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Well, another year of films has come and gone, including IMO a particularly s***ty summer season. As is the tradition at this time of year, what is your top 10 for 2008?

Mine would be, pretty much in order...

The Fall
There Will Be Blood
Cloverfield
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Changeling
Speed Racer
Appaloosa
The Dark Knight
Wall-E
Quantum Of Solace

Also really liked Gran Torino and Frost / Nixon, but technically they are 2009 films over here ;)

As always at this time of year I`m glad I started rating the films I saw at IMDB otherwise i wouldn`t know what I`ve seen! Although I thought I had seen 9 films this year at cinema, but soem films at IMDB are listed US release date. In any case, not been to cinema as much as previous year, but not seen any stinkers.


Saw V 7
Star Wars: The Clone Wars 7
Tropic Thunder 7

Be Kind Rewind 8
Burn After Reading 8
No Country for Old Men 8
Iron Man 8

The Dark Knight 9
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 9

WALL·E 10


I`ve got a feeling my number 1 will be the same for a few ppl :)

This item was edited on Wednesday, 24th December 2008, 04:54

I`m surprised no-one put "Taken" in their top ten of the year.
I thought it was a fantastic film.

Obviously Wall-E is up there as number 1 :D
But I can only think of 7 others that I`ve really enjoyed this year:
Iron Man
Taken
In Bruges
Gone Baby Gone (was this 2008? Seems like ages ago that I saw it)
The Dark Knight
Quantum Of Solace
No Country For Old Men

I imagine that "Slumdog Millionaire" will make it onto my list when I get around to seeing it.

I also should really add "The Bank Job" to my list, since I enjoyed that one also.

I`ll add more as I remember them :D

"Build a man a fire, and he`ll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he`ll be warm for the rest of his life."
-Terry Pratchett.

In no particular order:-
Dark Night
Quantum Of Solace
In Bruges
Iron Man
Hulk
Sweeney Todd
I Am Legend
Lars And The Real Girl
Burn After Reading
Max Payne
There Will Be Blood

I know that`s 11

This item was edited on Wednesday, 24th December 2008, 19:18

I don`t really have a top ten, but of the 43 films I`ve seen theatrically this year, these are the most memorable. I saw a few of them twice and missed a few I really wanted to see thanks to Cineworld`s policy of playing good films for a week and utter s***e for three months.

Charlie Wilson`s War
Cloverfield
No Country for Old Men
There Will Be Blood
Lars and the Real Girl
Iron Man
Indiana Jones
Kung Fu Panda
WALL-E
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II

In case anyone cares, here`s the full list:

Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Sweeny Todd
Charlie Wilson`s War
This is England
Cloverfield
Penelope
Jumper
National Treasure 2
No Country for Old Men
Be Kind Rewind
Rambo
Juno
The Spiderwick Chronicles
There Will Be Blood
27 Dresses
Lars and the Real Girl
Son of Rambow
In Bruges
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Iron Man
Indiana Jones
The Incredible Hulk
Wanted
Kung Fu Panda
Hancock
WALL-E
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II
Clone Wars
You Don`t Mess with the Zohan
Babylon AD
Pineapple Express
Tropic Thunder
Righteous Kill
Taken
Eagle Eye
Burn After Reading
Ghost Town
Quantum of Solace
Zack and Miri
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Inkheart
Yes Man

This item was edited on Wednesday, 24th December 2008, 17:24

In no particular order:
WALL-E
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Juno
Son of Rambow
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Orphanage
[REC]

Others I liked include:
Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Changeling
Diary of the Dead
Eden Lake
Speed Racer
Shine A Light

In no particular order 11 actually (and probably forgetting loads)

Wall E
Dark Knight
Iron Man
Love Guru (laughed myself silly)
Appaloola
Quantum of Solace
Rambo
Indiana Jones
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Kung Fu Panda
Hulk

EDIT (1st of many)

Forgot Rocky Balboa which i thought was a magnificent end to the saga :)

This item was edited on Thursday, 25th December 2008, 01:43

In no order:
The Dark Knight
Taken (agreed, awesome film)
Wanted
Iron Man
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Gone Baby Gone
Eden Lake
Rock n Rolla
Zack and Miri
The Bank Job

Though I haven`t seen a load which I expect would be on that list yet, such as Changeling, Burn After Reading etc

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Forgot Rocky Balboa which i thought was a magnificent end to the saga

Rocky was released in cinema in about March 2007 so just falls outside the 2008 best movie category ;)

I only remember as I watched it on New Year`s Eve 2006 when I had to stay in and look after my mum who was ill (the joys of Oscar season and leaked dvd screeners :D ) .

This item was edited on Sunday, 28th December 2008, 13:08

My actual top 10 will most definitely change, due to a) forgetting films at this moment in time and b) there`s quite a few films that I want to see yet.

In no particular order

No Country For Old Men
The Dark Knight
Cloverfield
Iron Man
The Orphanage
(REC)
Rambo
The Cottage
There Will Be Blood
Pride and Glory

I`ve actually seen a lot of great films this year but they were mainly 2007 releases which I had watched after reading last years list.

There hasn`t been anything mentioned so far that I haven`t seen and isn`t on my "to do" list, which is a bit disappointing in that last year I did really well out of it. :D