Honoring films released in the USA in 2008.
The International Cinephile Society has named Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky the Best Film of 2008. Included below are the ICS lists for Top 10 Films of 2008 and Top 10 Films Not In the English Language, as well as the winners in several acting, writing, and technical categories. Both Ari Folman’s animated documentary Waltz With Bashir and Gus Van Sant’s biopic Milk received the most accolades, with three awards each.
TOP 10 FILMS OF THE YEAR
01. Happy-Go-Lucky
02. Milk
03. A Christmas Tale
04. The Dark Knight
05. Hunger
06. WALL•E
07. Flight of the Red Balloon
08. The Wrestler
09. In Bruges
10. Rachel Getting Married
DIRECTOR (TIE): Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight AND Gus van Sant – Milk
TOP 10 FILMS NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
01. Waltz With Bashir
02. A Christmas Tale
03. Flight of the Red Balloon
04. The Edge of Heaven
05. The Class
06. Gomorra
07. The Secret of the Grain
08. Still Life
09. Love Songs
10. Let The Right One In
ACTOR: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
ACTRESS: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Hanna Schygulla – The Edge of Heaven
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Wendy and Lucy – Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Paranoid Park – Christopher Doyle & Rain Kathy Li
EDITING: Milk – Elliot Graham
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Synecdoche, New York – Mark Friedberg
ORIGINAL SCORE: Milk – Danny Elfman
ENSEMBLE: A Christmas Tale
ANIMATED FILM: Waltz with Bashir
DOCUMENTARY: Waltz with Bashir