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IMDb's MOVIEmeter Top 25 Films of 2008

by Alex Billington
December 16, 2008
Source: IMDb

We all probably use IMDb way too much - but that's just because it's one of the greatest movie websites ever created. However, I'm going to guess that most people have never heard of the MOVIEmeter - right? The MOVIEmeter is an industry tracking service on IMDb that simply measures how many times a movie (or celebrity) has their profile page viewed by visitors. In essence, it's a way of determining what the top searched movie or celebrity is on the site - a good indication of who or what people are thinking about. IMDb has compiled their own Top 25 Films of 2008 based on this statistic - so let's get on with it.

Obviously this list is going to have a lot odd results. That's because people were indeed clicking on the Twilight page millions of times when it was in theaters a few weeks ago and Tr2n has also gained a lot of buzz since Comic-Con and so on. In fact, the only reason I wanted to feature this list is because it is so diverse. It just shows you how hype is so varied and so much different than what's expected.

1. The Dark Knight (2008)
2. Twilight (2008)
3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
4. TR2N (2011)
5. The Expendables (2010)
6. Iron Man (2008)
7. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
8. No Country for Old Men (2007)
9. Juno (2007)
10. Transformers (2007)
11. The Incredible Hulk (2008)
12. There Will Be Blood (2007)
13. Sex and the City (2008)
14. Into the Wild (2007)
15. Superbad (2008)
16. Cloverfield (2008)
17. Terminator Salvation (2009)
18. Wanted (2008)
19. Dragonball (2009)
20. Quantum of Solace (2008)
21. The Departed (2006)
22. Star Trek (2009)
23. The Godfather (1972)
24. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
25. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Thanks to our good friend Peter at SlashFilm for first pointing this out to us. The list comes directly from IMDb's The Power of Film page - where you can find more info and click on even more links.

I don't think I really need to mention all this, but I will, before other people do first. This list is based on stats from the entire year, so because Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was originally supposed to be out in November, it still earned a large number of hits. Things like The Expendables are complete anomalies, but because it has such an impressive cast, it somewhat makes sense. No Country for Old Men, Juno, There Will Be Blood, Into the Wild, and so on are most likely on this list due to their Oscar buzz in February/March. Lastly, it's our best guess that The Shawshank Redemption has to do with the fiasco involving The Dark Knight's ranking and fans trying to vote down the other top films on that list.

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