THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE

Here is my fiancee's top 21 from 2008. Her head is still spinning from all of the trips to the theater. She's not a psycho like me who feels that she needs to list all 80, but I have to give credit where credit is due -- she sees a lot of stuff that she might not otherwise and I appreciate all the time she spends with me in the darkened recesses of the movie theater. Without further ado, here are her picks for the best of 2008:

Danny Boyle’s SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
David Fincher’s THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Tarsem’s THE FALL
Stephen Daldry’s THE READER
Jonathan Demme’s RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
David Gordon Green’s SNOW ANGELS
Mike Leigh’s HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
Clint Eastwood’s CHANGELING
Ed Zwick’s DEFIANCE
James Marsh’s MAN ON WIRE

Andrew Stanton’s WALL*E
Sam Mendes’ REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Alan Ball’s TOWELHEAD
Stephen Walker’s YOUNG @ HEART
John Crowley’s BOY A
Tom McCarthy’s THE VISITOR
Joel & Ethan Coen’s BURN AFTER READING
Thomas Alfredson’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Charlie Kaufman’s SYNECDOCHE, NY
Darren Aronofsky’s THE WRESTLER
Clint Eastwood’s GRAN TORINO