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...