Best Movies of 2008 – page 5

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 6.5
 75K
Blindness (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style: apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing, intense, depressing ...
Plot: post apocalypse, plague, survival, epidemic, blindness, distopia, apocalypse, dystopia, virus, post apocalyptic, disability, pandemic ...
Time: distant future, year 2008, 21st century
Place: portugal, sao paulo brazil
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 6.0
 37K
Nim's Island (2008)
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, sad, fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: island, little girl, young heroes, exotic island, imaginary friend, writers, family relations, single father, danger, scientist, jungle, poacher ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: fictional island, san francisco, patagonia, pacific ocean, indonesia ...
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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
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, bloody, horror musical, visual ...
Plot: goth, medical, opera, support group, mercilessness, torture, addiction, rock, violence, powerful corporation, life is a bitch, against humanity ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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 6.0
 47K
Baby Mama (2008)
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: light, humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: pregnancy, friendship, female protagonist, babies and infants, thirtysomething life, farce, stereotypes, family relations, lifestyle, odd couple, mother daughter relationship, motherhood ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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 7.1
 11K
Forever Strong (2008)
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: realistic, serious, inspirational, motivational, disturbing ...
Audience: manly, family outing
Plot: rugby, coach, dedicated educator, juvenile delinquency, athlete and trainer, father son relationship, human spirit, redemption, ambition, starting over, teenage life, motivation ...
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Passchendaele (2008)
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: realistic, serious, rough, emotional, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, military, battlefield, battles, platoon, great war, military life, heroic mission, love and romance, heroes, state affairs ...
Time: 1910s, 50s, 20th century, year 1917
Place: belgium, canada, flanders, france
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 5.8
 137K
Saw V (2008)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all the loose ends.
Style: scary, bloody, suspense, psychological, slasher ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, torture, game of death, trap, psychopath, mind game, violent, kidnapping, blood, gory, vigilante, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
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 6.8
 18K
Bottle Shock (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Paris-based wine expert Steven Spurrier heads to California in search of cheap wine that he can use for a blind taste test in the French capital. Stumbling upon the Napa Valley, the stuck-up Englishman is shocked to discover a winery turning out ...
Style: feel good, light, factual, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: wine, vineyard, beautiful scenery, friendship, family business, ambition, escapades, intern, contests and competitions, workplace, love affair, winery ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 20th century
Place: france, california, usa, europe, paris france
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Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story: Based on Puccini's opera La bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create in New York City in the 1990s. This is a live recording of Rent's final performance after more than 12 ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, emotional
Plot: theater, gay romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, social differences, opera, drug abuse, artist, follow your dream, actor's life, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.2
 23K
The Express (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
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, uplifting, emotional, factual, serious ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly
Plot: american football, african american, racism, athlete and trainer, football, college, human spirit, biopic, mentor, friendship, courage, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2008, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, cleveland ohio
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 5.7
 84K
Fool's Gold (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Treasure hunter Ben "Finn" Finnegan has sunk his marriage to Tess and his trusty boat in his obsessive quest to find the legendary Queen's Dowry. When he finds a vital clue that may finally pinpoint the treasure's whereabouts, he ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, boys' night, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: treasure hunt, treasure, treasure hunter, adventurer, beautiful scenery, yacht, ocean, golddigger, obsessive quest, rivalry, underwater, escapades ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: bahamas, florida, usa, key west florida, chicago ...
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 7.0
 12K
One Week (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Ben Tyler (Joshua Jackson) has been diagnosed with cancer. With a grim chance of survival in the best case scenario even if he immediately begins treatment, he instead decides to take a motorcycle trip from Toronto through the Canadian prairies to ...
Style: road movie, realistic, meditative, bad ending, philosophical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: motorcycle, road trip, travel, self discovery, terminal illness, cancer, on the road, solitude, depression, beautiful scenery, coming of age, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, ontario canada, pacific ocean, british columbia, toronto ontario canada
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 6.4
 21K
Stop-Loss (2008)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty by the Army.
Style: sad, harsh, serious, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: soldier, iraq war, u.s. military, friendship, death, war, homecoming, redemption, small town, depression, wartime life, war on terror ...
Time: year 2008, future, 21st century
Place: iraq, usa, middle east, canada, afghanistan ...
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Last Chance Harvey (2008)
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: romantic, touching, sincere, sweet, uplifting ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: wedding, couples, love story, marriage, relationships, loneliness, love and romance, happy ending, down on your luck, love, father daughter relationship, parents and children ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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Lakeview Terrace (2008)
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: serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, harsh ...
Plot: neighbor, racism, interracial relations, interracial couple, home invasion, family in danger, harassment, interracial love, obsession, lapd, corrupt cop, family problems ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
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: serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic, visual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ufo, end of the world, alien, alien encounter, alien contact, evil alien, alien invasion, robot, extraterrestrial, first contact, space, apocalypse ...
Time: year 2008, future, 20th century, 1920s, 2000s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., new york, virginia, australia ...
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Bill Burr: Why Do I Do This? (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
Story: One of America's fastest-rising comedians, Bill Burr wields his razor-sharp wit with rare skill. In this brand-new stand-up performance, Bill takes aim at the stuff that drives us crazy, political correctness gone haywire, and girlfriends, or ...
Style: humorous, witty, realistic, cynical, not serious ...
Plot: stand up comedy, lifestyle, social differences, battle of the sexes, politics, artists and showbiz, performer's life, couple relations, disorder, theater, comedian, stand up comedian ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.9
 13K
Red (2008)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style: suspense, touching, tense, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: dog, justice, redemption, murder, twists and turns, small town, revenge, brutality, vigilante, violence, greed, pets ...
Time: 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.9
 31K
The Wackness (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
Style: realistic, touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, first love, depression, high school, friendship, weed, drug, stoner ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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The House Bunny (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women ...
Style: feel good, teen, funny, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot: sorority, college, college life, youth, friendship, personality change, makeover, women, campus, rivalry, female friendship, friends ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.2
 40K
The Rocker (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, teen, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, heavy metal, music band, youth, rock, rock and roll, musician's life, teenage life, mentor, high school, drums, desire for fame ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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 5.0
 216K
The Happening (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it ...
Style: gloomy, serious, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: virus, apocalypse, disaster, survival, end of the world, natural disaster, suicide, paranoia, catastrophe, chaos, graphic violence, plague ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, philadelphia, boston, usa, france ...
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I Can't Think Straight (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: I Can't Think Straight is a 2007 romance movie about a London-based Jordanian of Palestinian descent, Tala, who is preparing for an elaborate wedding. A turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another ...
Style: semi serious, touching, contemplative, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbianism, love and romance, gender, gays and lesbians, passion, lesbian sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: idaho, indiana, london, middle east, europe ...
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 6.1
 176K
Transporter 3 (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Frank Martin puts the driving gloves on to deliver Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian government official, from Marseilles to Odessa on the Black Sea. En route, he has to contend with thugs who want to intercept Valentina's safe ...
Style: exciting, road movie, serious, entertaining, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, one man army, car, martial arts, tough guy, tough heroes, mercenary, chase, driving, fistfight, murder, heroes ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: europe, budapest, france, odessa ukraine, ukraine
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The Librarian: The Curse of the Judas Chalice (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While on a dangerous mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice, Flynn is saved by Simone. But when double-crossed by a respected professor and ambushed by a ruthless gang, Flynn realizes Simone's secret, his true mission and a shocking ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, semi serious, psychotronic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, treasure hunt, dracula, supernatural, adventure hero, save the world, fountain of youth, adventurer, good versus evil, danger, rivalry, escapades ...
Place: new orleans, usa
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 6.8
 15K
Lymelife (2008)
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: dysfunctional family, coming of age, american dream, infidelity, marital problem, first love, violence, marriage, teenage love, family problems, family life, love and romance ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa
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 6.7
 21K
Redbelt (2008)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Is there room for principle in Los Angeles? Mike Terry teaches jujitsu and barely makes ends meet. His Brazilian wife, whose family promotes fights, wants to see Mike in the ring making money, but to him competition is degrading. A woman sideswipes ...
Style: realistic, serious, talky, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: betrayal, instructor, martial arts, movie star, conspiracy, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, rivalry, hollywood, financial problem, kung fu, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she ...
Style: bloody, suspense, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Plot: gory, serial killer, photographer, psychopath, violent, butcher, subway, violence, twists and turns, obsession, torture, train ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: new york, america
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 7.3
 6K
Goodbye Solo (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style: touching, uplifting, independent film, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: suicidal, friendship, depression, immigrant, taxi driver, loneliness, mentor, character study, elderly, suicide, society, regret ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, africa, usa
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, ...
Style: romantic, feel good, teen, touching, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot: teenager, women, friendship, love story, coming of age, best friend, relationships, college, greek island, love and romance, fall in love, self discovery ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: vermont, greece, connecticut, rhode island, new york ...
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