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Best Movies of 2008: Critics' Picks and Award Nominations

by Jarrett Martineau | December 21, 2008 at 02:13 pm

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By all accounts, 2008 was a mixed year for movies but, as the year draws to an end, a small group of films have emerged as the best movies of 2008.

Films that have been repeatedly honoured and nominated for awards include:

Critical Consensus: Top 10 Movies of 2008

Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
Milk
The Wrestler
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Doubt
Revolutionary Road
Rachel Getting Married

While NowPublic agrees with many of the films included above, we've also got to give honourable mentions to a few others (including "The Visitor" and "JCVD"). I've also posted a list of my personal picks for Top 10 Movies of 2008.

A slew of year-end movie lists and award nominations have been announced since last week — here's a compilation of the best of the "best of" 2008:

Award Winners & Nominations:

Overall, critics are universally praising "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Wall-E".

The New York Film Critics Online gave top awards to "Slumdog Millionaire" for best picture, director, screenplay, cinematography and music score.

The Boston Society of Film Critics have also selected their top films of 2008. "Wall-E" and "Slumdog Millionaire" tied for Best Picture honours — while Sean Penn in "Milk" and Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" tied for Best Actor. See the complete list at the Boston critics' website.

The International Press Academy held their annual Satellite Awards this past weekend and, yet again, "Slumdog Millionaire" was named Best Picture of the Year.

[ For more year-end lists and 'best of' picks check out NowPublic's Best of 2008 channel.]