The list finally reached 100 entries, I realised, so this will be the last bump it gets and going on my final top 5 (at least as it stands) I have to say that 2008 was not as bad a year as for a time I thought. Let’s hope 2009 holds fewer disappointments, though.

1. Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson
2. Gran Torino Clint Eastwood
3. Phoebe in Wonderland Daniel Barnz
4. Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
5. Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd
6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher
7. Changeling Clint Eastwood
8. WALL·E Andrew Stanton
9. Australia Baz Luhrmann
10. Doubt John Patrick Shanley
11. Redbelt David Mamet
12. In Bruges Michael McDonagh
13. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
14. Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh
15. The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
16. Bolt Byron Howard, Chris Williams
17. High School Musical 3: Senior Year Kenny Ortega
18. Vicky Cristina Barcelona Woody Allen
19. The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky
20. Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder
21. The Strangers Bryan Bertino
22. Man on Wire James Marsh
23. Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman
24. Frost/Nixon Ron Howard
25. Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Patricia Rozema
26. Wanted Timur Bekmambetov
27. The Happening M. Night Shyamalan
28. Sleepwalking Bill Maher
29. Religulous Larry Charles
30. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg
31. Vantage Point Pete Travis
32. Nim’s Island Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
33. Frozen River Courtney Hunt
34. Sex and the City Michael Patrick King
35. Blindness Fernando Meirelles
36. Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Tour Bruce Hendricks
37. Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nick Stroller
38. Pineapple Express David Gordon Green
39. Ghost Town David Koepp
40. Repo! The Genetic Opera Darren Lynn Bousman
41. Che Steven Soderbergh
42. Defiance Edward Zwick
43. Quarantine John Erick Dowdle
44. The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood
45. Eden Lake James Watkins
46. The Reader Stephen Daldry
47. Lakeview Terrace Neil Labute
48. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Guillermo Del Toro
49. Milk Gus Van Sant
50. Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Alex Gibney
51. Hancock Tony Smith
52. Burn After Reading Joel and Ethan Coen
53. The Ruins Carter Smith
54. The Spiderwick Chronicles Mark Waters
55. The Eye David Moreau, Xavier Palud
56. The Day the Earth Stood Still Scott Derrickson
57. The Bank Job Roger Donaldson
58. The Wackness Jonathan Levine
59. Revolutionary Road Sam Mendes
60. The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning Peggy Holmes
61. The Incredible Hulk Louis Leterrier
62. Iron Man Jon Favreau
63. You Don’t Mess With the Zohan Dennis Dugan
64. Merry Christmas Drake and Josh Michael Grossman
65. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
66. Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith
67. Zeitgeist: Addendum Peter Joseph
68. The Oxford Murders Álex De La Iglesia
69. Be Kind Rewind Michel Gondry
70. War, Inc. Joshua Seftel
71. Death Race Paul W.S. Anderson
72. Return to Sleepaway Camp Robert Hiltzik
73. Superhero Movie Craig Mazin
74. Saw V David Hackl
75. Cloverfield Matt Reeves
76. Tinker Bell Bradley Raymond
77. Speed Racer The Wachowski Brothers
78. Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt
79. Kung Fu Panda Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
80. How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Robert B. Weide
81. Another Cinderella Story Damon Santostefano
82. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Andrew Adamson
83. Quantum of Solace Marc Forster
84. W Oliver Stone
85. The X Files: I Want to Believe Chris Carter
86. Get Smart Peter Segal
87. The Duchess Saul Dibb
88. The Cottage Paul Andrew Williams
89. Day of the Dead Steve Miner
90. Rambo Sylvester Stallone
91. Jumper Doug Liman
92. Doubting Thomas Mark Blutman
93. 27 Dresses Anne Fletcher
94. Igor Anthony Leondis
95. Twilight Catherine Hardwicke
96. April Fool’s Day Mitchell Altieri Phil Flores
97. 10,000 B.C. Roland Emmerich
98. Prom Night Nelson McCormick
99. Doomsday Neil Marshall
100. Camp Rock Matthew Diamond