List of Kannada films of 2008

This is a list of films produced by the Sandalwood (Kannada language film industry) based in Bangalore in 2008.

This year sought good numbers for many movies, some of the top movies includes Gaalipata, Gaja, Gulabi Talkies, Moggina Manasu, Mussanje Maatu, Navagraha, Taj Mahal and Accident, however Buddhivanta became the highest grossing film of the year.

Umashree clinched the National Award for Best Actress this year. Pooja Gandhi became the golden girl with back to back superhits while Ganesh continued his success with Gaalipata. Sudeep, Darshan, Upendra, Ramya reprised their success streak as usual.

This year also witnessed a breakthrough for actors, Diganth, Shubha Poonja and Neethu and new talents like Radhika Pandit and Yash who went on becoming the biggest stars of the industry.