Best films of 2008
By: Craig B
My list of what I saw as the best films of last year. (Release dates are for UK Jan 1-Dec31 ’08.)
Others, in no order:
Out of the Blue (Robert Sarkies) / Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine) / Happy-Go-Lucky (Mike Leigh) / Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Tim Burton) / Pineapple Express (David Gordon Green) / Alexandra (Aleksandr Sokurov) / WALL·E (Andrew Stanton) / My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin) / We Are Together (Paul Taylor) / 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
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01Steve McQueen
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02Jia Zhangke
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03Noah Baumbach
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04Olivier Assayas
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05Joachim Lafosse
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06Jeff Nichols
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07Hou Hsiao-hsien
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08Fernando Meirelles
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09Lenny Abrahamson
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10Nikolaus Geyrhalter
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11Sidney Lumet
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12Tom Kalin
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13Frank Darabont
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14Roy Andersson
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15Fatih Akin
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16Tamara Jenkins
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17Shane Meadows
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18Catherine Breillat
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19Michel Gondry
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20Jaume Balagueró