Top Movies of 2008


The top movies of 2008 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

31. The Reader

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Daldry
Actors: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, David Kross, Volker Bruch
Plot: A teenager in post WWII Germany is nursed back to health by Hanna, a woman twice his age. He discovers she like to be read to, and as their bond and passion deepen, they begin an affair until she suddenly disappears. Years later as a law student at the Nazi criminal trials, Hanna comes back into his life, as a defendant at the proceedings.

32. Defiance

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edward Zwick
Actors: Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Liev Schreiber, George MacKay, Tomas Arana, Mark Margolis
Plot: Three Jewish brother escape from Poland as the Nazis invade. They join forces with the Russian resistance in an attempt to build a village to house themselves and others being pursued and persecuted.

33. Seven Pounds

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gabriele Muccino
Actors: Will Smith, Woody Harrelson, Rosario Dawson, Madison Pettis, Barry Pepper, Sarah Jane Morris
Plot: An IRS agent with a secret sets in motion a plan to change the lives of seven strangers.

34. Hunger

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Steve McQueen
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Helena Bereen, Laine Megaw, Brian Milligan, Liam Cunningham
Plot: The story follows the last six weeks in the life of Bobby Sands, during the IRA hunger strikes of 1981in a Northern Ireland prison.

35. Revolutionary Road

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Kathryn Hahn, Michael Shannon, Ryan Simpkins
Plot: A couple living in 1950s suburban Connecticut struggle to keep their relationship intact while rising above their mediocre lives.

36. Ballast

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Lance Hammer
Actors: Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail, Sanjib Shrestha, Ventress Bonner
Plot: A drama set in the Mississippi delta, where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.

37. Class, The ( Entre les murs )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Laurent Cantet
Actors: François Bégaudeau, Laura Baquela, Dalla Doucoure, Damien Gomes, Nassim Amrabt, Arthur Fogel
Plot: François Bégaudeau, teacher and novelist, plays a version of himself in this drama about a year in a racially-mixed classroom in a rough Parisian neighborhood. Both students and teacher will be tested as class, race, ethics all come into play.

38. Waltz with Bashir ( Vals Im Bashir )

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Animation/Biography
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel Lazarov, Mickey Leon
Plot: When former Israeli soldiers confront their recurring nightmares about the atrocities of war, they're not sure if their dreams are real, imaginary, or just the gateway to a flood of memories they'd rather not have to face...

39. Baby

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juwan Chung
Actors: David Huynh, Feodor Chin, Kenneth Choi, Shannon Dang, Aljarreau Galang, Kenzo Lee

40. My Winnipeg

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Guy Maddin
Actors: Darcy Fehr, Amy Stewart, Louis Negin, Brendan Cade, Wesley Cade
Plot: Director Guy Maddin crafts a dreamlike "documentary" and farewell to his hometown of Winnipeg, which boasts the coldest winters and largest number of sleepwalkers in the continent...

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