Which 2008 film directed by Danny Boyle won 8 Academy Awards?

The 2008 film directed by Danny Boyle that won eight Academy Awards is Slumdog Millionaire.

The British drama follows Jamal Malik, an orphan from Mumbai who reaches the final question on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Its unusual structure explains how experiences from Jamal’s difficult life provide the answers to the quiz questions.

The film was adapted from Vikas Swarup’s 2005 novel Q & A. Simon Beaufoy wrote the screenplay, Dev Patel made his feature-film debut as Jamal, and Freida Pinto played Latika. Much of the film was shot in Mumbai, and its story combines crime drama, romance, social commentary, and Bollywood-inspired spectacle.

At the 81st Academy Awards in 2009, Slumdog Millionaire won eight prizes, including Best Picture, Best Director for Boyle, and Best Adapted Screenplay. A. R. Rahman won two awards for the score and the song “Jai Ho.” It was nominated for ten Oscars overall, making its eight victories one of the defining film achievements of the 2000s.