I decided to do the 100-movies-in-2008 challenge (by counting movies I was seeing the first time, beginning to end, no edits or commercial breaks, cinema or DVD)...and I finished in in July and now I'm up to 172. And here are the best ones:
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Once
Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Fuck
Stand By Me
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The United States of Leland
The Fountain
Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Iron Man
The Fall
Good Night, And Good Luck
The Great Dictator
City Lights
21 Grams
The Dark Knight
The Kid
Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters)
Newsies
Conversations With Other Women
Secretary
The Maltese Falcon
Monsieur Verdoux
Wilde
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Doubt
Happy-Go-Lucky
Two in one day = TOO MANY PICSPAMS. AARGH.