman, Charlie USA DBOS
# 23 for 2008, # 1659 Overall Summer Hours 2008 Assayas, Olivier France DB
# 24 for 2008, # 1666 Overall Doubt 2008 Shanley, John Patrick USA DBO
# 25 for 2008, # 1674 Overall Man on Wire 2008 Marsh, James UK DO
# 26 for 2008, # 1689 Overall Ponyo 2008 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DBS
# 27 for 2008, # 1693 Overall Everlasting Moments 2008 Troell, Jan Denmark / Finland / Norway / Sweden / Germany DB
# 28 for 2008, # 1788 Overall 35 Shots of Rum 2008 Denis, Claire France / Germany D
# 29 for 2008, # 1815 Overall Frozen River 2008 Hunt, Courtney USA DBO
# 30 for 2008, # 1817 Overall Revolutionary Road 2008 Mendes, Sam USA / UK DBOPS
# 31 for 2008, # 1844 Overall Iron Man 2008 Favreau, Jon USA DBOPS
# 32 for 2008, # 1861 Overall Shine a Light 2008 Scorsese, Martin USA / UK DBOPS
# 33 for 2008, # 1866 Overall Rachel Getting Married 2008 Demme, Jonathan USA DBOPS
# 34 for 2008, # 1903 Overall A Christmas Tale 2008 Desplechin, Arnaud France DBOP
# 35 for 2008, # 2002 Overall Of Time and the City 2008 Davies, Terence UK DO
# 36 for 2008, # 2010 Overall Cloverfield 2008 Reeves, Matt USA DBOP
# 37 for 2008, # 2033 Overall The Baader Meinhof Complex 2008 Edel, Uli Germany / France / Czech Republic DBOS
# 38 for 2008, # 2047 Overall Goodbye Solo 2008 Bahrani, Ramin USA DOP
# 38 for 2008, # 2047 Overall Julia 2008 Zonca, Erick France / USA / Mexico / Belgium DO
# 38 for 2008, # 2047 Overall Trucker 2008 Mottern, James USA D
# 39 for 2008, # 2048 Overall Revanche 2008 Spielmann, Götz Austria DB
# 40 for 2008, # 2060 Overall Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008 Spielberg, Steven USA DBOPS
# 41 for 2008, # 2072 Overall Wendy and Lucy 2008 Reichardt, Kelly USA DOP
# 42 for 2008, # 2074 Overall Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 Stoller, Nicholas USA DBOS
# 43 for 2008, # 2080 Overall Disgrace 2008 Jacobs, Steve Australia / South Africa DBOP
# 43 for 2008, # 2080 Overall Skin 2008 Fabian, Anthony UK / South Africa DOP
# 44 for 2008, # 2083 Overall In Bruges 2008 McDonagh, Martin UK / Belgium DBO
# 45 for 2008, # 2088 Overall Che 2008 Soderbergh, Steven Spain / France / USA DBS
# 45 for 2008, # 2088 Overall Me and Orson Welles 2008 Linklater, Richard UK / USA DOS
# 46 for 2008, # 2089 Overall Standard Operating Procedure 2008 Morris, Errol USA DBOS
# 47 for 2008, # 2100 Overall We Live in Public 2008 Timoner, Ondi USA DOP
# 48 for 2008, # 2109 Overall Sugar 2008 Boden, Anna / Fleck, Ryan USA DBO
# 49 for 2008, # 2113 Overall Il Divo 2008 Sorrentino, Paolo Italy / France DBO
# 50 for 2008, # 2121 Overall The Stoning of Soraya M. 2008 Nowrasteh, Cyrus USA DBO
# 51 for 2008, # 2141 Overall Mesrine: Killer Instinct 2008 Richet, Jean-François France / Canada / Italy DBO
# 52 for 2008, # 2142 Overall Food, Inc. 2008 Kenner, Robert USA DBO
# 53 for 2008, # 2144 Overall Hunger 2008 McQueen, Steve UK / Ireland DB
# 53 for 2008, # 2144 Overall Pineapple Express 2008 Green, David Gordon USA DBOS
# 54 for 2008, # 2145 Overall The Good, the Bad, the Weird 2008 Kim, Jee-woon South Korea DBS
# 54 for 2008, # 2145 Overall The Great Buck Howard 2008 McGinly, Sean USA DBOP
# 55 for 2008, # 2155 Overall Tropic Thunder 2008 Stiller, Ben USA / Germany DBOS
# 56 for 2008, # 2167 Overall Bolt 2008 Howard, Byron / Williams, Chris USA DBOPS
# 57 for 2008, # 2194 Overall Burma VJ 2008 Østergaard, Anders Denmark D
# 57 for 2008, # 2194 Overall Let's Talk About the Rain 2008 Jaoui, Agnès France
# 58 for 2008, # 2243 Overall The Secret Life of Bees 2008 Prince-Bythewood, Gina USA DBOP
# 59 for 2008, # 2254 Overall Burn After Reading 2008 Coen, Ethan / Coen, Joel USA / UK / France DBOPS
# 60 for 2008, # 2256 Overall Ballast 2008 Hammer, Lance USA DBOP
# 60 for 2008, # 2256 Overall I.O.U.S.A. 2008 Creadon, Patrick USA DO
# 60 for 2008, # 2256 Overall W. 2008 Stone, Oliver USA / Hong Kong / Germany / UK / Australia DBOPS
# 61 for 2008, # 2257 Overall Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008 Allen, Woody USA / Spain DBO
# 62 for 2008, # 2273 Overall Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 2008 Kuenne, Kurt USA DOP
# 63 for 2008, # 2279 Overall Bigger, Stronger, Faster* 2008 Bell, Chris USA DO
# 63 for 2008, # 2279 Overall Two Lovers 2008 Gray, James USA DBOP
# 64 for 2008, # 2283 Overall Sita Sings the Blues 2008 Paley, Nina USA D
# 65 for 2008, # 2288 Overall Defiance 2008 Zwick, Edward USA DBOPS
# 66 for 2008, # 2292 Overall Tyson 2008 Toback, James USA DBOP
# 67 for 2008, # 2295 Overall Mamma Mia! 2008 Lloyd, Phyllida UK / USA / Germany DBOPS
# 68 for 2008, # 2311 Overall Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008 del Toro, Guillermo USA / Germany DBOPS
# 68 for 2008, # 2311 Overall How to Lose Friends & Alienate People 2008 Weide, Robert B. UK DOP
# 68 for 2008, # 2311 Overall Kit Kittredge: An American Girl 2008 Rozema, Patricia USA DBOPS
# 68 for 2008, # 2311 Overall Lymelife 2008 Martini, Derick USA DB
# 68 for 2008, # 2311 Overall Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 2008 Richet, Jean-François France / Canada DBO
# 68 for 2008, # 2311 Overall Nothing But the Truth 2008 Lurie, Rod USA DOP
# 69 for 2008, # 2320 Overall Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 2008 Gibney, Alex USA DO
# 70 for 2008, # 2321 Overall Transsiberian 2008 Anderson, Brad UK / Germany / Spain / Lithuania DBO
# 71 for 2008, # 2327 Overall Red Cliff 2008 Woo, John China DBOPS
# 72 for 2008, # 2338 Overall Elegy 2008 Coixet, Isabel USA DOP
# 73 for 2008, # 2352 Overall Still Walking 2008 Koreeda, Hirokazu Japan DB
# 74 for 2008, # 2375 Overall Ghost Town 2008 Koepp, David USA DBOP
# 74 for 2008, # 2375 Overall Miracle at St. Anna 2008 Lee, Spike USA / Italy DB
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Achilles to kame 2008 Kitano, Takeshi Japan S
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall BirdWatchers 2008 Bechis, Marco Italy / Brazil Y
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Bumaznyj soldat 2008 German, Aleksei Ml. Russia
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall The Burning Plain 2008 Arriaga, Guillermo USA DBOP
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Dangkou 2008 Yu, Nelson Lik-wai Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Gabbla 2008 Teguia, Tariq Algeria / France
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Il papà di Giovanna 2008 Avati, Pupi Italy
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Il seme della discordia 2008 Corsicato, Pappi Italy
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Inju, la bête dans l'ombre 2008 Schroeder, Barbet France
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# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Jerichow 2008 Petzold, Christian Germany D
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall L'Autre 2008 Bernard, Patrick-Mario / Trividic, Pierre France
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Nuit de chien 2008 Schroeter, Werner Portugal / Germany / France
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall The Sky Crawlers 2008 Oshii, Mamoru Japan DBS
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Süt 2008 Kaplanoglu, Semih Turkey / France / Germany D
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Teza 2008 Gerima, Haile Ethiopia / Germany / France
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Un Giorno perfetto 2008 Ozpetek, Ferzan Italy S
# 75 for 2008, # 2390 Overall Vegas: Based on a True Story 2008 Naderi, Amir USA D
# 76 for 2008, # 2391 Overall The Song of Sparrows 2008 Majidi, Majid Iran D
# 76 for 2008, # 2391 Overall Three Monkeys 2008 Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Turkey / France / Italy D
# 77 for 2008, # 2394 Overall The Beaches of Agnes 2008 Varda, Agnès France D
# 77 for 2008, # 2394 Overall Lakeview Terrace 2008 LaBute, Neil USA DBO
# 77 for 2008, # 2394 Overall Séraphine 2008 Provost, Martin France / Belgium D
# 77 for 2008, # 2394 Overall Tulpan 2008 Dvortsevoy, Sergei Germany / Kazakhstan / Poland / Russia / Switzerland DO
# 78 for 2008, # 2395 Overall More Than a Game 2008 Belman, Kristopher USA DO
# 79 for 2008, # 2396 Overall The Order of Myths 2008 Brown, Margaret USA DO
# 79 for 2008, # 2396 Overall Sunshine Cleaning 2008 Jeffs, Christine USA DBOPS
# 80 for 2008, # 2404 Overall Quantum of Solace 2008 Forster, Marc UK / USA DBOPS
# 80 for 2008, # 2404 Overall Taken 2008 Morel, Pierre France DBOPS
# 81 for 2008, # 2406 Overall Rough Aunties 2008 Longinotto, Kim UK
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story 2008 Forbes, Stefan USA DOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Bottle Shock 2008 Miller, Randall USA DOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 Herman, Mark UK / USA DBOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The Chaser 2008 Na, Hong-jin South Korea D
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The Duchess 2008 Dibb, Saul UK DBOPS
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Get Smart 2008 Segal, Peter USA DBOPS
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Henry Poole Is Here 2008 Pellington, Mark USA DBOPS
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Home 2008 Meier, Ursula Switzerland / France / Belgium D
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Lorna's Silence 2008 Dardenne, Jean-Pierre / Dardenne, Luc Belgium / France / Italy / Germany DO
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Medicine for Melancholy 2008 Jenkins, Barry USA D
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The Merry Gentleman 2008 Keaton, Michael USA DOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Paris 2008 Klapisch, Cédric France DBS
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Religulous 2008 Charles, Larry USA DOPS
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired 2008 Zenovich, Marina USA / UK DOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 Waters, Mark USA DBOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The Square 2008 Edgerton, Nash Australia DBOP
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Tokyo Sonata 2008 Kurosawa, Kiyoshi Japan / Netherlands / Hong Kong DS
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall Vincent: A Life in Color 2008 Burns, Jennifer USA
# 82 for 2008, # 2411 Overall The X-Files: I Want to Believe 2008 Carter, Chris USA / Canada DBOS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Adoration 2008 Egoyan, Atom Canada DBOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall American Teen 2008 Burstein, Nanette USA YOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Australia 2008 Luhrmann, Baz Australia / USA DBOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Carmen Miranda: The Girl From Rio 2008 unknown USA D
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood 2008 Stern, Peggy USA D
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall The Deal 2008 Schachter, Steven Canada / USA DBO
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Fats Waller: This Joint is Jumpin' 2008 unknown USA D
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Idiots and Angels 2008 Plympton, Bill USA
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall The Incredible Hulk 2008 Leterrier, Louis USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Jazz Icons: Series 3 2008 unknown USA D
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Kisses 2008 Daly, Lance Ireland DOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Kung Fu Panda 2008 Osborne, Mark / Stevenson, John USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Last Chance Harvey 2008 Hopkins, Joel UK / USA DO
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Lost Song 2008 Jean, Rodrigue Canada D
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Mad Money 2008 Khouri, Callie USA DOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Management 2008 Belber, Stephen USA DBOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Nora's Will 2008 Chenillo, Mariana Mexico
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall North Face 2008 Stölzl, Philipp Germany / Austria / Switzerland DOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Nothing Like the Holidays 2008 De Villa, Alfredo USA DBOS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall The Other Boleyn Girl 2008 Chadwick, Justin UK / USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Phoebe in Wonderland 2008 Barnz, Daniel USA DOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Pirate for the Sea 2008 Colby, Ron USA OP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film 2008 Nasr, Constantine USA D
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Redbelt 2008 Mamet, David USA DBOS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall RocknRolla 2008 Ritchie, Guy USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Rudo y Cursi 2008 Cuarón, Carlos USA / Mexico DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Sex and the City 2008 King, Michael Patrick USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 2008 Hamri, Sanaa USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Swing Vote 2008 Stern, Joshua Michael USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Treeless Mountain 2008 Kim, So Yong USA / South Korea DO
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon 2008 McIntyre, Doug / Peyser, Penny USA Y
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Twilight 2008 Hardwicke, Catherine USA DBS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall The Wackness 2008 Levine, Jonathan USA DBOS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Walt & El Grupo 2008 Thomas, Theodore USA DOP
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall Wanted 2008 Bekmambetov, Timur USA DBOPS
# 83 for 2008, # 2414 Overall What Doesn't Kill You 2008 Goodman, Brian USA DBO
# 84 for 2008, # 2419 Overall Appaloosa 2008 Harris, Ed USA DBOPS
# 84 for 2008, # 2419 Overall It Might Get Loud 2008 Guggenheim, Davis USA DBO
# 84 for 2008, # 2419 Overall Stop-Loss 2008 Peirce, Kimberly USA DOPS
# 85 for 2008, # 2420 Overall The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos 2008 Aeberhard, Matthew / Ward, Leander USA / UK DBOPS
# 85 for 2008, # 2420 Overall JCVD 2008 El Mechri, Mabrouk Belgium / Luxembourg / France DBOS
# 85 for 2008, # 2420 Overall The Meerkats 2008 Honeyborne, James UK D
# 85 for 2008, # 2420 Overall South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season 2008 Parker, Trey USA DB
# 86 for 2008, # 2422 Overall Every Little Step 2008 Del Deo, Adam / Stern, James D. USA D
# 87 for 2008, # 2428 Overall Body of Lies 2008 Scott, Ridley USA DBOS
# 87 for 2008, # 2428 Overall Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2008 Nalluri, Bharat UK DOS
NR The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2008 Adamson, Andrew UK / USA DBOPS
NR Hancock 2008 Berg, Peter USA DBOS
NR Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa 2008 Darnell, Eric / McGrath, Tom USA DBS
NR The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 2008 Cohen, Rob Germany / Canada / USA DBOPS
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Y   Yes (DVD or VHS, unspecified)
B   Blu-ray Disc
O   On Demand Video Download
P   Preview Trailer
S   Soundtrack
 
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