Best Drama movies of 2009

Actors : Afsaneh Bayegan, Shahab Hosseini, Elasa Firoozfar, Fariba Kowsari,
Directors : Tahmineh Milani,

An arrogant movie star's life drastically changes when a teenage girl shows up.

Actors : Olga Kurylenko, Ninette Tayeb, Henry David, Vladimir Friedman,
Directors : Danny Lerner,

A woman forced to work for the Russian Mafia as an assassin agrees to help her next-door neighbor kill her abusive husband.

Actors : Nichola Burley, Kerrie Hayes, Jamie Doyle, Lawrence Larkin,
Directors : Lindy Heymann,

Two very different girls both face a sordid reality when they meet a local football star.

Actors : Manoj K. Jayan, Mammootty, Sarath Kumar, Mohanlal,
Directors : T. Hariharan,

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja is a 2009 Malayalam historical drama film based on the life of Pazhassi Raja, a Hindu king who fought against the British in the 18th century.

Actors : Dieter Mann, Robert Gwisdek, Amit Shah, Max Riemelt,
Directors : Frieder Wittich,

The friends Moritz and Dirk get accepted at the TU Darmstadt and leave their small home village in Brandenburg to set out for the big town to study business arithmetic (mathematical economics).

Actors : Allen Johnson, Jeanette Maus, Sean Nelson, Marshall Allman,
Directors : David Russo,

After he loses his high-paying job, Dory takes a gig as a night janitor in order to pay rent. Alone late at night inside a market research firm, he soon discovers the company is experimenting on their other janitors ...

Actors : Jeremy Renner, Dallas Roberts, Ayelet Zurer, Marguerite Moreau,
Directors : Jeff Balsmeyer,

A rags-to-riches story of two friends, a small-time inventor and a sharky salesman, who hit rock bottom before coming up with a gizmo that becomes a worldwide phenomenon.

Actors : Matthew Montgomery, Tad Coughenour, Caleb Dorfman, Brendan Bradley,
Directors : David Lewis,

An unfulfilled gay man in a stagnant relationship finds his life changed forever when he meets a struggling writer visiting the Redwoods Country.

Actors : Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Olga Frycz, Jakub Gierszal,
Directors : Jacek Borcuch,

Follows four friends in their quest to form a punk band. As workers protests sweep across the country, Janek and Staszek, the sons of a navy man, the rebellious Kazik, and the affluent ...

Actors : Deborra-Lee Furness, Aaron Jeffery, Asher Keddie, Peta Wilson,
Directors : Dean O'Flaherty,

After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-door of every boy's dreams, persuades Daniel, a fourteen-year-old with an obsessive crush, to help her uncover the truth.

Actors : Agnieszka Grochowska, Hermann Sabado, Bang Chau, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen,
Directors : Sara Johnsen,

As young children, half-siblings Axel and Yanne are adopted to Norway. They are separated on arrival, he to material wealth on Oslo's west side, she to an average family on the east side. ...

Actors : Arya, Pooja Umashankar, Rajendran, Krishnamoorthy,
Directors : Bala,

Rudran (Arya) in Kasi. Fourteen years later, repenting his act he goes with his daughter in search of him. He finds him there but is shocked to learn that he has become an Aghori, a ...

Actors : William McInnes, Emily Barclay, Ben Mendelsohn, Michael Dorman,
Directors : David Caesar,

A long haul truckie who finds that the reality of his existence is far removed from his youthful dreams of owning and driving his own prime mover.

Actors : Sebnem Sönmez, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Beste Bereket, Tansu Biçer,
Directors : Onur Ünlü,

Five characters, trying to struggle for life, who are far from each other mentally, are connected with coincidences or desires. At first, Aydin falls in love with Mehtap working in a candy ...

Actors : Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi, Mobina Karimi,
Directors : Granaz Moussavi,

Marzieh is a young female actress living in Tehran. The authorities ban her theatre work and, like all young people in Iran, she is forced to lead a secret life in order to express herself ...

Actors : Mahmud Shalaby, Ronit Elkabetz, Moni Moshonov, Dana Ivgy,
Directors : Keren Yedaya,

In the city of Jaffa; a young girl plans to run away with her secret lover, when a tragedy forever changes the course of their lives.

Actors : Marcin Dorocinski, Anna Polony, Agata Buzek, Krystyna Janda,
Directors : Borys Lankosz,

A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. The main character is Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty. Clearly, she lacks a man in her life. Her mother ...

Actors : Ariadna Cabrol, Diana Gómez, Bernat Saumell, Laura Conejero,
Directors : Jesús Garay,

A young woman is hospitalized and in a coma after a serious accident. Through flashbacks we learn of her feelings for another woman.

Actors : Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Muneyoshi Abiko, Takako Tokiwa,
Directors : Yukihiko Tsutsumi,

Childhood friends continue their battle against a dangerous cult.

Actors : Vibhawari Deshpande, Nandu Madhav, Atharva Karve, Mohit Gokhale,
Directors : Paresh Mokashi,

In 1913 India's cinema industry is born from Dadasaheb Phalke's efforts to make Raja Harishchandra (1913), India's first feature-length B&W silent film.