Temporal Top Ten – 2008

Number of movies seen from this year – 157
Number of movies reviewed – 108 (including 12 Encore Reviews)

 

2008 was a very interesting year for me on movies.

There were few movies that I can claim that ‘blew my mind’ (besides my #1 obviously), but there were so many movies that I found enjoyable to watch.

This year, for me at least my #1 pick was a complete no-brainer to decide, but I truthfully had a more difficult time arranging my #2-5 picks. They all have lots of merit and I enjoyed all 4 of them on numerous occasions, but ultimately I had to decide which ones were even slightly better than the other ones.

Notably missing from this list is the eventual Oscar Best Picture Winner, Slumdog Millionaire which I didn’t particularly like and felt it was highly overated.

What does appear tho is the eventually winner of ’09 because it was originally released in 08 and is therefore for my purposes part of 08.

UPDATE 18 Oct 2015 – I have added a Dear Zachary as my #2 pick, thus bumping all the rest down one notch, my previous #10 is now an honorable mention.

UPDATE 1 Mar 2020 – The Jewish Americans is now #8 bumping all the rest down one notch.

My Top Ten

Honorable Mention – Front of the Class

Honorable Mention – The Hurt Locker

10. Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist

9. Vantage Point

8. The Jewish Americans

7. Walle-E

6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

5. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

4. The Wrestler

3. Gran Torino

2. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

1. The Dark Knight

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 2008

1. 21
2. 27 Dresses
3. 7 Days
4. The Accidental Husband
5. The Alphabet Killer
6. The Andromeda Strain
7. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
8. Appaloosa
9. Australia
10. The Baader Meinhof Complex
11. Babylon A.D.
12. Baby Mama
13. The Bank Job
14. Batman: Gotham Knight
15. Be Kind Rewind
16. Bedtime Stories
17. Body of Lies
18. Bolt
19. Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The
20. Brothers Bloom, The
21. Burn After Reading
22. Changeling
23. Chaos Theory
24. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
25. City of Ember
26. The Class
27. Cloverfield
28. Color of Magic, The
29. Comanche Moon
30. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
31. The Dark Knight  Encore Review   Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3  Encore Review 4
32. The Day the Earth Stood Still
33. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father  Encore Review  Encore Review 2 Encore Review 3 4
34. Deception
35. Defiance
36. Definitely, Maybe
37. Departures
38. Doubt
39. Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
40. Drillbit Taylor
41. The Duchess
42. Eagle Eye
43. Easy Virtue
44. The Express
45. Flash of Genius
46. Fool’s Gold
47. The Forbidden Kingdom
48. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
49. Four Christmases
50. Front of the Class
51. Frost/Nixon
52. Frozen River
53. Get Smart
54. Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control
55. Ghost Town
56. Gigantic
57. God on Trial
58. Gomorrah
59. Gran Torino
60. Hancock
61. The Happening
62. Happy-Go-Lucky
63. Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
64. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
65. The Hurt Locker
66. In Bruges
67. The Incredible Hulk                     Encore Review
68. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
69. The Informers
70. Inkheart
71. Iron Man                                     Encore Review
72. Is Anybody There?
73. The Jewish Americans
74. John Adams
75. Journey to the Center of the Earth
76. Jumper
77. Justice League: The New Frontier
78. Killshot
79. Knight Rider: Knight Rider
80. Kung Fu Panda
81. Lakeview Terrace
82. Last Chance Harvey
83. The Last Word
84. The Lazarus Project
85. Leatherheads
86. Made of Honor
87. Mamma Mia!
88. Man on Wire
89. Management
90. Marley & Me
91. Max Payne
92. Meet Dave
93. Milk
94. Miracle at St. Anna
95. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
96. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
97. My Best Friend’s Girl
98. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
99. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
100. Nothing But the Truth
101. Nothing Like the Holidays
102. One Week
103. One, Two, Many
104. Passchendaele
105. Phone Book, The
106. Pineapple Express
107. Pontypool
108. Pride and Glory
109. Punisher: War Zone
110. Quantum of Solace  Encore Review
111. Rachel Getting Married
112. Rambo
113. The Reader
114. Recount
115. Religulous
116. Revolutionary Road
117. Righteous Kill
118. Role Models
119. The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
120. Semi-Pro
121. Seven Pounds
122. S*x and the City
123. S*x Drive
124. Slow
125. Slumdog Millionaire
126. Speed Racer
127. Spiderwick Chronicles, The
128. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
129. Stop-Loss
130. Street Kings
131. Sugar
132. Superhero Movie
133. Swing Vote
134. Taken
135. Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
136. Touching Home
137. Traitor
138. Transsiberian
139. Tropic Thunder
140. Twilight
141. Two Lovers
142. Uncertainty
143. Valkyrie
144. Vantage Point
145. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
146. W.
147. WALL·E   Encore Review
148. Waltz with Bashir
149. Wanted
150. Wendy and Lucy
151. What Happens in Vegas
152. When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
153. Witch Hunt
154. The Wrestler
155. Yes Man
156. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
157. Zack and Miri Make a Porno