2008 Movies
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.
- Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson
- Gran Torino Clint Eastwood
- Phoebe in Wonderland Daniel Barnz
- Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
- Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher
- Changeling Clint Eastwood
- WALL·E Andrew Stanton
- Australia Baz Luhrmann
- Doubt John Patrick Shanley
- Redbelt David Mamet
- In Bruges Michael McDonagh
- Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
- Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh
- The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
- Bolt Byron Howard, Chris Williams
- High School Musical 3: Senior Year Kenny Ortega
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona Woody Allen
- The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky
- Tropic Thunder Tropic Thunder
- The Strangers Bryan Bertino
- Man on Wire James Marsh
- Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman
- Frost/Nixon Ron Howard
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Patricia Rozema
- Wanted Timur Bekmambetov
- The Happening M. Night Shyamalan
- Sleepwalking Bill Maher
- Religulous Larry Charles
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg
- Vantage Point Pete Travis
- Nim’s Island Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin
- Frozen River Courtney Hunt
- Sex and the City Michael Patrick King
- Blindness Fernando Meirelles
- Hannah Montana / Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Tour Bruce Hendricks
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nick Stroller
- Pineapple Express David Gordon Green
- Ghost Town David Koepp
- Repo! The Genetic Opera Darren Lynn Bousman
- Che Steven Soderbergh
- Defiance Edward Zwick
- Quarantine John Erick Dowdle
- The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Eden Lake James Watkins
- The Reader Stephen Daldry
- Lakeview Terrace Neil Labute
- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army Guillermo Del Toro
- Milk Gus Van Sant
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Alex Gibney
- Hancock Tony Smith
- Burn After Reading Joel and Ethan Coen
- The Ruins Carter Smith
- The Spiderwick Chronicles Mark Waters
- The Eye David Moreau, Xavier Palud
- The Day the Earth Stood Still Scott Derrickson
- The Bank Job Roger Donaldson
- The Wackness Jonathan Levine
- Revolutionary Road Sam Mendes
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning Peggy Holmes
- The Incredible Hulk Louis Leterrier
- Iron Man Jon Favreau
- You Don’t Mess With the Zohan Dennis Dugan
- Merry Christmas Drake and Josh Michael Grossman
- Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno Kevin Smith
- Zeitgeist: Addendum Peter Joseph
- The Oxford Murders Álex De La Iglesia
- Be Kind Rewind Michel Gondry
- War, Inc. Joshua Seftel
- Death Race Paul W.S. Anderson
- Return to Sleepaway Camp Robert Hiltzik
- Superhero Movie Craig Mazin
- Saw V David Hackl
- Cloverfield Matt Reeves
- Tinker Bell Bradley Raymond
- Speed Racer The Wachowski Brothers
- Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt
- Kung Fu Panda Mark Osborne, John Stevenson
- How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Robert B. Weide
- Another Cinderella Story Damon Santostefano
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Andrew Adamson
- Quantum of Solace Marc Forster
- W Oliver Stone
- The X Files: I Want to Believe Chris Carter
- Get Smart Peter Segal
- The Duchess Saul Dibb
- The Cottage Paul Andrew Williams
- Day of the Dead Steve Miner
- Rambo Sylvester Stallone
- Jumper Doug Liman
- Doubting Thomas Mark Blutman
- 27 Dresses Anne Fletcher
- Igor Anthony Leondis
- Twilight Catherine Hardwicke
- April Fool’s Day Mitchell Altieri Phil Flores
- 10,000 B.C. Roland Emmerich
- Prom Night Nelson McCormick
- Doomsday Neil Marshall
- Camp Rock Matthew Diamond


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July 24th, 2008 at 2:20 am
I still have to watch Mamma Mia which hasn’t come out in Indonesia. I don’t think it ever will. Musicals are not so loved here.
November 4th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
I really loved the first half of one of the films on your list: “In Bruges”; I also liked “Smart People” which I did not see on your list. And I thought the set up to the “Bank Job” was nicely done — one of the better in the heist genre.