Top Movies of 2008

Top movies of 2008 as listed by TimesOnline.

Stars were given by TimesOnline. Info from IMDB. Sorted alphabetically.

5 Stars

The Dark Knight
IMDB Rating: 9.0/10 (323,792 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Gomorra
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (4,123 votes)
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Genre: Crime, Drama

Man On Wire
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 (2,393 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Crime

There Will Be Blood
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10 (92,253 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Thriller

Time and Winds (Bes Vakit)
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (694 votes)
Country: Turkey
Language: Turkish
Genre: Drama

4 Stars

4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (4 Luni, 3 Saptamâni si 2 Zile)
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (13,755 votes)
Country: Romania
Language: Romanian
Genre: Drama

Alexandra (Aleksandra/Александра)
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (633 votes)
Country: Russia
Language: Russian
Genre: Drama, War

Appaloosa
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 (4,731 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Western

Assembly (Ji Jie Hao)
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 (1,617 votes)
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History, War

Australia
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 (8,250 votes)
Country: Australia, USA
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War, Western

Be Kind Rewind
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 (28,551 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (24,700 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Bigga than Ben
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 (293 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama

Blindsight
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (134 votes)
Country: UK
Language: Tibetan, German, English
Genre: Documentary, Adventure

Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 (51 votes)
Country: USA, Germany
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

The Boss of It All (Direktøren for Det Hele)
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 (2,867 votes)
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Genre: Comedy

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 (2,254 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama, War

Burn After Reading
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (43,885 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime

California Dreamin' (Nesfarsit)
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 (3,300 votes)
Country: Romania
Language: Romanian
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War

Changeling
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 (9,127 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Chocolate
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (1,176 votes)
Country: Thailand
Language: Thai
Genre: Action

Cloverfield
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (106,847 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 (641 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Comedy

Couscous (La Graine et le Mulet)
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 (1,156 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama

Definitely, Maybe
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (19,547 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 (17,762 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Biography, Drama

Donkey Punch
IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 (1,137 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Thriller

The Edge of Heaven (Auf der Anderen Seite)
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (5,616 votes)
Country: Germany, Turkey
Language: German, Turkish
Genre: Drama

Four Minutes (Vier Minuten)
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (1,436 votes)
Country: Germany
Language: German
Genre: Drama. Music

Frost/Nixon
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 (3,618 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Drama, History

Garage
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 (633 votes)
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Genre: Drama

Garbage Warrior
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 (108 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

Gone Baby Gone
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 (44,921 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Half Moon (Niwemang)
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (371 votes)
Country: Iran, Iraq
Language: Kurdish, Persian
Genre: Drama

Halla Bol
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 (428 votes)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Genre: -

Happy-Go-Lucky
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 (4,804 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (42,099 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

High School Musical 3: Senior Year
IMDB Rating: 3.3/10 (12,098 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (7,261 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Romance

Hunger
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 (1,444 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama, History

I.O.U.S.A.
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 (218 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

I've Loved You So Long (Il y a Longtemps Que je t'Aime)
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 (1,366 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama, Mystery

In Bruges
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 (46,133 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

In Search of a Midnight Kiss
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (1,330 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Romance

In the Valley of Elah
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (18,988 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 (104,716 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure

Iron Man
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (122,381 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Jar City (Mýrin)
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 (1,288 votes)
Country: Iceland
Language: Icelandic
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jodhaa Akbar
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (2,611 votes)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Genre: Biography, History, Musical, Romance

Joy Division
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 (554 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Music

Juno
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (115,499 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari)
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (1,811 votes)
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy

Kenny
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (2,484 votes)
Country: Australia
Language: English
Genre: Comedy

Kung Fu Panda
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 (43,775 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family

La Zona
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 (1,250 votes)
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama, Thriller

Linha de Passe
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (325 votes)
Country: Brazil
Language: Portuguese
Genre: Drama, Sport

Lust, Caution (Se, Jie)
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 (11,335 votes)
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

Mad Detective (Sun Taam)
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (1,478 votes)
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Mamma Mia! The Musical
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 (27,493 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del Subdesarrollo)
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 (637 votes)
Country: Cuba
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama

Mongol
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (8,934 votes)
Country: Russia, Mongolia
Language: Mongolian
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War

My Brother is an Only Child (Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico)
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (1,643 votes)
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

My Winnipeg
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (812 votes)
Country: Canada
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Drama, History

No Country for Old Men
IMDB Rating: 8.3/10 (143,790 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

OSS-117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'Espions)
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 (2,174 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime

Of Time and the City
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (196 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

Out of the Blue
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 (1,217 votes)
Country: New Zealand
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama

P2
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 (6,901 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Thriller

Persepolis
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (15,987 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, War

Ponyo On The Cliff By The Sea (Gake no Ue no Ponyo)
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 (787 votes)
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family

Quantum of Solace
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 (55,548 votes)
Country: UK, USA
Language: English
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller

Quarantine
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 (5,754 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Quiet Chaos (Caos Calmo)
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 (549 votes)
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Genre: Drama, Romance

Rachel Getting Married
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 (2,294 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Drama, Romance

Redacted
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 (4,160 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, War

RocknRolla
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (6,840 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime

Shine a Light
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (3,056 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Documentary, Music

The Silence of Lorna (Le Silence de Lorna)
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (630 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama

Somers Town
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 (556 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

The Spiderwick Chronicles
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (13,156 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Still Life (Sanxia Haoren)
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (1,426 votes)
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama, Romance

The Strangers
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 (21,931 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Horror, Thriller

Summer Hours (L' Heure d'été)
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (347 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 (78,856 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller

Taxi to the Dark Side
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 (2,164 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Documentary

Terror's Advocade (L' Avocat de la Terreur)
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (541 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History

Thoda Pyarr Thoda Magic
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 (299 votes)
Country: India
Language: Hindi
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance

Under the Bombs (Sous les Bombes)
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 (244 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama, Romance, War

Unrelated
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 (56 votes)
Country: UK
Language: English
Genre: Drama

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 (11,054 votes)
Country: Spain, USA
Language: Spanish, English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

W.
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (7,632 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Biography

The Wackness
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 (4,685 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

Wall-E
IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 (104,272 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi

Water Lilies (Naissance des Pieuvres)
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 (1,379 votes)
Country: France
Language: French
Genre: Drama

Waltz with Bashir
IMDB Rating: 8.2/10 (2,020 votes)
Country: Israel, USA
Language: Hebrew, English
Genre: Animation, Biography, Drama, War

The Wave
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (2,913 votes)
Country: Germany
Language: German
Genre: Drama, Thriller

We Are Together (Thina Simunye)
IMDB Rating: 0/10 (0 votes)
Country: UK, South Africa
Language: English, Zulu
Genre: Documentary

What Just Happened?
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 (1,388 votes)
Country: USA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama

XXY
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 (1,926 votes)
Country: Argentina
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama

You, the Living (Du Levande)
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 (2,274 votes)
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

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Body of Lies

Directed by Ridley Scott, the same director of G.I Jane, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down, American Gangster, and other great movies, with Russell Crove and Leonardo DeCaprio in the front line, I really expect this to be another great movie. Already have 1 nomination even just for the soundtrack. Need to watch it as soon as possible. I hope to see something like the Spy Game, Bourne Identity or othe Bourne series coz I love them so much or Enemy of the States kind of story. I really like the covert operation type of movies because they have good stories and actions together. Added with award-winning performance of Russell Crowe like in the Gladiator, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind or DeCaprio's The Departed, Titanic, The Aviator, Catch Me If You Can. Wow I used not to like him but actually I like a lot of his movies. I'll write a review right after I watch the movie.

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Bangkok Dangerous

I loved all Nicholas Cage's movies but the latest Bangkok Dangerous does not up the level of most of the other movies. The story is kind of straight forward, short, a little action, and kind of 'you-can-expect-what-happened'. I'll rate 3/5 for the story and 4/5 for his acting. Emm 1 thing very interesting in this movie is that Cage "rempit" with an RX-Z haha.. very funny..

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