The '08 Movie Hierarchy

  1. A
  2. Silent Light
  3. The Class

  4. A-
  5. Synecdoche, New York
  6. My Winnipeg (2)
  7. The Strangers (2)
  8. Stuck (2)
  9. WALL·E
  10. The Dark Knight
  11. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
  12. Burn After Reading (2)
  13. Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind
  14. Rachel Getting Married
  15. Sukiyaki Western Django

  16. B+
  17. In the City of Sylvia
  18. The Duchess of Langeais
  19. Momma's Man
  20. Encounters at the End of the World (2)
  21. Happy-Go-Lucky
  22. The Secret of the Grain
  23. Standard Operating Procedure
  24. Paranoid Park
  25. Woman on the Beach
  26. Iron Man (2)
  27. Tokyo Gore Police
  28. Otto; or, Up with Dead People
  29. Role Models
  30. Heavy Metal in Baghdad
  31. Surfwise
  32. The Ruins
  33. The Bank Job
  34. Cloverfield
  35. Kung Fu Panda
  36. Speed Racer
  37. Chicago 10
  38. Shine a Light

  39. B
  40. Flight of the Red Balloon
  41. In Bruges
  42. The Wrestler
  43. Chop Shop
  44. Funny Games
  45. A Girl Cut in Two (2)
  46. Wendy and Lucy
  47. Exte: Hair Extensions
  48. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2)
  49. Quarantine
  50. Baghead
  51. Gran Torino
  52. Boy A
  53. Red
  54. The Order of Myths
  55. The Witnesses
  56. Boarding Gate
  57. Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  58. RR
  59. Planet B-Boy
  60. Martyrs
  61. Trick 'r Treat
  62. Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
  63. One-Eyed Monster
  64. The Signal
  65. Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
  66. The Incredible Hulk
  67. The Mother of Tears
  68. Pathology

  69. B-
  70. Let the Right One In
  71. The Tracey Fragments
  72. Leatherheads
  73. Mister Lonely
  74. JCVD
  75. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  76. Doubt
  77. Dear Zachary: a letter to a son about his father
  78. Shotgun Stories
  79. Full Battle Rattle
  80. Lakeview Terrace
  81. Before I Forget
  82. Milk
  83. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  84. Pineapple Express
  85. The Last Mistress
  86. Rambo
  87. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
  88. Timecrimes
  89. The Counterfeiters
  90. The House Bunny
  91. Son of Rambow
  92. Deadgirl
  93. Trailer Park of Terror
  94. Punisher: War Zone

  95. C+
  96. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
  97. Birdemic: Shock and Terror
  98. Be Kind Rewind
  99. XXY
  100. Splinter
  101. The Foot Fist Way
  102. Bolt
  103. CJ7
  104. Che
  105. Definitely, Maybe
  106. Mad Detective
  107. Snow Angels
  108. The Matador
  109. Fear(s) of the Dark
  110. Roman de Gare
  111. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  112. Transporter 3
  113. Step Brothers
  114. Up the Yangtze
  115. Bomb It
  116. Hancock

  117. C
  118. Postal
  119. Run Fatboy Run
  120. The Midnight Meat Train
  121. Quantum of Solace
  122. Rocknrolla
  123. Four Nights with Anna
  124. Redbelt
  125. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  126. My Name Is Bruce
  127. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  128. The Killing of John Lennon
  129. Zombie Strippers
  130. The Hottie and the Nottie
  131. My Blueberry Nights
  132. Flash Point
  133. The Grand
  134. Heartbeat Detector
  135. The Day The Earth Stood Still
  136. The Happening
  137. The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
  138. George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead

  139. C-
  140. Cassandra's Dream
  141. The Visitor
  142. The Eye
  143. The Machine Girl
  144. The Fall
  145. The Other Boleyn Girl
  146. The Edge of Heaven
  147. Shutter

  148. D+
  149. Tell No One
  150. Frontier(s)
  151. Wanted
  152. Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned
  153. Teeth
  154. Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut
  155. Tropic Thunder
  156. The Alphabet Killer
  157. One Missed Call

  158. D
  159. Hamlet 2
  160. Passengers
  161. Anamorph
  162. A Bloody Aria
  163. Repo! The Genetic Opera
  164. Chapter 27
  165. Bangkok Dangerous
  166. Mirrors
  167. Prom Night

  168. D-
  169. Hell Ride

  170. F
  171. Wicked Lake
  172. April Fool's Day
  173. Righteous Kill
  174. Meet the Spartans
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I can't wait to see Silent Light and The Duchess of Langeais.

They're both pretty awesome, Silent Light in particular.

The Strangers is really that good? What tickled your fancy so much?

In the words of "Kentucky Fried Movie," I believe the Dread Pirate was "scared shitless."

Why yes. Yes I was. THE STRANGERS was some scary shit in my opinion. The fright genre pared to its essence.

Very glad to see your high rating for Synecdoche. That daring, ambitious film hasn't gotten enough respect.

I think it's because it's the kind of film that practically dares you to hate it. Kaufman flummoxes all the usual ways of responding to a film. I'm almost positive I love it, but I might be wrong.