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(Includes films first exhibited to commercial audiences in the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2008. Consequently, certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced in earlier years.) |
| ★ | Synecdoche, New York Dir. Charlie Kaufman. With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton A |
| • | Trouble the Water Dirs. Tia Lessin & Carl Deal. Documentary about Hurricane Katrina survivors A |
| • | Hunger Dir. Steve McQueen. With Michael Fassbender, Brian Milligan, Liam McMahon A– |
| • | Up the Yangtze Dir. Yung Chang. Documentary about the human impact of the Three Gorges Dam A– |
| • | The Wrestler Dir. Darren Aronofsky. With Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood A– |
| • | Alexandra Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov. With Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva B+ |
| ★ | Ballast Dir. Lance Hammer. With JimMyron Ross, Micheal J. Smith Sr., Tarra Riggs B+ |
| • | Burn After Reading Dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt B+ |
| • | Chicago 10 Dir. Brett Morgen. Documentary about protests at 1968 Democratic Convention B+ |
| • | A Christmas Tale Dir. Arnaud Desplechin. With Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussilon B+ |
| • | The Class Dir. Laurent Cantet. With François Bégaudeau, Rachel Régulier B+ |
| • | The Duchess of Langeais Dir. Jacques Rivette. With Jeanne Balibar, Guillaume Depardieu B+ |
| • | The Edge of Heaven Dir. Fatih Akin. With Baki Davrak, Nurgül Yesilçcay, Patrycia Ziolkowska B+ |
| • | The Fall Dir. Tarsem. With Catinca Untaru, Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Robin Smith B+ |
| • | Flight of the Red Balloon Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Juliette Binoche, Fang Song, Simon Iteanu B+ |
| • | Man on Wire Dir. James Marsh. Documentary about a tightrope walker and his surprise stunts B+ |
| • | Milk Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Diego Luna B+ |
| • | Rachel Getting Married Dir. Jonathan Demme. With Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin B+ |
| • | Savage Grace Dir. Tom Kalin. With Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane B+ |
| • | Still Life Dir. Jia Zhang-ke. With Han Sanming, Zhao Tao, Li Zhubin, Wang Hongwei B+ |
| • | Taxi to the Dark Side Dir. Alex Gibney. Documentary about post-9/11 U.S. torture practices B+ |
| • | WALL•E Dir. Andrew Stanton. Animated. Voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin B+ |
| • | Yella Dir. Christian Petzold. With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann B+ |
| • | Boarding Gate Dir. Olivier Assayas. With Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Carl Ng, Kelly Lin B |
| • | Che Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Catalina Sandino Moreno B |
| • | The Counterfeiters Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow B |
| • | The Dark Knight Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart B |
| • | Elegy Dir. Isabel Coixet. With Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson B |
| • | Happy-Go-Lucky Dir. Mike Leigh. With Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan, Alexis Zegerman B |
| • | Last Chance Harvey Dir. Joel Hopkins. With Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Eileen Atkins B |
| • | Let the Right One In Dir. Tomas Alfredson. With Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar B |
| • | Married Life Dir. Ira Sachs. With Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams B |
| ★ | Mister Foe Dir. David Mackenzie. With Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani B |
| ★ | Quantum of Solace Dir. Marc Forster. With Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench, Mathieu Amalric B |
| • | Snow Angels Dir. David Gordon Green. With Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano B |
| • | Stop-Loss Dir. Kimberly Peirce. With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish B |
| • | Surfwise Dir. Doug Pray. Documentary about a zealous surfer, his wife, and their nine children B |
| • | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Dir. Tyler Perry. With Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates B |
| ★ | Waltz with Bashir Dir. Ari Folman. Animated. With the voices of Ari Folman, Mickey Leon, Dror Harazi B |
| • | Wendy and Lucy Dir. Kelly Reichardt. With Michelle Williams, Walter Dalton, Will Patton B |
| • | Young@Heart Dir. Stephen Walker. Documentary about a senior citizens' rock & roll chorus B |
| • | The Band's Visit Dir. Eran Kolirin. With Sasson Gabai, Ronit Elkabetz, Saleh Bakri B– |
| • | The Bank Job Dir. Roger Donaldson. With Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Daniel Mays B– |
| • | Blindness Dir. Fernando Meirelles. With Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga B– |
| • | Frozen River Dir. Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott B– |
| • | Jellyfish Dirs. Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen. With Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Noa Knoller B– |
| • | Paranoid Park Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Lauren McKinney B– |
| • | The Reader Dir. Stephen Daldry. With David Kross, Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz B– |
| • | The Strangers Dir. Bryan Bertino. With Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Glenn Howerton B– |
| • | Teeth Dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein. With Jess Weixler, Hale Appleman, John Hensley B– |
| • | Then She Found Me Dir. Helen Hunt. With Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick B– |
| ★ | Turn the River Dir. Chris Eigeman. With Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Rip Torn, Matt Ross B– |
| • | The Visitor Dir. Tom McCarthy. With Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass B– |
| • | W. Dir. Oliver Stone. With Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Dreyfuss B– |
| ★ | XXY Dir. Lucóa Puenzo. With Inés Efron, Ricardo Darín, Martín Piroyansky B– |
| • | Cadillac Records Dir. Darnell Martin. With Jeffrey Wright, Adrien Brody, Columbus Short C+ |
| • | Cloverfield Dir. Matt Reeves. With Michael Stahl-David, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan C+ |
| • | Doubt Dir. John Patrick Shanley. With Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams C+ |
| ★ | In the City of Sylvia Dir. José Luis Guerín. With Xavier Lafitte, Pilar López de Ayala C+ |
| • | Iron Man Dir. Jon Favreau. With Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges C+ |
| • | Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Dir. Patricia Rozema. With Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond C+ |
| • | My Blueberry Nights Dir. Wong Kar-wai. With Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn C+ |
| • | Never Forever Dir. Gina Kim. With Vera Farmiga, David Lee McInnis, Ha Jung-woo C+ |
| • | Reprise Dir. Joachim Trier. With Espen Klouman-Hønier, Anders Danielsen Lie, Viktoria Winge C+ |
| ★ | Smart People Dir. Noam Murro. With Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page C+ |
| • | Summer Palace Dir. Lou Ye. With Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Bai Xueyen, Hu Ling, Duan Long C+ |
| • | Transsiberian Dir. Brad Anderson. With Emily Mortimer, Woody Harrelson, Eduardo Noriega C+ |
| • | The Witnesses Dir. Andé Téchiné. With Johan Libéreau, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila C+ |
| • | Australia Dir. Baz Luhrmann. With Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Brandon Walters, David Wenham C |
| ★ | The Duchess Dir. Saul Dibb. With Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell C |
| • | Encounters at the End of the World Dir. Werner Herzog. Documentary about Antarctica C |
| • | Frost/Nixon Dir. Ron Howard. With Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell C |
| • | How She Move Dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid. With Rutina Wesley, Dwain Murphy, Tre Armstrong C |
| • | Mongol Dir. Sergei Bodrov. With Tadanobu Asano, Sun Hong Ley, Ba Sen, Amadu Mamadakov C |
| • | Nothing But the Truth Dir. Rod Lurie. With Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, Vera Farmiga C |
| • | The Signal Dirs. David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry, and Dan Bush. With Anessa Ramsey C |
| ★ | Stuck Dir. Stuart Gordon. With Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby C |
| • | Take Dir. Charles Oliver. With Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman C |
| • | Tell No One Dir. Guillaume Canet. With François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas C |
| ★ | Vicky Cristina Barcelona Dir. Woody Allen. With Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem C |
| ★ | Changeling Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, Michael Kelly C– |
| • | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Dir. David Fincher. With Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett C– |
| • | Gran Torino Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Ahney Her, Christopher Carley C– |
| • | In Bruges Dir. Martin McDonagh. With Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes C– |
| • | The Last Mistress Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida C– |
| • | Miracle at St. Anna Dir. Spike Lee. With Derek Luke, Laz Alonso, Michael Ealy, Omar Benson Miller C– |
| • | Quid Pro Quo Dir. Carlos Brooks. With Nick Stahl, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Hecht, Aimee Mullins C– |
| • | Revolutionary Road Dir. Sam Mendes. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, David Harbour C– |
| • | Rogue Dir. Greg McLean. With Michael Vartan, Radha Mitchell, Sam Worthington, Caroline Brazier C– |
| • | Sex and the City Dir. Michael Patrick King. With Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall C– |
| • | Standard Operating Procedure Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about prison abuses at Abu Ghraib C– |
| • | Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns Dir. Tyler Perry. With Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Lance Gross C– |
| • | Appaloosa Dir. Ed Harris. With Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger D+ |
| • | Beaufort Dir. Joseph Cedar. With Oshri Cohen, Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller, Itay Kiran D+ |
| • | Brideshead Revisited Dir. Julian Jarrold. With Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw D+ |
| • | A Girl Cut in Two Dir. Claude Chabrol. With Ludivine Sagnier, François Berléand, Benoît Magimel D+ |
| • | Irina Palm Dir. Sam Garbarski. With Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop D+ |
| ★ | I've Loved You So Long Dir. Philippe Claudel. With Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein D+ |
| ★ | Mamma Mia! Dir. Phyllida Lloyd. With Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan D+ |
| ★ | Men in the Nude Dir. Károly Esztergályos. With Lászlo Gálffi, Dávid Szabó, Éva Kerekes D+ |
| • | Nights in Rodanthe Dir. George C. Wolfe. With Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Mae Whitman D+ |
| • | Slumdog Millionaire Dir. Danny Boyle. With Dev Patel, Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto D+ |
| • | Diary of the Dead Dir. George A. Romero. With Michelle Morgan, Josh Close, Shawn Roberts D |
| © | Tropic Thunder Dir. Ben Stiller. With Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black D |
| • | Hamlet 2 Dir. Andrew Fleming. With Steve Coogan, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Catherine Keener D– |
| • | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dir. Steven Spielberg D– |
| • | The Day the Earth Stood Still Dir. Scott Derrickson. With Jennifer Connelly, Keanu Reeves F |
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