The 2008 Film Most Likely to Endure
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The 2008 Film Most Likely to Endure

From The Dark Knight to Slumdog Millionaire, 2008 had its share of big-time hits. Which films will be most remembered by future generations?

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1 The Dark Knight
The second film in Christopher Nolan's reboot of the Batman franchise will forever be known as Heath Ledger's last completed project. 226 342
2 Gran Torino
Clint Eastwood plays a grumpy, racist Korean War vet who warms up after befriending a young Hmong boy. 70 258
3 Iron Man
Robert Downey Jr. tries his hand at superheroism as Tony Stark, a brilliant playboy industrialist who loves suits of armor. 62 252
4 WALL-E
After humans leave Earth, Wall-E is the only hope for mankind. This is a robot romance for the ages. 57 283
5 Slumdog Millionaire
This Danny Boyle crowd-pleaser won top prize at the Oscars. A boy spends years in the slums of Mumbai in search of his long-lost love. 2 262
6 The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke’s career rebounded after Darren Aronofsky cast him in this chronicle of a faded wrestler’s attempt at comeback. -10 224
7 Quantum of Solace
In his second turn as Agent 007, Daniel Craig takes on a shady global network called Quantum. -34 218
8 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
In this epic tale directed by David Fincher, Brad Pitt is born with the body of a decrepit old man and dies in the body of a baby. -35 221
9 Tropic Thunder
Ben Stiller directs and stars in this send-up of Hollywood. Five actors get hopelessly lost in a Vietnamese jungle during a film shoot. -35 231
10 In Bruges
When a pair of hit men (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) are ordered to lay low in Bruges, Belgium, they start to get stir crazy. -39 197
11 Frost/Nixon
Frank Langella and Michael Sheen face off in a fictionalized account of the 1977 interviews between Richard Nixon and David Frost. -48 184
12 Kung Fu Panda
When a sage turtle predicts that a tubby panda is destined to become the almighty Dragon Warrior, no one believes it. -51 203
13 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Defying the onslaught of geriatric jokes, Harrison Ford reprises his legendary role. This time he’s fighting Soviets, not Nazis. -56 232
14 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Pevensie children are called back to Narnia when Prince Caspian blows his SOS horn. They’ve been gone 1,300 years in Narnia time. -57 205
15 Milk
Sean Penn revives the spirit of Harvey Milk in this Gus Van Sant biopic about the unforgettable gay activist. -58 212
16 The Reader
A 15-year-old boy strikes up an affair with an older woman (Kate Winslet) who may have played a dubious role during the Holocaust. -70 172
17 Revolutionary Road
In this wrenching 1950s tale, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet transform from a glowing urban couple to a miserable suburban family. -76 180
18 Doubt
Meryl Streep and Amy Adams play watchdog nuns in this adaptation of the hit Broadway play, also starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. -79 181
19 Hancock
Will Smith stars as a vigilante superhero whose wild, drunken ways kill his rapport with the citizens of Los Angeles. -79 213
20 Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway’s role as a troubled black sheep sister earned her heaps of praise. An upbeat wedding movie this is not. -84 164
21 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
A couple of American girls in Spain (Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall) get tangled up with a seductive lothario (Javier Bardem). -87 171
22 Mamma Mia!
Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan let their inner dancing queens shine in this splashy adaptation of the ABBA musical. -111 197
23 Speed Racer
The Wachowski brothers adapt the Japanese anime series, casting Emile Hirsch as the titular, speed demon hero. -136 206
24 Sex and the City
Sarah Jessica Parker and the girls reunite on the big screen. Carrie is planning her wedding, Miranda separates from Steve, and so on. -137 201