Best movies of 2009

Actors : Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Kyle Gallner,
Directors : Peter Cornwell,

After a family is forced to relocate for their son's health, they begin experiencing supernatural behavior in their new home, and uncover a sinister history.

Actors : Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan,
Directors : Urszula Antoniak,

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her ...

Actors : Jason Palmer, Desiree Garcia, Sandha Khin, Karen Adelman,
Directors : Damien Chazelle,

After connecting with the shy Madeline, a jazz trumpeter embarks on a quest for a more gregarious paramour, but through a series of twists and turns punctuated by an original score, the two lovers seem destined to be together.

Actors : Jinglei Xu, Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu,
Directors : Tung-Shing Yee,

A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

Actors : Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton,
Directors : Jonathan Parker,

A Chelsea art gallerist falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic tale about the state of contemporary art.

Actors : Kel O'Neill, Brian Geraghty, Marguerite Moreau, Jeanette Brox,
Directors : Kyle Patrick Alvarez,

In an effort to promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. However, the idealism of being on the road wears off and it quickly proves to ...

Actors : Heino Ferch, Barbara Sukowa, Hannah Herzsprung, Lena Stolze,
Directors : Margarethe von Trotta,

The life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run ...

Actors : Tyler Mane, Scout Taylor-Compton, Malcolm McDowell, Sheri Moon Zombie,
Directors : Rob Zombie,

Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael's deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.

Actors : Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, Will Ferrell, Anna Friel,
Directors : Brad Silberling,

On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.

Actors : Kathy Bates, Frances Tomelty, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend,
Directors : Stephen Frears,

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

Actors : Liam Neeson, Christina Ricci, Justin Long, Chandler Canterbury,
Directors : Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo,

After a car accident, a young woman who is caught between life and death, meets a funeral director who appears to have the gift of transitioning the dead into the afterlife.

Actors : Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults, Tim Huck, Matt Czuchry,
Directors : Bob Gosse,

A guy tries to patch things up with his soon-to-be-married pal after botching things up at his bachelor party.

Actors : Zach Gilford, Emmy Rossum, Ashley Springer, Cady Huffman,
Directors : Adam Salky,

A drama centered around three high school seniors - an aspiring actress, her misfit best friend, and a loner - who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.

Actors : Uma Thurman, David Schallipp, Anthony Edwards, Minnie Driver,
Directors : Katherine Dieckmann,

In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.

Actors : Rüdiger Vogler, Louise Monot, Alex Lutz, Jean Dujardin,
Directors : Michel Hazanavicius,

Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, aka OSS 117, is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business. The year is 1967 - he's been sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, to ...

Actors : Ben Shenkman, Michael Cerveris, Timothy Hutton, Julianne Nicholson,
Directors : John Krasinski,

A graduate student (Nicholson) copes with a recent breakup by conducting interviews with various men.

Actors : Taylor Baruchel, Dan Beirne, Liane Balaban, Jay Baruchel,
Directors : Jacob Tierney,

A Montreal high school student who believes he is the reincarnation of Leon Trotsky starts a revolution against apathy among his fellow students.

Actors : Tatiana Astengo, Manolo Cardona, Cristian Mercado, Attilia Boschetti,
Directors : Javier Fuentes-León,

An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

Actors : Simon Yam, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Johnny Hallyday, Suet Lam,
Directors : Johnnie To,

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.

Actors : Dragos Bucur, Vlad Ivanov, Ion Stoica, Irina Saulescu,
Directors : Corneliu Porumboiu,

A police officer refuses to arrest a young man for offering drugs to his friends.