2008 movies

The Poker House

2008 | Drama | USA

Actress-turned-director Lori Petty makes her feature directorial debut with this period drama set in 1976 and exploring a typical day in the life of a decidedly atypical teen named Agnes. Some folks have the luxury of living each day to the fullest, but for Agnes every day is a grueling ...

Wit licht

2008 | Drama | Netherlands

Child soldiers in Africa are at the fore in this tale of a white restaurant owner in an African town bordering a conflict zone. When his son's African friend Abu is abducted, he sets out to find the boy, and walks right into a training camp exploiting children like Abu.

Between Love & Goodbye

2008 | Drama | USA

Love makes the world go round. At least that's what Marcel and Kyle believe, until they suddenly discover that love can alternatively flip the world upside-down. When certain elements are set into motion, they tend to stay in motion. If tampered with, they can spin out of control. Marcel and ...

Winged Creatures

2008 | Crime | Drama | USA

A group of strangers form a unique relationship with each other after surviving a random shooting at a Los Angeles diner.

Blindness

2008 | Brazil | Canada | Drama | Japan | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

When a big city has a mysterious outbreak of blindness, the victims are quarantined by the government in a hospital without any medical care, treatment or hygiene. Among the first people affected by the so called "white blindness" are an ophthalmologist and his reluctant health wife that has not lost ...

24: Redemption

2008 | Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller | USA

Set 18 months where Season 6 of '24' left off, former government agent Jack Bauer is in a self-imposed exile in the fictitious African country of Sangala where he hopes to escape from a U.S. investigation of him for his past methods, and to run from his past. Bauer works ...

Hobgoblins 2

2008 | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | USA

This is the long awaited part 2 for writer/Director Rick Sloane's campy cult classic Hobgoblins shot in 1987. Old man McCreedy is locked away in a mental hospital when Kevin and his friends are revisited by the nasty creatures. Hobgoblins 2 is done in the style of Grindhouse, it was ...

Max Manus

2008 | Action | Biography | Denmark | Drama | Germany | History | Norway | War

The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.

Waltz with Bashir

2008 | Animation | Australia | Belgium | Biography | Drama | Finland | France | Germany | Israel | Switzerland | USA | War

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of ...

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008 | Action | Biography | Crime | Czech Republic | Drama | France | Germany | History

Germany in the 1970s: Murderous bomb attacks, the threat of terrorism and the fear of the enemy inside are rocking the very foundations of the yet fragile German democracy. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation lead by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin are fighting a violent war ...

Phoebe in Wonderland

2008 | Drama | USA

The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.

Good

2008 | Drama | Germany | UK

John Halder is a 'good' and decent individual with family problems: a neurotic wife, two demanding children and a mother suffering from senile dementia. A literary professor, Halder explores his personal circumstances in a novel advocating compassionate euthanasia. When the book is unexpectedly enlisted by powerful political figures in support ...