Best Films of 2008 (but not by me)

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I have a few movies to see before I compile my own best-of list, but here are lists by A.O. Scott of the NY Times and Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times:

A.O. SCOTT:

1. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
2. Ratatouille
3. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (tie)
3. There Will Be Blood (tie)
4. I’m Not There (tie)
4. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (tie)
5. No End in Sight (tie)
5. Terror’s Advocate (tie)
6. 12:08 East of Bucharest (tie)
6. Live-in Maid (tie)
7. Into the Wild (tie)
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (tie)
8. Michael Clayton
9. The Savages (tie)
9. Away From Her (tie)
10. Knocked Up (tie)
10. Juno (tie)

HONORABLE MENTIONS Lady Chatterley, Into Great Silence, Starting Out in the Evening, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, No Country for Old Men, The Band’s Visit, Charlie Wilson’s War, Bamako, and Zodiac

ROGER EBERT:

1. Juno
2. No Country for Old Men
3. Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
4. Atonement
5. The Kite Runner
6. Away from Her
7. Across the Universe
8. La Vie en Rose
9. The Great Debaters
10. Into the Wild

Special Jury Prize: Once

Tie for 11th Place: Eastern Promises, I’m Not There, In the Valley of Elah, Michael Clayton, Rendition, Romance & Cigarettes, Starting Out in the Evening, Sweeney Todd, Talk to Me, There Will Be Blood

Best Foreign Films: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, 4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Lust Caution, The Orphanage, Vanaja

Best Animated Films: Beowulf, Persepolis, Ratatouille

Best Documentaries: In the Shadow of the Moon, The King of Kong, Lake of Fire, No End in Sight, Pete Seeger, Sicko

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