NOTE: These listings pages are sorted by the year of a film's first public release, not (as is often the practice at this site and elsewhere on the Web) by the year of U.S. release or even New York release. Generally, this will also correspond to a film's IMDb date. There are plenty of holes in the data; I'll be working slowly at adding at least my favorite films from each year into the database. You can see recent top-10 lists, based on New York release dates, here.
All 2008 Releases ...
... by title ...
- Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (David Fincher, 2008) B-
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Dave Filoni, 2008) C-
- Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) C+
- Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, 2008) C-
- Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) B
- Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008) C+
- Christmas on Mars (Wayne Coyne, 2008) C
- Postal (Uwe Boll, 2008) D
- Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris, 2008) B
- Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster, 2008) B-
- Changeling (Clint Eastwood, 2008) B-
- Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) B
- Zombie Strippers! (Jay Lee, 2008) D
- Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008) B+
- Eagle Eye (D.J. Caruso, 2008) C-
- Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (Ed Neumeier, 2008) B-
- Burn After Reading (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, 2008) B+
- Transsiberian (Brad Anderson, 2008) B
- Bangkok Dangerous (Pang and Pang, 2008) C-
- House Bunny, The (Fred Wolf, 2008) C+
- Traitor (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2008) C
- Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings, 2008) C+
- Doomsday (Neil Marshall, 2008) C
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) B+
- Felon (Ric Roman Waugh, 2008) B-
- American Teen (Nanette Burstein, 2008) C+
- Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (Eric Brevig, 2008) C
- Untraceable (Gregory Hoblit, 2008) D
- Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008) A-
- Hancock (Peter Berg, 2008) C+
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 2008) B+
- The Ruins [Unrated Blu-ray Disc] (Carter Smith, 2008) B+
- WALL•E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) B+
- Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) C
- Fool's Gold (Andy Tennant, 2008) D
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Malcolm D. Lee, 2008) C
- Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008) D
- Other Boleyn Girl, The (Justin Chadwick, 2008) C
- Wackness, The (Jonathan Levine, 2008) C
- Rambo (Sylvester Stallone, 2008) C+
- The Cottage (Paul Andrew Williams, 2008) C+
- Speed Racer (Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, 2008) B+
- Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) B
- Forbidden Kingdom, The (Rob Minkoff, 2008) B-
- Ruins, The (Carter Smith, 2008) B
- 21 (Robert Luketic, 2008) C-
- U2 3D (Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington, 2008) B+
- What Happens in Vegas (Tom Vaughan, 2008) D
- Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008) C+
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008) B
- Strangers, The (Bryan Bertino, 2008) C+
- Sex and the City (Michael Patrick King, 2008) B-
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan, 2008) C+
- Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, 2008) B
- Get Smart (Peter Segal, 2008) C+
- Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 2008) B
- Bank Job, The (Roger Donaldson, 2008) B
- Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry, 2008) B
- Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008) B-
- 10,000 BC (Roland Emmerich, 2008) C-
- Duchess, The (Saul Dibb, 2008) B
- Max Payne (John Moore, 2008) C
- Jumper (Doug Liman, 2008) C-
- Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, 2008) B-
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 2008) B
- Eye, The (David Moreau and Xavier Palud, 2008) D
- Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2008) B+
- Righteous Kill (Jon Avnet, 2008) C-
- Pride and Glory (Gavin O'Connor, 2008) C+
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith, 2008) B-
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett, 2008) B-
- Leatherheads (George Clooney, 2008) C+
- Mummy, The: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen, 2008) D
- Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce, 2008) B
- W. (Oliver Stone, 2008) B-
- CJ7 (Stephen Chow, 2008) B
- The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) A-
- The Edge of Love (John Maybury, 2008) C
- Flame & Citron (Ole Christian Madsen, 2008) B-
- Gigantic (Matt Aselton, 2008) C
- Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008) B
- The Headless Woman (Lucretia Martel, 2008) B
- Home (Ursula Meier, 2008) A-
- Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) B+
- The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) B+
- I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel, 2008) C+
- It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008) B-
- Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008) B+
- Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) A
- Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2008) B+
- Made of Honor (Paul Weiland, 2008) C-
- Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008) B-
- The Midnight Meat Train (Ryûhei Kitamura, 2008) B
- Passengers (Rodrigo Garcia, 2008) D
- Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle, 2008) C+
- Reader, The (Stephen Daldry, 2008) C+
- Resident Evil: Degeneration (Makoto Kamiya, 2008) F
- Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008) A-
- Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) B+
- Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs, 2008) B
- Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) B-
- Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain, 2008) B-
- True Blood: The Complete First Season (Alan Ball, et al, 2008) B
... or by letter grade
- Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson, 2008) A
- Home (Ursula Meier, 2008) A-
- Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008) A-
- The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) A-
- Man on Wire (James Marsh, 2008) A-
- Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008) B+
- Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, 2008) B+
- The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008) B+
- Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008) B+
- Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008) B+
- Rachel Getting Married (Jonathan Demme, 2008) B+
- Burn After Reading (Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, 2008) B+
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Woody Allen, 2008) B+
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Guillermo del Toro, 2008) B+
- WALL•E (Andrew Stanton, 2008) B+
- Speed Racer (Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, 2008) B+
- U2 3D (Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington, 2008) B+
- Encounters at the End of the World (Werner Herzog, 2008) B+
- The Headless Woman (Lucretia Martel, 2008) B
- True Blood: The Complete First Season (Alan Ball, et al, 2008) B
- CJ7 (Stephen Chow, 2008) B
- Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs, 2008) B
- The Midnight Meat Train (Ryûhei Kitamura, 2008) B
- Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008) B
- Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) B
- Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris, 2008) B
- Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008) B
- Transsiberian (Brad Anderson, 2008) B
- Iron Man (Jon Favreau, 2008) B
- Ruins, The (Carter Smith, 2008) B
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Steven Spielberg, 2008) B
- Kung Fu Panda (Mark Osborne and John Stevenson, 2008) B
- Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green, 2008) B
- Bank Job, The (Roger Donaldson, 2008) B
- Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry, 2008) B
- Duchess, The (Saul Dibb, 2008) B
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (Nicholas Stoller, 2008) B
- Stop-Loss (Kimberly Peirce, 2008) B
- It Might Get Loud (Davis Guggenheim, 2008) B-
- Flame & Citron (Ole Christian Madsen, 2008) B-
- Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain, 2008) B-
- Martyrs (Pascal Laugier, 2008) B-
- Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) B-
- Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (David Fincher, 2008) B-
- Quantum of Solace (Marc Forster, 2008) B-
- Changeling (Clint Eastwood, 2008) B-
- Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (Ed Neumeier, 2008) B-
- Felon (Ric Roman Waugh, 2008) B-
- Forbidden Kingdom, The (Rob Minkoff, 2008) B-
- Sex and the City (Michael Patrick King, 2008) B-
- Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008) B-
- Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, 2008) B-
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (Kevin Smith, 2008) B-
- Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett, 2008) B-
- W. (Oliver Stone, 2008) B-
- I've Loved You So Long (Philippe Claudel, 2008) C+
- Quarantine (John Erick Dowdle, 2008) C+
- Reader, The (Stephen Daldry, 2008) C+
- Step Brothers (Adam McKay, 2008) C+
- House Bunny, The (Fred Wolf, 2008) C+
- Son of Rambow (Garth Jennings, 2008) C+
- American Teen (Nanette Burstein, 2008) C+
- Hancock (Peter Berg, 2008) C+
- Rambo (Sylvester Stallone, 2008) C+
- Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008) C+
- Strangers, The (Bryan Bertino, 2008) C+
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Dennis Dugan, 2008) C+
- Get Smart (Peter Segal, 2008) C+
- Pride and Glory (Gavin O'Connor, 2008) C+
- Leatherheads (George Clooney, 2008) C+
- The Edge of Love (John Maybury, 2008) C
- Gigantic (Matt Aselton, 2008) C
- Doubt (John Patrick Shanley, 2008) C+
- Christmas on Mars (Wayne Coyne, 2008) C
- Traitor (Jeffrey Nachmanoff, 2008) C
- Doomsday (Neil Marshall, 2008) C
- Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (Eric Brevig, 2008) C
- Wanted (Timur Bekmambetov, 2008) C
- Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (Malcolm D. Lee, 2008) C
- Other Boleyn Girl, The (Justin Chadwick, 2008) C
- Wackness, The (Jonathan Levine, 2008) C
- Max Payne (John Moore, 2008) C
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Dave Filoni, 2008) C-
- Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, 2008) C-
- Eagle Eye (D.J. Caruso, 2008) C-
- Bangkok Dangerous (Pang and Pang, 2008) C-
- Made of Honor (Paul Weiland, 2008) C-
- 21 (Robert Luketic, 2008) C-
- 10,000 BC (Roland Emmerich, 2008) C-
- Jumper (Doug Liman, 2008) C-
- Righteous Kill (Jon Avnet, 2008) C-
- Passengers (Rodrigo Garcia, 2008) D
- Postal (Uwe Boll, 2008) D
- Zombie Strippers! (Jay Lee, 2008) D
- Untraceable (Gregory Hoblit, 2008) D
- Fool's Gold (Andy Tennant, 2008) D
- Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008) D
- What Happens in Vegas (Tom Vaughan, 2008) D
- Eye, The (David Moreau and Xavier Palud, 2008) D
- Mummy, The: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Rob Cohen, 2008) D
- Resident Evil: Degeneration (Makoto Kamiya, 2008) F
- The Ruins [Unrated Blu-ray Disc] (Carter Smith, 2008) B+
- The Cottage (Paul Andrew Williams, 2008) C+
