Well, Of course Stephen "The DARKest mind in literature" King is going to pick The DARK Knight as his favorite.

What the hell is 'the Ruins' doing in there. I'll admit as a story it was interesting and good, but the tension in the film left a lot to be desired. Midnight meat train was better, it has not even been released yet in Ireland, but I saw it the other day and I enjoyed it more. I love anything KING and I love that his choices are varied and the Dark Knight is at the top, but WHAT THE HELL? the Ruins?

I would have expected him to put a horror movie in front of The Dark Knight. However, he made the right choice. Good job, Stephen King.

and the Bank Job, what is with you American's and Jason Statham? I have to wonder, he's ok, but he just seems to do really well in USA, why?

@Aly: Actually we don't care about him as much as you think.

I can't think of anyone here in the US whose a fan of him. To me he's just an actor that's "around", not very interesting, not very liked, he's just there. Studios just book him because he looks like a bad ass. That's it.

Hey, lay off my man Jason "Turkish" Statham. While his career constantly seems to run off course (The One, The Transporter Series), I still think he's a fine actor. His roles in Snatch & Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels has forever earned him a place on my list of "good" (though not exceptional) actors.

Considering his love of schlocky action/horror films, I'm not surprised King included The Ruins & Death Race on his list. However, since he included The Dark Knight, Tropic Thunder, Wall-E & Slumdog Millionaire, I'll forgive him for some of his less-than-oscar-worthy fare.