Best Films of 2008

From music to movies, the year-end list-making continues...

I'll spare you the lengthy preamble on this occasion and get straight to the list.

Usual rules apply (i.e. all films must have been released theatrically in the UK in 2008).

		No Country for Old Men (dir. Ethan Coen & Joel Cohen)
		Waltz with Bashir (dir. Ari Folman)
		There Will Be Blood (dir. Paul Thomas Anderson)
		Man on Wire (dir. James Marsh)
		Changeling (dir. Clint Eastwood)
		Juno (dir. Jason Reitman)
		Gone Baby Gone (dir. Ben Affleck)
		Gomorrah (dir. Matteo Garone)
		4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days (dir. Cristian Mungiu)
		The Baader Meinhof Complex (dir. Uli Edel)
		The Wave (dir. Dennis Gansel)
		The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (dir. Julian Schnabel)
		In Search of a Midnight Kiss (dir. Alex Holdridge)
		Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (dir. Alex Gibney)
		The Visitor (dir. Thomas McCarthy)
		W. (dir. Oliver Stone)
		My Winnipeg (dir. Guy Maddin)
		Lust, Caution (dir. Ang Lee)
		Of Time and the City (dir. Terence Davies)
		Son of Rambow (dir. Garth Jennings)
		Charlie Wilson's War (dir. Mike Nichols)
		Water Lilies (dir. Céline Sciamma)
		The Duchess (dir. Saul Dibb)
		Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (dir. Sidney Lumet)
		Quantum of Solace (dir. Marc Forster)

Pop quiz: which actress has roles in three of the above movies?

Related posts:
My Top 25 Films of 2007
My Top 30 Films of 2006
My Top 25 Films of 2005
My Top 20 Films of 2004