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Best Movies of 2008, Ranked by IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB
99 films from 2008 are in our catalog; the 50 best are ranked below. Top of the list is The Dark Knight ('2008), at 9.1 on IMDb. The average IMDb score across this list is 7.3. Biggest split between audiences and critics: Seven Pounds, 7.6 on IMDb against 36 on Metacritic.
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| # | Movie | Genre | IMDb | Tomato | Meta | TMDB | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight '2008 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 9.1 | 94% | 85 | 8.5 | Christopher Nolan |
| 2 | WALL·E '2008 | Animation / Sci-Fi | 8.4 | 95% | 95 | 8.1 | Andrew Stanton |
| 3 | Gran Torino '2008 | Drama | 8.1 | 81% | 73 | 8.0 | Clint Eastwood |
| 4 | Slumdog Millionaire '2008 | Drama / Romance | 8.0 | 92% | 84 | 7.7 | Danny Boyle |
| 5 | Iron Man '2008 | Action / Sci-Fi | 7.9 | 94% | 79 | 7.7 | Jon Favreau |
| 6 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button '2008 | Drama / Fantasy / Romance | 7.8 | 72% | 70 | 7.6 | David Fincher |
| 7 | In Bruges '2008 | Comedy / Drama / Crime | 7.9 | 84% | 67 | 7.5 | Martin McDonagh |
| 8 | Taken '2008 | Action / Thriller | 7.7 | 60% | 51 | 7.4 | Pierre Morel |
| 9 | The Wrestler '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.9 | 99% | 80 | 7.5 | Darren Aronofsky |
| 10 | Ip Man '2008 | Drama / Action | 8.0 | 86% | 59 | 7.8 | Wilson Yip |
| 11 | Kung Fu Panda '2008 | Action / Animation / Comedy | 7.6 | 87% | 74 | 7.3 | Mark Osborne |
| 12 | Let the Right One In '2008 | Horror / Drama | 7.8 | 98% | 82 | 7.5 | Tomas Alfredson |
| 13 | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas '2008 | Drama / War | 7.7 | 65% | 55 | 7.8 | Mark Herman |
| 14 | Changeling '2008 | Crime / Drama / Mystery | 7.7 | 61% | 63 | 7.6 | Clint Eastwood |
| 15 | The Hurt Locker '2008 | Drama / Thriller / War | 7.5 | 96% | 95 | 7.2 | Kathryn Bigelow |
| 16 | Seven Pounds '2008 | Drama | 7.6 | 26% | 36 | 7.6 | Gabriele Muccino |
| 17 | The Reader '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.6 | 63% | 58 | 7.5 | Stephen Daldry |
| 18 | Ponyo '2008 | Animation / Fantasy | 7.6 | 91% | 86 | 7.8 | Hayao Miyazaki |
| 19 | Milk '2008 | Drama | 7.5 | 93% | 83 | 7.2 | Gus Van Sant |
| 20 | Doubt '2008 | Drama | 7.5 | 79% | 70 | 7.2 | John Patrick Shanley |
| 21 | The Wave '2008 | Drama / Thriller | 7.6 | 67% | - | 7.5 | Dennis Gansel |
| 22 | Revolutionary Road '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.3 | 67% | 69 | 7.0 | Sam Mendes |
| 23 | Tropic Thunder '2008 | Action / Comedy / War | 7.1 | 82% | 71 | 6.7 | Ben Stiller |
| 24 | RocknRolla '2008 | Action / Crime / Thriller | 7.2 | 60% | 53 | 7.0 | Guy Ritchie |
| 25 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall '2008 | Comedy / Romance / Drama | 7.1 | 84% | 67 | 6.5 | Nicholas Stoller |
| 26 | The Bank Job '2008 | Thriller / Crime / Drama | 7.2 | 79% | 69 | 6.9 | Roger Donaldson |
| 27 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona '2008 | Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 80% | 70 | 6.8 | Woody Allen |
| 28 | Valkyrie '2008 | Drama / Thriller / War | 7.1 | 62% | 56 | 7.0 | Bryan Singer |
| 29 | Cloverfield '2008 | Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi | 7.0 | 78% | 64 | 6.7 | Matt Reeves |
| 30 | Burn After Reading '2008 | Comedy / Drama | 7.0 | 78% | 63 | 6.7 | Ethan Coen |
| 31 | Definitely, Maybe '2008 | Comedy / Romance | 7.1 | 71% | 59 | 6.9 | Adam Brooks |
| 32 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army '2008 | Fantasy / Action | 7.0 | 86% | 78 | 6.8 | Guillermo del Toro |
| 33 | Defiance '2008 | Drama / War | 7.1 | 58% | 58 | 6.8 | Edward Zwick |
| 34 | Rambo '2008 | Action / Thriller / War | 7.0 | 38% | 46 | 6.7 | Sylvester Stallone |
| 35 | Body of Lies '2008 | Action / Drama / Thriller | 7.0 | 55% | 57 | 6.6 | Ridley Scott |
| 36 | Marley & Me '2008 | Comedy | 7.0 | 64% | 53 | 7.2 | David Frankel |
| 37 | Pineapple Express '2008 | Action / Comedy / Crime | 6.9 | - | 64 | 6.6 | David Gordon Green |
| 38 | Step Brothers '2008 | Comedy | 6.9 | 54% | 51 | 6.6 | Adam McKay |
| 39 | Martyrs '2008 | Horror / Drama / Thriller | 7.0 | 66% | - | 7.3 | Pascal Laugier |
| 40 | Yes Man '2008 | Comedy / Romance | 6.8 | 44% | 46 | 6.7 | Peyton Reed |
| 41 | 21 '2008 | Drama / Crime | 6.8 | 36% | 48 | 6.7 | Robert Luketic |
| 42 | Welcome to the Sticks '2008 | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 7.1 | 67% | - | 6.7 | Dany Boon |
| 43 | Role Models '2008 | Comedy | 6.8 | 77% | 61 | 6.5 | David Wain |
| 44 | Bolt '2008 | Animation / Comedy | 6.8 | 90% | 67 | 6.6 | Chris Williams |
| 45 | The Duchess '2008 | Drama / Romance | 6.9 | 62% | 62 | 7.0 | Saul Dibb |
| 46 | Horton Hears a Who! '2008 | Animation / Comedy / Fantasy | 6.8 | 79% | 71 | 6.5 | Steve Martino |
| 47 | Street Kings '2008 | Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller | 6.8 | 37% | 55 | 6.7 | David Ayer |
| 48 | Wanted '2008 | Action / Thriller / Crime | 6.7 | 71% | 64 | 6.5 | Timur Bekmambetov |
| 49 | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa '2008 | Animation / Comedy | 6.7 | 64% | 61 | 6.5 | Eric Darnell |
| 50 | The Other Boleyn Girl '2008 | Drama / Romance | 6.7 | 43% | 50 | 6.7 | Justin Chadwick |
Our catalog covers roughly the 8,800 most-rated films on TMDB, so lesser-known titles may be missing. Order uses a confidence-weighted IMDb score so a perfect score from a handful of votes does not beat a well-established classic; the scores shown are the raw ones.
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