Temporal Top Ten – 2008

Number of movies seen from this year – 148
Number of movies reviewed – 71 (including 5 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 new film 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
32. The Day the Earth Stood Still
33. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father       Encore Review  Encore Review 2
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. Last Chance Harvey
81. The Last Word
82. The Lazarus Project
83. Leatherheads
84. Made of Honor
85. Mamma Mia!
86. Man on Wire
87. Management
88. Marley & Me
89. Max Payne
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. Pride and Glory
105. Quantum of Solace  Encore Review
106. Rachel Getting Married
107. The Reader
108. Recount
109. Religulous
110. Revolutionary Road
111. Righteous Kill
112. Role Models
113. Semi-Pro
114. Seven Pounds
115. S*x and the City
116. S*x Drive
117. Slow
118. Slumdog Millionaire
119. Speed Racer
120. Spiderwick Chronicles, The
121. Star Wars: The Clone Wars
122. Stop-Loss
123. Street Kings
124. Superhero Movie
125. Swing Vote
126. Taken
127. Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
128. Touching Home
129. Traitor
130. Transsiberian
131. Tropic Thunder
132. Twilight
133. Two Lovers
134. Uncertainty
135. Valkyrie
136. Vantage Point
137. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
138. W.
139. WALL·E   Encore Review
140. Waltz with Bashir
141. Wanted
142. Wendy and Lucy
143. What Happens in Vegas
144. Witch Hunt
145. The Wrestler
146. Yes Man
147. You Don’t Mess with the Zohan
148. Zack and Miri Make a Porno

 

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