Year-by-Year Polls: 2008 (***CLOSED***)

Rufus-T · #1

Welcome to the Year-by-Year Poll!

This poll is for the year 2008

These polls are fairly simple. We work our way through film history selecting a different year each time, and you list your top films from the given year. Depending on the number of voters, the poll usually produces a list of around 50-90 films and is a great way of finding recommendations. Lots of people will also list other films outside their top 20 as honorable mentions or runners-up.

The Rules

- You can vote for a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 20 films.

- Feature films, documentaries, short films, TV movies, and TV mini-series are all eligible, but not continuing TV series or individual TV episodes.

- We use IMDb dates for consistency, so a title should be listed on IMDb as 2008.

- Your ballot can be either ranked or unranked, but I will assume it's ranked unless otherwise stated. For ranked ballots it makes it easier if you use a numbered list.

- IMPORTANT: Along with a list of the titles from 2008, please include the corresponding list of bare IMDb urls for the same films. Your ballot will be deemed disqualified if the IMDb urls are not included.

The Scoring

For ranked ballots, the top-ranked title will receive a number of points equal to the number of titles on the ballot, with each succeeding title receiving one fewer point. So the top title on a list of 20 films will receive 20 points, the next 19 points and so on. If the list has only 10 films, the top title will receive 10 points, the next one 9, and so on. If there are 5 films on the list, the top film will receive 5 points, the next one 4, well you get the idea.

For unranked ballots, each title will receive an equal share of the total points that would have been allotted to the ballot if it had been ranked. If there are 20 films on the ballot, this means each one would receive 10.5 points.

Some resources

2008 films with the sorted by most votes on IMDb

2008 films you've rated on IMDb

Wikipedia's 2008 in film article

2008 films you've checked on ICM

2008 films you *haven't* checked on ICM

Year-by-Year Polls Challenge

Challenge to watch 2008 films before the poll ends: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2973

Previous poll results as ICM lists

2017: 1940 results, 1981 results, 2005 results, 1927 results, 1968 results, 1939 results, 1976 results, 1997 results
2018: 1958 results, 2017 results, 1948 results, 1983 results, 1969 results, 1925 results, 1991 results, 1957 results, 2006 results
2019: 2018 results, 1932 results, 1972 results, 1942 results, 1987 results, 1964 results, 1994 results, 2007 results, 1955 results
2020: 2019 results, 1945 results, 1935 results, 1974 results, 1960 results, 1951 results

The Deadline

This poll will run for about 3 weeks and will plan to close on Sunday October 4 midnight Eastern Daylight Saving Time, but I usually will leave the poll up til sometime that mid-week. You may revise or add a ballot anytime until the poll is indicated closed in the subject header.

The next poll will be 1966 followed by 1944.

Thank you and happy listing!

hurluberlu · #2

1. Synecdoche, New York ( Charlie Kaufman )
2. The Dark Knight ( Christopher Nolan )
3. WALL·E ( Andrew Stanton )
4. Gomorra ( Matteo Garrone )
5. Revolutionary Road ( Sam Mendes )
6. In Bruges ( Martin McDonagh )
7. Vals Im Bashir ( Ari Folman )
8. Chugyeokja ( Hong-jin Na )
9. Le silence de Lorna ( Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne )
10. Il divo ( Paolo Sorrentino )
11. Le Chant des Mariées ( Karin Albou )
12. Historias extraordinarias ( Mariano Llinás )
13. Gran Torino ( Clint Eastwood )
14. L'ennemi public n°1 ( Jean-François Richet )
15. L'instinct de mort ( Jean-François Richet )
16. Le premier jour du reste de ta vie ( Rémi Bezançon )
17. Tokyo Sonata ( Kiyoshi Kurosawa )
18. Changeling ( Clint Eastwood )
19. Yip Man ( Wilson Yip )
20. Definitely, Maybe ( Adam Brooks )

IMDb links

joachimt · #3

1. Okuribito (Yôjirô Takita)
2. Anvil: The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi)
3. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne)
4. Un lac (Philippe Grandrieux)
5. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
6. The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon (Richard Gale)
7. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Mark Herman)
8. Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes)
9. Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard)
10. The Reader (Stephen Daldry)
11. Låt den rätte komma in (Tomas Alfredson)
12. Man on Wire (James Marsh)
13. Vinyan (Fabrice du Welz)
14. Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (Philippe Claudel)
15. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher)
16. Of Time and the City (Terence Davies)
17. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (Uli Edel)
18. Milk (Gus Van Sant)
19. Oorlogswinter (Martin Koolhoven)
20. Bride Flight (Ben Sombogaart)

bare urls

iCheckMovies · #4

This is a surprisingly poor year for me given that I've seen 114 films from it. Not so much in the top spots, but can be felt further down.

1. JCVD (2008, Mabrouk El Mechri)
2. Synecdoche, New York (2008, Charlie Kaufman)
3. Ai no mukidashi / Love Exposure (2008, Shion Sono)
4. Les plages d'Agnès / The Beaches of Agnes (2008, Agnès Varda)
5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008, Kurt Kuenne)
6. Frost/Nixon (2008, Ron Howard)
7. De ofrivilliga / Involuntary (2008, Ruben Östlund)
8. The Wrestler (2008, Darren Aronofsky)
9. La mujer sin cabeza / The Headless Woman (2008, Lucrecia Martel)
10. 35 rhums / 35 Shots of Rum (2008, Claire Denis)

11. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008, David Fincer)
12. Kautokeino-opprøret (2008, Nils Gaup)
13. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, Woody Allen)
14. Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In (2008, Tomas Alfredson)
15. Max Manus (2008, Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg)
16. The Dark Knight (2008, Christopher Nolan)
17. Frozen River (2008, Courtney Hunt)
18. Milk (2008, Gus Van Sant)
19. Che: Part One (2008, Steven Soderbergh)
20. Che: Part Two (2008, Steven Soderbergh)

Links:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130988/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1128075/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129435/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152758/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0870111/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232826/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125849/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173745/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100048/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479937/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497465/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1029235/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978759/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892255/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374569/

Teproc · #5

1. Burn After Reading (Coen Bros)
2. WALL-E (Stanton)
3. Gake no ue no Ponyo (Miyazaki)
4. Aruitemo aruitemo (Koreeda)
5. Rachel Getting Married (Demme)
6. Lat den rätte komma in (Alfredson)
7. Historias extraordinarias (Llinas)
8. Presto (Sweetland)
9. In Bruges (McDonagh)
10. The Dark Knight (Nolan)
11. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Allen)
12. The Hurt Locker (Bigelow)
13. The Wrestler (Aronofsky)
14. Wendy and Lucy (Reichardt)
15. Iron Man (Favreau)
16. Vals im Bashir (Folman)
17. Gomorra (Garrone)
18. L'ennemi public n°1 (Richet)
19. Frost/Nixon (Howard)
20. I Am So Proud of You (Hertzfeldt)

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prodigalgodson · #6

1. Night and Day (Hong)
2. The Dark Knight (Nolan)
3. Love Exposure (Sono)
4. In Bruges (McDonagh)
5. WALL-E (Stanton)
6. Bronson (Refn)
7. The Hurt Locker (Bigelow)
8. Dream (Kim)
9. Vicky Christina Barcelona (Allen)
10. Solar Beats (Bokanowski)

imdb.com/title/tt1176096
imdb.com/title/tt0468569
imdb.com/title/tt1128075
imdb.com/title/tt0780536
imdb.com/title/tt0910970
imdb.com/title/tt1172570
imdb.com/title/tt0887912
imdb.com/title/tt1165253
imdb.com/title/tt0497465
imdb.com/title/tt1319603

rnilsson19 · #7

2008

1. Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo)
2. Imburnal (Sherad Anthony Sanchez)
3. Helsinki, Forever (Peter von Bagh)
4. Hold Me Now (Michael Robinson)
5. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
6. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis)
7. Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda)
8. Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso)
9. All Through the Night (Michael Robinson)
10. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnés Varda)
11. Involuntary (Ruben Östlund)
12. Naturens gång (Nina Hedenius)
13. Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176096/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308122/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1571730/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6142182
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045670/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1100048/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087578/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1002539/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352350/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1129435/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232826/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517223/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023490/

Leopardi · #8

1. Bam gua nat [AKA Night and Day]
2. Wendy and Lucy
3. Goodbye Solo
4. Of Time and the City
5. De ofrivilliga [AKA Involuntary]
6. Milh Hadha al-Bahr [AKA Salt of This Sea]
7. Happy-Go-Lucky
8. Doubt
9. Mannen som elsket Yngve [AKA The Man Who Loved Yngve]
10. The Wrestler
11. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
12. Pontypool
13. Okuribito [AKA Departures]
14. Låt den rätte komma in [AKA Let the Right One In]
15. Entre les murs [AKA The Class]
16. Man on Wire
17. Gran Torino
18. Yip Man
19. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
20. Milk

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jeff_v · #9

Melvelet · #10

Wow, so far Night and Day is either #1 on the list (3 times) or not on the list at all

pitchorneirda · #11

1. Delta (Kornél Mundruczó)
2. Tokyo Sonata (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
3. Aruitemo aruitemo a.k.a Still Walking (Hirokazu Koreeda)
4. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)
5. Jerichow (Christian Petzold)
6. De la guerre (Bertrand Bonello)
7. Ting che a.k.a Parking (Mong-Hong Chung)
8. Profils paysans: La vie moderne (Raymond Depardon)
9. Historias extraordinarias (Mariano Llinás)
10. Battements solaires (Patrick Bokanowski)
11. Two Lovers (James Gray)
12. La forteresse (Fernand Melgar)
13. La mujer sin cabeza (Lucrecia Martel)
14. Revanche (Götz Spielmann)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0910860/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0938341/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1087578/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152850/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224153/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1064861/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1232827/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881310/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1225831/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1319603/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103275/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323518/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1173745/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1221141/

prodigalgodson · #12

Loving the love for Hong's best film.

beavis · #13

St. Gloede wrote: ↑September 13th, 2020, 7:44 pm This is a surprisingly poor year for me given that I've seen 114 films from it.

I've seen 207 features, and rated 8 of them 4,5 or higher on a 5-star scale... maybe you're right

I haven't seen Bam gua Nat yet, and it was on my list for this month... so I'll check it out first before making a list

iCheckMovies · #14

Not seen Bam gua Nat either, and while Hong is not one of my favourite directors, if it is his best it will easily jump into my list (and possibly fairly high).

Smoover · #15

Traveller · #16

1. Ai no mukidashi
2. Aruitemo aruitemo
3. Il divo
4. Chugyeokja
5. Boku no kanojo wa saibôgu
6. Er shi si cheng ji
7. Yip Man
8. Kwa-sok-seu-kaen-deul
9. The Dark Knight
10. Synecdoche, New York

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peeptoad · #17

top 20-

1. Pontypool
2. Chugyeokja
3. Låt den rätte komma in
4. Die Welle
5. The Hurt Locker
6. In Bruges
7. Hunger
8. Sauna
9. Linkeroever
10. The Horseman
11. Martyrs
12. The Wrestler
13. Eskalofrío
14. Gomorra
15. Linha de Passe
16. Gake no ue no Ponyo
17. The Dark Knight
18. Transsiberian
19. Beautiful Losers
20. Eden Lake

2008

jeff_v · #18

I liked Night and Day but it's #43 on my list for the year.

viktor-vaudevillain · #19

Ivan0716 · #20

1. Ai no mukidashi [Love Exposure] (Sion Sono)
2. Man Jeuk [Sparrow] (Johnnie To)
3. Les Plages d'Agnès [The Beaches of Agnès] (Agnès Varda)
4. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
5. Revanche (Götz Spielmann)
6. Jerichow (Christian Petzold)
7. Hayat Var [My Only Sunshine] (Reha Erdem)
8. Melancholia (Lav Diaz)
9. Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto [Our Beloved Month of August] (Miguel Gomes)
10. Shirin (Abbas Kiarostami)

11. Er shi si cheng ji [24 City] (Jia Zhangke)
12. Chugyeokja [The Chaser] (Na Hong-jin)
13. Aruitemo aruitemo [Still Walking] (Hirokazu Koreeda)
14. Hunger (Steve McQueen)
15. Üç Maymun [Three Monkeys] (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
16. Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino)
17. Cztery noce z Anną [Four Nights with Anna] (Jerzy Skolimowski)
18. Historias extraordinarias [Extraordinary Stories] (Mariano Llinás)
19. A Erva do Rato [The Herb of the Rat] (Júlio Bressane)
20. A nyomozó [The Investigator] (Gigor Attila)

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Onderhond · #21

2008 was a pretty great year

01. Genius Party Beyond by Masahiro Maeda, Koji Morimoto, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shinya Ohara, Tatsuyuki Tanaka
02. Vinyan by Fabrice Du Welz
03. Pk.com.cn by Jiang Xiao
04. Hells by Yoshiki Yamakawa
05. Beautiful Crazy by Chi Y Lee
06. Martyrs by Pascal Laugier
07. The Clone Returns Home by Kanji Nakajima
08. Sparrow by Johnnie To
09. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea by Hayao Miyazaki
10. Bronson by Nicolas Winding Refn

11. The Most Beautiful Night in the World by Daisuke Tengan
12. Tokyo Gore Police by Yoshihiro Nishimura
13. Sky Crawlers by Mamoru Oshii
14. Cloverfield by Matt Reeves
15. Paco and the Magical Picture Book by Tetsuya Nakashima
16. Achilles and the Tortoise by Takeshi Kitano
17. Dream by Kim Ki-duk
18. Goth by Gen Takahashi
19. Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
20. Love/Exposure by Sion Sono

IMDb links

Caracortada · #22

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex
Entre les murs
The Other Boleyn Girl
Boot Camp
Sunshine Cleaning
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
La siciliana ribelle
DeUsynlige
Okoribito
The Duchess
Easy Virtue
Die Welle
The Stonig of Soraya M.
Genova
Vals im Bashir
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
My Sassy Girl
L'Empreinte des anges
The Great Buck Howard
Leonora

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cinewest · #23

GruesomeTwosome · #24

1. Two Lovers (James Gray)
2. Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In (Tomas Alfredson)
3. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton)
4. Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt)
5. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
6. Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso)
7. In Bruges (Martin McDonagh)
8. Gake no ue no Ponyo / Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki)
9. Burn After Reading (Coens)
10. Frozen River (Courtney Hunt)
11. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
12. Next Floor (Denis Villeneuve)
13. Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh)
14. Vals Im Bashir / Waltz with Bashir (Ari Folman)
15. Man on Wire (James Marsh)

URLs

Kublai Khan · #25

1. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman)
2. The Wrestler (Darren Aronofsky)
3. Vals Im Bashir (Ari Folman)
4. Låt den rätte komma in (Tomas Alfredson)
5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne)
6. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood)
7. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow)
8. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan)
9. Martyrs (Pascal Laugier)
10. Doubt (John Patrick Shanley)
11. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton)
12. Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom (Jee-woon Kim)
13. Milk (Gus Van Sant)
14. Ichi (Fumihiko Sori)
15. Pontypool (Bruce McDonald)
16. Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn)
17. Cloverfield (Matt Reeves)
18. The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan)
19. Vicky Christina Barcelona (Woody Allen)
20. The Wrecking Crew! (Denny Tedesco)

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insomnius · #26

1. 1859 (Fred Worden)
2. Sarabande (Nathaniel Dorsky)
3. Old September Biscuits (Luther Price)
4. Caiyou riji / Crude Oil (Wang Bing)
5. Loos Ornamental (Heinz Emigholz)
6. Elements (Julie Murray)
7. Hall of Mirrors (Jim Jennings)
8. California Company Town (Lee Anne Schmitt)
9. False Aging (Lewis Klahr)
10. Garden of Earthly Delights (Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof)
11. À l'instant (Martine Rousset)
12. Hold Me Now (Michael Robinson)
13. Le genou d'Artémide / Artemis' Knee (Jean-Marie Straub)
14. Sea Series #1 (John Price)
15. Still Raining, Still Dreaming (Phil Solomon)
16. Of Time and the City (Terence Davies)
17. Devil Come to Hell and Stay Where You Belong (Massimilian & Nina Breeder)
18. Hunters Since the Beginning of Time (Carlos Casas)
19. Tearoom (William E. Jones)
20. The Scenic Route (Ken Jacobs)

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maxwelldeux · #27

joachimt wrote: ↑September 13th, 2020, 7:25 pm 3. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne)

St. Gloede wrote: ↑September 13th, 2020, 7:44 pm 5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008, Kurt Kuenne)

Leopardi wrote: ↑September 13th, 2020, 10:55 pm 11. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Kublai Khan wrote: ↑September 16th, 2020, 4:10 am 5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kurt Kuenne)

The current list of people I hate for making me watch that damned documentary that made me cry when I wanted to be asleep...

Y U M E · #28

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brokenface · #29

1. Synecdoche New York
2. Goodbye Solo
3. Doubt
4. A Christmas Tale
5. The Good, the Bad, the Weird
6. Sugar
7. WALL-E
8. Achilles & the Tortoise
9. Wendy & Lucy
10. Let the Right One In
11. Waltz with Bashir
12. Milk
13. In Bruges
14. Revolutionary Road
15. Mid-August Lunch
16. The Silence of Lorna
17. Burn After Reading
18. The Baader Meinhof Complex
19. Il Divo
20. Sparrow

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klaus78 · #30

1. Låt den rätte komma in
2. Aruitemo aruitemo
3. Generation Kill
4. Hunger
5. Man on Wire
6. WALL·E
7. Fei cheng
8. Tsumiki no ie
9. Revanche
10. Synecdoche, New York
11. The Wrestler
12. Gomorra
13. In Bruges
14. Kirschblüten - Hanami
15. A Matter of Loaf and Death
16. Food, Inc.
17. 35 rhums
18. Wendy and Lucy
19. Vals Im Bashir
20. Lake Mungo

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blocho · #31

1. Let the Right One in
2. Hunger
3. Waltz with Bashir
4. Wall-e
5. Happy-Go-Lucky
6. Sugar
7. Pontypool
8. Tropic Thunder
9. Burn After Reading
10. Entre les Murs
11. Wanted
12. Doubt
13. The Hurt Locker
14. Everlasting Moments
15. Revanche
16. Frozen River
17. JCVD
18. Flame & Citron
19. The Dark Knight
20. In Bruges

Honorable Mentions:
Anvil: The Story of Anvil, Appaloosa, Che, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Machan, Max Manus, Pineapple Express, Revolutionary Road, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, Stop-Loss, Sunshine Cleaning, Tyson

Dishonorable Mentions (there were a lot of bad movies this year):
Bronson, The Brothers Bloom, Choke, Frost/Nixon, Gomorra, Gran Torino, Hamlet 2, The Happening, The Incredible Hulk, Indiana Jones, Leatherheads, Miracle at St. Anna, La Mujer sin Cabeza, The King of Ping Pong, Quantum of Solace, Stone of Destiny

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matthewscott8 · #32

101 seen from this year, one of my favourites, all these films are in my top 1000. People should try and see Serra's Birdsong by the end of the poll as it's one of the great feature films imo, no-one has else has voted for it

Notables I haven't got round to watching: ~~Synecdoche~~ (edit: seen), Imburnal, Melancholia (Lav Diaz), might try to fit in before poll ends. AFAIK I was the only person on IMDB's Film General who liked The Spirit, laugh out loud funny comic book adaptation from Frank Miller, the lady I went with was laughing all the way through too, so I was surprised when I found out how hated it was.

Edit: Saw Synecdoche and it made me cry

1. Winter (2008 - Nathaniel Dorsky)
2. El cant dels ocells / Birdsong (2008 - Albert Serra)
3. Synecdoche, New York (2008 - Charlie Kaufman)
4. De la guerre / On War (2008 - Bertrand Bonello)
5. Ah, Liberty! (2008 - Ben Rivers)
6. Morfiy / Morphine (2008 - Aleksey Balabanov)
7. Retouches (2008 - Georges Schwizgebel)
8. False Aging (2008 - Lewis Klahr)
9. The Spirit (2008 - Frank Miller)
10. Ai no mukidashi / Love Exposure (2008 - Sion Sono)
11. Hunger (2008 - Steve McQueen)
12. Mock Up on Mu (2008 - Craig Baldwin)
13. Delta (2008 - Kornél Mundruczó)
14. Le genou d'Artémide / Artemis' Knee (2008 - Jean-Marie Straub)
15. Nuit de chien / This Night (2008 - Werner Schroeter)
16. Palermo Shooting (2008 - Wim Wenders)
17. La maison Nucingen / Nucingen House (2008 - Raoul Ruiz)
18. Of Time and The City (2008 - Terence Davies)
19. Süt / Milk (2008 - Semih Kaplanoglu)
20. The Kreutzer Sonata (2008 - Bernard Rose)

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lynchs · #33

Hi all,

only liked 3 from this year,

Tunnel Rats
The Sun and the Moon
Far Cry

Mysterious Dude · #34

mathiasa · #35

Right from the hospital comes my funky top 20:

1. WALL·E
2. Entre les murs
3. Les plages d'Agnès
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
5. Rambo
6. Wendy and Lucy
7. Tokyo!
8. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
9. Synecdoche, New York
10. Der 'Gesamtarbeiter' vor Verdun: Bohrungen in den Hügeln von Vauquois
11. Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto
12. Tony Manero
13. La forteresse
14. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
15. The Wrestler
16. Cloverfield
17. Taken
18. Frost/Nixon
19. Vals Im Bashir
20. Early Experiments

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timshelboy · #36

Are we counting MESRINE as one or two films? According to imdb they were released as separate movies a month apart in France.

Teproc · #37

They're definitely separate movies, like The Human Condition, Che etc. Even if you feel otherwise, since we're using IMDB urls here, I'm assuming you're stuck with doing what IMDB does.

timshelboy · #38

Teproc wrote: ↑September 22nd, 2020, 1:50 pm They're definitely separate movies, like The Human Condition, Che etc. Even if you feel otherwise, since we're using IMDB urls here, I'm assuming you're stuck with doing what IMDB does.

I don't "feel otherwise" I was checking with our host what he thinks - I'm aware we usually use imdb dates but sometimes exceptions are made if someone puts up a good enough argument......for all I know someone may have one.....I think it is our host's final decision we are all "stuck with"

Teproc · #39

Has there been exceptions? I guess I didn't know about that. I didn't mean to presume anything, just think that makes the more sense, both in this specific case and given the use of IMDb links.

Lonewolf2003 · #40

1. Vals Im Bashir
2. The Dark Knight
3. Hunger
4. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
5. French Roast
6. 35 rhums
7. Le silence de Lorna
8. WALL·E
9. Aruitemo aruitemo [Still Walking]
10. The Wrestler
11. Presto
12. Entre les murs
15. Burn After Reading
14. Signs
15. Kataude mashin gâru [The Machine Girl]
16. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
17. Martyrs
18. Er shi si cheng ji [24 City]
19. Ddongpari
20. Happy-Go-Lucky

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