By William Wolf

THE BEST TEN FILMS OF 2008 (IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE)  Send This Review to a Friend

1. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

2. MILK

3. 4 MONTHS, THREE WEEKS, 2 DAYS

4. I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG

5. THE CLASS

6. NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

7. ELSA AND FRED

8. GOOD

9. FROZEN RIVER

10. THE VISITOR

Other especially worthy films (in no particular order): I Served the King of England, Gran Torino, Tell No One, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Che, Doubt, Frost/Nixon, A Christmas Tale, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Religulous, Waltz with Bashir, Taxi to the Dark Side, Brick Road, How About You, The Reader [with reservations—see review], A Previous Engagement, Battle for Haditha, Cassandra’s Dream, The Changeling, Defiance, Married Life, The Children of Huang Shi, Roman de Gare, The Boy with the Striped Pajamas, The Counterfeiter, W, When Did You Last See Your Father?, Young @ Heart, Moving Midway.

  

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