Top 25 Films of 2008

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 129 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable)

Entre les murs [The Class]

#25:

Entre les murs
[The Class]

directed by Laurent Cantet

JCVD

#24:

JCVD
directed by
Mabrouk El Mechri

Boy A

#23:

Boy A
directed by John Crowley
.

Cloverfield

#22:

Cloverfield
directed by Matt Reeves
.
.

Doubt

#21:

Doubt
directed by
John Patrick Shanley

.

Il y a longtemps que je t'aime [I've Loved You So Long]

#20:

Il y a longtemps
que je t’aime
[I’ve Loved You So Long]

directed by Philippe Claudel

Milk

#19:

Milk
directed by Gus Van Sant
.

Son of Rambow

#18:

Son of Rambow
directed by Garth Jennings
.

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

#17:

Dear Zachary:A Letter
to a Son About His Father

directed by Kurt Kuenne

The Dark Knight

#16:

The Dark Knight
directed by
Christopher Nolan

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

#15:

The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button

directed by David Fincher

The Brothers Bloom

#14:

The Brothers Bloom
directed by Rian Johnson
.

Oorlogswinter [Winter in Wartime]

#13:

Oorlogswinter
[Winter in Wartime]

directed by Martin Koolhoven

My Blueberry Nights

#12:

My Blueberry Nights
directed by Wong Kar Wai
.

Seven Pounds

#11:

Seven Pounds
directed by Gabriele Muccino
.

Los cronocrímenes [Timecrimes]

#10:

Los cronocrímenes
[Timecrimes]

directed by Nacho Vigalondo

Låt den rätte komma in [Let the Right One In]

#09:

Låt den rätte komma in
[Let the Right One In]

directed by Tomas Alfredson

Hunger

#08:

Hunger
directed by Steve McQueen
.

Snow Angels

#07:

Snow Angels
directed by
David Gordon Green

Revolutionary Road

#06:

Revolutionary Road
directed by Sam Mendes
.

The Wrestler

#05:

The Wrestler
directed by Darren Aronofsky
.

Slumdog Millionaire

#04:

Slumdog Millionaire
directed by Danny Boyle

Rachel Getting Married

#03:

Rachel Getting Married
directed by Jonathan Demme

Synecdoche, New York

#02:

Synecdoche, New York
directed by Charlie Kaufman

The Fall

#01:

The Fall
directed by Tarsem Singh

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