# List of Chinese films of 2008

The following is a list of mainland Chinese films first released in year 2008. There were 80 Chinese feature films released in China in 2008.

## Highest-grossing films

The following are the 10 highest-grossing Chinese films released in China in 2008.
| Rank | Title | Gross (in million yuan) |
| 1 | Red Cliff | ¥276.860 |
| 2 | If You Are the One | ¥250.793 |
| 3 | Painted Skin | ¥204.708 |
| 4 | The Forbidden Kingdom | ¥145.637 |
| 5 | Forever Enthralled | ¥101.691 |
| 6 | Kung Fu Dunk | ¥95.826 |
| 7 | Ip Man | ¥82.773 |
| 8 | Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon | ¥63.635 |
| 9 | Shi Quan Jiu Mei | ¥48.842 |
| 10 | Connected | ¥44.413 |

## Films released

| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 24 City | Jia Zhangke | Joan Chen, Zhao Tao, Lü Liping | Drama | |
| All About Women | Tsui Hark | Zhou Xun, Kitty Zhang, Gwei Lun-mei | Romantic comedy |
| Bird's Nest | Ning Jingwu | | Family | |
| CJ7 | Stephen Chow | Stephen Chow, Xu Jiao, Kitty Zhang, Lam Tze Chung | Comedy | |
| Crude Oil | Wang Bing | | Documentary | |
| Cry Me a River | Jia Zhangke | Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei | Short/Romance | |
| Dada's Dance | Zhang Yuan | Li Xinyun Li Xiaofeng | Drama | |
| Deadly Delicious | Zhao Tianyu | Francis Ng, Yu Nan, Jiang Yiyan | Thriller | |
| Desires of the Heart | Ma Liwen | Ge You, Vivian Wu, Fan Bingbing | Romantic comedy | |
| Dream Weavers: Beijing 2008 | Gu Jun | | Documentary | China's official 2008 foreign-language film Oscar submission |
| The End of Year | Wang Jing | Cheng Gang, Zhang Tong | Drama/Comedy | |
| Endless Night | Pan Jianlin | Guan Na | Docudrama | |
| The Equation of Love and Death | Cao Baoping | Zhou Xun | Romance | |
| The Children of Huang Shi | Roger Spottiswoode | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Drama |
| Er Dong | Yang Jin | Bai Lijun | Drama | |
| Esquire Runaway | Qiao Liang | Alex Fong Lik-Sun | Comedy | |
| Fit Lover | Zhang Jianya | Karena Lam | Romantic comedy | |
| Forever Enthralled | Chen Kaige | Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi | Biographical | |
| Good Cats | Ying Liang | | Drama | |
| If You Are the One | Feng Xiaogang | Ge You, Shu Qi | Romantic comedy | |
| In Love We Trust | Wang Xiaoshuai | Liu Weiwei, Zhang Jiayi, Yu Nan | Drama | Formerly titled Left Right |
| Jalainur | Zhao Ye | Liu Yuansheng, Li Zhihong | Drama | |
| Knitting | Yin Lichuan | Zhang Yi, Yan Bingyan, Lu Yulai | Drama | |
| Kung Fu Hip Hop | Fu Huayang | Fan Bingbing, Jordan Chan | Musical/Youth | |
| Lala's Gun | Ning Jingwu | Wang Jishuai | Drama | |
| Letters from Death Row | Keven Feng Ke | Di Yueming | Drama | |
| Li Shuangliang | Huo Jianqi | Wang Qingxiang, Guo Xiaodong, Dong Jie | Drama/Biographical | |
| Lost and Found | Ma Liwen | Li Yixiang | Black comedy | |
| Lost Indulgence | Zhang Yibai | Jiang Wenli, Karen Mok | Drama | |
| My Left Hand | Chen Guoxing | Ma Yue, Xu Jun | War | |
| Ocean Flame | Liu Fendou | Monica Mok, Liao Fan | Drama | |
| Old Fish | Gao Qunshu | Ma Guowei | Thriller/Drama | Jury Grand Prix at the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival |
| The One Man Olympics | Hou Yong | Li Zhaolin | Sports/Biographical | |
| Painted Skin | Gordon Chan | Donnie Yen, Chen Kun, Zhao Wei | Horror | Hong Kong-Chinese co-production |
| Perfect Life | Emily Tang | | Drama | |
| Queer China | Cui Zi'en | | Documentary | |
| Red Cliff: Episode 1 | John Woo | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi | Historical epic | |
| River People | He Jianjun | Shan Jingqin | Drama | |
| Shi Qi | Ji Chen | Joan Chen, Sam Chow | Drama | |
| Storm Rider Clash of the Evils | Dante Lam | | Animated | |
| Super Typhoon | Feng Xiaoning | Wu Gang | Disaster | |
| Two Stupid Eggs | Kiefer Liu | Guo Tao | Comedy | |
| Winter Story | Zhu Chuanming | Mao Mao, An Qi | Romance | |