2008 was the 9th year of 2000's.
Events[]
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 4 - One Missed Call
- January 11 - The Bucket List
- February 1 - Over Her Dead Body
- February 8 - Fool's Gold
- February 22 - Be Kind Rewind
- February 29 - Semi-Pro
- March 7 - 10,000 B.C. and Snow Angels
- March 14 - Broken Angel and Funny Games
- March 28 - Run Fatboy Run
- April 11 - Chaos Theory
- April 25 - Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
- May 9 - Speed Racer
- May 30 - Sex and the City
- June 6 - Mongol
- June 20 - Get Smart
- July 11 - Journey to the Center of the Earth
- July 18 - The Dark Knight
- August 6 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
- August 15 - Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- September 12 - Towelhead and The Women
- September 19 - Appaloosa
- September 26 - Nights in Rodanthe
- October 10 - Body of Lies
- October 24 - Pride and Glory
- October 31 - RocknRolla
- November 26 - Four Christmases
- December 17 - Yes Man
- December 19 - Slumdog Millionaire
- December 25 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Television[]
Comics[]
Reprint collections[]
Video games[]
DVD and Blu-ray releases[]
- January 1 - Shoot 'Em Up
- January 15
- Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
- Mr. Woodcock
- January 29
- The Invasion
- Rocket Science
- February 5
- February 12
- February 19
- In the Valley of Elah
- It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
- Michael Clayton
- Rendition
- February 26
- Silk
- The Smurfs: Season One, Volume 1
- March 4 - Horton Hears a Who!: Deluxe Edition
- March 11
- March 18
- I Am Legend
- Love in the Time of Cholera
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show: The Complete Series
- March 25 - Pu-239
- April 8
- The 11th Hour
- Sharkwater
- April 22
- One Missed Call
- The Orphanage
- April 29
- The Red Balloon
- The Golden Compass
- May 6
- May 20 - The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1
- June 3
- Mama's Boy
- Semi-Pro
- Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days and 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland
- June 10
- June 17
- June 24 - 10,000 B.C.
- July 29
- Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
- Lost Boys: The Tribe
- Freakazoid!: The Complete Season 1
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
- September 16
- Another Cinderella Story
- Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
- Risky Business: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
- Snow Angels
- Speed Racer
- September 23
- L.A. Confidential
- Run Fatboy Run
- Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King
- Sex and the City
- October 7
- A Charlie Brown Christmas: Remastered Deluxe Edition
- A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving: Remastered Deluxe Edition
- Watership Down: Special Edition
- You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition
- The Smurfs: Season One, Volume 2
- October 14 - Mongol
- October 28
- November 4
- November 11
- November 18 - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
- November 25 - Fred Claus
- December 2 - Hey There, It's Yogi Bear
- December 9
- December 19 - The Women
- December 30 - Towelhead
Theme parks[]
- May 15 - The Dark Knight Coaster opens at Six Flags Great Adventure
- May 21 - The Dark Knight Coaster opens at Six Flags Great America.
- December 26 - Hollywood Stunt Driver opens at Warner Bros. Movie World.
Books[]
Character debuts[]
- March 8 - Eye Guy, Forever Ninja, Cooper Daniels
- April 18 - Swampfire, Echo Echo, Humungousaur, Julie Yamamoto The Highbreed
- April 26 - Jetray, Alan Albright
- May 3 - Big Chill, Argit
- May 9 - Gumball Watterson, Darwin Watterson
- May 10 - Chromastone, Michael Morning Star/Darkstar
- June 5 - Flapjack, Captain K'nuckles
- June 7 - Verdona Tennyson
- June 14 - Goop
- July 5 - Professor Paradox
- July 12 - Spider Monkey
- July 19 - Helen Wheels Pierce Wheels Manny Armstrong
- August 31 - Alien X, Bellicus, Serena, Attea, Emperor Milleous, Commander Raff, SevenSeven
- October 3 - Zak Saturday, Doc Saturday, Drew Saturday, Fiskerton, Zon, Komodo, V.V. Argost
- October 24 - Albedo
- Uncle Grandpa, Belly Bag
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 10 - Maila Nurmi (actress)
- January 15
- Adele Longmire (actress)
- Brad Renfro (actor)
- January 17 - Allan Melvin (actor, voice actor and impressionist)
- January 19 - Suzanne Pleshette (actress and voice actress)
- January 22 - Heath Ledger (actor)
- February 6 - John Alvin (cinematic artist and painter)
- February 9 - Robert DoQui (actor)
- February 13 - Lionel Mark Smith (actor)
- February 14 - Perry Lopez (actor)
- February 16 - Clément Harari (actor)
- March 4 - Leonard Rosenman (composer and conductor)
- March 6 - Alex Sharp (actor, stuntman and writer)
- March 7 - George Tyne (actor and director)
- March 17 - Lloyd Lamble (actor)
- April 5 - Charlton Heston (actor and political activist)
- April 7 - Henry Blair (actor)
- April 14
- Ollie Johnston (animator)
- June Travis (actress)
- April 18 - Kay Linaker (actress and screenwriter)
- April 23 - Dave Atkins (actor)
- April 28 - Jack Hanrahan (comedy writer)
- May 2 - Beverlee McKinsey (actress)
- May 8 - Dorothy Green (actress)
- May 12 - Robert Russell (actor)
- May 19
- Donald Murphy (actor)
- Jack Duffy (singer, comedian and actor)
- May 24 - Robert Knox (actor)
- May 26 - Sydney Pollack (director, producer and actor)
- May 29 - Harvey Korman (actor and comedian)
- June 6 - Bobby Anderson (child actor and television producer)
- June 13 - Bruce Lester (actor)
- June 17
- Cyd Charisse (dancer and actress)
- Davey Lee (actor)
- June 29 - Don S. Davis (actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator, choreographer, painter, sculptor, soldier and professor)
- July 2 - Elizabeth Spriggs (actress)
- July 4 - Evelyn Keyes (actress)
- July 21 - Chuck Downs (animator, producer and director)
- July 22 - Greg Burson (voice actor and impressionist)
- July 24 - Don Peoples (actor)
- August 9 - Bernie Mac (stand-up comedian, actor and voice actor)
- August 11 - George Furth (librettist, playwright and actor)
- August 28 - Wonderful Smith (comedian and actor)
- August 29 - Bill Perez (animation title designer, director, and producer)
- September 1
- Michael Pate (actor, writer, director and producer)
- Jerry Reed (singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter and actor)
- Don LaFontaine (voice actor)
- September 2 - Bill Melendez (animator)
- September 6 - Anita Page (actress)
- September 8 - Celia Gregory (actress)
- September 12 - Camila Ashland (actress and singer)
- September 26 - Paul Newman (actor, film director, producer, race car driver, IndyCar owner, entrepreneur, and activist)
- September 29 - Richard Clayton (actor)
- October 1
- House Peters Jr. (actor)
- Robert Arthur (actor)
- J. Don Ferguson (actor)
- October 26 - Delmar Watson (child actor and news photographer)
- October 28 - John Ahern (animation artist, director, and producer)
- October 29 - Mae Mercer (singer and actress)
- November 5 - Michael Higgins (actor)
- November 14 - Irving Gertz (composer)
- December 1 - Paul Benedict (actor)
- December 5
- Nina Foch (actress and drama teacher)
- Beverly Garland (actress)
- December 12 - Van Johnson (actor and dancer)
- December 13 - Kathy Staff (actress)
- December 16 - Sam Bottoms (actor and producer)
- December 17 - Paul Greco (actor and musician)
- December 25 - Eartha Kitt (singer and actress)
- December 31 - Brad Sullivan (actor)
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