Release Info
Release Dates
| USA | 10 December 2008 | (New York City, New York) |
| USA | 12 December 2008 | (limited) |
| Ireland | 2 January 2009 | |
| UK | 2 January 2009 | |
| Greece | 8 January 2009 | |
| Singapore | 22 January 2009 | |
| USA | 30 January 2009 | |
| Brazil | 6 February 2009 | |
| Germany | 6 February 2009 | (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| Iceland | 6 February 2009 | |
| Israel | 12 February 2009 | |
| Portugal | 12 February 2009 | |
| Thailand | 12 February 2009 | |
| Spain | 13 February 2009 | |
| Australia | 19 February 2009 | |
| Italy | 20 February 2009 | |
| Philippines | 25 February 2009 | (limited) |
| Germany | 26 February 2009 | |
| Austria | 27 February 2009 | |
| Belgium | 4 March 2009 | |
| Malaysia | 5 March 2009 | |
| Switzerland | 5 March 2009 | (German speaking region) |
| Norway | 6 March 2009 | |
| Lebanon | 12 March 2009 | |
| Slovenia | 12 March 2009 | |
| Poland | 13 March 2009 | |
| Hong Kong | 19 March 2009 | |
| South Korea | 26 March 2009 | |
| Czech Republic | 27 March 2009 | (Febio Film Festival) |
| Finland | 27 March 2009 | |
| South Africa | 27 March 2009 | |
| Taiwan | 27 March 2009 | |
| Switzerland | 1 April 2009 | (French speaking region) |
| Netherlands | 2 April 2009 | |
| Mexico | 3 April 2009 | |
| Denmark | 8 April 2009 | |
| Croatia | 9 April 2009 | |
| New Zealand | 9 April 2009 | |
| Turkey | 10 April 2009 | |
| Czech Republic | 23 April 2009 | |
| Hungary | 23 April 2009 | |
| Bulgaria | 24 April 2009 | |
| Sweden | 24 April 2009 | |
| Argentina | 7 May 2009 | |
| Panama | 18 June 2009 | |
| Japan | 19 June 2009 | |
| France | 11 July 2009 | (Paris Cinéma) |
| France | 15 July 2009 | |
| Peru | 27 August 2009 | |
| Colombia | 11 September 2009 |
Also Known As (AKA)
| O Leitor | Brazil, Portugal |
| The Reader | Argentina, France (imdb display title) |
| Una pasión secreta | Mexico, Peru |
| A felolvasó | Hungary |
| Bralec | Slovenia (imdb display title) |
| Cititorul | Romania |
| Der Vorleser | Germany |
| El lector | Spain (imdb display title) |
| Le liseur | Canada (French title) |
| Lektor | Poland |
| Lukija | Finland |
| Na'ar kri'a | Israel (imdb display title) (Hebrew title) |
| Okuyucu | Turkey (Turkish title) |
| Predcítac | Czech Republic |
| Sfragismena heili | Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) |
| Sheng si lang du | China (Mandarin title) |
| Skaitovas | Lithuania (imdb display title) |
| The Reader - A voce alta | Italy (imdb display title) |
| Čitač | Serbia |
| Žena kojoj sam čitao | Croatia |
| Σφραγισμένα Χείλη | Greece |
