Monday, March 2, 2009

Best Movies of the Year: The Definitive List

My only criterion for being considered a 2008 movie is if it got its first US theatrical release in 2008.

In order:

1. The Wrestler
2. Reprise
3. Man on Wire
4. Gomorra– A drama about the mafia's influence in modern day Italy
5. Encounters at the End of the World

6. Rachel Getting Married

7. Synecdoche, NY
– overly ambitious but great nonetheless.
8. Role Models
9. Milk
10. The Visitor
-The dude who played Scott Templeton on The Wire's follow-up to The Station Agent.
11. The Dark Knight- Lot of plot holes. Enough said.
12. Slumdog Millionaire- Cheezy and contrived third act dropped it a couple spots.
13. The Foot Fist Way- Made 3 years ago but just hit video this year.
14. Milk
15. Che - Forgot about this gem.
-Forgot about this gem.
Didn't see: Frost/Nixon, Appaloosa, Doubt, Let the Right One In, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, Tell No One

1 comment:

Warriors Undefeated said...

top eleven
1.Sex and the City: The Movie*
2.The Wrestler
3.Man on Wire
4.Happy-Go-Lucky
5.In Bruges
6.Synecdoche, New York
7.Let the Right One In
8.WALL-E
9.Slumdog Millionaire
10.Surfwise
11.The Dark Knight

*I have not seen this yet.

Honorable Mention:
Role Models, Hamlet 2, The Fall,
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Kung Fu Panda, Semi-Pro, You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Be Kind Rewind