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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.)


4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Dir. Cristian Mungiu. With Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu A–
Savage Grace Dir. Tom Kalin. With Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane A–
Up the Yangtze Dir. Yung Chang. Documentary about the human impact of the Three Gorges Dam A–

Alexandra Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov. With Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva B+
The Dark Knight Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart 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+
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+

The Counterfeiters Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow B
Married Life Dir. Ira Sachs. With Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams 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

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–
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–

Cloverfield Dir. Matt Reeves. With Michael Stahl-David, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan C+
Frozen River Dir. Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott 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+
Smart People Dir. Noam Murro. With Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page 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+

How She Move Dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid. With Rutina Wesley, Dwain Murphy, Tre Armstrong C
Encounters at the End of the World Dir. Werner Herzog. Documentary about Antarctica 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

The Last Mistress Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida C–
Sex and the City Dir. Michael Patrick King. With Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall C–
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns Dir. Tyler Perry. With Angela Bassett, Rick Fox, Lance Gross C–

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+
Irina Palm Dir. Sam Garbarski. With Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop D+
Men in the Nude Dir. Károly Esztergályos. With Lászlo Gálffi, Dávid Szabó, Éva Kerekes D+

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dir. Steven Spielberg D–


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