2008 in film

Overview of the events of 2008 in film

List of years in film

* … 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004

* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011

* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018 …

In radio
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

In television
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

In music
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

* Art
* Archaeology
* Architecture
*   * Literature
* Music
* Philosophy
* Science+...

* v
* t
* e

Years in film

19th century
1870s

1880s

* 1880
* 1881
* 1882
* 1883
* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889

1890s

* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899

1900s

* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s

* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025
* 2026
* …

* v
* t
* e

The year 2008 involved many major film events. The Dark Knight was the year's highest-grossing film, while Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture (out of eight Academy Awards).

## Evaluation of the year

[edit]

2008 has been widely considered to be a very significant year for cinema.

The entertainment agency website IGN described 2008 as "one of the biggest years ever for movies." It stated, "2008 was the year when the comic book movie genre not only hits its zenith, but also gained critical respectability thanks to The Dark Knight. Animated films also proved a huge draw for filmgoers, with Pixar's WALL-E becoming not only the highest grossing toon but also the most lauded. Things got off on the right foot with the monster movie madness of Cloverfield. Marvel got down to business laying the groundwork for their superhero team-up The Avengers with the blockbuster hit Iron Man and their respectable attempt at rebooting The Incredible Hulk. The games-to-film genre took a hit this year, with only Max Payne proving to be a worthy adaptation of the source material. We also saw the highly anticipated big-screen returns of iconic characters like Batman, James Bond, and Indiana Jones – some were more successful than others."[1]

The film industry and review website IndieWire described 2008 as "a stellar year for movies" that "gave us tons of unforgettable classics" such as The Wrestler, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and Che.[2]

## Highest-grossing films

[edit]

See also: Lists of box office number-one films § 2008

The top 10 films released in 2008 by worldwide gross are as follows:[3]

Highest-grossing films of 2008  Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross

|
|
|

1  | The Dark Knight | Warner Bros. | $997,000,000[4][nb 1]
2  | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Paramount | $786,636,033
3  | Kung Fu Panda | $631,744,560
4  | Hancock | Sony | $629,443,428
5  | Mamma Mia! | Universal | $609,841,637
6  | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Paramount | $603,900,354
7  | Quantum of Solace | Sony | $589,580,482
8  | Iron Man | Paramount | $585,796,247
9  | WALL-E | Disney | $521,311,860
10  | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | $419,665,568

1. ^ Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

For 2008, the top ten films consisted of three superhero films, three animated films, three action films and one musical film.

### Box office records

[edit]

* In the domestic box office, 2008 came very close in passing 2007 as the highest-grossing year, falling short by just $30 million.
* On August 4, The Dark Knight reached a $400 million domestic gross in a record time of 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.[5] On August 31, after 45 days in release, The Dark Knight reached $500 million domestically, becoming only the second film in history after Titanic to cross the half-billion-dollar domestic milestone, as well as the first film of the 2000s decade. Worldwide, it grossed $997 million on its initial release,[4] and an IMAX reissue[6] in 2009 saw it become the fourth film to gross $1 billion at the global box office.[7][8] It also surpassed Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Warner Bros. until it was surpassed by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011.
* Mamma Mia! became the highest-grossing film in UK history until it was surpassed by Avatar in 2010.
* Slumdog Millionaire set several records. At the worldwide box office, it became the most successful British independent film of all time.[9] At the UK box office, it became the highest-grossing British independent film (surpassing Four Weddings and a Funeral),[9][10] the highest-grossing British film without US studio investment,[10] and the biggest ever weekly "increase for a UK saturation release" (surpassing Billy Elliot).[11]

## Events

[edit]

Month | Day | Event

|
|

January | 7 | Due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike, NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association scrap plans to hold its 65th Golden Globe Awards ceremony and instead hold a press conference announcing the winners
13 | The 65th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced.
16 | The 61st BAFTA Awards nominations were announced with Atonement the leading film with 14 nominations closely followed by No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood, both with 7 nominations
17 – 27 | The 26th Sundance Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and screens over 120 films. The Grand Jury and Audience Award prizes are awarded to Frozen River and The Wackness, respectively. The festival is closed by the world premiere of Bernard Shakey's CSNY/Déjà Vu
22 | The 80th Academy Awards nominations were announced with No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood the leading films with 8 nominations each, closely followed by Atonement and Michael Clayton, both with 7
The Oscar-nominated actor Heath Ledger, 28, is found dead at his home in Manhattan, New York City, from an accidental prescription pills overdose.
23 – 3 | The 37th Rotterdam International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Lucía Cedrón's narrative feature-film debut Lamb of God (Cordero de Dios).
26 | The 60th Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. The Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film prize is awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen
27 | The 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles.
February | 7 – 17 | The 58th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light and screens over 350 films. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to Elite Squad. The Silver Bear prizes are awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director, Reza Naji, Best Actor and Sally Hawkins, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind
8 | The 35th Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The Best Animated Feature prize is awarded to Ratatouille
9 | The 60th Writers Guild of America Awards are announced in a brief statement. The Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay prizes are awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) and Diablo Cody (Juno), respectively
10 | The 61st BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. Anthony Hopkins is honoured with the Academy Fellowship.
12 | The members of the WGA agree a three-year deal with the AMPTP and vote to end the 3-month 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike
23 | The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California.
The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards ceremony is broadcast. The Best Film award is given to Juno. The Best Actor and Best Actress awards are given to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Elliot Page respectively
24 | The 80th Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood.
March | 3 | The 28th Genie Awards
9 | The 13th Empire Awards is held in the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.
13 – 21 | 7th Tiburon International Film Festival
April | 4 – 13 | 10th Sarasota Film Festival
23 – 4 | 7th Tribeca Film Festival

* 2008 Best Narrative Feature – Let the Right One In
* 2008 Best Documentary – Pray the Devil Back to Hell

24 – 8 | 51st San Francisco International Film Festival
May
14 – 25 | Entre les murs wins the Palme d'Or while Gomorrah receives the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
22 – 15 | 34th Seattle International Film Festival
26 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull earns $126 million in the United States and Canada, becoming the highest-grossing debut of 2008 and the second-highest-grossing for a Memorial Day weekend debut behind Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.
June | 1 | The 2008 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced
A massive fire destroys portions of facilities at Universal Studios in Universal City near Los Angeles.
14 – 22 | 11th Shanghai International Film Festival
18 | Iron Man becomes the first movie of 2008 to earn $300 million in the United States and Canada.
18 – 29 | 62nd Edinburgh International Film Festival. The festival launches a new sidebar celebrating the spirit of discovery, including selections Bigga than Ben, Blood Car, Crack Willow, Spike, Strange Girls, and The Third Pint.[12]
July | 17 – 26 | 8th Era New Horizons Film Festival
August | 4 | The Dark Knight reached $400 million in record time at 18 days. The previous record was held by Shrek 2, which reached it in 43 days.[5]
6 – 16 | 61st Locarno International Film Festival
21 – 1 | 32nd Montreal World Film Festival
27 – 6 | 65th Venice International Film Festival
September | 4 – 13 | 33rd Toronto International Film Festival
15 – 20  | 33rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia
18 – 27 | 56th San Sebastián International Film Festival
23 – 30  | 6th Bangkok International Film Festival
October | 1 – 12 | 16th Raindance Film Festival
15 – 30 | 52nd London Film Festival
18 – 26 | 21st Tokyo International Film Festival
November | 18 – 28 | 32nd Cairo International Film Festival
December | 5 – 14 | 10th Jakarta International Film Festival
4 – 14 | 23rd Mar del Plata International Film Festival

## Awards

[edit]

Category/Organization | 14th Critics' Choice Awards
January 8, 2009 | 66th Golden Globe Awards
January 11, 2009 | Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards | 62nd BAFTA Awards
February 8, 2009 | 81st Academy Awards
February 22, 2009

|
|
|
|
|

Drama | Musical or Comedy
Best Film | Slumdog Millionaire | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director | Danny Boyle
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor | Sean Penn
Milk | Mickey Rourke
The Wrestler | Colin Farrell
In Bruges | Sean Penn
Milk | Mickey Rourke
The Wrestler | Sean Penn
Milk
Best Actress | Anne Hathaway
Rachel Getting Married
| Kate Winslet
Revolutionary Road | Sally Hawkins
Happy-Go-Lucky | Meryl Streep
Doubt | Kate Winslet
The Reader
Best Supporting Actor | Heath Ledger
The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress | Kate Winslet
The Reader | Penélope Cruz
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Screenplay, Adapted | Simon Beaufoy
Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Screenplay, Original | Dustin Lance Black
Milk | Martin McDonagh
In Bruges | Dustin Lance Black
Milk
Best Animated Film | WALL-E
Best Original Score | Slumdog Millionaire
A. R. Rahman | — | Slumdog Millionaire
A. R. Rahman
Best Original Song | "The Wrestler"
The Wrestler | — | "Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film | Waltz with Bashir | I've Loved You So Long | Departures

## 2008 films

[edit]

### By country/region

[edit]

* List of American films of 2008
* List of Argentine films of 2008
* List of Australian films of 2008
* List of Bangladeshi films of 2008
* List of Bengali films of 2008
* List of Bollywood films of 2008
* List of Brazilian films of 2008
* List of British films of 2008
* List of Canadian films of 2008
* List of Chinese films of 2008
* List of French films of 2008
* List of Hindi films of 2008
* List of Hong Kong films of 2008
* List of Italian films of 2008
* List of Japanese films of 2008
* List of Mexican films of the 2000s
* List of Pakistani films of 2008
* List of Russian films of 2008
* List of South Korean films of 2008
* List of Spanish films of 2008
* List of Kannada films of 2008
* List of Malayalam films of 2008
* List of Tamil films of 2008
* List of Telugu films of 2008
* List of Turkish films of 2008

### By genre/medium

[edit]

* List of action films of 2008
* List of animated feature films of 2008
* List of avant-garde films of 2008
* List of crime films of 2008
* List of comedy films of 2008
* List of drama films of 2008
* List of horror films of 2008
* List of science fiction films of 2008
* List of thriller films of 2008
* List of western films of 2008

## Births

[edit]

* January 3 – Raegan Revord, American actress
* January 24 – Chlaui Malayao, Filipina child actress
* March 12 – Cameron Crovetti, American actor
* March 14 – Abby Ryder Fortson, American actress
* June 3 – Harshaali Malhotra, Indian actress
* June 10 – Helena Zengel, German actress
* June 14 – Giulia Benite, Brazilian actress
* July 15 – Iain Armitage, American actor
* July 17 – Jensen Gering, American actor
* July 31 – Banks Repeta, American actor
* August 1 – Emma Berman, American actress
* August 5
* Izzy G., American actress
* Hudson Meek, American actor (died 2024)
* August 31 – Milo Machado-Graner, French actor
* September 18 – Jackson Robert Scott, American actor
* November 2 - Sunny Sandler, American actress
* November 23
* Asher Blinkoff, American actor
* Chloe Coleman, American actress
* December 22 – Madeleine McGraw, American actress
* December – Chloe Coleman, American actress

## Deaths

[edit]

Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films

|
|
|
|
|
|

January | 1 | Peter Caffrey | 58 | Ireland | Actor |

* I Went Down
* Taffin

2 | George MacDonald Fraser | 82 | UK | Screenwriter |

* The Three Musketeers
* Red Sonja

2 | Brice Mack | 90 | US | Background Artist |

* Fantasia
* Alice in Wonderland

5 | Edward Kłosiński | 65 | Poland | Cinematographer |

* Three Colours: White
* Europa

10 | Maila "Vampira" Nurmi | 86 | US | Actress |

* Plan 9 from Outer Space
* Sex Kittens Go to College

15 | Brad Renfro | 25 | US | Actor |

* The Client
* Ghost World

18 | Lois Nettleton | 80 | US | Actress |

* Period of Adjustment
* Butterfly

19 | Suzanne Pleshette | 70 | US | Actress |

* The Birds
* Support Your Local Gunfighter

21 | Russell Lloyd | 92 | UK | Film Editor |

* The Man Who Would Be King
* Moby Dick

22 | Kenneth Higgins | 88 | UK | Cinematographer |

* Georgy Girl
* Darling

22 | Heath Ledger | 28 | Australia | Actor |

* The Dark Knight
* Brokeback Mountain

22 | Kevin Stoney | 87 | UK | Actor |

* Strongroom
* The Blood Beast Terror

25 | Christopher Allport | 60 | US | Actor |

* To Live and Die in L.A.
* The Lincoln Conspiracy

25 | Louisa Horton | 87 | US | Actress |

* All My Sons
* Swashbuckler

February | 2 | Barry Morse | 89 | UK | Actor |

* Kings of the Sun
* The Changeling

3 | Charles Fawcett | 92 | US | Actor |

* War and Peace
* The 300 Spartans

4 | Augusta Dabney | 89 | US | Actress |

* That Night!
* The Paper

6 | John Alvin | 59 | US | Poster Artist |

* Star Wars
* E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

7 | Tamara Desni | 94 | Germany | Actress |

* Fire Over England
* Blue Smoke

8 | Eva Dahlbeck | 87 | Sweden | Actress |

* Secrets of Women
* A Lesson in Love

9 | Robert DoQui | 73 | US | Actor |

* RoboCop
* Nashville

10 | Roy Scheider | 75 | US | Actor |

* Jaws
* The French Connection

11 | James Quinn | 88 | UK | Producer |

* Herostratus
* Overlord

12 | Oscar Brodney | 100 | US | Screenwriter |

* Harvey
* The Glenn Miller Story

12 | David Groh | 68 | US | Actor |

* Two-Minute Warning
* The Return of Superfly

13 | Kon Ichikawa | 92 | Japan | Director |

* The Burmese Harp
* Tokyo Olympiad

13 | Lionel Mark Smith | 62 | US | Actor |

* Magnolia
* Spartan

14 | Perry Lopez | 76 | US | Actor |

* Chinatown
* Kelly's Heroes

14 | Trevor Williams | 76 | UK | Production Designer |

* Police Academy
* The Changeling

18 | Alain Robbe-Grillet | 85 | France | Screenwriter, Director |

* Last Year at Marienbad
* L'Immortelle

19 | Mary Barclay | 91 | UK | Actress |

* A Touch of Class
* Rasputin the Mad Monk

19 | David Hildyard | 91 | UK | Sound Engineer |

* Cabaret
* Fiddler on the Roof

19 | David Watkin | 82 | UK | Cinematographer |

* Out of Africa
* Chariots of Fire

22 | Dennis Letts | 73 | US | Actor |

* Cast Away
* A Perfect World

23 | Carl Pingitore | 84 | US | Film Editor |

* Dirty Harry
* Play Misty for Me

25 | Sidney Beckerman | 87 | US | Producer |

* Marathon Man
* Red Dawn

28 | John Bliss | 77 | US | Actor |

* Intolerable Cruelty
* Art School Confidential

29 | Gayne Rescher | 83 | US | Cinematographer |

* Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
* A Face in the Crowd

March | 4 | Leonard Rosenman | 83 | US | Composer |

* Barry Lyndon
* Bound for Glory

5 | Ronald Pierce | 98 | US | Sound Engineer |

* The Sting
* Earthquake

6 | Alex Sharp | 86 | US | Stuntman, Actor |

* The Goonies
* Planet of the Apes

6 | Malvin Wald | 90 | US | Screenwriter |

* The Naked City
* Al Capone

7 | Kay Callard | 84 | Canada | Actress |

* West of Suez
* The Flying Scot

7 | George Tyne | 91 | US | Actor |

* A Walk in the Sun
* Sands of Iwo Jima

16 | Ivan Dixon | 76 | US | Actor, Director |

* A Patch of Blue
* A Raisin in the Sun

18 | Anthony Minghella | 54 | UK | Director, Screenwriter, Producer |

* The English Patient
* Cold Mountain

19 | Arthur C. Clarke | 90 | UK | Screenwriter |

* 2001: A Space Odyssey

19 | Paul Scofield | 86 | UK | Actor |

* A Man for All Seasons
* Quiz Show

24 | Rafael Azcona | 81 | Spain | Screenwriter |

* Belle Époque
* La Grande Bouffe

24 | Richard Widmark | 93 | US | Actor |

* Kiss of Death
* Judgment at Nuremberg

25 | Art Aragon | 80 | US | Actor |

* Fat City
* To Hell and Back

25 | Abby Mann | 80 | US | Screenwriter |

* Judgment at Nuremberg
* A Child Is Waiting

31 | Jules Dassin | 96 | US | Director |

* The Naked City
* Never on Sunday

April | 1 | Mosko Alkalai | 77 | Israel | Actor |

* Blaumilch Canal
* The Fox in the Chicken Coop

1 | Floyd Simmons | 84 | US | Actor |

* Written on the Wind
* South Pacific

1 | Maury Winetrobe | 85 | US | Film Editor |

* Funny Girl
* Ice Castles

2 | Guy McElwaine | 71 | US | Producer, Executive |

* Exorcist: The Beginning
* The Good Shepherd

5 | Charlton Heston | 84 | US | Actor |

* Ben-Hur
* The Ten Commandments

8 | Stanley Kamel | 65 | US | Actor |

* Domino
* Inland Empire

11 | Willoughby Goddard | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Young Sherlock Holmes
* Jabberwocky

14 | Ollie Johnston | 95 | US | Animator |

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
* The Jungle Book

14 | June Travis | 93 | US | Actress |

* Ceiling Zero
* The Case of the Black Cat

15 | Hazel Court | 93 | UK | Actress |

* The Raven
* The Curse of Frankenstein

18 | Kay Linaker | 94 | US | Actress, Screenwriter |

* The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
* Charlie Chan in Rio

18 | Joy Page | 83 | US | Actress |

* Casablanca
* The Bullfighter and the Lady

23 | Dave Atkins | 67 | UK | Actor |

* Hellraiser
* Plunkett & Macleane

24 | Tristram Cary | 82 | UK | Composer |

* The Ladykillers
* Quatermass and the Pit

28 | Alan Jaggs | 90 | UK | Film Editor |

* Treasure Island
* Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

29 | Julie Ege | 64 | Norway | Actress |

* On Her Majesty's Secret Service
* Up Pompeii

May | 1 | Bernard Archard | 91 | UK | Actor |

* The Day of the Jackal
* Krull

1 | Terry Duggan | 76 | UK | Actor |

* 2001: A Space Odyssey
* Beautiful Thing

2 | Beverlee McKinsey | 72 | US | Actress |

* They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
* Bronco Billy

4 | Fred Haines | 72 | US | Screenwriter, Director |

* Ulysses
* Steppenwolf

8 | Dorothy Green | 88 | US | Actress |

* The Big Heat
* Palm Springs Weekend

12 | Robert Russell | 71 | UK | Actor |

* Bedazzled
* Witchfinder General

12 | Claudio Undari | 73 | Italy | Actor |

* Sabata
* Everything Happens to Me

13 | Jill Adams | 77 | UK | Actress |

* The Green Man
* Private's Progress

13 | John Phillip Law | 70 | US | Actor |

* Barbarella
* Danger: Diabolik

14 | John Forbes-Robertson | 80 | UK | Actor |

* The Vampire Lovers
* The Vault of Horror

15 | Alexander Courage | 88 | US | Orchestrator, Composer |

* Jurassic Park
* The Mummy

15 | Hanna Hertelendy | 88 | Hungary | Actress |

* Rosemary's Baby
* In Like Flint

16 | Sandy Howard | 80 | US | Director, Producer |

* Meteor
* A Man Called Horse

18 | Joseph Pevney | 96 | US | Director |

* Female on the Beach
* Tammy and the Bachelor

22 | Harry Lange | 77 | Germany | Production Designer |

* Return of the Jedi
* 2001: A Space Odyssey

24 | Dick Martin | 86 | US | Actor |

* The Glass Bottom Boat
* Air Bud: Golden Receiver

26 | Sydney Pollack | 73 | US | Director, Producer, Actor |

* Out of Africa
* Tootsie

28 | Earle Hagen | 88 | US | Composer, Orchestrator |

* Call Me Madam
* Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

29 | Harvey Korman | 81 | US | Actor |

* Blazing Saddles
* Dracula: Dead and Loving It

June | 2 | Bo Diddley | 79 | US | Actor, Musician |

* Trading Places
* Blues Brothers 2000

2 | Mel Ferrer | 90 | US | Actor, Director |

* Scaramouche
* Lili

7 | Dino Risi | 91 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Easy Life
* Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses

11 | Jean Desailly | 87 | France | Actor |

* La Peau Douce
* Le Professionnel

15 | Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr. | 54 | US | Production Designer |

* Dumb and Dumber
* Me, Myself & Irene

15 | Stan Winston | 62 | US | Makeup Artist |

* Jurassic Park
* Aliens

17 | Henry Beckman | 86 | Canada | Actor |

* Breakfast at Tiffany's
* Marnie

17 | Cyd Charisse | 86 | US | Actress, Dancer |

* The Band Wagon
* Silk Stockings

18 | Jean Delannoy | 100 | France | Director |

* La Symphonie Pastorale
* Les amitiés particulières

22 | George Carlin | 71 | US | Actor, Comedian |

* Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
* Dogma

22 | Dody Goodman | 93 | US | Actress |

* Grease
* Splash

23 | John Furlong | 75 | US | Actor |

* Blazing Saddles
* All the President's Men

24 | William Vince | 45 | Canada | Producer |

* Capote
* Crash

26 | Lilyan Chauvin | 82 | France | Actress |

* Lost, Lonely and Vicious
* Silent Night, Deadly Night

29 | Don S. Davis | 67 | US | Actor |

* Con Air
* Cliffhanger

July | 1 | Adele Palmer | 92 | US | Costume Designer |

* The Best of Everything
* The Quiet Man

2 | Elizabeth Spriggs | 78 | UK | Actress |

* Sense and Sensibility
* Paradise Road

4 | Evelyn Keyes | 91 | US | Actress |

* Gone with the Wind
* The Seven Year Itch

6 | Nonna Mordyukova | 82 | Russia | Actress |

* Commissar
* The Diamond Arm

7 | Bruce Conner | 74 | US | Director |

* A Movie
* Marilyn Times Five

8 | Harry Spalding | 95 | Canada | Screenwriter |

* The Watcher in the Woods
* Chosen Survivors

9 | Charles H. Joffe | 78 | US | Producer |

* Annie Hall
* Manhattan

17 | Larry Haines | 89 | US | Actor |

* The Odd Couple
* The Seven-Ups

22 | Greg Burson | 59 | US | Voice Actor |

* Jurassic Park
* Mr. Magoo

22 | Patrick Connor | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Brazil
* Lifeforce

22 | Estelle Getty | 84 | US | Actress |

* Mannequin
* Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

27 | Youssef Chahine | 82 | Egypt | Director |

* Sira` Fi al-Wadi
* Le Chaos

27 | Marisa Merlini | 84 | Italy | Actress |

* Pane, Amore e Fantasia
* The Traffic Policeman

29 | Luther Davis | 91 | US | Screenwriter |

* Kismet
* Lady in a Cage

August | 1 | Gertan Klauber | 76 | UK | Actor |

* Carry On
* Octopussy

7 | Bernie Brillstein | 77 | US | Producer |

* The Blues Brothers
* Ghostbusters

9 | Bernie Mac | 50 | US | Actor, Comedian |

* Ocean's Eleven
* Guess Who

10 | Isaac Hayes | 65 | US | Actor, Singer, Songwriter |

* Shaft
* Escape from New York

11 | George Furth | 75 | US | Actor |

* The Cannonball Run
* Blazing Saddles

11 | Terence Rigby | 71 | UK | Actor |

* Get Carter
* Tomorrow Never Dies

14 | Robert Jessup | 78 | US | Cinematographer |

* Race with the Devil
* Silent Rage

15 | Molly McClure | 89 | US | Actress |

* Mrs. Doubtfire
* City Slickers

16 | Roberta Collins | 63 | US | Actress |

* Death Race 2000
* Caged Heat

19 | Julius Carry | 56 | US | Actor |

* The Last Dragon
* The New Guy

24 | Morris Sullivan | 91 | US | Producer |

* All Dogs Go to Heaven
* Rock-a-Doodle

24 | Peter Sutton | 65 | UK | Sound Engineer |

* The Empire Strikes Back
* Labyrinth

25 | Marpessa Dawn | 74 | US | Actor |

* Black Orpheus
* Le Bal du Comte d'Orgel

25 | Rita Quigley | 85 | US | Actress |

* Whispering Footsteps
* The Howards of Virginia

31 | Ken Campbell | 66 | UK | Actor |

* A Fish Called Wanda
* Creep

31 | Jerry Reed | 71 | US | Actor, Singer |

* Smokey and the Bandit
* The Waterboy

September | 1 | Michael Pate | 88 | Australia | Actor, Director |

* Thunder on the Hill
* The Court Jester

2 | Bill Melendez | 91 | Mexico | Animator, Director, Producer |

* Fantasia
* A Boy Named Charlie Brown

6 | Anita Page | 98 | US | Actress |

* Our Dancing Daughters
* The Broadway Melody

8 | Celia Gregory | 58 | UK | Actress |

* The Baby of Mâcon
* Agatha

18 | Florestano Vancini | 82 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter |

* The Assassination of Matteotti
* Blow Hot, Blow Cold

19 | David Jones | 74 | UK | Director |

* Betrayal
* 84 Charing Cross Road

20 | William Fox | 97 | UK | Actor |

* Omen III: The Final Conflict
* The Lavender Hill Mob

24 | Irene Dailey | 88 | US | Actress |

* Five Easy Pieces
* The Amityville Horror

26 | Paul Newman | 83 | US | Actor, Director |

* Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
* The Color of Money

29 | Louis Guss | 90 | US | Actor |

* The Godfather
* Moonstruck

October | 1 | Robert Arthur | 87 | US | Actor |

* Ace in the Hole
* Yellow Sky

5 | Kim Chan | 90 | China | Actor |

* The Fifth Element
* Lethal Weapon 4

5 | Ken Ogata | 71 | Japan | Actor |

* The Pillow Book
* Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

7 | Peter Copley | 93 | UK | Actor |

* The Sword and the Rose
* The Elusive Pimpernel

8 | Eileen Herlie | 90 | UK | Actress |

* The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
* Hamlet

11 | Vija Artmane | 79 | Latvia | Actress |

* The Andromeda Nebula
* The Arrows of Robin Hood

11 | Neal Hefti | 85 | US | Composer |

* Batman
* The Odd Couple

11 | Mark Shivas | 70 | UK | Producer |

* The Witches
* Jude

11 | Gil Stratton | 86 | US | Actor |

* Stalag 17
* Girl Crazy

13 | Guillaume Depardieu | 37 | France | Actor |

* Tous les matins du monde
* Pola X

15 | Edie Adams | 81 | US | Actress |

* The Apartment
* It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

15 | Nathan Davis | 91 | US | Actor |

* Thief
* Risky Business

15 | Vicki Graef | 58 | US | Costume Designer |

* Half Baked
* Assault on Precinct 13

18 | Xie Jin | 84 | China | Director |

* Hibiscus Town
* Legend of Tianyun Mountain

19 | Rudy Ray Moore | 81 | US | Actor |

* Dolemite
* The Human Tornado

23 | Gianluigi Braschi | 45 | Italy | Producer |

* Life Is Beautiful
* The Monster

24 | Milton Katselas | 75 | US | Director |

* Butterflies Are Free
* 40 Carats

27 | Roy Stewart | 83 | Jamaica | Actor |

* Live and Let Die
* Twins of Evil

31 | Jonathan Bates | 68 | UK | Sound Engineer |

* Gandhi
* A Fish Called Wanda

31 | John Daly | 71 | UK | Producer |

* The Terminator
* Platoon

November | 1 | Yma Sumac | 85 | Peru | Singer, Actress |

* Secret of the Incas
* Omar Khayyam

5 | B. R. Chopra | 94 | India | Director, Producer |

* Naya Daur
* Kanoon

5 | Michael Crichton | 66 | US | Screenwriter, Director |

* Jurassic Park
* Twister

5 | Michael Higgins | 88 | US | Actor |

* Death Becomes Her
* The Conversation

8 | Arthur A. Ross | 88 | US | Screenwriter |

* Brubaker
* The Great Race

11 | María Elena Marqués | 81 | Mexico | Actress, Singer |

* The Pearl
* Romeo and Juliet

17 | Irving Brecher | 94 | US | Screenwriter, Director |

* Meet Me in St. Louis
* Bye Bye Birdie

17 | Ennio De Concini | 84 | Italy | Screenwriter |

* Divorce Italian Style
* Black Sunday

19 | John Michael Hayes | 89 | US | Screenwriter |

* Rear Window
* To Catch a Thief

20 | June Vincent | 89 | US | Actress |

* Black Angel
* Shed No Tears

26 | De'Angelo Wilson | 29 | US | Actor |

* 8 Mile
* Antwone Fisher

December | 1 | Paul Benedict | 70 | US | Actor |

* This Is Spinal Tap
* The Freshman

2 | Malcolm Cooke | 79 | UK | Film Editor |

* Flash Gordon
* Death on the Nile

5 | Nina Foch | 84 | Netherlands | Actress |

* An American in Paris
* Scaramouche

5 | Beverly Garland | 82 | US | Actress |

* D.O.A.
* Gunslinger

8 | Robert Prosky | 77 | US | Actor |

* Thief
* Dead Man Walking

8 | Bob Spiers | 63 | UK | Director |

* Spice World
* That Darn Cat

12 | Van Johnson | 92 | US | Actor |

* The Caine Mutiny
* A Guy Named Joe

13 | Christine Carère | 78 | France | Actress |

* Don Juan
* A Certain Smile

16 | Sam Bottoms | 53 | US | Actor |

* Apocalypse Now
* The Outlaw Josey Wales

16 | Richard Coleman | 78 | UK | Actor |

* Ben-Hur
* The Dam Busters

17 | Paul Greco | 53 | US | Actor |

* The Warriors
* Next of Kin

18 | John Costelloe | 47 | US | Actor |

* Die Hard 2
* Doubt

18 | Jack Douglas | 81 | UK | Actor |

* Carry On
* The Boys in Blue

20 | Robert Mulligan | 83 | US | Director |

* To Kill a Mockingbird
* Summer of '42

21 | Dale Wasserman | 94 | US | Screenwriter |

* Man of La Mancha
* Mister Buddwing

24 | Harold Pinter | 78 | UK | Screenwriter, Actor, Director |

* Sleuth
* The French Lieutenant's Woman

25 | Eartha Kitt | 81 | US | Actress, Singer |

* The Emperor's New Groove
* Holes

25 | Ann Savage | 87 | US | Actress |

* Detour
* Apology for Murder

30 | Bernie Hamilton | 80 | US | Actor |

* The Swimmer
* Carmen Jones

31 | Brad Sullivan | 77 | US | Actor |

* The Untouchables
* The Sting

31 | Donald E. Westlake | 75 | Mexico | Screenwriter |

* The Stepfather
* The Grifters

## Film debuts

[edit]

* Caroline Amiguet – 2012: Doomsday
* Chadwick Boseman – The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
* Nerea Camacho – Camino
* Jessica Chastain – Jolene
* Jay Hayden\- Spring Break Massacre
* Boyd Holbrook – Milk
* Felicity Jones – Flashbacks of a Fool
* Nick Kroll – Adventures of Power
* Jennifer Lawrence – Garden Party
* Thom Michael Mulligan – A Gothic Tale
* Javier Rey – 8 Dates
* Martiño Rivas – The Blind Sunflowers
* Margot Robbie – Vigilante
* Gina Rodriguez – Calling It Quits
* Blanca Suárez – Shiver
* Jeremy Strong – Humboldt County
* Sai Tamhankar – Black & White
* Whitney Wegman-Wood – Nobody Gets Out Alive

## See also

[edit]

* 2008

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Movies 2008 Year in Review". IGN. 2008-12-17. Archived from the original on 2023-04-17.
2. ^ 10 Best Films of 2008
3. ^ "2008 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
4. ^ a b "Warner Bros. Entertainment Wraps Record-Breaking Year" (Press release). Warner Bros. January 8, 2009. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016.
5. ^ a b "The Dark Knight Breaks $400 Million in Record Time". 2008-08-05. Archived from the original on 2008-08-25. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
6. ^ "The Dark Knight Re-Release IMAX Locations". ComingSoon.net. CraveOnline. January 22, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
7. ^ Gray, Brandon (February 20, 2009). "Billion Dollar Batman". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
8. ^ "All Time Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009.
9. ^ a b "Statistical Yearbook 10" (PDF). UK Film Council. 2010. pp. 6, 16–9, 24–6, 32–7, 46–7, 83–9, 112–8. Retrieved 21 April 2022 – via British Film Institute.
10. ^ a b "Statistical Yearbook 11" (PDF). UK Film Council. 2011. pp. 25–6, 109. Retrieved 21 April 2022 – via British Film Institute.
11. ^ "Slumdog Mauls Box Office Record". Sky News. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
12. ^ Adam Dawtrey (2008-04-28). "Edinburgh Launches Cult Film Sidebar". Variety. Retrieved 2010-04-14.

## External links

[edit]

* List of 2008 films at IMDb
* 2008 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo
* List of 2008 deaths at IMDb
* List of 2008 births at IMDb

* v
* t
* e

2008 films

* American
* Argentine
* Australian
* Bangladeshi
* Brazilian
* British
* Cambodian
* Canadian
* Chinese
* Hong Kong
* French
* Indian
* Bengali
* Hindi
* Kannada
* Malayalam
* Marathi
* Ollywood
* Punjabi
* Tamil
* Telugu
* Israeli
* Italian
* Japanese
* Malaysian
* Maldivian
* Mexican
* Nigerian
* Pakistani
* Portuguese
* Romanian
* Russian
* South Korean
* Spanish
* Turkish

Portal:

* Film

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template