Top Movies of 2008


The top movies of 2008 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

131. The Spiderwick Chronicles

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Mark Waters
Actors: Sarah Bolger, Freddie Highmore, David Strathairn, Nick Nolte, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Plowright

132. Zack and Miri Make a Porno

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Elizabeth Banks, Seth Rogen, Betty Aberlin, Jeff Anderson, Eric Hollenbeck, Jason Mewes
Plot: A couple of friends are having trouble making ends meet when something happens. They decide the best way to solve the problem is to make a porno. This will get them the cash they need to survive. What are their true feelings. Maybe there is something more to their relationship than just friendship.

133. Persuasion

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Adrian Shergold
Actors: Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis, Michael Fenton Stevens
Plot: A spinster is thrown into socially awkward positions after a young man she once fell in love with and spurned returns as a successful Captain in the Navy

134. Baghead

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Actors: Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge, Elise Muller, Jett Garner, Greta Gerwig, Anthony Cristo
Plot: Four struggling actors take a working vacation at a cabin in the woods.
They plan to shoot a movie. The screenplay starts to come true and they
find they are in the middle of a horror movie.

135. Baby Mama

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael McCullers
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Curt Carlson
Plot: Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) is a successful business woman who finds she is infertile but desperately wants a baby. She hires Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to be her unlikely surrogate.

136. Hancock

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Peter Berg
Actors: Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman, Daeg Faerch, Lauren Hill, Darrell Foster
Plot: A cocky, looser like super hero who has been living under a rock lately finally brings himself back to reality when he starts dating the wife of his publicists. Much like like super man, he has super strength, super flying ability, and super intelligence. What he does not use is his heart. He has no motivation to continue to help the world until a special event happens.

137. Mamma Mia!

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Musical/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Actors: Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Julie Walters, Stellan SkarsgÄrd
Plot: Based on the musical of the same name, a young bride is told she has a real father who is alive. The problem is that her mother does not know who it may be, but that it is between three men. The daughter sings songs and elaborate choreography to tell her story while the wedding takes place in a warm, beach type atmosphere.

138. Einstein and Eddington

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Philip Martin
Actors: David Tennant, Richard McCabe, Patrick Kennedy, Ben Uttley, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis
Plot: The film shows the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and how British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington experiment worked to prove Einstein's theory.

139. Dakota Skye

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Humber
Actors: Eileen April Boylan, Ian Nelson, J.B. Ghuman Jr., Bay Dariz, Dominique Generaux, Carol Woodburn

140. Nerdcore Rising

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Negin Farsad, Kim Gatewood
Actors: Damian Hess, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Brian Posehn, Beefy, Brandon Patton, Prince Paul

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