The Best Films of 2008
To quote Roger Ebert, whom I cannot top: "I am violating the age-old custom that film critics announce the year's 10 best films, but after years of such lists, I've had it. A best films list should be a celebration of wonderful films, not a chopping process."
Here then is my list of every great film and masterpiece: the very cream of the crop of U.S. film releases I've seen in 2008.
The list is categorized, however, into an alphabetical top 10 list (headed by my two favorite films of the year), an "alternate" top 10 list in alphabetical order, "The Rest of the Best" (alphabetical; Eleventh Place tie) - consisting of films that didn't quite make the two ten best and finally the alphabetical best animated, documentary and foreign films of the year. These categories are intended to clarify things only - they are virtually all equals. Enjoy!
NOTE: Having trouble currently adding Oliver Stone's W. to the list. It would appear in the #20 position (the bottom of the alphabetical alternate top 10)...
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Synecdoche, New York 2008, R)
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Happy-Go-Lucky 2008, R)
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The Dark Knight 2008, PG-13)
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Doubt 2008, PG-13)
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Frost/Nixon 2008, R)
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In Bruges 2008, R)
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Milk 2008, R)
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Revolutionary Road 2008, R)
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Shotgun Stories 2007, R)
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The Wrestler 2008, R)
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Ballast 2007, Unrated)
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Chop Shop 2007, Unrated)
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The Fall 2006, R)
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Frozen River 2008, R)
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Hunger 2008, R)
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Rachel Getting Married 2008, R)
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Recount 2008, Unrated)
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Slumdog Millionaire 2008, R)
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Wendy and Lucy 2008, R)
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Burn After Reading 2008, R)
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Changeling 2008, R)
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Funny Games 2007, R)
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Lakeview Terrace 2008, PG-13)
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Snow Angels 2006, R)
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008, R)
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WALL-E 2008, G)
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I.O.U.S.A. 2008, PG)
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Shine a Light 2008, PG-13)
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Standard Operating Procedure 2008, R)
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Taxi to the Dark Side 2007, R)
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Trouble the Water 2008, Unrated)
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2007, R)
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Let the Right One In 2008, R)
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La Sconosciuta (The Unknown) (The Other Woman) 2006, R)
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XXY 2007, Unrated)
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