Below is a list of all the eligible independent films
for the year 2008. Many visitors to the site have e-mailed asking for
recommendations and/or reviews of independent movies. The members of
the
Chlotrudis Awards Nominating
Committee see lots of independent films and on the Chlotrudis Comments
page, we will share our thoughts or reviews of the year's movies. Underlined
films lead to Chlotrudis reviews. If you have a suggestion, or a film
you'd like to see commented on by Chlotrudis Members, send us an e-mail.
Now let's get on with the comments!
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$9.99 |
* 12 |
| * 24 City |
The 27 Club |
35 Shots of Rum |
| * (500) Days of Summer |
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| A L'Aventure |
* Absurdistan |
* Act of God (d) |
| * Adam |
* Adoration |
Adulthood |
| Adventures of Power |
Afghan Star (d) |
Afterschool |
| * Afterwards |
* Alien Trespass |
* An American Affair |
| American Casino (d) |
* American Swing (d) |
* American Venus |
| * American Violet |
* Amreeka |
Angel |
| * The Answer Man |
Antichrist |
* Anvil! The Story of Anvil (d) |
| Art & Copy (d) |
* Away We Go |
* Azur and Asmar |
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| * The Baader-Meinhof Complex |
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call -- New Orleans |
* Ballerina (d) |
| * Battle for Terra |
The Beaches of Agnès (d) |
The Beautiful Person |
| Beeswax |
* Before the Fall |
Before Tomorrow |
| Better Things |
* Big Fan |
* Big Man Japan |
| Big River Man (d) |
The Black Balloon |
Black Dynamite |
| Blessed is the Match: The Life & Death of Hannah Senesh (d) |
* Blood the Last Vampire |
Bloody Mondays & Strawberry Pies (d) |
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day |
* The Boys Are Back |
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men |
| * Bright Star |
Broken Embraces |
Bronson |
| * The Brothers Bloom |
Burma VJ (d) |
* The Burning Plain |
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| Cadaver |
* The Cake Eaters |
California Dreamin' |
| * The Canyon |
Capitalism: A Love Story (d) |
Captain Abu Raed |
| Cass |
* Chandi Chowk to China |
The Chaser |
| * Che: The Argentine |
* Che: The Guerilla |
Chelsea on the Rocks (d) |
| * Cheri |
* Cherry Blossoms |
* Chocolate |
| * The Class |
Coco Before Chanel |
* Cold Souls |
| * The Country Teacher |
* The Cove (d) |
Crazy Heart |
| * Crips and Bloods: Made in America (d) |
* Crossing Over |
Crude (d) |
| Cyborg She |
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| The Damned United |
La Danse (d) |
* A Dark Mirror |
| Days of Darkness |
* Daytime Drinking |
Dead Snow |
| Deathbell |
Defamation (d) |
* Departures |
| Diary of a Nymphomaniac |
Died Young, Stayed Pretty (d) |
* Dil Bol Hadippa! |
| The Disappeared |
Disengagement |
Disgrace |
| * Il Divo |
* Dog Eat Dog |
* Donkey Punch |
| * Downloading Nancy |
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| Earth Days (d) |
* Easy Virtue |
* Echelon Conspiracy |
| * The Edge of Love |
An Education |
* Eldorado |
| Empty Nest |
* The End of the Line (d) |
* The English Surgeon (d) |
| * Enlighten Up (d) |
The Escapist |
* Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone |
| Everlasting Moments |
* Every Little Step (d) |
Examined Life (d) |
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| * Fados |
Faintheart |
* Fanboys |
| Fear Me Not |
* Fifty Dead Men Walking |
Five Minutes of Heaven |
| Flame & Citron |
* Food, Inc. (d) |
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (d) |
| Forbidden Lie$ (d) |
Four Seasons Lodge (d) |
A French Gigolo |
| Frontier of Dawn |
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| * The Garden (d) |
Gentlemen Broncos |
The Ghost |
| * Gigantic |
Girl by the Lake |
* The Girl from Monaco |
| * The Girlfriend Experience |
* Goliath |
* Gomorrah |
| Good Hair (d) |
* Goodbye Solo |
* Grace |
| The Great Buck Howard |
* Guest of Cindy Sherman (d) |
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| The Hagstone Demon |
* The Headless Woman |
Heart of Stone (d) |
| Heaven's Heart |
* Herb and Dorothy (d) |
* Home |
| The Horse Boy (d) |
The House of the Devil |
* How to Be |
| * Humpday |
Hunger |
* The Hurt Locker |
| Hush |
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| I Hate Valentine's Day |
* I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell |
I Sell the Dead |
| I'll Come Running |
I'm Gonna Explode |
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus |
| * In a Dream (d) |
In Search of Beethoven (d) |
* In the Loop |
| * The Informers |
Irene in Time |
* Is Anybody There? |
| * It Might Get Loud! (d) |
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| * Jerichow |
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (d) |
* Julia |
| * Just Another Love Story |
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| * Katyn |
The Kreutzer Sonata |
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| * Lagerfeld Confidential (d) |
* Laila's Birthday |
* Lake Tahoe |
| The Last International Playboy |
The Last Son of Havana (d) |
The Last Station |
| Last Stop 174 |
* Left Bank |
* Lemon Tree |
| Life in Flight |
* The Limits of Control |
* Lion's Den |
| * Little Ashes |
Loot (d) |
* Lorna's Silence |
| The Lovely Bones |
* Lymelife |
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| Made for Each Other |
The Maid |
Mammoth |
| A Man Among Giants (d) |
The Man From London |
* Management |
| May the Best Man win |
Me and Orson Welles |
* Medicine for Melancholy |
| * The Merry Gentleman |
The Messenger |
Milton Glaser: To Inform and Delight (d) |
| * Moon |
* More Than a Game (d) |
* Moscow, Belgium |
| Motherhood |
Mothers & Daughters |
* Munyurangabo |
| * Mutant Chronicles |
My Big Break (d) |
My One and Only |
| My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? |
* The Mysteries of Pittsburgh |
The Mystery Team |
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| * The Narrows |
The Necessities of Life |
* The New Year Parade |
| * New York, I Love You |
Night and Day |
* No Impact Man (d) |
| * Not Easily Broken |
* Not Quite Hollywood:The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (d) |
* Nursery University (d) |
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| Oblivion (El Olvido) (d) |
* Objectified (d) |
* Of Time and the City (d) |
| Oh My God (d) |
* O'Horten |
* Once Upon a Time in Rio |
| * One Day You'll Understand |
Ong Bak 2 |
* The Other Man |
| * Outlander |
* Outrage (d) |
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| Paa |
Pandora's Box |
* Paper Heart |
| * Paranormal Activity |
Paris |
* Paris 36 |
| * Passing Strange |
Patrik Age 1.5 |
* Pedro |
| Peter and Vandy |
* Phoebe in Wonderland |
Pirate Radio |
| Play the Game |
The Pleasure of Being Robbed |
Police, Adjective |
| Pontypool |
Ponyo |
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire |
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| Quiet Chaos |
* A Quiest Little Marriage |
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| * Real Time |
Red Cliff |
Revanche |
| Ricky |
The Road |
* Roving Mars (d) |
| * Rudo y Cursi |
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| * Sauna |
Scenes from a Parish (d) |
* Second Skin (d) |
| The Secret of the Grain |
The September Issue (d) |
Séraphine |
| Serbis |
A Serious Man |
Serious Moonlight |
| * Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America |
Shall We Kiss? |
She is the Matador (d) |
| * Shrink |
* Shuttle |
The Silence Before Bach |
| * Silent Light |
* Sin Nombre |
A Single Man |
| * Sita Sings the Blues |
* The Skeptic |
Skin |
| * The Sky Crawlers |
The Slammin' Salmon |
* The Sleep Dealer |
| Someone Else |
* Somers Town |
The Song of Sparrows |
| * Soul Power (d) |
* Spinning into Butter |
* Spread |
| * St. Trinian's |
* Still Green |
Still Walking |
| The Stoning of Soraya M |
Strangers |
The Strip |
| * Strongman (d) |
* Sugar |
Summer Holiday |
| Summer Hours |
The Sun |
* Sunshine Cleaning |
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| Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon (d) |
Tetro |
That Evening Sun |
| Theater of War (d) |
* Thirst |
* Three Monkeys |
| * Throw Down Your Heart (d) |
* Timecrimes |
* Tokyo! |
| Tokyo Sonata |
Tormented |
A Town Called Panic |
| * Treeless Mountain |
Trucker |
* Tulpan |
| * Two Lovers |
* Tyson (d) |
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| Uncertainty |
Under Our Skin (d) |
The Undeserved |
| * The Uninvited |
* Unmistaken Child (d) |
Until the Light Takes Us (d) |
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| * Valentino: The Last Emperor (d) |
Vinyan |
* Virtual JFK (d) |
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| * Waiting for Dublin |
* The Way We Get By (d) |
We Live in Public (d) |
| * Whatever Works |
* What's Your Raashee? |
* White Night Wedding |
| The White Ribbon |
* The Wild Man of the Navidad |
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (d) |
| The Windmill Movie (d) |
* The Window |
* A Wink and a Smile (d) |
| * Witch Hunt (d) |
* A Woman in Berlin |
Women in Trouble |
| Women of Faith (d) |
Wonderful World |
* World's Greatest Dad |
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| The Yes Men Fix the World (d) |
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (d) |
* You the Living |
| The Young Victoria |
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love (d) |
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| Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (d) |
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Festival Films |
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| The 2 Bobs |
8th Wonderland |
About Elly |
| Accident |
After the Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United (d) |
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| Air Doll |
All My Life |
And Then Came Lola |
| Antique |
Applause |
The Art of the Steal (d) |
| Autumn |
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (d) |
Between Floors |
| Bitch Slap |
Blood Trail (d) |
Bomber |
| Book of Blood |
Bran Nue Dae |
Breathless |
| Bunny and the Bull |
Cairo Time |
Can Go Through Skin |
| Canary |
Change of Plans |
Children of Invention |
| Chloe |
Colony (d) |
Cooking with Stella |
| Cracks |
Crazy Racer |
Creation |
| Crush and Blush |
Cryptic |
Deadgirl |
| The Dirty Saints |
The Disappearance of Alice Creed |
Dogtooth |
| Dream |
The Eclipse |
Eden is West |
| Edison and Leo |
An Englishman in New York |
The Eyes of Me (d) |
| A Film with Me In It |
Fine, Totally Fine |
The Fish Child |
| Fish Tank |
Five Hours From Paris |
The Fly |
| Garapa (d) |
Garbage Dreams (d) |
Get Low |
| Give Me Your Hand |
Go Go 70's |
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| The Good Heart |
GS Wonderland |
A Gun to the Head |
| Handsome Harry |
Happy End |
Happy Flight |
| Helen |
Les Herbes Folles |
Here and There |
| The Hole |
Huacho |
Hunting Grounds |
| I Am Love |
I Need That Record (d) |
If I Knew What You Said |
| The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle |
The Importance of Being Elegant (d) |
Independencia |
| Infestation |
Insignificant Others |
Instant Swamp |
| Intangible Asset Number 82 (d) |
The Invention of Lying |
J'ai tué ma mère |
| K-20: Legend of the Mask (aka The Fiend with Twenty Faces) |
Lalapipo |
Least of These, The (d) |
| Lesbian Vampire Killers |
Leslie, My Name is Evil |
Letters to the President (d) |
| Life is Hot in Cracktown |
Like You Know It All |
The Lost Son of Havana (d) |
| Love Exposure |
The Loved Ones |
The Magic Hour |
| Make-Out with Violence |
Making the Boys (d) |
Mary and Max |
| Masquerades |
Micmacs |
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| Mine: Taken by Katrina (d) |
The Missing Person |
Monsters from the Id |
| Must Love Death |
My Dear Enemy |
No Mercy for the Rude |
| Nollywood Babylon (d) |
North |
Number One with a Bullet |
| Nymph |
Paco and the Magical Book |
Paper Soldier |
| Parque Vía |
Passenger Side |
Plastic City |
| Portrait of a Beauty |
A Prophet |
Racing Dreams (d) |
| [Rec] 2 |
Reel Zombies |
RiP: A Remix Manifesto (d) |
| Rough Cut |
Saint Misbehavin'" The Wavy Gravy Movie (d) |
Sammen |
| Scheherazade: Tell Me a Story |
Sex Positive (d) |
She, A Chinese |
| Should I Really Do It? |
Slam-Bang |
Smash Cut |
| Solomon Kane |
Sorry, Thanks |
Splinterheads |
| Still Bill (d) |
Suck |
The Sunshine Boy (d) |
| Survival of the Dead |
Sweet Karma |
Tactical Unit: Comrades in Arms |
| Tell Tale |
Three Blind Mice |
Toad's Oil |
| Tokyo Onlypic 2008 |
Trimpin: the Sound of Invention (d) |
True Adolescents |
| Twentieth Century Boys; Chapter One |
United Red Army |
Vacation |
| Valhalla Rising |
Vengeance |
Versailles |
| Villa Amalia |
Visage (Face) |
Vision |
| Warlords |
The Way We Get By (d) |
White Material |
| The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (d) |
With a Little Help From Myself |
Within the Whirlwind |
| Year of the Carnivore |
Yodok Stories (d) |
You Might As Well Live |
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| Ineligible Films |
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| Avatar |
The Box |
Extract |
| Halloween II |
Ichi |
It's Complicated |
| Nine |
Public Enemies |
Star Trek |
| Up! |
Up in the Air |
Whip It |
| Youth in Revolt |
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