Best Dramatic Movies of 2008

On a Timeline of Yesterday, Tomorrow, Today

"Time simultaneously makes the present pass and preserves the past in itself. There are, therefore, already, two possible time-images, one grounded in the past, the other in the present. Each is complex and is valid for time as a whole." Gilles Deleuze

2008 presented us with quite a perplexing array of Dramatic Movies. There were the 80th Academy Awards with the Best Picture: No Country for Old Men (IMDB) by Ethan and Joel Cohen and the 61st BAFTA Awards that selected
Atonement (IMDB) directed by Joe Wright as the Best Film. The period drama seems to have indeed gained popularity among the production companies this year; with yet another remake of The Other Boleyn Girl (IMDB) featuring Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman, The Reader (IMDB) starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, Changeling (IMDB) starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich and the January 9th 2009 release of The Duchess (IMDB) featuring Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling and Ralph Fiennes, this trend comes quite clear.