C-Dawg’s Top Ten Movies of 2008
Full Disclosure: I did not see Synecdoche, New York, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, The Pool, Frozen River, Revolutionary Road, Doubt, Role Models, The Reader, Yes Man, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Zack and Miri Make a Porno
#10 Tropic Thunder
#8 Iron Man
#7 Pineapple Express
#6 Milk
#5 Slumdog Millionaire
#4 The Dark Knight
#3 WALL-E
#2 The Wrestler
#1 Man on Wire
Honorable Mention: Horton Hears a Who!, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Wackness, Shine a Light, Chop Shop, The Visitor, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Son of Rambow, Burn After Reading
Worst Movie of the Year: Funny Games
#9 National Lampoon Christmas Vacation (1989)
#8 Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
#7 Bad Santa (2003)
#6 Home Alone (1990)
#5 It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
#4 Scrooged (1988)
#3 Elf (2003)
#2 Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
#1 A Christmas Story (1983)

Honorable Mention: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), Babes In Toyland (1934), A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), The Santa Clause (1994), Frosty The Snowman (1969), The Family Man (2000), Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983), Gremlins (1984), Die Hard (1988), Trading Places (1983), Batman Returns (1992)
#9 The Ref (1994)
#8 Elf (2003)
#7 Bad Santa (2003)
#5 Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
#4 Christmas Vacation (1989)
#3 Die Hard (1988)
#2 A Christmas Story (1983)
#1 Scrooged (1988)
#9 Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
#8 Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
#7 Bloodsport (1988)
#6 A Fistful of Yen (The Kentucky Fried Movie – 1977)
#5 Enter the Dragon (1973)
#4 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
#3 The Last Dragon (1985)
#2 Kill Bill Vol I & II (2003/2004)
#1 The Karate Kid (1984)
Honorable Mention: The Karate Kid Part II (1986), Shaolin Soccer (2003), Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), The Legend of Drunken Master (2000), Hero (2002), Jet Li’s Fearless (2006), Unleashed (2005)