10. The Wackness

9. Gran Torino

8. Milk

7. In Bruges

6. Snow Angels

5. Rachel Getting Married

4. Let the Right One In

3. The Wrestler

2. Wall-E

1. The Dark Knight

These came in close:
-The Reader
-Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father
-Man on Wire
-Doubt
-Last Chance Harvey
-Changeling

And when people asked me to recommend a movie that they probably haven’t heard of or might not otherwise see, my big recommendation was the underrated indie comedy The Hammer. It was the movie that surprised me more than anything else in 2008.