Temporal Top Ten – 2008

Number of movies seen from this year – 155
Number of movies reviewed – 98 (including 7 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

My Top Ten

Honorable Mention. Front of the Class

10. The Hurt Locker

9. Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist

8. Vantage Point

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
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
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
68. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
69. The Informers
70. Inkheart
71. Iron Man
72. Is Anybody There?
73. John Adams
74. Journey to the Center of the Earth
75. Jumper
76. Justice League: The New Frontier
77. Killshot
78. Knight Rider: Knight Rider
79. Kung Fu Panda
80. Lakeview Terrace
81. Last Chance Harvey
82. The Last Word
83. The Lazarus Project
84. Leatherheads
85. Made of Honor
86. Mamma Mia!
87. Man on Wire
88. Management
89. Marley & Me
90. Max Payne
91. Milk
92. Miracle at St. Anna
93. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
94. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
95. My Best Friend’s Girl
96. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
97. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
98. Nothing But the Truth
99. Nothing Like the Holidays
100. One Week
101. One, Two, Many
102. Passchendaele
103. Phone Book, The
104. Pineapple Express
105. Pontypool
106. Pride and Glory
107. Punisher: War Zone
108. Quantum of Solace  Encore Review
109. Rachel Getting Married
110. Rambo
111. The Reader
112. Recount
113. Religulous
114. Revolutionary Road
115. Righteous Kill
116. Role Models
117. The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
118. Semi-Pro
119. Seven Pounds
120. S*x and the City
121. S*x Drive
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
143. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
144. W.
145. WALL·E   Encore Review
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. The Wrestler
153. Yes Man
154. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
155. Zack and Miri Make a Porno