indieWIRE CRITICS’ POLL ’08 | David Sterritt

This is the latest ballot in indieWIRE’s 2008 Critics Poll, continuing the tradition of a national survey of critics by calling attention to the year’s best — and, in many cases, most overlooked — films, providing a meaningful counterpoint to much of the year-end hoopla. Note that some lists are unranked at the discretion of the critic. For all categories except Best Undistributed Film, eligible feature films had first-run theatrical engagements in the U.S. during 2008. Films without a U.S. distributor, screened anywhere (festival circuit, one-off screenings, etc.), are eligible in the Best Undistributed Film category. The full list of critics poll ballots is available here at indieWIRE and tabulated results are being published by indieWIRE later this month.

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Best Film
1 – Milk
2 – Let the Right One In
3 – Married Life
4 – Standard Operating Procedure
5 – Taxi to the Dark Side
6 – Still Life
7 – The Wrestler
8 – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
9 – Redbelt
10 – The Duchess of Langeais

Best Performance
1 – Sean Penn, Milk
2 – Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
3 – Rachel McAdams, Married Life
4 – Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road
5 – Benicio Del Toro, Che

Best Supporting Performance
1 – Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2 – John Malkovich, Changeling
3 – Alison Pill, Milk
4 – Emily Mortimer, Redbelt
5 – Deborah Harry, Elegy

Best Director
Gus Van Sant, Milk

Best Screenplay
Ira Sachs, Married Life

Best First Feature
Ballast

Best Documentary
Standard Operating Procedure

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