List of Australian films of 2008

List

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1 and 0 nly	Martyn Park	Christopher Baker	Mystery, science fiction
$9.99	Tatia Rosenthal	Geoffrey Rush, Joel Edgerton, Samuel Johnson	Animation
Acolytes	Jon Hewitt	Joel Edgerton, Belinda McClory	Thriller
Actingclassof1977.com	Sally McKenzie	Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, Annie Byron, Sally McKenzie	Documentary
Australia	Baz Luhrmann	Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman	Adventure, romantic drama
Bitter & Twisted	Christopher Weekes	Noni Hazlehurst, Steve Rodgers	Drama
The Black Balloon	Elissa Down	Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette	Drama	AACTA Award for Best Film
Broken Sun	Brad Haynes	Jai Koutrae, Shingo Usami	War
The Burning Season	Cathy Henkel	Lone Drøscher Nielsen, Dorjee Sun	Documentary
Cactus	Jasmine Yuen Carrucan	Travis McMahon, David Lyons, Bryan Brown	Drama
Crooked Business	Chris Nyst	Teo Gebert, Firass Dirani, Brad McMurray	Comedy
Dying Breed	Jody Dywer	Nathan Phillips, Leigh Whannell, Mirrah Foulkes	Horror
Gentle Persuasion	Burleigh Smith	Burleigh Smith, Sarah Louella	Comedy, drama
Good Luck with That	Igor Smiljevic	Igor Smiljevic, Louise Smiljevic	Action
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger	Cathy Randall	Danielle Catanzariti, Keisha Castle-Hughes	Comedy drama
Hodads	Brett Nichols	David Field, Tony Martin	Comedy
The Horseman	Steven Kastrissios	Peter Marshall, Caroline Marohasy	Thriller
I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer	Stacey Edmonds, Doug Turner	Jai Koutrae	Comedy, horror
Katusha	Igor Grabovsky	Peter Haleluka, Sarah Chalmers, Suzanne Gullabovska	War
Lake Mungo	Joel Anderson	Talia Zucker	Pseudo-documentary, psychological horror
The Life o'Simon	Rupert Owen, Travis Sutherland		Thriller
Lionel	Eddie Martin	Lionel Rose	Documentary
Men's Group	Michael Joy	Grant Dodwell, Don Reid	Drama
Monkey Puzzle	Mark Forstmann	Ben Geurens, Ryan Johnson	Drama
Newcastle	Dan Castle	Ben Geurens, Ryan Johnson	Drama
Nim's Island	Jennifer Flackett	Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler	Adventure
No Through Road	Sam Barrett	James Helm, Megan Palinkas	Thriller
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!	Mark Hartley	Quentin Tarantino, Dennis Hopper	Documentary
Offing David	Jeff Bays		Comedy, mystery
The Plex	Tim Boyle	Matt Doran, Jason Crewes	Comedy
Punishment	Danny Matier	Nicholas Bishop, Roxane Wilson	Thriller
Rats and Cats	Tony Rogers	Jason Gann, Adam Zwar	Comedy drama
The Ruins	Carter Smith	Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, Laura Ramsey, Joe Anderson	Natural horror
Salute	Matt Norman	Peter Norman, Tommie Smith	Documentary
Son of a Lion	Benjamin Gilmour	Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad, Niaz Shinwari	Drama
The Square	Nash Edgerton	David Roberts, Claire van der Boom	Thriller
Ten Empty	Anthony Hayes	Daniel Frederiksen, Geoff Morrell	Drama
The Tender Hook	Jonathan Ogilvie	Rose Byrne, Hugo Weaving	Drama
Three Blind Mice	Matthew Newton	Matthew Newton, Ewen Leslie, Toby Schmitz	Comedy
Unfinished Sky	Peter Duncan	William McInnes, Monic Hendrickx	Drama
The View from Greenhaven	Kenn and Simon MacRae	Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood	Drama
WhaleDreamers	Kim Kindersly	Jack Thompson, Julian Lennon	Documentary
Whatever Happened To Brenda Hean?	Scott Millwood		Documentary

See also

• 2008 in Australia
• 2008 in Australian television
• List of 2008 box office number-one films in Australia