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FILM RANKINGS
2008

[32 Films Screened]
2008 Reviews * 2008 Films Seen * 2008 Top 10 * Best of 2008 * Worst of 2008

The numbers I use to "rank" these films are merely arbitrary and should in no way be the definitive declaration of a film's worth. They are no more than a rather crass attempt at putting "order" to the cinema I watch and critique. In order to know what I truly think of any certain film, one needs only go to the reviews of said film(s) and read what I have written on them. But, with all that said, here are those arbitrary numbers anyway. Enjoy.

# - Has not yet been released theatrically in the US

See my ranking system.

  • Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas) - [91] #

  • Go Go Tales (Abel Ferrara) - [88] #
  • Flight of the Red Balloon (Hou Hsiao-hsien) - [85]
  • Mister Lonely (Harmony Korine) - [83]
  • The Man From London (Bela Tarr) - [82] #
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu) - [82]

  • Still Life (Jia Zhangke) - [79]
  • Love Songs (Christophe Honoré) - [76]
  • Paranoid Park (Gus Van Sant) - [76]
  • My Blueberry Nights (Wong Kar-wai) - [75]
  • Alexandra (Aleksandr Sokurov) - [73]
  • In Bruges (Martin McDonagh) - [71]

  • Speed Racer (Andy & Larry Wachowski) - [68]
  • Boarding Gate (Olivier Assayas) - [65]
  • Iron Man (Jon Favreau) - [64]
  • Be Kind Rewind (Michel Gondry) - [64]
  • Married Life (Ira Sachs) - [64]
  • Woman on the Beach (Hong Sang-soo) - [63]
  • The Counterfeiters (Stefan Ruzowitzky) - [62]
  • Snow Angels (David Gordon Green) - [61]
  • Secret Sunshine (Lee Chang-dong) - [61] #

  • The Band's Visit (Eran Kolirin) - [57]
  • The Bank Job (Roger Donaldson) - [52]

  • Cloverfield (Matt Reeves) - [47]
  • Smart People (Noam Murro) - [45]
  • The Forbidden Kingdom (Rob Minkoff) - [45]
  • Drillbit Taylor (Steven Brill) - [44]
  • 21 (Robert Luketic) - [41]

  • Doomsday (Neil Marshall) - [36]
  • Penelope (Mark Palanskey) - [33]
  • Vantage Point (Pete Travis) - [31]

  • 10,000 B.C. (Roland Emmerich) - [26]

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