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27 Dresses
27 Dresses is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Anne Fletcher and starring Katherine Heigl as a perpetual bridesmaid in love with her sister's fiancé.
All About Women (女人不坏)
All About Women (女人不坏, aka Not All Women Are Bad) is a 2008 Beijing-set romantic comedy directed by Tsui Hark and co-written with Kwak Jae-yong, starring Zhou Xun, Guey Lun-mei, and Kitty Zhang Yuqi; released 11 December 2008, it earned 22.08 million yuan.
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) is a British teen comedy directed by Gurinder Chadha, adapted from Louise Rennison's Georgia Nicolson novels, starring Georgia Groome and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, grossing about $14.92m.
Baby Mama (film)
Baby Mama is a 2008 American comedy film written and directed by Michael McCullers, starring Tina Fey as a single executive who hires working-class Amy Poehler to be her surrogate.
Be Kind Rewind
Be Kind Rewind is a 2008 comedy film written and directed by Michel Gondry, starring Jack Black and Mos Def as friends who re-film erased videotapes.
Bedtime Stories (film)
Bedtime Stories is a 2008 American family fantasy-comedy from Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Adam Shankman and starring Adam Sandler as a handyman whose invented bedtime stories come true.
Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading is a 2008 dark comedy film written, directed, and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, and Brad Pitt.
Cape No. 7 (海角七号 君想う、国境の南)
Cape No. 7 (海角七號; Japanese title 海角七号 君想う、国境の南) is Wei Te-sheng's 2008 Taiwanese romantic comedy-drama about seven unsent love letters linking Hengchun to Japanese-era Taiwan. Made for about NT$50 million, it earned NT$520–530 million islandwide, the record for a Taiwanese film, and won Golden Horse and Taipei Film Festival awards.
College Road Trip
College Road Trip is a 2008 American family comedy directed by Roger Kumble, starring Martin Lawrence as an overprotective police chief driving his daughter to a college interview.
Definitely, Maybe
Definitely, Maybe is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks, starring Ryan Reynolds as a divorced father recounting his past romances to his daughter.
Disaster Movie
Disaster Movie is a 2008 American parody comedy film written and directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, in which twenty-somethings flee catastrophes including twisters, asteroids, and earthquakes over a single night.
Drillbit Taylor
Drillbit Taylor is a 2008 American teen comedy where three bullied high school freshmen hire a homeless drifter, played by Owen Wilson, as their bodyguard.
Extreme Movie
Extreme Movie (2008) is an American sketch comedy parodying teen sex comedies, directed by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, starring Michael Cera and Frankie Muniz, released limited December 5, 2008, rated R, and poorly received.
Fine, Totally Fine (全然大丈夫)
Fine, Totally Fine (全然大丈夫, Zenzen daijobu) is a 2008 Japanese comedy-drama, Yosuke Fujita's feature debut, about two men nearing 30 who fall for a clumsy artist; it won the Nippon Cinema Award.
Fool's Gold (2008 film)
Fool's Gold is a 2008 American romantic adventure comedy directed by Andy Tennant, starring Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson, and Donald Sutherland, about treasure hunters chasing a lost Spanish galleon.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall, also released as I Hate Sarah Marshall, is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Nicholas Stoller, written by and starring Jason Segel alongside Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis.
Four Christmases
Four Christmases, also known as Four Holidays, is a 2008 American holiday comedy directed by Seth Gordon, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon as a couple visiting four divorced parents.
Ghost Town (2008 film)
Ghost Town (2008) is a supernatural romantic comedy directed by David Koepp, starring Ricky Gervais as dentist Bertram Pincus, who sees ghosts after dying seven minutes; Greg Kinnear and Tea Leoni co-star. Metascore 72, $13.2M US gross.
Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2 is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Andrew Fleming, starring Steve Coogan as a high school drama teacher who stages a musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky is a 2008 British comedy-drama written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Sally Hawkins as a relentlessly cheerful London schoolteacher whose optimism collides with her furious driving instructor, played by Eddie Marsan.
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) is a comedy directed by Robert B. Weide, starring Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, and Jeff Bridges, loosely adapted from Toby Young's 2001 Vanity Fair memoir; a box office and critical disappointment.
If You Are the One (非诚勿扰)
If You Are the One (非诚勿扰) is Feng Xiaogang's 2008 romantic comedy starring Ge You and Shu Qi; China's top domestic film of 2008 at over ¥364 million, inspired by The Personals, with sequels in 2010 and 2023.
Kung Fu Dunk (功夫灌篮)
Kung Fu Dunk (功夫灌篮), also released as Da Guan Lan, is a 2008 Mandarin sports comedy directed by Chu Yen-ping, starring Jay Chou as a kung fu-trained college basketball star.
Love Exposure (愛のむきだし)
Love Exposure (愛のむきだし, Ai no mukidashi) is Sion Sono's 2008 Japanese film, 237 minutes, about a teen upskirt-photography expert, based on a real story, Berlinale Caligari and FIPRESCI prize winner.
Made of Honor
Made of Honor is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Paul Weiland, starring Patrick Dempsey as a man serving as maid of honor at his best friend's wedding.
Meet the Spartans
Meet the Spartans (2008) is a Friedberg-Seltzer parody film spoofing 300, starring Sean Maguire, Carmen Electra, and Ken Davitian; it opened number one with $18.7 million and grossed about $86 million worldwide despite critical panning.
My Best Friend's Girl (2008 film)
My Best Friend's Girl is a 2008 American romantic comedy directed by Howard Deutch, starring Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, and Jason Biggs and released by Lionsgate.
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Peter Sollett, starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings, adapted from the Cohn and Levithan novel; one Manhattan night, Where's Fluffy, $33.6 million worldwide.
Orz Boyz
Orz Boyz (囧男孩) is a 2008 Taiwanese children's coming-of-age film, the feature debut of director Yang Ya-che, about two schoolboy pranksters; it won Best Director at the 2008 Taipei Film Festival and helped mark the post-New Taiwan Cinema revival.
Pineapple Express (film)
Pineapple Express is a 2008 American stoner action-comedy directed by David Gordon Green, starring Seth Rogen and James Franco as a process server and his dealer on the run.