My Favorite Films this Year

A couple days ago, I listed some of my favorite films from 2008 for a friend. I thought that since I've made this list anyway, I might as well share it.

There are a couple notable exceptions--my moviegoing stopped when I stepped out of the country earlier this month. (I have ridiculously high hopes for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.) But anyway, here it is:

My favorite film this year:
Happy-Go-Lucky

And the runners-up (in no particular order):
Frost/Nixon
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days
In Bruges
Il Divo
The Wrestler
Speed Racer
A Perfect Life
24 City
Wall-E
Tropic Thunder
Miracle at St. Anna
Synecdoche, New York
Slumdog Millionaire
Wendy and Lucy

- Kwok