Best 2008 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2008 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Happy-Go-Lucky
- Stacker score: 86.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 42,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Mike Leigh
- Actors: Sally Hawkins, Alexis Zegerman, Samuel Roukin
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $3,512,016

#19. Gran Torino
- Stacker score: 86.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 846,000)
- Metascore: 73
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Actors: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $148,095,302

#18. Bigger Stronger Faster*
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 14,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Chris Bell
- Actors: Chris Bell, Mike Bell, Mark Bell
- Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $308,575

#17. I've Loved You So Long
- Stacker score: 86.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 21,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Philippe Claudel
- Actors: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius
- Runtime: 1 hour 57 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $3,169,305

#16. Frost/Nixon
- Stacker score: 87.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 115,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Ron Howard
- Actors: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon
- Runtime: 2 hours 2 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $18,622,031

#15. Tyson
- Stacker score: 87.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 13,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: James Toback
- Actors: Mike Tyson, Mills Lane, Trevor Berbick
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $887,918

#14. Hunger
- Stacker score: 87.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 76,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Steve McQueen
- Actors: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Stuart Graham
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $154,084

#13. Food, Inc.
- Stacker score: 88.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 53,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Robert Kenner
- Actors: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $4,417,674

#12. Milk
- Stacker score: 88.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 184,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Gus Van Sant
- Actors: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch
- Runtime: 2 hours 8 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $31,841,299

#11. Iron Man
- Stacker score: 88.3
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 1.2 million)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Jon Favreau
- Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $319,034,126

#10. The Wrestler
- Stacker score: 88.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 327,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Darren Aronofsky
- Actors: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $26,238,243

#9. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
- Stacker score: 89.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 17,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Sacha Gervasi
- Actors: Robb Reiner, Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Tiziana Arrigoni
- Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $667,911

#8. Ponyo
- Stacker score: 90.5
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 178,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Actors: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson
- Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $16,543,471

#7. Slumdog Millionaire
- Stacker score: 91.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 899,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
- Actors: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Saurabh Shukla
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $141,319,928

#6. Man on Wire
- Stacker score: 92.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 60,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: James Marsh
- Actors: Philippe Petit, Jean François Heckel, Jean-Louis Blondeau
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $2,962,242

#5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
- Stacker score: 93.3
- IMDb user rating: 8.5 (votes: 44,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Kurt Kuenne
- Actors: Kurt Kuenne, Andrew Bagby, David Bagby
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $18,334

#4. The Hurt Locker
- Stacker score: 95.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 488,000)
- Metascore: 95
- Director: Kathryn Bigelow
- Actors: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
- Runtime: 2 hours 11 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $17,017,811

#3. Waltz with Bashir
- Stacker score: 95.5
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 62,000)
- Metascore: 91
- Director: Ari Folman
- Actors: Ari Folman, Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,283,849

#2. The Dark Knight
- Stacker score: 98.3
- IMDb user rating: 9.1 (votes: 3.1 million)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Christopher Nolan
- Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
- Runtime: 2 hours 32 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $534,987,076

#1. WALL·E
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 1.3 million)
- Metascore: 95
- Director: Andrew Stanton
- Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $223,808,164