books & movies 2008.
Bolded items are recommended. (Ok, I didn't bold all the movies I recommend, but some. XD)
movies
1. The Number 23 (2007)
2. Vacancy (2007)
3. The Princess Diaries (2001)*
4. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
5. Casper (1995)*
6. Swing Kids (1993)
7. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)*
8. The Man Who Cried (2000)
9. Music & Lyrics (2007)
10. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)*
11. Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who (2008)
12. Blades of Glory (2007)*
13. Forrest Gump (1994)*
14. Treasure Planet (2002)*
15. Georgia Rule (2007)
16. The Pianist (2002)
17. Ratatouille (2007)
18. Princess (2008)
19. Zathura (2005)
20. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
21. Evan Almighty (2007)*
22. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
23. Knocked Up (2007)
24. Children of Men (2006)
25. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
26. Hairspray (2007)
27. Jane Eyre (1996)
28. What Lies Beneath (2000)
29. The Patriot (2000)
30. Eastern Promises (2007)
31. The Prestige (2006)
32. The Wicker Man (2006)
33. Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
34. Over the Hedge (2006)*
35. In the Land of Women (2007)
36. The Covenant (2006)
37. Get Smart (2008)
38. August Rush (2007)
39. Bee Movie (2007)
40. Atonement (2007)
41. Hamlet (1990)
42. Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa (2008)
43. Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
44. Juno (2007)
45. School of Rock (2003)*
46. The Illusionist (2007?)
47. Marley & Me (2008)
KEY:
* I've seen this movie before now.
books
1. His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, 1997; The Subtle Knife, 1997; The Amber Spyglass, 2000)
2. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott (The Alchemyst, 2007)
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson (2003)*
4. A Separate Peace by John Knowles (1959)**
5. The View from the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier [short stories] (2008)
6. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (2001)*
7. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)**
8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1848)*
9. The Iliad by Homer [epic poem] (Translated by Samuel Butler, 1898)
10. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1950) **
11. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006)
12. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1992)*
13. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1971)
14. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)*
15. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (quarto, 1603; book edition, 1992)*
16. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
17. The Portable Oscar Wilde, an anthology of Wilde's works (1946) ( The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891; "The Selfish Giant," 1888; De Profundis, 1897)
18. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1989)
19. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (2008)
20. The Reader by Bernard Schlink (1995)
21. Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001)*
KEY:
* This was read for school.
** I've read this before.
movies
1. The Number 23 (2007)
2. Vacancy (2007)
3. The Princess Diaries (2001)*
4. Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
5. Casper (1995)*
6. Swing Kids (1993)
7. Pan's Labyrinth (2006)*
8. The Man Who Cried (2000)
9. Music & Lyrics (2007)
10. The Devil Wears Prada (2006)*
11. Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who (2008)
12. Blades of Glory (2007)*
13. Forrest Gump (1994)*
14. Treasure Planet (2002)*
15. Georgia Rule (2007)
16. The Pianist (2002)
17. Ratatouille (2007)
18. Princess (2008)
19. Zathura (2005)
20. Hotel Rwanda (2004)
21. Evan Almighty (2007)*
22. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)
23. Knocked Up (2007)
24. Children of Men (2006)
25. Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
26. Hairspray (2007)
27. Jane Eyre (1996)
28. What Lies Beneath (2000)
29. The Patriot (2000)
30. Eastern Promises (2007)
31. The Prestige (2006)
32. The Wicker Man (2006)
33. Batman: The Dark Knight (2008)
34. Over the Hedge (2006)*
35. In the Land of Women (2007)
36. The Covenant (2006)
37. Get Smart (2008)
38. August Rush (2007)
39. Bee Movie (2007)
40. Atonement (2007)
41. Hamlet (1990)
42. Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa (2008)
43. Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
44. Juno (2007)
45. School of Rock (2003)*
46. The Illusionist (2007?)
47. Marley & Me (2008)
KEY:
* I've seen this movie before now.
books
1. His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman (The Golden Compass, 1997; The Subtle Knife, 1997; The Amber Spyglass, 2000)
2. The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott (The Alchemyst, 2007)
3. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson (2003)*
4. A Separate Peace by John Knowles (1959)**
5. The View from the Seventh Layer by Kevin Brockmeier [short stories] (2008)
6. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser (2001)*
7. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953)**
8. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1848)*
9. The Iliad by Homer [epic poem] (Translated by Samuel Butler, 1898)
10. The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 1950) **
11. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (2006)
12. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1992)*
13. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1971)
14. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)*
15. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (quarto, 1603; book edition, 1992)*
16. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961)
17. The Portable Oscar Wilde, an anthology of Wilde's works (1946) ( The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891; "The Selfish Giant," 1888; De Profundis, 1897)
18. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (1989)
19. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (2008)
20. The Reader by Bernard Schlink (1995)
21. Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001)*
KEY:
* This was read for school.
** I've read this before.