Best Movies of 2008 – page 5
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family's blind ambition, compete for the love of the ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sexy, historical drama, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
queen, love triangle, royal family, british history, medieval, royal court, king, intrigue, tudors, betrayal, siblings relations, kingdom ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, rome italy, london ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two boys from a small town find their courage tested when they accidentally stow away aboard an airplane owned by the mob...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
friendship between boys, young heroes, airplane, friendship, save the day, coming of age, teenage life, aviation, social differences, danger, one man army, lgbt teen ...
Place:
arizona, usa
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, talky, touching, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, violence, family life, american dream, infidelity, marital problem, first love, marriage, teenage love, family problems, love and romance, fighting illness ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Documentary, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star (Lucky Louie) as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male ...
Style:
cynical, talky, witty, political, stylized ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, gender, stand up comedy, artists and showbiz, physical appearance, social problems, disorder, politically correct, lifestyle, sexual relations, couples, comedian ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back to mend the tear in reality, or (hopefully) at least not make it worse. Beyond the tear, though, lurks a being of ...
Style:
humorous, adult animation, melancholic, clever, talky ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
space and aliens, cyclops, scientist, parallel universe, robot, monster, danger, dating, alien, technology, beast, save the world ...
Time:
future, 20th century
Place:
new york, tokyo
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158K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The attempted assassination of the American President is told and re-told from several different perspectives.
Style:
surprise ending, clever, suspenseful, political, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
terrorism, secret service, assassination attempt, president, conspiracy, assassination, assassination of president, kidnapping, chase, terrorist, betrayal, multiple perspectives ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, UK, Australia, Germany, New Zealand
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
One year after their incredible adventures in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Peter, Edmund, Lucy and Susan Pevensie return to Narnia to aid a young prince whose life has been threatened by the evil King Miraz. Now, with the help of a colorful ...
Style:
fairy tale, costume drama, saga, epic, feel good ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, sword fight, good versus evil, witch, imaginary kingdom, queen, prince, talking animal, centaur, animal, sibling relationship, parallel world ...
Time:
1940s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something ...
Style:
teen, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, prom, teenage love, love and romance, teenage girl, friendship, high school life, teenager, high school hunk, friends, music, buddies ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
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Genre: Animation, Short, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
Story:
Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up more hilarious Star Wars-inspired satire in this second compilation of sketches featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken." Gary the stormtrooper deals with ...
Style:
parody, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
star wars, laser gun, fictional war, absurd humor, lightsaber, bounty hunter, escapades, humour, space and aliens, battles, falling from height, crossover ...
Place:
space western
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
Style:
inspirational, factual, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
american football, african american, athlete and trainer, college, racism, biopic, friendship, courage, mentor, ambition, success, against the odds ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 2008, 60s ...
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio, new jersey, texas
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25K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In Albany, the marriage of Caleb and Catherine Holt is in crisis and they decide to divorce. However, Caleb's father, John, proposes that his son delays their separation process for forty days and follow a procedure called "The Love ...
Style:
inspirational, christian film, uplifting, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing, date night, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
christian, religious, marriage, couple relations, couples, firefighter, renewed love, faith, self discovery, husband wife relationship, relationships, love and romance ...
Place:
georgia, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, black and white, social ...
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, friendship, teenage life, social differences, parents and children, family relations, social misfits, love and romance, lifestyle, single parent, society ...
Time:
90s, year 2008
Place:
london, europe, england, paris france
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job – showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a ...
Style:
visually stunning, witty, realistic, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
twists and turns, cons and scams, crime gone awry, fall in love, con artists, caper, magic realism, con man, partner, family relations, dishonesty, escapades ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
montenegro, former yugoslavia, prague, tokyo, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
Style:
entertaining, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, space travel, changing the past or future, space and aliens, good versus evil, stargate, space, space opera, parallel universe, heroic mission, escapades, imaginary ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, 1930s, year 1939 ...
Place:
russia, atlantic ocean, egypt, california
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38K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that ...
Style:
sad, psychological, romantic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, terminal illness, cancer, love, teenage love, youth, teenager, opposites attract, first love, love story, teen romance, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A worldwide epidemic encourages a bio-tech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Style:
gothic, dark, medical horror, horror musical, visual ...
Plot:
goth, medical, opera, violence, mercilessness, support group, musician, torture, addiction, rock, life is a bitch, against humanity ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, paris france
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96K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A high school senior drives cross-country with his best friends to hook up with a babe he met online.
Style:
sex comedy, teen sex comedy, sexy, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, loss of virginity, friendship, coming of age, on the road, high school, public nudity, looking for sex, sex scene, college, virginity, male virgin ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
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38K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, creepy, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, deadly virus, virus, epidemic, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, radio, infection, small town, survival, insanity, fear ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future
Place:
ontario canada, canada
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89K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jackie Moon is the owner, promoter, coach, and star player of the Flint Michigan Tropics of the American Basketball Association (ABA). In 1976 before the ABA collapses, the National Basketball Association (NBA) plans to merge with the best teams of ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, stylized, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
basketball, championship, cheerleader, hopes, satire, basketball team, sport team, mentor, competition, adaptation, justice, athlete's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
The movie is about Sita, the Hindu Goddess from the epic "The Ramayana", who accompanies Lord Rama on a 14 year exile in forest. Sita is abducted by Ravana, the ruler of Lanka. This movie tells the story of Rama and Sita, along-with a ...
Style:
colorful, epic, semi serious, captivating, adult animation ...
Plot:
jazz, ancient, mistrust, duty, martyr, monk, suspicion, long distance relationship, gossip, blues, imaginary, exile ...
Time:
year 2008, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
india, san francisco, asia
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rick Penning lives life just like he plays rugby; fast, hard-hitting and intense. When life on the edge lands him in jail, prison ward Marcus Tate offers him a chance to get back in the game by playing for his rival, Highland Rugby. Reluctantly Rick ...
Style:
inspirational, realistic, serious, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, manly, teen drama
Plot:
rugby, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, coach, father son relationship, athlete and trainer, redemption, human spirit, starting over, ambition, teenage life, motivation ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space) she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. She emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home and the Professor sees the fuel ...
Style:
adult animation, witty, not serious, exciting, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
spacecraft, parallel world, cyclops, heroic mission, escapades, rivalry, good versus evil, rescue, danger, dystopian future, sarcasm, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 20th century, middle ages
Place:
alaska, new york
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic, visual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ufo, end of the world, alien encounter, alien, alien invasion, alien contact, evil alien, happy ending, first contact, robot, extraterrestrial, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., virginia, new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for ...
Style:
epic, realistic, serious, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
world war one, veteran, military, battlefield, battles, platoon, great war, heroic mission, military life, war, state affairs, love and romance ...
Time:
1910s, 50s, 20th century, year 1917
Place:
canada, belgium, france, flanders
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42K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, sensual, sexual, neo noir ...
Plot:
sex, betrayal, twists and turns, hotel, lawyer, escapades, murder, manipulation, police investigation, frame up, life turned upside down, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
new york, europe, spain, usa, madrid ...
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49K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.
Style:
humorous, light, witty, entertaining, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, friendship, female protagonist, babies and infants, thirtysomething life, farce, stereotypes, family relations, lifestyle, odd couple, mother daughter relationship, pregnant woman ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In London for his daughter's wedding, a struggling jingle-writer, Harvey Shine, misses his plane to New York, and thus loses his job. While drowning his sorrows in the airport pub, Harvey meets Kate, a British government worker stuck in an ...
Style:
sincere, romantic, sweet, touching, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, couples, love story, relationships, happy ending, marriage, love and romance, down on your luck, love, family problems, weekend, unlikely relationship ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, harsh ...
Plot:
racism, interracial relations, interracial couple, neighbor, family in danger, home invasion, interracial love, harassment, racist cop, lapd, interracial romance, obsession ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
small town, single parent, family relations, life is a bitch, parents and children, danger, suicide, juvenile delinquent, robbery, mother son relationship, poverty, society ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, mississippi, africa
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Style:
exciting, scenic, captivating, fairy tale, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
island, exotic island, little girl, young heroes, writers, imaginary friend, danger, single father, scientist, child, poacher, jungle ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, patagonia, pacific ocean, san francisco, indonesia ...
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