Stephen King has just unveiled his personal top ten list for 2008 and The Dark Knight is at the top as a film he says is “the best superhero movie ever. This is to cape-and-tights movies what Godfather II was to the gangster movie: a genre-defining event.” However, while his list also includes Slumdog Millionaire and WALL-E, that is the end of anything remotely resembling your traditional end of year top ten. Then again, that’s what makes it sort of fun.
His list includes a pair of Jason Statham features, Lakeview Terrace (a film he believes Sam Jackson should get an Oscar nomination for) as well as a few others you may have forgotten.
Of the ten I will say only two of them are just plain bad movies in my opinion (Funny Games and Lakeview) while Redbelt is just mediocre. Check out the list below as the year end lists continue to pile up.
- The Dark Knight
- Slumdog Millionaire
- WALL-E
- Tropic Thunder
- Funny Games
- The Bank Job
- Lakeview Terrace
- The Ruins
- Redbelt
- Death Race
Get his list of reasons behind each choice right here.
