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About Films By Year My 100 Favorites Features

Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Films From Year

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Films

1.
The Visitor Thomas McCarthy
2.
Frozen River Courtney Hunt
3.
Gran Torino Clint Eastwood
4.
Let the Right One In
Låt den rätte komma in Tomas Alfredson
5.
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh
6.
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme
7.
Doubt John Patrick Shanley
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Films

8.
Goodbye Solo Ramin Bahrani
9.
Sugar Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
10.
In Bruges Martin McDonagh
11.
Timecrimes
Los Cronocrímenes Nacho Vigalondo
12.
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky
13.
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow
14.
Summer Hours
L'heure d'été Olivier Assayas
15.
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Mark Hartley
16.
The Class
Entre les murs Laurent Cantet
17.
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan
18.
Role Models David Wain
19.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Woody Allen
20.
Revolutionary Road Sam Mendes
21.
Man on Wire James Marsh
22.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher
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Films

23.
Changeling Clint Eastwood
24.
Hunger Steve McQueen
25.
Theater of War John W. Walter
26.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nicholas Stoller
27.
Tropic Thunder Ben Stiller
28.
The Reader Stephen Daldry
29.
Iron Man Jon Favreau
30.
Medicine for Melancholy Barry Jenkins
31.
Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt
32.
Management Stephen Belber
33.
Un conte de Noël
A Christmas Tale Arnaud Desplechin
34.
The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood
35.
Taken Pierre Morel
36.
Smart People Noam Murro
37.
Definitely, Maybe Adam Brooks
38.
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner
39.
The Wrecking Crew! Denny Tedesco
40.
WALL·E Andrew Stanton
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Films

41.
Frost/Nixon Ron Howard
42.
Prodigal Sons Kimberly Reed
43.
The Strangers Bryan Bertino
44.
Quantum of Solace Marc Forster
45.
Cloverfield Matt Reeves
46.
27 Dresses Anne Fletcher
47.
Transsiberian Brad Anderson
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Films

48.
Milk Gus Van Sant
49.
Burn After Reading Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
50.
Two Lovers James Gray
51.
W. Oliver Stone
52.
Easy Virtue Stephan Elliott
53.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg
54.
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle
55.
Last Chance Harvey Joel Hopkins
56.
Waltz with Bashir
Vals Im Bashir Ari Folman
57.
Sunshine Cleaning Christine Jeffs
58.
Bronson Nicolas Winding Refn
59.
Yes Man Peyton Reed
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Films

60.
Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd
61.
Every Little Step James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo
27 Dresses Anne Fletcher 
Bronson Nicolas Winding Refn 
Burn After Reading Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 
Changeling Clint Eastwood 
Cloverfield Matt Reeves 
Definitely, Maybe Adam Brooks 
Doubt John Patrick Shanley 
Easy Virtue Stephan Elliott 
Every Little Step James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo 
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nicholas Stoller 
Frost/Nixon Ron Howard 
Frozen River Courtney Hunt 
Goodbye Solo Ramin Bahrani 
Gran Torino Clint Eastwood 
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh 
Hunger Steve McQueen 
In Bruges Martin McDonagh 
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg 
Iron Man Jon Favreau 
Last Chance Harvey Joel Hopkins 
Let the Right One In
Låt den rätte komma in Tomas Alfredson 
Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd 
Management Stephen Belber 
Man on Wire James Marsh 
Medicine for Melancholy Barry Jenkins 
Milk Gus Van Sant 
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Mark Hartley 
Prodigal Sons Kimberly Reed 
Quantum of Solace Marc Forster 
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme 
Revolutionary Road Sam Mendes 
Role Models David Wain 
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle 
Smart People Noam Murro 
Sugar Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 
Summer Hours
L'heure d'été Olivier Assayas 
Sunshine Cleaning Christine Jeffs 
Taken Pierre Morel 
Theater of War John W. Walter 
The Class
Entre les murs Laurent Cantet 
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher 
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan 
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow 
The Reader Stephen Daldry 
The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood 
The Strangers Bryan Bertino 
The Visitor Thomas McCarthy 
The Wrecking Crew! Denny Tedesco 
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky 
Timecrimes
Los Cronocrímenes Nacho Vigalondo 
Transsiberian Brad Anderson 
Tropic Thunder Ben Stiller 
Two Lovers James Gray 
Un conte de Noël
A Christmas Tale Arnaud Desplechin 
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Woody Allen 
W. Oliver Stone 
WALL·E Andrew Stanton 
Waltz with Bashir
Vals Im Bashir Ari Folman 
Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt 
Yes Man Peyton Reed 
Cloverfield Matt Reeves 18 January 2008
27 Dresses Anne Fletcher 18 January 2008
Definitely, Maybe Adam Brooks 14 February 2008
In Bruges Martin McDonagh 29 February 2008
Medicine for Melancholy Barry Jenkins 07 March 2008
Smart People Noam Murro 11 April 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Nicholas Stoller 18 April 2008
Iron Man Jon Favreau 02 May 2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Steven Spielberg 22 May 2008
The Visitor Thomas McCarthy 23 May 2008
The Strangers Bryan Bertino 30 May 2008
Waltz with Bashir
Vals Im Bashir Ari Folman 12 June 2008
Timecrimes
Los Cronocrímenes Nacho Vigalondo 27 June 2008
WALL·E Andrew Stanton 27 June 2008
Mamma Mia! Phyllida Lloyd 18 July 2008
The Dark Knight Christopher Nolan 18 July 2008
Tropic Thunder Ben Stiller 13 August 2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona Woody Allen 15 August 2008
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Mark Hartley 28 August 2008
Prodigal Sons Kimberly Reed 29 August 2008
Man on Wire James Marsh 29 August 2008
Frozen River Courtney Hunt 05 September 2008
Transsiberian Brad Anderson 05 September 2008
Burn After Reading Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 12 September 2008
The Secret Life of Bees Gina Prince-Bythewood 17 October 2008
W. Oliver Stone 17 October 2008
Hunger Steve McQueen 31 October 2008
Changeling Clint Eastwood 31 October 2008
Rachel Getting Married Jonathan Demme 31 October 2008
Role Models David Wain 07 November 2008
Quantum of Solace Marc Forster 14 November 2008
Un conte de Noël
A Christmas Tale Arnaud Desplechin 21 November 2008
Happy-Go-Lucky Mike Leigh 21 November 2008
Let the Right One In
Låt den rätte komma in Tomas Alfredson 12 December 2008
Yes Man Peyton Reed 19 December 2008
Theater of War John W. Walter 24 December 2008
Doubt John Patrick Shanley 25 December 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button David Fincher 25 December 2008
Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle 25 December 2008
Gran Torino Clint Eastwood 09 January 2009
Last Chance Harvey Joel Hopkins 16 January 2009
Revolutionary Road Sam Mendes 23 January 2009
Frost/Nixon Ron Howard 23 January 2009
Milk Gus Van Sant 30 January 2009
Taken Pierre Morel 30 January 2009
The Reader Stephen Daldry 30 January 2009
The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky 30 January 2009
Wendy and Lucy Kelly Reichardt 06 March 2009
Bronson Nicolas Winding Refn 13 March 2009
The Class
Entre les murs Laurent Cantet 13 March 2009
Two Lovers James Gray 20 March 2009
Sunshine Cleaning Christine Jeffs 17 April 2009
Sugar Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck 24 April 2009
Management Stephen Belber 15 May 2009
Summer Hours
L'heure d'été Olivier Assayas 05 June 2009
Every Little Step James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo 12 June 2009
Easy Virtue Stephan Elliott 19 June 2009
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow 31 July 2009
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner 31 July 2009
Goodbye Solo Ramin Bahrani 26 August 2009
The Wrecking Crew! Denny Tedesco 13 March 2015
Films Not Yet Seen This Year