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. Shotgun Stories
  78. Lakeview Terrace
  79. Before I Forget
  80. Milk
  81. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  82. Pineapple Express
  83. The Last Mistress
  84. Rambo
  85. The Year My Parents Went on Vacation
  86. Timecrimes
  87. The Counterfeiters
  88. The House Bunny
  89. Son of Rambow
  90. Deadgirl
  91. Trailer Park of Terror
  92. Punisher: War Zone

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

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

  134. C-
  135. Cassandra's Dream
  136. The Visitor
  137. The Eye
  138. The Machine Girl
  139. The Fall
  140. The Other Boleyn Girl
  141. The Edge of Heaven
  142. Shutter

  143. D+
  144. Tell No One
  145. Frontier(s)
  146. Wanted
  147. Bachelor Party in the Bungalow of the Damned
  148. Teeth
  149. Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut
  150. Tropic Thunder
  151. The Alphabet Killer
  152. One Missed Call

  153. D
  154. Hamlet 2
  155. Passengers
  156. Anamorph
  157. A Bloody Aria
  158. Repo! The Genetic Opera
  159. Chapter 27
  160. Bangkok Dangerous
  161. Mirrors
  162. Prom Night

  163. D-
  164. Hell Ride

  165. F
  166. Wicked Lake
  167. April Fool's Day
  168. Righteous Kill
  169. 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.