Best movies of 2008

Actors : Joshua Jackson, James Kyson, Megumi Okina, Rachael Taylor,
Directors : Masayuki Ochiai,

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Actors : Ayumi Itô, Nao Ohmori, Ryo Kase, Ayako Fujitani,

A cinematic triptych of three Tokyo-set stories.

Actors : Molly Hagan, Michael Peña, Rachel McAdams, Tim Robbins,
Directors : Neil Burger,

The story revolves around three soldiers - Colee, TK and Cheever - who return from the war after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an ...

Actors : Ron Perlman, Thomas Jane, Sean Pertwee, Devon Aoki,
Directors : Simon Hunter,

28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.

Actors : Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine, Juan Carlos Lara II, Diego Cataño,
Directors : Fernando Eimbcke,

A story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.

Actors : Cam Clarke, Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, Tim Hodge,
Directors : Mike Nawrocki,

Three lazy misfits - very timid Elliot (Larry the Cucumber), lazy Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt) and no self-confident George (Pa Grape) - dream of the day of putting on a show about pirates. With ...

Actors : Katie Holmes, Queen Latifah, Diane Keaton, Ted Danson,
Directors : Callie Khouri,

Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

Actors : Molly Shannon, John Cusack, Steve Buscemi, Myleene Klass,
Directors : Tony Leondis,

Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.

Actors : Nick Nolte, Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller,
Directors : Rawson Marshall Thurber,

Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.

Actors : George Lopez, Manolo Cardona, Piper Perabo, Drew Barrymore,
Directors : Raja Gosnell,

While on vacation in Mexico, Chloe, a ritzy Beverly Hills chihuahua, finds herself lost and in need of assistance in order to get back home.

Actors : Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Inés Efron, María Onetto,
Directors : Lucrecia Martel,

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She realizes she might have killed someone.

Actors : Anupam Kher, Jesse Metcalfe, Austin Basis, Sara Foster,
Directors : James Dodson,

An employee at an Indian call-center travels to San Francisco to be with a guy she falls for over the phone.

Actors : Lei Huang, Yuqi Zhang, Jiao Xu, Stephen Chow,
Directors : Stephen Chow,

A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.

Actors : Jamie Starr, Lukas Haas, Kim Basinger, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : Susan Montford,

Della Myers is an overwhelmed upper-middle-class housewife who lives in a large house in the suburbs with her twin children and her abusive husband, Kenneth. Kenneth lets Della know that he...

Actors : Villmar Björkman, Linnea Cart-Lamy, Leif Edlund, Sara Eriksson,
Directors : Ruben Östlund,

In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting ones foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.

Actors : Robin Tunney, Adam Scott, Naomie Harris, Josh Hartnett,
Directors : Austin Chick,

August centers on two brothers fighting to keep their start-up company afloat on Wall Street during August 2001, a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Actors : Richard E. Grant, Holly Weston, Vicky McClure, Eugene Hutz,
Directors : Madonna,

A comedy centered on three flatmates living desperate lives in London.

Actors : Elle Fanning, Patricia Clarkson, Felicity Huffman, Bill Pullman,
Directors : Daniel Barnz,

Confounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.

Actors : Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Karen Taylor, Alan Davies,
Directors : Gurinder Chadha,

The story centers on a 14-year-old girl who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teenager, including the things she learns about kissing.

Actors : Marina Cacciotti, Maria Calì, Grazia Cesarini Sforza, Valeria De Franciscis,
Directors : Gianni Di Gregorio,

Gianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. His only outlet from her and the increasing debt into which they are sinking, are the increasingly...