 | Burn After Reading
Buy new: $13.49 / Used from: $1.94 Another quirky comedy a lot of people dislike. I loved everything about this movie except for the particularly unnecessary hatchet killing near the end of the film. I felt the character didn't deserve that at all.
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 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single-Disc Edition)
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.96 Fifth best of the year. This one surprised me as well by how good and rich the story was. Brad Pitt has been making some really good choices recently.
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 | The Dark Knight (Widescreen Single-Disc Edition)
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $1.98 Without the fantastic performance of Heath Ledger (R.I.P.) or the direction of Christopher Nolan, this would've been brought down by Christian Bale's terrible portrayal of Batman. Best comic book movie ever (I don't normally like movies like this, not even Iron Man).
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 | Doubt
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $4.31 Fantastic mystery still has me thinking about it...and I haven't watched it in months. Philip Seymour Hoffman is always amazing.
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 | Frost/Nixon
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $3.09 I love films like this. Political, yet not over the top. Great performances and a great script helped to elevate this one above the rest.
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 | Frozen River
Buy new: $19.94 / Used from: $1.95 Excellent crime film on smuggling immigrants and a fantastic performance by Melissa Leo.
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 | Gran Torino (Widescreen Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.35 Great film on racial tensions.
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 | Happy-Go-Lucky
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $2.62 A lot of people don't like this movie, but I loved it. Watching the misadventures of a strange woman...you either get it or you don't. Fortunately, I got it.
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 | In Bruges
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $1.99 Hilarious, profane dark comedy that literately had me laughing out loud. Another surprisingly great film. Third best of the year.
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 | I've Loved You So Long
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $5.98 Great French drama with an awesome performance by the awesome Kristin Scott Thomas.
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 | Let The Right One In
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $6.96 Best of the year. My all time favorite movie. It's hard to explain why, but this should've been nominated for every major award at the Oscars and won Best Picture. It's such a beautiful film.
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 | Man on Wire
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $5.55 Wonderfully uplifting documentary. I'm so glad this won the Oscar.
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 | Milk
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.73 A good biopic on a great man. Excellent performances by Sean Penn and Josh Brolin.
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 | Revolutionary Road
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $2.51 Too depressing? Well, what do you expect? It's a tragedy, those things aren't supposed to be happy.
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 | Slumdog Millionaire
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $2.39 Overrated, but still a pleasant little film.
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 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.84 Woody Allen is either hit or miss and more often than not, he's a miss. This film (along with Match Point) proves he can still be top of the game when he has good material to work with.
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 | The Visitor
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $2.06 I was surprised by how damn good this movie is. Second best of the year.
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 | Wall-E (Single-Disc Edition)
Buy new: $15.49 / Used from: $7.90 My all time favorite Pixar movie (yes, I even liked it more than Up - but Pixar can't make a bad movie, except for Cars). Fourth best of the year.
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 | Waltz With Bashir
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $9.58 Powerful...haunting...disturbing...mesmerizing...animated.
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 | The Wrestler
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $2.51 Who knew Mickey Rourke could act?
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