Best movies of 2008

Actors : J. David Moeller, Jenny McCarthy, Richard Bull, Larry the Cable Guy,
Directors : Charles Robert Carner,

The story centers on a small-town sheriff who witnesses what he believes is a kidnapping and rushes to rescue a woman. The kidnappers turn out to be FBI agents assigned to protect her and ...

Actors : Elijah Wood, Jim Carter, John Hurt, Leonor Watling,
Directors : Álex de la Iglesia,

At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try to stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.

Actors : Zoé Félix, Dany Boon, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, Kad Merad,
Directors : Dany Boon,

A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly come back.

Actors : Frances Fisher, Dermot Mulroney, Jessica Chastain, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Dan Ireland,

A teenage orphan spends ten years traveling cross-country experiencing life, love and heartbreak. Based on E.L. Doctorow's story, "Jolene: A Life."

Actors : Cheryl Hines, Stanley Tucci, Jeff Daniels, Andy Samberg,
Directors : Kirk De Micco,

Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.

Actors : Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Sophie Okonedo,
Directors : Anthony Fabian,

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Actors : Anne-Marie Duff, Ralph Riach, Michael Caine, Bill Milner,
Directors : John Crowley,

Set in 1980s seaside England, this is the story of Edward, an unusual ten year old boy growing up in an old people's home run by his parents. Whilst his mother struggles to keep the family ...

Actors : Matt Boren, Flo Jacobs, Ken Jacobs, Dana Varon,
Directors : Azazel Jacobs,

A man who has avoided his wife and child at home has a change of heart after an imposed stay in his own parents' loft.

Actors : Catherine Keener, Perla Haney-Jardine, Willa Holland, Colin Firth,
Directors : Michael Winterbottom,

A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality.

Actors : Chae Gil Byung, Jung Gil Ja, Shin Hyun Je, Kim Mi Jung,
Directors : So Yong Kim,

In Seoul, Korea, two sisters must look after each other when their mother leaves them to search for their estranged father.

Actors : Jennifer Ulrich, Frederick Lau, Jürgen Vogel, Max Riemelt,
Directors : Dennis Gansel,

A high school teacher's experiment to demonstrate to his students what life is like under a dictatorship spins horribly out of control when he forms a social unit with a life of its own.

Actors : Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen, Larry Bishop, Julia Jones,
Directors : Larry Bishop,

Two rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.

Actors : Tamela J. Mann, Tyler Perry, David Mann, Angela Bassett,
Directors : Tyler Perry,

A single mom takes her family to Georgia for the funeral of her father -- a man she never met. There, her clan is introduced to the crass, fun-loving Brown family.

Actors : Antonio Banderas, Romola Garai, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney,
Directors : Richard Eyre,

The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.

Actors : Liping Lü, Tao Zhao, Jianbin Chen, Joan Chen,
Directors : Zhangke Jia,

Change and a city in China. In Chengdu, factory 420 is being pulled down to make way for multi-story buildings with luxury flats. Scenes of factory operations, of the workforce, and of ...

Actors : Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Olivia Williams, Eve,
Directors : Baillie Walsh,

A fading Hollywood star looks back at the days of his youth as he returns home from his best friend's funeral.

Actors : Vinessa Shaw, Erik Smith, Tierra Abbott, Christopher Allport,
Directors : Jason Freeland,

April (age 15) is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve nudity, and falls in with a group of confused kids chasing their dreams. The black widow in the web is the sexy, pot-dealing Sally.

Actors : Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Pascale Arbillot, Jamel Debbouze,
Directors : Agnès Jaoui,

Agnes Jaoui plays a local political candidate Agathe Villanova, who returns to her childhood home in the south of France in order to help her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot) sort through...

Actors : Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger, Jon Foster, Billy Bob Thornton,
Directors : Gregor Jordan,

One week in L.A. in 1983, featuring movie executives, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters in adventures laced with sex, drugs and violence.

Actors : Lancelot Roch, Olivier Marchal, Diane Kruger, Vincent Lindon,
Directors : Fred Cavayé,

With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.