2008 Year in Review

Here are my top films of 2008, and some of my favourite performances of this year.


Top Movies of 2008

1

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2

Frost / Nixon

3

Revolutionary Road

4

Iron Man

5

Wall-E

6

Slumdog Millionaire

7

Young People F*****

8

Milk

9

The Dark Knight

10

Doubt

Honourable Mentions

11

The Wrestler

12

Rachel Getting Married

13

Quantum of Solace

14

I've Loved You So Long

15

Indiana Jones And The Crystal Skull

16

Brideshead Revisited

17

Up The Yangtze

18

Passchendaele

19

Tropic Thunder

20

The Reader



The Most Overrated Film I Saw This Year

Forgetting Sarah Marshall



Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actress

Cate Blanchett

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Rebecca Hall

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Anne Hathaway

Rachel Getting Married

Kristin Scott Thomas

I've Loved You So Long

Meryl Streep

Doubt

Kate Winslet

Revolutionary Road



Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actor

Javier Bardem

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Leo DiCaprio

Revolutionary Road

Frank Langella

Frost / Nixon

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Doubt

Dev Patel

Slumdog Millionaire

Sean Penn

Milk

Brad PItt

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Mickey Rourke

The Wrestler



Outstanding Performance from a Supporting Actress

Penelope Cruz

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Viola Davis

Doubt

Rosemary DeWitt

Rachel Getting Married

Evan Rachel Wood

The Wrestler

Carly Pope

Young People F******

Tilda Swinton

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Emma Thompson

Brideshead Revisited

Marisa Tomei

The Wrestler



Outstanding Performance from a Supporting Actor

Aaron Abrams

Young People F******

Josh Brolin

Milk

Tom Cruise

Tropic Thunder

Robert Downey Jr

Tropic Thunder

Emile Hirsh

Milk

Heath Ledger

Dark Knight

Sam Rockwell

Frost / Nixon