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Best Movies of 2008

The highest-rated films released in 2008, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 219 titlesavg ★ 6.54 avg 104 min Drama Comedy Action Thriller

Most watched in 2008

The Dark Knight2008 · ★ 8.5 · 2h 32m

Iron Man2008 · ★ 7.7 · 2h 6m

WALL·E2008 · ★ 8.1 · 1h 38m

Twilight2008 · ★ 6.3 · 2h 2m

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008 · ★ 7.6 · 2h 46m

The Incredible Hulk2008 · ★ 6.3 · 1h 54m

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#1 The Dark Knight (2008) · ★ 8.5 · 36,822 votes · 2h 32m · action, thriller, drama
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations t…
#2 WALL·E (2008) · ★ 8.1 · 20,936 votes · 1h 38m · science-fiction, animation, family
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EV…
#3 Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) · ★ 8.1 · 602 votes · 1h 34m · crime, documentary
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close fri…
#4 Gran Torino (2008) · ★ 8.0 · 11,858 votes · 1h 56m · drama
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.…
#5 Departures (2008) · ★ 7.9 · 958 votes · 2h 10m · drama
Daigo, a cellist, is laid off from his orchestra and moves with his wife back to his small hometown where the living is cheaper. Thinking he’s applying for a job at a travel agency…
#6 Love Exposure (2008) · ★ 7.9 · 546 votes · 3h 57m · action, comedy, romance
The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. Hi…
#7 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008) · ★ 7.8 · 7,846 votes · 1h 34m · drama, history, war
When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems…
#8 Ponyo (2008) · ★ 7.8 · 4,984 votes · 1h 40m · fantasy, animation, family
When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energeti…
#9 Ip Man (2008) · ★ 7.8 · 4,261 votes · 1h 46m · action, drama, history
A semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the first martial arts master to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in th…
#10 The Chaser (2008) · ★ 7.8 · 1,641 votes · 2h 5m · action, thriller, crime
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them dow…
#11 Presto (2008) · ★ 7.8 · 1,109 votes · 0h 5m · comedy, animation, family
Dignity. Poise. Mystery. We expect nothing less from the great turn-of-the-century magician, Presto. But when Presto neglects to feed his rabbit one too many times, the magician fi…
#12 Iron Man (2008) · ★ 7.7 · 28,904 votes · 2h 6m · action, adventure, science-fiction
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.…
#13 Slumdog Millionaire (2008) · ★ 7.7 · 11,635 votes · 2h 1m · romance, drama
A teenager reflects on his life after being accused of cheating on the Indian version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".…
#14 Waltz with Bashir (2008) · ★ 7.7 · 1,089 votes · 1h 30m · drama, animation, war
A film director from Israel interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.…
#15 Fireproof (2008) · ★ 7.7 · 881 votes · 1h 58m · romance, drama
A heroic fire captain values dedication and service to others above all else, but the most important partnership in his life, his marriage, is about to go up in smoke.…
#16 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) · ★ 7.6 · 14,005 votes · 2h 46m · fantasy, romance, drama
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Dai…
#17 Seven Pounds (2008) · ★ 7.6 · 7,398 votes · 2h 3m · drama
An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.…
#18 Changeling (2008) · ★ 7.6 · 4,605 votes · 2h 22m · drama, crime, mystery
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine…
#19 Il Divo (2008) · ★ 7.6 · 1,208 votes · 1h 53m · drama
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist ma…
#20 In Bruges (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 5,998 votes · 1h 48m · comedy, drama, crime
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the missi…
#21 The Wrestler (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 4,148 votes · 1h 49m · romance, drama
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy ha…
#22 The Wave (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 3,707 votes · 1h 47m · thriller, drama
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be esta…
#23 The Reader (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 3,479 votes · 2h 4m · romance, drama
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one…
#24 Let the Right One In (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 3,353 votes · 1h 55m · drama, horror
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and E…
#25 Synecdoche, New York (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 1,670 votes · 2h 4m · drama
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.…
#26 BURN·E (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 831 votes · 0h 8m · comedy, science-fiction, animation
What lengths will a robot undergo to do his job? BURN·E is a dedicated hard working robot who finds himself locked out of his ship. BURN·E quickly learns that completing a simple t…
#27 The Secret Life of Bees (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 599 votes · 1h 54m · adventure, drama, family
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationshi…
#28 The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008) · ★ 7.5 · 524 votes · 1h 54m · drama
A sprawling drama centered on five key days in a family's life.…
#29 Taken (2008) · ★ 7.4 · 12,438 votes · 1h 34m · action, thriller
Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation wit…
#30 Man on Wire (2008) · ★ 7.4 · 999 votes · 1h 34m · documentary
On August 7th 1974, French tightrope walker Philippe Petit stepped out on a high wire, illegally rigged between New York's World Trade Center twin towers, then the world's tallest…
#31 Barbie and the Diamond Castle (2008) · ★ 7.4 · 895 votes · 1h 18m · animation, family
Liana and Alexa are best friends who share everything, including their love of singing. Upon meeting a girl inside a mirror, the duo embark on a journey that will put their friends…
#32 Food, Inc. (2008) · ★ 7.4 · 684 votes · 1h 34m · documentary
Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner examines how mammoth corporations have taken over all aspects of the food chain in the United States, from the farms where our food is grown to…
#33 A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008) · ★ 7.4 · 634 votes · 0h 30m · comedy, romance, animation
Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.…
#34 Kung Fu Panda (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 13,027 votes · 1h 30m · action, comedy, adventure
Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threa…
#35 Martyrs (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 3,138 votes · 1h 39m · thriller, drama, horror
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey…
#36 Another Cinderella Story (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 2,149 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, romance, family
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her cur…
#37 Frost/Nixon (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 1,351 votes · 2h 2m · drama, history
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive intervi…
#38 Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 1,021 votes · 1h 53m · action, thriller, drama
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Pa…
#39 Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 962 votes · 2h 13m · action, thriller, drama
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration,…
#40 CJ7 (2008) · ★ 7.3 · 839 votes · 1h 28m · comedy, fantasy, drama
A poor construction worker, who struggles to keep his son in private school, mistakes an orb he finds in a junkjard for a toy which proves to be much, much more once the young boy…