Milk(2008)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 86

The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.



Frost/Nixon(2008)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.



Hunger(2008)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Irish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike.



W.(2008)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 72

A chronicle of the life and presidency of George W. Bush.



Bronson(2008)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 67

A young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.



The Other Boleyn Girl(2008)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Two sisters contend for the affection of King Henry VIII.



Cadillac Records(2008)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.



How to Lose Friends & Alienate People(2008)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A British writer struggles to fit in at a high-profile magazine in New York City.



Flash of Genius(2008)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 64

Robert Kearns takes on the Detroit automakers who he claims stole his idea for the intermittent windshield wiper.



Che: Part Two(2008)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 58

In 1967, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara leads a small partisan army to fight an ill-fated revolutionary guerrilla war in Bolivia, South America.



Nordwand(2008)

Combined Rating:
62
Combined Critics Rating: 60

Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation's ...



Vals Im Bashir(2008)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 46

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.



Jodhaa Akbar(2008)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 46

A sixteenth century love story about a marriage of alliance that gave birth to true love between a great Mughal emperor, Akbar, and a Rajput princess, Jodha.



The Edge of Love(2008)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 47

Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by the brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.



Che: Part One(2008)

Combined Rating:
54
Combined Critics Rating: 39

In 1956, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of Castro-led Cuban exiles mobilize an army to topple the regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.



Changeling(2008)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 32

A grief-stricken mother takes on the LAPD to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.



Der Baader Meinhof Komplex(2008)

Combined Rating:
53
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A look at Germany's terrorist group, The Red Army Faction (RAF), which organized bombings, robberies, kidnappings and assassinations in the late 1960s and '70s.



Yip Man(2008)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 30

During the Japanese invasion of 1937, when a wealthy martial artist is forced to leave his home and work to support his family, he reluctantly agrees to train others in the art of Wing Chun for self-defense.



The Duchess(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 31

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.



Little Ashes(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 50

About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.




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