# 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 | |