Temporal Top Ten – 2008

Number of movies seen from this year – 156
Number of movies reviewed – 107 (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. Milk
93. Miracle at St. Anna
94. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
95. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
96. My Best Friend’s Girl
97. The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
98. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
99. Nothing But the Truth
100. Nothing Like the Holidays
101. One Week
102. One, Two, Many
103. Passchendaele
104. Phone Book, The
105. Pineapple Express
106. Pontypool
107. Pride and Glory
108. Punisher: War Zone
109. Quantum of Solace  Encore Review
110. Rachel Getting Married
111. Rambo
112. The Reader
113. Recount
114. Religulous
115. Revolutionary Road
116. Righteous Kill
117. Role Models
118. The Scorpion King: Rise of a Warrior
119. Semi-Pro
120. Seven Pounds
121. S*x and the City
122. S*x Drive
123. Slow
124. Slumdog Millionaire
125. Speed Racer
126. Spiderwick Chronicles, The
127. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
128. Stop-Loss
129. Street Kings
130. Sugar
131. Superhero Movie
132. Swing Vote
133. Taken
134. Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
135. Touching Home
136. Traitor
137. Transsiberian
138. Tropic Thunder
139. Twilight
140. Two Lovers
141. Uncertainty
142. Valkyrie
143. Vantage Point
144. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
145. W.
146. WALL·E   Encore Review
147. Waltz with Bashir
148. Wanted
149. Wendy and Lucy
150. What Happens in Vegas
151. When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
152. Witch Hunt
153. The Wrestler
154. Yes Man
155. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
156. Zack and Miri Make a Porno