| August 15 |
A Girl Cut in Two IFC Films
|
limited
|
Anita O'Day: the Life of a Jazz Singer Palm Pictures
|
limited
|
Bachna Ae Haseeno Yash Raj Films
|
limited
|
Fly Me to the Moon Summit Entertainment
|
|
Henry Poole Is Here Overture Films
|
limited
|
Mirrors 20th Century Fox
|
|
Star Wars: the Clone Wars Warner Bros
|
|
Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Weinstein Co.
|
|
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| August 20 |
The Rocker 20th Century Fox
|
|
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| August 22 |
Cthulhu Here! Films · Regent Entertainment
|
limited
|
Death Race Universal Pictures
|
|
Hamlet 2 Focus Features
|
select cities
|
The House Bunny Columbia
|
|
I Served the King of England Sony Classics
|
limited
|
I.O.U.S.A Roadside Attractions
|
limited
|
The Longshots Dimension · MGM
|
|
Momma's Man Thinkfilm
|
limited
|
Trouble the Water Zeitgeist Films
|
NY, LA |
Wild Child Universal Pictures
|
|
 |
| August 27 |
Traitor Overture Films
|
|
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| August 29 |
Babylon A.D. 20th Century Fox
|
|
College MGM
|
|
Disaster Movie Lionsgate
|
|
Goal II: Living the Dream Peace Arch Entertainment Group
|
limited
|
Hamlet 2 Focus Features
|
wide
|
My Mexican Shivah Emerging Pictures
|
NY |
Sukiyaki Western Django First Look Studios
|
NY |
Year of the Fish Gigantic Pictures
|
NY |
Young People Fucking Thinkfilm
|
NY |
 |
 |
| September 3 |
The Pool Vitagraph Films
|
NY |
 |
| September 5 |
Bangkok Dangerous Lionsgate
|
|
Everybody Wants to Be Italian Roadside Attractions
|
limited
|
Mister Foe Magnolia Pictures
|
NY |
Save Me First Run Features
|
NY |
 |
| September 10 |
A Secret Strand Releasing
|
NY |
 |
| September 12 |
Burn After Reading Focus Features
|
|
Flow: for Love of Water Oscilloscope Pictures
|
NY, LA |
Forgiveness International Film Circuit
|
limited
|
Moving Midway First Run Features
|
NY |
Phoebe in Wonderland Thinkfilm
|
limited
|
Righteous Kill Overture Films
|
|
Sukiyaki Western Django First Look Studios
|
LA |
Towelhead Warner Bros
|
NY, LA |
Tyler Perry's the Family That Preys Lionsgate
|
|
The Women Picturehouse
|
|
Young People Fucking Thinkfilm
|
LA |
 |
| September 17 |
Appaloosa New Line Cinema
|
limited
|
Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived Sven Kahn Films
|
NY |
 |
| September 19 |
All of Us Pureland Pictures
|
NY |
Battle in Seattle Thinkfilm
|
limited
|
The Duchess Paramount Vantage
|
limited
|
Elite Squad (Tropa De Elite) IFC Films
|
limited
|
Ghost Town DreamWorks
|
|
Hounddog Empire Film Group
|
limited
|
Igor The Weinstein Co. · MGM
|
|
Lakeview Terrace Screen Gems
|
|
My Best Friend's Girl Lionsgate
|
|
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Magnolia Pictures
|
NY |
 |
| September 26 |
Blindness Miramax Films
|
limited
|
Choke Fox Searchlight
|
limited
|
Eagle Eye DreamWorks
|
wide & IMAX
|
Fireproof Samuel Goldwyn
|
limited
|
Forever Strong Crane Movie Company
|
|
Hank and Mike Magnolia Pictures
|
limited
|
Humboldt County Magnolia Pictures
|
NY, LA |
The Lucky Ones Roadside Attractions
|
|
Miracle at St. Anna Touchstone Pictures
|
|
Nights in Rodanthe Warner Bros
|
|
Obscene Arthouse Films
|
NY |
 |
| September films (no specific date) |
Ace Ventura Jr.
|
|
Surfer, Dude Anchor Bay Entertainment
|
|
 |
| October 1 |
Ballast
|
NY |
 |
| October 3 |
An American Carol Vivendi Entertainment
|
|
Appaloosa New Line Cinema
|
wide
|
Beverly Hills Chihuahua Walt Disney Pictures
|
|
Blindness Miramax Films
|
wide
|
Flash of Genius Universal Pictures
|
|
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People MGM
|
|
Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist Screen Gems
|
|
Nobel Son Freestyle Releasing
|
limited
|
Rachel Getting Married Sony Classics
|
NY, LA |
Religulous Lionsgate
|
limited
|
What Just Happened Magnolia Pictures
|
|
 |
| October 8 |
RocknRolla Warner Bros
|
NY, LA, Toronto |
 |
| October 10 |
Ashes of Time Redux Sony Classics
|
NY, LA |
Body of Lies Warner Bros
|
|
City of Ember Fox Walden
|
|
The Express Universal Pictures
|
|
Happy-Go-Lucky Miramax Films
|
limited
|
Quarantine Screen Gems
|
|
Sex Drive Summit Entertainment
|
|
 |
| October 17 |
Filth and Wisdom IFC Films
|
limited
|
Max Payne 20th Century Fox
|
|
Morning Light Walt Disney Pictures
|
|
The Secret Life of Bees Fox Searchlight
|
|
W. Lionsgate
|
|
 |
| October 22 |
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains Zeitgeist Films
|
NY |
 |
| October 24 |
The Brothers Bloom Summit Entertainment
|
|
Changeling Universal Pictures
|
limited
|
Crossing Over MGM · The Weinstein Co.
|
|
Fear(s) of the Dark IFC Films
|
NY |
High School Musical 3: Senior Year Walt Disney Pictures
|
|
I've Loved You So Long Sony Classics
|
NY, LA |
Let the Right One In Magnet Releasing
|
limited
|
Passengers Columbia
|
limited
|
Pride and Glory Warner Bros
|
|
Roadside Romeo Yash Raj Films · Walt Disney Pictures
|
limited
|
Saw V Lionsgate
|
|
Synecdoche, New York Sony Classics
|
NY, LA |
The Universe of Keith Haring
|
NY |
 |
| October 31 |
Changeling Universal Pictures
|
|
The Haunting of Molly Hartley Freestyle Releasing
|
|
RocknRolla Warner Bros
|
wide
|
Zack and Miri Make a Porno MGM · The Weinstein Co.
|
|
 |
| October films (no specific date) |
Dead Air Public Media Works
|
limited
|
La Zona Mitropoulos Films · DistriMax
|
limited
|
 |
| November 7 |
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Miramax Films
|
limited
|
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa DreamWorks Animation
|
wide & IMAX
|
Quantum of Solace Columbia · MGM
|
|
Repo! the Genetic Opera Lionsgate
|
limited
|
Slumdog Millionaire Warner Bros
|
NY, LA |
 |
| November 14 |
Australia 20th Century Fox
|
|
A Christmas Tale IFC Films
|
NY |
The Dukes CAVU Releasing
|
limited
|
House Roadside Attractions
|
limited
|
Nothing Like the Holidays Overture Films
|
|
The Other End of the Line MGM
|
limited
|
The Road Dimension · The Weinstein Co.
|
NY, LA |
Role Models Universal Pictures
|
|
Slumdog Millionaire Warner Bros
|
top 10 markets
|
Soul Men Dimension
|
|
 |
| November 21 |
Bolt Walt Disney Pictures
|
Disney Digital 3-D
|
Slumdog Millionaire Warner Bros
|
wider
|
The Soloist DreamWorks
|
|
Special Magnet Releasing
|
limited
|
Twilight Summit Entertainment
|
|
 |
| November 26 |
Four Christmases New Line Cinema
|
|
Milk Focus Features
|
limited
|
The Road Dimension · The Weinstein Co.
|
wide
|
Transporter 3 Lionsgate
|
|
 |
| November films (no specific date) |
Eddie Dickens and the Awful End Warner Bros
|
|
 |
| December 5 |
Frost/Nixon Universal Pictures
|
limited
|
Milk Focus Features
|
wider
|
Punisher: War Zone Lionsgate
|
|
Youth in Revolt The Weinstein Co. · MGM
|
limited
|
 |
| December 12 |
The Class Sony Classics
|
NY, LA |
The Day the Earth Stood Still 20th Century Fox
|
|
Defiance Paramount Vantage
|
limited
|
Doubt Miramax Films
|
limited
|
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Yash Raj Films
|
limited
|
 |
| December 19 |
Doubt Miramax Films
|
wider
|
Nothing But the Truth Yari Film Group (YFG)
|
NY, LA |
Seven Pounds Columbia
|
|
The Tale of Desperaux Universal Pictures
|
|
Yes Man Warner Bros
|
|
 |
| December 25 |
Bedtime Stories Walt Disney Pictures
|
|
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Paramount
|
|
Hurricane Season Dimension · MGM
|
|
Marley and Me 20th Century Fox
|
|
The Spirit Lionsgate
|
|
 |
| December 26 |
Revolutionary Road Paramount Vantage
|
limited
|
Valkyrie United Artists · MGM
|
|
Waltz with Bashir Sony Classics
|
NY, LA |
 |
| December films (no specific date) |
Coraline Focus Features
|
|
The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
|
|
Gran Torino Warner Bros
|
|
Timecrimes Magnet Releasing
|
|
 |
 |
| Rest of 2008 films (no specific date of release) |
Born M!NT Entertainment
|
|
Brothers Columbia
|
|
Flashbacks of a Fool
|
|
The Flyboys Dark Coast Pictures
|
|
Spring Breakdown Warner Bros
|
|
 |