The Best of 2008 (Meryl, Milk & Men on Wires)

The Top 10 Films of 2008:

01. Doubt
02. Milk
03. The Wrestler
04. Rachel Getting Married
05. In Bruges
06. Synecdoche, New York
07. Frost/Nixon
08. The Signal
09. Gran Torino
10. Let the Right One In

The 20:

11. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
12. Australia
13. Red
14. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
15. Transsiberian
16. The Fall
17. Son of Rambow
18. Lakeview Terrace
19. Good Dick
20. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Honorable Mentions:

21. Pineapple Express
22. Snow Angels
23. Frozen River
24. The Reader
25. Shotgun Stories

Top 10 Performances of 2008:

01. Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
02. Meryl Streep - Doubt
03. Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
04. Sean Penn - Milk
05. Robert Downey, Jr. - Tropic Thunder
06. Debra Winger - Rachel Getting Married
07. Viola Davis - Doubt
08. Emile Hirsch - Milk
09. Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
10. Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon

Top 5 Documentaries of 2008:

01. Dear Zachary: Letters to A Son About His Father
02. Encounters at the End of the World
03. Man on Wire
04. Standard Operating Procedure
05. Stranded: I've Come from A Plane That Crashed in the Mountains

Top 5 Animated Films of 2008:

01. Wall-E
02. Waltz with Bashir
03. $9.99
04. Kung Fu Panda
05. Fear(s) of the Dark

Overlooked Films of the Year:

01. The Signal
02. In Bruges
03. Dear Zachary: A Letter to A Son About His Father
04. Shotgun Stories
05. Fear(s) of the Dark

Horror Films of the Year:

01. The Signal
02. Rec
03. Frontiere(s)
04. Splinter
05. Dance of the Dead

Comedy Films of the Year:

01. Pineapple Express
02. Role Models
03. Tropic Thunder
04. Hamlet 2
05. Burn After Reading

Will Be Remembered Fondly in 10-Years:

01. Speed Racer
02. Dark Streets
03. Synecdoche, New York