Temporal Top Ten – 2008

Number of movies seen from this year – 156
Number of movies reviewed – 118 (including 18 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. Forgetting Sarah Marshall

5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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