Lists of Bests: indieWIRE's Critics Poll 2008 http://www.listsofbests.com/list/61305 Top 100 Films of 2008 in a survey of 105 critics conducted in December 2008 by indieWIRE Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:08:43 GMT en-us 0 50 100 50 0 The Flight of the Red Balloon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3471262 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hou Hsiao-Hsien</div> Un Conte de Noel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3875180 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arnaud Desplechin</div> WALL·E http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2949029 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrew Stanton</div> Wendy & Lucy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5399371 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kelly Reichardt</div> Happy-Go-Lucky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5482114 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5482114"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YOYjhBxXL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mike Leigh</div> Paranoid Park http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4503542 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Still Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4587774 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4587774"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51BUCd9vVcL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jia Zhang Ke</div> Luz Silenciosa [NTSC/REGION 1 & 4 DVD. Import-Latin America] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4569377 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4569377"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EVgnI%2BSNL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carlos Reygadas</div> Synecdoche, New York [Theatrical Release] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5335660 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Waltz with Bashir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3875627 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ari Folman</div> Rachel Getting Married http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5476717 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5476717"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513YOt4XRBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> En la ciudad de Sylvia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3569767 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by José Luis Guerín</div> My Winnipeg http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3470863 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Maddin</div> Let the right one in http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3884447 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tomas Alfredson</div> Milk http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5072461 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Gus Van Sant</div> The Edge of Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2958647 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fatih Akin</div> Hunger (2008) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3995354 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steve McQueen</div> The Wrestler http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4985142 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Darren Aronofsky</div> Ballast (2008) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3741665 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lance Hammer</div> Man on Wire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4452280 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Marsh</div> The Duchess of Langeais http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5504678 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Rivette</div> The Dark Knight http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2460056 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Nolan</div> Che: The Argentine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1167307 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Soderbergh</div> Reprise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4540197 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4540197"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kXtxLI4aL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Gomorrah [Theatrical Release] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5504679 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5504679"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fKW-aCeLL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div> Woman on The Beach http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4576170 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4576170"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YDSKlhWPL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hong Sang-soo</div> Before I Forget http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4308273 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jacques Nolot</div> Slumdog Millionaire http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5390060 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Danny Boyle</div> La France http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4310826 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Serge Bozon</div> Encounters at the End of the World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4928209 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4928209"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NVIovOQTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Werner Herzog</div> Trouble the Water http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5314268 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carl Deal, Tia Lessin</div> The Last Mistress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3471266 <div id="position">32</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Catherine Breillat</div> The Class (Entre les murs) [Theatrical Release] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4153509 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Curious Case of Benjamin Button http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3527950 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Fincher</div> Frownland http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5504680 <div id="position">35</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ronald Bronstein</div> Standard Operating Procedure http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3579026 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Errol Morris</div> The Exiles (1961) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2439843 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kent MacKenzie</div> Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (by Eric Rohmer) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3004589 <div id="position">38</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Burn After Reading http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3527881 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joel & Ethan Coen</div> The Order of Myths http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5382068 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5382068"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41sSbTpS%2BML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Margaret Brown</div> Momma's Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5435635 <div id="position">41</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Azazel Jacobs</div> The Secret of the Grain (Couscous) (La Graine et le mulet) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5352805 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5352805"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kwro1W1cL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Abdel Kechiche</div> 4 Months 3 Weeks 2 Days http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3648849 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Razzle Dazzle: The Lost World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5504681 <div id="position">44</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ken Jacobs</div> Vicky Cristina Barcelona [Theatrical Release] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4570362 <div id="position">45</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Chop Shop http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3847249 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3847249"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DEm%2BN4WmL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ramin Bahrani</div> Ashes of Time Redux http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4939388 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Wong Kar-Wai</div> Boarding Gate http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2945284 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olivier Assayas</div> Boy A http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4564275 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4564275"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VcpbtzThL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Crowley</div> Frozen River http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3506007 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Courtney Hunt</div>