best movies of 2008

In no particular order, these are my favorite films discovered in 2008:



Syndromes And A Century (Thailand 2006; dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul)



En el hoyo (Mexico 2006; dir. Juan Carlos Rulfo)



Los últimos zapatistas: héroes olvidados (Mexico 2002 ; dir. Francesco Taboada Tabone)



King Corn (USA 2007 ; dir. Aaron Woolf)



Mister Lonely (USA 2007; dir. Harmony Korine)



The Dark Knight (USA 2008; dir. Christopher Nolan)



A Wild Combination: A Portrait Of Arthur Russell (USA 2008; dir. Matt Wolf)



For The Bible Tells Me So (USA 2007; dir. Daniel Karslake)



The Darjeeling Limited / Hotel Chevalier (USA 2007; dir. Wes Anderson)



This Is Nollywood (Nigeria 2007; dir. Franco Sacchi & Robert Caputo)



Persepolis (France/USA 2007; dir. Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud)



El Violín (Mexico 2005; dir. Francisco Vargas)



Apart From That (USA 2006; dir. Jennifer Shainin & Randy Walker)



Un poquito de tanta verdad (Mexico 2007 ; dir. Jill Friedberg)