Movie Released in May 2008

Iron Man

Release date

May 2

Genre

Superhero, Sci-Fi, Action

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Director

Jon Favreau

Starring

Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Leslie Bibb, Shaun Toub, Bill Smitrovich, Nazanin Boniadi

Fugitive Pieces

Release date

May 2

Genre

Drama

Studio

Samuel Goldwyn Films

Director

Jeremy Podeswa

Starring

Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rosamund Pike, Ayelet Zurer, Robbie Kay, Ed Stoppard, Rachelle Lefevre

Made of Honor

Release date

May 2

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Studio

Columbia Pictures

Director

Paul Weiland

Starring

Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Sydney Pollack, Kadeem Hardison, Beau Garrett, Richmond Arquette, Whitney Cummings

Mister Lonely

Release date

May 2

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

IFC Films

Director

Harmony Korine

Starring

Denis Lavant, Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, James Fox, Melita Morgan, Anita Pallenberg

Son of Rambow

Release date

May 2

Genre

Comedy

Studio

Paramount Vantage

Director

Garth Jennings

Starring

Will Poulter, Bill Milner, Jules Sitruk, Charlie Thrift, Jessica Stevenson, Neil Dudgeon

Noise

Release date

May 9

Genre

Comedy

Studio

THINKFilm

Director

Henry Bean

Starring

Tim Robbins, Bridget Moynahan, William Baldwin, William Hurt, Margarita Levieva, Gabrielle Brennan, Maria Ballesteros, Keir O'Donnell, Michael J. Burg

Speed Racer

Release date

May 9

Genre

Action, Adventure, Family

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Starring

Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, John Goodman, Kick Gurry, Paulie Litt, Rain, Roger Allam, Richard Roundtree, Melvil Poupaud, Christian Oliver

What Happens in Vegas...

Release date

May 9

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Studio

The 20th Century Fox

Director

Tom Vaughan

Starring

Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Lake Bell, Rob Corddry, Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Krusiec, Jason Sudeikis, Queen Latifah, Matthew Martini

Bhoothnath

Release date

May 9

Genre

Comedy, Family, Musical

Studio

Eros International

Director

Vivek Sharma

Starring

Amitabh Bachchan, Juhi Chawla, Aman Siddiqui, Priyanshu Chaterjee, Satish Shah, Rajpal Yadav, Shaana Diya, Shahrukh Khan, Tejas

Vice

Release date

May 9

Genre

Thriller

Studio

41 Inc.

Director

Raul Inglis

Starring

Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Mykelti Williamson, Mark Boone Junior, Nicholas Lea, Martin Cummins, Aaron Pearl, Emy Aneke, John Cassini, Kurupt

The Babysitters

Release date

May 9

Genre

Drama, Comedy

Studio

Peace Arch Entertainment

Director

David Ross

Starring

John Leguizamo, Katherine Waterston, Cynthia Nixon, Andy Comeau, Spencer Treat Clark, Ethan Phillips, Lauren Birkell, Louisa Krause, Denis O'Hare

The Tracey Fragments

Release date

May 9

Genre

Drama

Studio

ThinkFilm

Director

Bruce McDonald

Starring

Ellen Page, Libby Adams, Shawn Ahmed, Zie Souwand, Stephen Amell, Jackie Brown, Ari Cohen, Ryan Cooley, Julian Richings, Kate Todd

Frontier

Release date

May 9

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Studio

After Dark Films

Director

Xavier Gens

Starring

Karina Testa, Aurelien Wiik, Patrick Ligardes, David Saracino, Maud Forget, Samuel Le Bihan

The Fall

Release date

May 9

Genre

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Studio

Roadside Attractions

Director

Tarsem Singh

Starring

Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow, Sean Gilder, Ronald France, Andrew Roussouw, Daniel Caltagirone, Julian Bleach

Turn the River

Release date

May 9

Genre

Drama

Studio

Screen Media Films

Director

Chris Eigeman

Starring

Famke Janssen, Rip Torn, Matt Ross, Terry Kinney, Lois Smith, Jordan Bridges, Marin Hinkle, Ari Graynor, Tony Robles, Chris Eigeman

Meet Bill

Release date

May 9

Genre

Comedy, Drama

Studio

First Look Studios

Director

Bernie Goldmann, Melisa Wallack

Starring

Aaron Eckhart, Jessica Alba, Elizabeth Banks, Timothy Olyphant, Logan Lerman, Marisa Coughlan, Kristen Wiig, Craig Bierko, Todd Louiso

Redbelt

Release date

May 9

Genre

Action, Drama

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Director

David Mamet

Starring

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alice Braga, Emily Mortimer, Tim Allen, Joe Mantegna, Rodrigo Santoro, Max Martini, Ricky Jay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Randy Couture, Caroline de Souza Correa

Blood Creek

Release date

May 14

Genre

Thriller, Drama, Horror

Studio

Gold Circle Films

Director

Joel Schumacher

Starring

Dominic Purcell, Henry Cavill, Michael Fassbender, Emma Booth, Shea Whigham, Laszlo Matray, Rainer Winkelvoss, Joy McBrinn, Gerard McSorley, Winter Ave Zoli

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Release date

May 16

Genre

Adventure, Fantasy, Drama

Studio

Buena Vista Pictures

Director

Andrew Adamson

Starring

Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Anna Popplewell, Ben Barnes, William Moseley, Liam Neeson, Warwick Davis, Tilda Swinton, Peter Dinklage, Eddie Izzard, Vincent Grass

You and I

Release date

May 16

Genre

Drama

Studio

RAMCO

Director

Roland Joffe

Starring

Mischa Barton, Anton Yelchin, Shantel VanSanten, Alex Kaluzhsky, Charlie Creed-Miles, Helena Mattsson, Igor Desyatnikov

Reprise

Release date

May 16

Genre

Drama

Studio

Miramax Films

Director

Joachim Trier

Starring

Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman-Hoiner, Viktoria Winge, Henrik Elvestad, Christian Rubeck, Odd Magnus Williamson, Rebekka Karijord, Henrik Mestad

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Release date

May 22

Genre

Action, Adventure

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Director

Steven Spielberg

Starring

Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent

Postal

Release date

May 23

Genre

Action, Comedy, Thriller

Studio

Freestyle Releasing

Director

Uwe Boll

Starring

Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Seymour Cassel, David Huddleston, Larry Thomas, Jackie Tohn, Erick Avari

War, Inc.

Release date

May 23

Genre

Comedy, Action, Drama

Studio

First Look Studios

Director

Josh Seftel

Starring

John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross, Ned Bellamy, Shirly Brener, Doug Dearth, Stanimir Stamatov, Joost Scholt

The Children of Huang Shi

Release date

May 23

Genre

Drama, History, War

Studio

Sony Pictures Classics

Director

Roger Spottiswoode

Starring

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Radha Mitchell, David Wenham, Guang Li, Matt Walker, Ping Su, Anastasia Kolpakova

The Strangers

Release date

May 30

Genre

Thriller, Suspense

Studio

Rogue Pictures

Director

Bryan Bertino

Starring

Liv Tyler, Scott Speedman, Kip Weeks, Glenn Howerton, Gemma Ward, Laura Margolis, Peter Clayton-Luce

Sex and the City

Release date

May 30

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Studio

New Line Cinema

Director

Michael Patrick King

Starring

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Lewis, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Willie Garson

Savage Grace

Release date

May 30

Genre

Drama, Crime

Studio

IFC First Take

Director

Tom Kalin

Starring

Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Dancy, Elena Anaya, Barney Clark, Simon Andreu, Belen Rueda, Anne Reid, Abel Folk, Unax Ugalde

Stuck

Release date

May 30

Genre

Thriller

Studio

THINKFilm

Director

Stuart Gordon

Starring

Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby, Rukiya Bernard, John Dartt, John Dunsworth, Mauricio Hoyos, Wally MacKinnon, Patrick McKenna

The Foot Fist Way

Release date

May 30

Genre

Comedy

Studio

Paramount Vantage

Director

Jody Hill

Starring

Danny McBride, Ben Best, Mary Jane Bostic, Ken Aguilar, Tyler Baum, Sean Baxter, Bruce Cameron