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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.)


Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Dir. Tyler Perry. With Alfre Woodard, Kathy Bates B
Nights in Rodanthe Dir. George C. Wolfe. With Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Mae Whitman D+
Miracle at St. Anna Dir. Spike Lee. With Derek Luke, Laz Alonso, Michael Ealy, Omar Benson Miller C–
Trouble the Water Dirs. Tia Lessin & Carl Deal. Documentary about Hurricane Katrina survivors A
Hamlet 2 Dir. Andrew Fleming. With Steve Coogan, Skylar Astin, Phoebe Strole, Catherine Keener D–
A Girl Cut in Two Dir. Claude Chabrol. With Ludivine Sagnier, François Berléand, Benoît Magimel D+
Elegy Dir. Isabel Coixet. With Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Dennis Hopper, Patricia Clarkson B
Burn After Reading Dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen. With George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt B+
©Tropic Thunder Dir. Ben Stiller. With Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black D
Mamma Mia! Dir. Phyllida Lloyd. With Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan D+
The Bank Job Dir. Roger Donaldson. With Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Daniel Mays B–
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+
Frozen River Dir. Courtney Hunt. With Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott C+
Man on Wire Dir. James Marsh. Documentary about a tightrope walker and his surprise stunts B+
Transsiberian Dir. Brad Anderson. With Emily Mortimer, Woody Harrelson, Eduardo Noriega C+
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Dir. Woody Allen. With Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem C
Alexandra Dir. Aleksandr Sokurov. With Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva B+
Tell No One Dir. Guillaume Canet. With François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, Kristin Scott Thomas C
Brideshead Revisited Dir. Julian Jarrold. With Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw D+
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Dir. Patricia Rozema. With Abigail Breslin, Julia Ormond C+
Sex and the City Dir. Michael Patrick King. With Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall C–
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Dir. Steven Spielberg D–
The Dark Knight Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart B+
Encounters at the End of the World Dir. Werner Herzog. Documentary about Antarctica C
Up the Yangtze Dir. Yung Chang. Documentary about the human impact of the Three Gorges Dam A–
Surfwise Dir. Doug Pray. Documentary about a zealous surfer, his wife, and their nine children B
WALL•E Dir. Andrew Stanton. Animated. Voices of Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin B+
The Fall Dir. Tarsem. With Catinca Untaru, Lee Pace, Justine Waddell, Robin Smith B+
Savage Grace Dir. Tom Kalin. With Julianne Moore, Eddie Redmayne, Stephen Dillane A–
Then She Found Me Dir. Helen Hunt. With Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Matthew Broderick B–
Jellyfish Dirs. Etgar Keret & Shira Geffen. With Sarah Adler, Nikol Leidman, Noa Knoller B–
Iron Man Dir. Jon Favreau. With Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges C+
Turn the River Dir. Chris Eigeman. With Famke Janssen, Jaymie Dornan, Rip Torn, Matt Ross B–
Take Dir. Charles Oliver. With Minnie Driver, Jeremy Renner, Bobby Coleman C
The Counterfeiters Dir. Stefan Ruzowitzky. With Karl Markovics, August Diehl, Devid Striesow B
Stop-Loss Dir. Kimberly Peirce. With Ryan Phillippe, Channing Tatum, Abbie Cornish B
Smart People Dir. Noam Murro. With Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page 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+
Teeth Dir. Mitchell Lichtenstein. With Jess Weixler, Hale Appleman, John Hensley B–
Paranoid Park Dir. Gus Van Sant. With Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Lauren McKinney B–
Married Life Dir. Ira Sachs. With Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Patricia Clarkson, Rachel McAdams B
How She Move Dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid. With Rutina Wesley, Dwain Murphy, Tre Armstrong C
Cloverfield Dir. Matt Reeves. With Michael Stahl-David, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Lizzy Caplan C+
Flight of the Red Balloon Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Juliette Binoche, Fang Song, Simon Iteanu B+
The Witnesses Dir. Andé Téchiné. With Johan Libéreau, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila C+
Irina Palm Dir. Sam Garbarski. With Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop D+
The Last Mistress Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Asia Argento, Fu'ad Ait Aattou, Roxane Mesquida C–
Yella Dir. Christian Petzold. With Nina Hoss, Devid Striesow, Hinnerk Schönemann B+
Taxi to the Dark Side Dir. Alex Gibney. Documentary about post-9/11 U.S. torture practices B+
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days Dir. Cristian Mungiu. With Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu A–
Stuck Dir. Stuart Gordon. With Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby C
Mister Foe Dir. David Mackenzie. With Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Claire Forlani B
Men in the Nude Dir. Károly Esztergályos. With Lászlo Gálffi, Dávid Szabó, Éva Kerekes D+
Summer Palace Dir. Lou Ye. With Hao Lei, Guo Xiaodong, Bai Xueyen, Hu Ling, Duan Long C+


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