100 English films of 2008 ranked by box office. #1: The Dark Knight ($1 billion).
| # | Film | Lead | Director | Budget | Box office | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | $185 million | $1 billion | 5.45x | |
| 2 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Steven Spielberg | $185 million | $787 million | 4.25x | |
| 3 | Mamma Mia! | Phyllida Lloyd | $52 million | $706.4 million | 13.58x | |
| 4 | Quantum of Solace | Marc Forster | $200 million | $589.6 million | 2.95x | |
| 5 | Iron Man | Jon Favreau | $140 million | $585.8 million | 4.18x | |
| 6 | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson | $225 million | $419.6 million | 1.86x | |
| 7 | Sex and the City | Michael Patrick King | $65 million | $418.8 million | 6.44x | |
| 8 | Twilight | Catherine Hardwicke | $37 million | $412 million | 11.14x | |
| 9 | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | Rob Cohen | $145 million | $406 million | 2.80x | |
| 10 | Slumdog Millionaire | Danny Boyle | $15 million | $378 million | 25.20x | |
| 11 | Wanted | Timur Bekmambetov | $75 million | $342.5 million | 4.57x | |
| 12 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher | $150 million | $335.8 million | 2.24x | |
| 13 | Gran Torino | Clint Eastwood | $33 million | $270 million | 8.18x | |
| 14 | 10,000 BC | Roland Emmerich | $105 million | $269.8 million | 2.57x | |
| 15 | The Incredible Hulk | Louis Leterrier | $150 million | $265 million | 1.77x | |
| 16 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Kenny Ortega | $13.3 million | $252.9 million | 19.02x | |
| 17 | Marley & Me | David Frankel | $60 million | $247.8 million | 4.13x | |
| 18 | Journey to the Center of the Earth | Eric Brevig | $60 million | $245 million | 4.08x | |
| 19 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Scott Derrickson | $80 million | $233.1 million | 2.91x | |
| 20 | Get Smart | Peter Segal | $80 million | $230 million | 2.88x | |
| 21 | Ang Tanging Ina N'yong Lahat | Wenn V. Deramas | $230 million | |||
| 22 | Taken | Pierre Morel | $25 million | $226.8 million | 9.07x | |
| 23 | Jumper | Doug Liman | $85 million | $225.1 million | 2.65x | |
| 24 | Yes Man | Peyton Reed | $70 million | $223.2 million | 3.19x | |
| 25 | What Happens in Vegas | Tom Vaughan | $35 million | $219.3 million | 6.27x | |
| 26 | Bedtime Stories | Adam Shankman | $80 million | $212.9 million | 2.66x | |
| 27 | Australia | Baz Luhrmann | $130 million | $211.8 million | 1.63x | |
| 28 | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Dennis Dugan | $90 million | $204 million | 2.27x | |
| 29 | Valkyrie | Bryan Singer | $80 million | $201.5 million | 2.52x | |
| 30 | Tropic Thunder | Ben Stiller | $92 million | $195.7 million | 2.13x | |
| 31 | A Very Special Love | Cathy Garcia-Molina | $185.2 million | |||
| 32 | Eagle Eye | D.J. Caruso | $80 million | $178 million | 2.23x | |
| 33 | Cloverfield | Matt Reeves | $25 million | $172.4 million | 6.90x | |
| 34 | Seven Pounds | Gabriele Muccino | $54 million | $169.7 million | 3.14x | |
| 35 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Guillermo del Toro | $85 million | $168.3 million | 1.98x | |
| 36 | Burn After Reading | Joel Coen | $37 million | $163.8 million | 4.43x | |
| 37 | Four Christmases | Seth Gordon | $80 million | $163.7 million | 2.05x | |
| 38 | The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | $48 million | $163.4 million | 3.40x | |
| 39 | The Spiderwick Chronicles | Mark Waters | $90 million | $162.8 million | 1.81x | |
| 40 | 27 Dresses | Anne Fletcher | $30 million | $162.7 million | 5.42x | |
| 41 | 21 | Robert Luketic | $35 million | $159.8 million | 4.57x | |
| 42 | Vantage Point | Pete Travis | $40 million | $152 million | 3.80x | |
| 43 | Step Up 2: The Streets | Jon M. Chu | $17.5 million | $150.8 million | 8.62x | |
| 44 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Raja Gosnell | $12 million | $149.3 million | 12.44x | |
| 45 | The Forbidden Kingdom | Rob Minkoff | $55 million | $128 million | 2.33x | |
| 45 | Step Brothers | Adam McKay | $65 million | $128 million | 1.97x | |
| 47 | Body of Lies | Ridley Scott | $67.5 million | $119 million | 1.76x | |
| 48 | Saw V | David Hackl | $10.8 million | $118.2 million | 10.94x | |
| 49 | Changeling | Clint Eastwood | $55 million | $113.4 million | 2.06x | |
| 50 | Rambo | Sylvester Stallone | $47.5 million | $113.2 million | 2.38x | |
| 51 | Transporter 3 | Olivier Megaton | €26.6 million | $112.9 million | ||
| 52 | Fool's Gold | Andy Tennant | $70 million | $111.2 million | 1.59x | |
| 53 | The Reader | Stephen Daldry | $32 million | $108.9 million | 3.40x | |
| 54 | Made of Honor | Paul Weiland | $40 million | $106.4 million | 2.66x | |
| 55 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Nicholas Stoller | $30 million | $105.8 million | 3.53x | |
| 56 | Pineapple Express | David Gordon Green | $26 million | $102.4 million | 3.94x | |
| 57 | Nim's Island | Mark Levin | $37 million | $100.1 million | 2.71x | |
| 58 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Woody Allen | $15.5 million | $96 million | 6.19x | |
| 59 | Speed Racer | Lilly Wachowski | $120 million | $94 million | 0.78x | |
| 60 | Role Models | David Wain | $28 million | $92.4 million | 3.30x | |
| 61 | Max Payne | John Moore | $35 million | $85.8 million | 2.45x | |
| 62 | Meet the Spartans | Aaron Seltzer | $30 million | $84.6 million | 2.82x | |
| 63 | Nights in Rodanthe | George C. Wolfe | $30 million | $84.4 million | 2.81x | |
| 64 | The Strangers | Bryan Bertino | $9 million | $82.4 million | 9.16x | |
| 65 | Revolutionary Road | Sam Mendes | $45 million | $79.5 million | 1.77x | |
| 66 | Righteous Kill | Jon Avnet | $60 million | $79.4 million | 1.32x | |
| 67 | The Other Boleyn Girl | Justin Chadwick | $35 million | $78.2 million | 2.23x | |
| 68 | Mirrors | Alexandre Aja | $35 million | $78.1 million | 2.23x | |
| 69 | Death Race | Paul W. S. Anderson | $45 million | $76 million | 1.69x | |
| 70 | Superhero Movie | Craig Mazin | $35 million | $73 million | 2.09x | |
| 71 | Babylon A.D. | Mathieu Kassovitz | $60 million | $72.1 million | 1.20x | |
| 72 | Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert | Bruce Hendricks | $7 million | $70.6 million | 10.09x | |
| 73 | The House Bunny | Fred Wolf | $25 million | $70.4 million | 2.82x | |
| 74 | The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | $30 million | $68.4 million | 2.28x | |
| 75 | Street Kings | David Ayer | $20 million | $66.5 million | 3.33x | |
| 76 | The Bank Job | Roger Donaldson | $20 million | $66.1 million | 3.31x | |
| 77 | Space Chimps | Kirk DeMicco | $37 million | $64.8 million | 1.75x | |
| 78 | Baby Mama | Michael McCullers | $30 million | $64.4 million | 2.15x | |
| 79 | Inkheart | Iain Softley | $60 million | $62.4 million | 1.04x | |
| 80 | The Eye | David Moreau | $12 million | $58 million | 4.83x | |
| 81 | Prom Night | Nelson McCormick | $20 million | $57.2 million | 2.86x | |
| 82 | Definitely, Maybe | Adam Brooks | $24 million | $55.6 million | 2.32x | |
| 83 | Untraceable | Gregory Hoblit | $35 million | $53 million | 1.51x | |
| 84 | Doubt | John Patrick Shanley | $20 million | $51.7 million | 2.59x | |
| 85 | College Road Trip | Roger Kumble | $25 million | $51.5 million | 2.06x | |
| 86 | Defiance | Edward Zwick | $32 million | $51.2 million | 1.60x | |
| 87 | Snow Buddies | Robert Vince | $4 million | $50.8 million | 12.70x | |
| 88 | Meet Dave | Brian Robbins | $60 million | $50.7 million | 0.85x | |
| 89 | The Women | Diane English | $16 million | $50 million | 3.13x | |
| 90 | The Hurt Locker | Kathryn Bigelow | $15 million | $49.9 million | 3.33x | |
| 91 | Drillbit Taylor | Steven Brill | $40 million | $49.7 million | 1.24x | |
| 92 | Shutter | Masayuki Ochiai | $8 million | $48 million | 6.00x | |
| 93 | The Wrestler | Darren Aronofsky | $6 million | $46.6 million | 7.77x | |
| 94 | One Missed Call | Éric Valette | $20 million | $45.8 million | 2.29x | |
| 95 | Lakeview Terrace | Neil LaBute | $20 million | $44.7 million | 2.24x | |
| 96 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Sanaa Hamri | $27 million | $44.3 million | 1.64x | |
| 97 | The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | Mark Herman | $12.5 million | $44.1 million | 3.53x | |
| 98 | Semi-Pro | Kent Alterman | $55 million | $43.9 million | 0.80x | |
| 99 | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | Malcolm D. Lee | $27 million | $43.6 million | 1.61x | |
| 100 | Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Hayden Schlossberg | $12 million | $43.4 million | 3.62x |
Figures are shown in the currency they were reported in (Wikipedia, Wikidata or TMDB); no conversion.