Seeking out the

5000 greatest films

in a century of cinema

Not Yet Seen in 2008

10,000 BC – Rolad Emmerich 

21 – Robert Luketic

27 Dresses – Anne Fletcher

88 Minutes – Jon Avnet

The Accidental Husband – Griffin Dunne

Actingclassof1977.com – Sally McKenzie

Agent Crush – Sean Robinson

An American Carol – David Zucker

American Teen – Nanette Burstein

Appaloosa-  Ed Harris

The Argentine – Steven Soderbergh

Ashes of Time Redux – Wong Kar-wai

Asterix at the Olympic Games – Frederic Forestier

August – Austin Chick

Australia – Baz Luhrmann

Baby Mama – Michael McCullers

Babylon A.D. – Mathieu Kassovitz

Bangkok Dangerous – Danny Pang Fat

The Bank Job – Roger Donaldson

The Beaches of Agnes – Agnes Varda

Be Kind Rewind – Michel Gondry

Bedtime Stories – Adam Shankman

Beer for My Horses – Michael Salomon

Beverly Hills Chihuahua – Raja Gosnell

The Black Balloon – Elissa Down

Bienvenue cez les Ch’tis- Dany Boon

Body of Lies – Ridley Scott

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – Mark Herman

Brideshead Revisited – Julian Jarrold

Broken Lines – Sallie Aprahamian

A Bunch of Amateurs – Andy Cadiff

Birdwatchers – Marco Bechis

Blindness – Fernando Meirelles

Cadallac Records – Darnell Martin

Che- Steven Soderburg

Choke – Clark Gregg

The Chronicals of Narnia: prince Caspian – Andrew Adamson

City of Ember – Gil Kenan

College Road Trip – Rodger Kumble

The Cottage – Paul Andrew Williams

The Day the Earth Stood Still – Scott Derrickson

Deal – Gil Cates Jr.

The Deal – Steven Schachter

Death Defyings Acts – Gillian Armstrong

Death Race – Paul W.S. Anderson

Deception – Marcel Langenegger

Defiance – Edward Zwick

Departures – Yojiro Takita

Delgo – Marc F. Adler / Jason Maurer

Disgrace – Steve Jacobs

Doomsday - Niel Marshall

Drillbit Taylor – Steven Brill

The Duchess – Saul Dibb

Eagle Eye – D.J. Caruso

Eden Lake – James Watkins

The Edge of Heaven – Fatih Akin

The Edge of Love – John Maybury

Elergy – Isabel Coixet

The Escapist – Rupert Wyatt

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed – Nathan Frankowski

Everlasting Moments – Jan Troell

The Express – Gary Fleder

The Eye – David Moreau

The Family that Preys – Tyler Perry

Felon – Ric Romano Waqugh

Les Femmes de l”ombre (Female Agents) Jean-Paul Salome

Fiffty Dead Man Walking – Kari Skogland

Fireflies in the Garden – Dennis Lee

Fireproof – Alex Kendrick

The First Day of the Rest of your Life – Remi Bezancon

First Sunday - David E. Talbert

Flashbacks of a Fool – Baillie Walsh

Flight if the Red Ballon – Jou Hsiao-Hsien

Fool’s Gold – Andy Tennant

Forbiden Kingdom – Rob Minkoff

Forever Strong – Ryan Little

Four Christmases – Seth Gordon

Funny Games – Michael Haneke

Get Smart – Peter Segal

Ghost Town – David Koep

Gomorra – Matteo Garrone

Good – Vincente Amorim

Hamlet 2 – Andrew Flemizg

Hancock – Peter Berg

The Happening – M. Night Shyamalan

Harold – T. Sean Shannon

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay – Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg

The Haunting of Molly Hartley – Mickey Liddell

The Headless Woman – Lucrecia Martel

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Henry Poole Is Here – Mark Pellington

Hero Wanted – Brian Smarz

High School Musical 3: Senior Year – Kenny Ortega

The Hide – Marek Losey

Horton Hears a Who! – Jimmy Hayward

The Hottie and the Nottie – Tom Putnam

The House Bunny – Fred Wolf

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People – Robert B. Weide

Igor – Tony Leondis

The Incredible Hulk – Louis Leterrier

Incendiary – Sharon Maguire

Inkheart – Iain Softley

I Sell The Dead – Glenn McQuaid

Is Anybody There? – John Crowley

I’ve Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel

Johny Mad Dog – Jean-Stephane Sauvaire

Julia – Erick Zonca

Journey to the Center of the Earth – Eric Brevig

Jumper – Doug Liman

Kit Kittridge, American Girl – Patricia Rozema

Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne, John Stevenson

Lakeview Terrace – Neil LaBute

Leatherheads – George Clooney

Linha de Passe – Walter Salles / Daniela Thomas

The Love Guru – Marco Schnabel

The Longshots – Fred Durst

Love Exposure – Shion Sono

Love Live Long – Mike Figgis

The Lucky Ones – Niel Burger

Machan – Uberto Pasolini

Mad Money – Callie Khouri

Madagascar: Eric Darnell / Tom McGrath

Made of Honor – Paul Welland

Manolete – Menno Meyjes

Marley & Me – David Frankel

Max Payne – John Moore

Meet the Browns – Tyler Perry

The Midnight Meat Train – Ryuhei Kitamura

Mid-August Lunch – Gianni Di Gregorio

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – Bharat Nalluri

Mesrine: Killer Instinct – Jean-Francios Richet

Miracle at St. Anna – Spike Lee

Mirrors – Alexandre Aja

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Rob Cohen

My Best Frien’s Girl – Howard Deutch

My Sassy Girl – Yann Samuell

Never Back Down – Jeff Wadlow

Nick and Norah’s Infinite laylist – Peter Sollett

Nights in Rodanthe – George C. Wolfe

Nim’s Island – Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin

Nothing But the Truth – Rod Lurie

Nothing Like the Holidays – Alfred De Villa

Of Time and the City – Terence Davis

One Missed Call – Eric Valette

The Other Boleyn Girl – Juston Chadwick

The Other Man – Richard Eyre

Over Her Dead Body – Jeff Lowell

The Oxfoprd Murders – Alex de la Iglesia

Paris – Cedricc Klapisch

Passengers – Rodrigo Garcia

Pathology – Marc Schoelermann

Patti Smith: Dream of Life – Steven Sebring

Patrik Age 1.5 (Patrik 1,5) - Ella Lemhagen

Ponyo - Hayao Miyazaki

Pride and Glory – Gavin O’Connor

Prom Night – Nelson McCormick

The Promotion – Steven Conrad

Punisher: War Zone – Lexi Alexander

Rambo – Sylvester Stallone

Redbelt – David Mamet

Red Cliff - John Woo

Religulous – Larry Charles

Repo! The Genetic Opera – Darren Lynn Bousman

Righteous Kill – Jon Avnet

The Rocker – Peter Cattaneo

RocknRolla – Guy Ritchie

Savage Grace – Tom Kalin

Saw V – David Hacki

Semi-Pro – Kent Alterman

Seven Pounds – Gabriele Muccino

Sex and the City – Michael Patrick King

Sex Drive – Sean Anders

Shine a Light – Martin Scorsese

Skin – Anthony Fabian

Silent Night – Carlos Reygadas

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 – Sanaa Hamri

Sleepwalking – William Maher

Son of Rambow – Garth Jennings

Soul Men – Malcolm D. Lee

Speed Racer – Wachowski Bros.

The Spiderwick Chronicals – Mark Waters

The Spirit – Frank Miller

Spirit of the Forest  - David Rubin

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Dave Filoni

Step Brothers – Adam McKay

Step Up 2: The Streets – Jon Chu

Stop-Loss – Kimberly Peirce

Strange Wilderness – Fred Wolf

The Stoning of Soraya M. – Cyrus Nowrasteh

The Stranger – Bryan Bertino

Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas

Surveillance – Jennifer Lynch

Swing Vote – Joshua Michael Stern

Teeth – Michell Lichtenstein

The Tail of Despereaux – Sam Fell / Robert Stevenhagen

Towelhead – Alan Ball

Traitor – Jeffrey Nachmanoff

Trucker – James Mottern

Twilight – Catherine Hardwicke

U2 3D – Mark Pellington

Untraceable – Gregory Hoblit

Valkyrie – Bryan Singer

Vantage Point – Pete Travis

The Wackness – Jonathan Levin

Wanted – Timur Bekmambetov

War. Inc. – Joshua Seftel

Welcome Home Rosco Jenkins – Malcome D. Lee

What Doesn’t Kill You – Tom Vaughan

What Just Happened – Barry Levinson

The Women – Diane English

The X-Files: I Want to Believe – Chris Carter

You Don’t Mess with the Zohan – Dennis Dugan

Zach and Miri Make a Porno – Kevin Smith