Monday, January 19, 2009

Top 10 Films of 2008

To herald my return to blogging after a month-long hiatus, here is my list of the ten best films of 2008:

1. Gran Torino
2. Revolutionary Road
3. Changeling
4. Blindness
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. Burn After Reading
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
8. The Reader
9. Synecdoche, New York
10. Doubt

By way of comparison, here is my 2007 list:

1. No Country for Old Men
2. Atonement
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Michael Clayton
5. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
6. Zodiac
7. Into the Wild
8. The Darjeeling Limited
9. Juno
10. In the Valley of Elah

2 comments:

Sean_Mills_Hospital said...

I suppose that means you have seen GRAN TORINO?

Anonymous said...

Have you seen Slumdog Millionaire?? I'm guessing not since it's not on your list. I might not put it on the very top, but it was pretty darn good.