Critically acclaimed movies of 2008

The Hurt Locker(2008)

Combined Rating:
95
Combined Critics Rating: 93

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.



Slumdog Millionaire(2008)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"



The Dark Knight(2008)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

When the menace known as the Joker emerges from his mysterious past, he wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the Dark Knight must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice.



Milk(2008)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 87

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.



Iron Man(2008)

Combined Rating:
90
Combined Critics Rating: 85

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.



The Wrestler(2008)

Combined Rating:
89
Combined Critics Rating: 85

A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.



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.



Rachel Getting Married(2008)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A young woman who has been in and out of rehab for the past ten years, returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.



Happy-Go-Lucky(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 83

A look at a few chapters in the life of Poppy, a cheery, colorful, North London schoolteacher whose optimism tends to exasperate those around her.



Wendy and Lucy(2008)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happening triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.



Tropic Thunder(2008)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.



The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.



Gran Torino(2008)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.



Frozen River(2008)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec. Here, the lure of fast money from smuggling ...



Sugar(2008)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.



Goodbye Solo(2008)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Two men form an unlikely friendship that will change both of their lives forever.



Kung Fu Panda(2008)

Golden Globe 1
Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as China's fate hangs in the balance: However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is a tyro in martial arts.



Hunger(2008)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 79

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



Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull(2008)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Famed archaeologist and adventurer Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr. is called back into action, when he becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.



Vicky Cristina Barcelona(2008)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Two girlfriends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.




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