THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC'S TOP 10 FILMS OF 2008
- Milk
- Man on Wire
- Doubt
- Sunday
- Slumdog Millionaire
- The Wrestler
- Silent Light
- Wall-E
- The Class
- Let the Right One In
HONORABLE MENTION (In No Particular Order)
- The Reader
- The Visitor
- Paranoid Park
- Rachel Getting Married
- Frost/Nixon
- Ballast
- Encounters at the End of the World
- Chop Shop
Top 3 Lead Performances By an Actor
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Top 3 Lead Performances By an Actress
- Meryl Streep, Doubt
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
Top 3 Supporting Performances By an Actor
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
- Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
- James Franco, Milk
Top 3 Supporting Performances By an Actress
- Amy Adams, Doubt
- Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
- RoseMarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
INDEPENDENT FILMS YOU REALLY SHOULD SEE WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE
- A Soldier's Peace
- The Errand of Angels
- Sunday
- Frozen River
- Chop Shop
- Ballast
- Stellina Blue
Top Family Films for 2008
- Wall-E
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
THE INDEPENDENT CRITIC'S BOTTOM 10 FILMS OF 2008
- In the Name of the King
- The Hottie & The Nottie
- Meet the Spartans
- Witless Protection
- College
- College Road Trip
- American Carol
- Beer for my Horses
- Over Her Dead Body
- Delgo
DISHONORABLE MENTION:
- Mad Money
- Shutter
- Fool's Gold
- Hancock
- What Happens in Vegas
