2008

The Hurt Locker 2008

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.

Category: Drama, Thriller, War

Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty

7.5 IMDB Rating 10,628 Views
Taken 2008

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Category: Action, Thriller

Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Jon Gries

7.8 IMDB Rating 11,483 Views
Nothing But the Truth 2008

In Washington, D.C., a reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.

Category: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga

7.2 IMDB Rating 7,714 Views
Day of the Dead 2008

In Leadville, Colorado, Captain Rhodes and his army seals off the town to contain an influenza-type epidemic. The locals are not allowed to leave the town and the Pine Valley Medical Center is crowded with sick people. Corporal Sarah Bowman was born and raised in Leadville and goes to her home with Private Bud Crain to visit her mother. Sarah finds that her mother is ill and takes her to the local hospital. However, the sick people suddenly transform in flesh eating, fast moving zombies which attack the non-infected humans. Sarah, Bud and Private Salazar get a jeep and head to the town exit to escape from the dead. But Sarah hears the voice of her brother, Trevor, on the radio and is compelled to go to the radio station where Trevor is hidden with his girlfriend Nina. The group of survivors drives to the isolated Nike missile site seeking shelter, where they discover an underground army base.

Category: Action, Horror, Thriller

Stars: Mena Suvari,Nick Cannon,Michael Welch,AnnaLynne McCord,Stark Sands,Matt Rippy,Pat Kilbane,Taylor Hoover,Christa Campbell,Ian McNeice,Ving Rhames,Robert Rais,Michael McCoy,Laura Giosh,Vanessa Johansson

4.5 IMDB Rating 8,739 Views
In Bruges 2008

London based hit men Ray and Ken are told by their boss Harry Waters to lie low in Bruges, Belgium for up to two weeks following their latest hit, which resulted in the death of an innocent bystander. Harry will be in touch with further instructions. While they wait for Harry's call, Ken, following Harry's advice, takes in the sights of the medieval city with great appreciation. But the charms of Bruges are lost on the simpler Ray, who is already despondent over the innocent death, especially as it was his first job. Things change for Ray when he meets Chloe, part of a film crew shooting a movie starring an American dwarf named Jimmy. When Harry's instructions arrive, Ken, for whom the job is directed, isn't sure if he can carry out the new job, especially as he has gained a new appreciation of life from his stay in the fairytale Bruges. While Ken waits for the inevitable arrival into Bruges of an angry Harry, who feels he must clean up matters on his own, Ray is dealing with his own problems, not only with Harry, but with a Canadian couple and a half-blind thief named Eirik. Ray hopes he can count on both Chloe and Ken to help him carve out a new life for himself. In the end, Harry, involved in an incident with Jimmy, may have to keep to his own principles.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Stars: Elizabeth Berrington,Rudy Blomme,Olivier Bonjour,Mark Donovan

8.0 IMDB Rating 8,902 Views
Appaloosa 2008

1882, New Mexico Territory. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye. Can friendship and skill with a gun overcome a pernicious villain and green-eyed jealousy?

Category: Crime, Drama, Western

Stars: Robert Jauregui,Jeremy Irons,Timothy V. Murphy,Luce Rains

6.8 IMDB Rating 9,015 Views
The Black Balloon 2008

All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?

Category: Drama, Romantic

Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson

7.3 IMDB Rating 8,734 Views
The Happening 20082008

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Category: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez

5.0 IMDB Rating 8,279 Views
Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008

Zack and Miri are two lifelong platonic friends who make an adult film to pay the rent of their apartment. With their friend Delaney, the couple set out for auditionees for their porn film, but in the process of filming, they realize they feel more for each other than they had before.

Category: Comedy, Romantic

Stars: Elizabeth Banks,Seth Rogen,Craig Robinson,Gerry Bednob

6.6 IMDB Rating 8,990 Views
20 Years After 2008

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong: War, Terrorism, Natural Disasters. Evacuees were ushered from the cities to refugee camps in the surrounding counties. In-fighting, famine and disease took their toll on the survivors. Now, twenty years after the bombs fell and the plagues ran their course the few that remain live in fear and without hope. Azura Skye stars as Sarah in this Post-Apocalyptic Fairy Tale about a young woman's journey to deliver the first child born in 15 Years. Sarah's refusal to give up is inspired by a lone voice on her radio. Michael broadcasts dim and distant messages of hope mixed with the music he scavenges from the dead. Forced from her basement home by drought and relentlessly pursued by those who want her baby, Sarah crosses paths with Michael in a cavernous, underground refuge of disparate survivors. It is from Three Caves that Michael and Sarah will embark on a journey beyond the boundaries of the Southern Corridor and into the unknown future.

Category: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Stars: Joshua Leonard, Azura Skye, Diane Salinger

3,3 IMDB Rating 8,502 Views
City of Ember 2008

When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The city of Ember is to last for 200 years after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time however, the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It's left to two young adults to unearth the secret of Ember and to lead the way out.

Category: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Kids

Stars: Saoirse Ronan,David Ryall,Harry Treadaway,Mary Kay Place

6.5 IMDB Rating 11,980 Views
The Strangers 2008

After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple find themselves in a violent struggle, in which they go beyond what either of them thought capable in order to survive.

Category: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Stars: Alex Fisher,Peter Clayton-Luce,Scott Speedman,Liv Tyler

6.2 IMDB Rating 12,222 Views
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008

In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines that can destroy the human race. As Hell on Earth is ready to erupt, Hellboy and his crew set out to defeat the evil prince before The Golden Army can destroy humanity's existence.

Category: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Stars: Ron Perlman,Selma Blair,Doug Jones,John Alexander

7.0 IMDB Rating 12,403 Views
The Women 2008

A wealthy New Yorker wrestles with the decision to leave her cheating husband, as she and her friends discover that women really can have it all.

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Annette Bening

5.0 IMDB Rating 6,125 Views
The Secret of Moonacre 2008

Maria inherits a book of secrets from her dad. She moves to her uncle's Moonacre estate. A family curse was cast on the valley. Only Maria can break it using her book.

Category: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Kids, romance, Romantic

Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry

6.1 IMDB Rating 7,572 Views
First Sunday 2008

Durell Washington and LeeJohn Jackson are best friends and bumbling petty criminals. When Durell learns that his ex-girlfriend plans to move to another state with their son Durell Jr.--unless they can get her $17,000 to pay off a debt-- and so Durell and LeeJohn ultimately comes up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church. But when the duo fumbles their way through the break-in, they discover someone has beaten them to the punch. In order to get their hands on the money, Durell and LeeJohn are forced to spend the night in the presence of the Lord and his followers--and end up getting a lot more than they bargained for.

Category: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Stars: Ice Cube,Katt Williams,Tracy Morgan,Loretta Devine

4.1 IMDB Rating 7,078 Views
Arn: Riket vid vägens slut 2008

The Knight Arn is sent on a last mission against Saladin. He has to win this battle, before he can go home to Sweden, and finally marry his Cecilia and start a family. But the peace back home is threatened by the Danes.

Category: Action, Adventure, Drama

Stars: Joakim Nätterqvist, Sofia Helin, Stellan Skarsgård, Bibi Andersson

6.6 IMDB Rating 9,620 Views
High School Musical 3: Senior Year 2008

Troy and the gang of East High School are going through their senior year, facing graduating and going their separate ways. Coming to terms with the reality of it all, Troy wants to attend the nearby University of Albuquerque next year on a basketball scholarship, but Gabriella wants to attend Stanford University in California. Meanwhile, Sharpay, the school's shallow and spoiled rich girl, plots to go all out planning the school's final musical show with the idea to add music to her hopes and fears about the future. While Sharpay takes an up-and-coming British exchange student under her wing, her flamboyant fraternal twin brother, Ryan, has his sights set on something different after school. In addition, Troy's best friend and basketball teammate Chad, and Garbiella's best friend Taylor, all have their sights set on their plans after high school and come to terms with the reality of the real world.

Category: Comedy, Drama, Family, Kids

Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel

4.7 IMDB Rating 19,230 Views
The Spirit 2008

Rookie cop Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces in Central City.

Category: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller

Stars: Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson

4.7 IMDB Rating 5,841 Views
Swing Vote 2008

November, 2004, New Mexico. Bud is a slacker with one good thing in his life, his engaging fifth-grade daughter Molly. On election day, Bud is supposed to meet her at the polling place. When he doesn't show, she sneaks a ballot and is about to vote when the power goes off. It turns out that New Mexico's electoral votes will decide the contest, and there it's tied with one vote needing recasting - Bud's. The world's media and both presidential candidates, including the current President, descend on Bud in anticipation of his re-vote in two weeks. Can the clueless Bud, even with the help of Molly and a local TV reporter, handle this responsibility?

Category: Comedy, Drama

Stars: Kevin Costner, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer

6.1 IMDB Rating 4,558 Views