Best Drama movies of 2009

Actors : Chi-Kin Lee, Kin-Fat Lai, Alex Wong, Guthrie Yip,
Directors : Simon Chung,

Stuck in a Christian 'rehabilitation' camp, Ming recalls his double life, a whirlwind of sex and drugs as a rent boy, and a sedate, romantic life with the older and more conservative Yen. ...

Actors : Mahesh Jug al Kishor, Pamela Chong, Kahoe Hon, Elza Irdalynna,
Directors : Yasmin Ahmad,

A talent search competition has matched two hearts - that of Melur, a Malay-mixed girl and an Indian male student, Mahesh. Melur, with her melodious voice, singing whilst playing the piano ...

Actors : Leon Jay Williams, Yuqi Zhang, Daniel Wu, Sheung-ching Lee,
Directors : Stephen Fung,

A farm girl (Kitty Zhang) with dreams of becoming a big time hip-hop martial arts star in the big city gets a job as a janitor at a local dance school.

Actors : Anna Romantowska, Wojciech Pszoniak, Leslaw Zurek, Janusz Gajos,
Directors : Janusz Morgenstern,

Actors : Keshav Nadkarni, Shahana Goswami, Natasha Jain, Atul Kinagi,

A singer faces challenges after falling in love with a woman whose brother is having an affair with his sister.

Actors : Rendy Ahmad, Maudy Ayunda, Azwir Fitrianto, Mathias Muchus,
Directors : Riri Riza,

This movie is an adaptation from a popular novel by the same title, and sequel to Laskar Pelangi. It portrays two village boys with a dream of traveling to Paris, to study at Sorbonne University.

Actors : Candice Day, Naomi Davis, Sash Milne, Allie Hall,
Directors : Nathan Hill,

Five girls kidnap a serial rapist... to seek revenge.

Actors : Kôji Ohkura, Tomoya Nagase, Mayuko Fukuda, Keishi Nagatsuka,
Directors : Michael Arias,

Actors : Ekaterina Davydova-Tongur, Vitaliy Kishchenko, Polina Kutepova, Konstantin Khabenskiy,
Directors : Aleksandr Proshkin,

A drama based on an alleged incident in 1956 Samara, where a young woman who danced with a religious icon was frozen into immobility.

Actors : Archana Kavi, Kailash, Sreedevi Unni, Rima Kallingal,
Directors : Lal Jose,

A woman, seduced by the legend of the blue lotus into believing that her lover truly cares for her, learns hard lessons from life and in the end blossoms as if she herself is the lotus of truth.

Actors : Lee Perkins, Donal Thoms-Cappello, Meg Brogan, Maureen Byrnes,

Washington, DC, 1935: At the height of the Great Depression, a charming and irrepressible young thief is forced to help an icy and mysterious United States Navy spy steal a brand new device...

Actors : Kristen Anderson, Jai Augustus, Ryder Christensen, Matthew Davis,
Directors : John Lansing,

Engine failure over Indonesia causes jet to crash near unpopulated island. Faith in God helps the three twenty-something survivors live through the ordeal of waiting for rescue by those missing them and wanting their return.

Actors : Francesca Inaudi, César Bordón, Guillermo Pfening, Sandra Ceccarelli,
Directors : Stefano Pasetto,

Actors : Alessandra de Rossi, Sid Lucero, Tetchie Agbayani, Mika Aguilos,
Directors : Raya Martin,

Mimicking early silent films, Independencia creates a lush metaphor that plays with cinematic illusions and the cultural and mythical history of the Philippines.

Actors : Tiara Ashleigh, Louis Bernstein, Richard Brooks, Amanda Aardsma,
Directors : Nicholas Harvell,

For the "Dough Boys" every day is a struggle to survive. Determined to make something of their lives, these four friends work any hustle no matter how risky. But when they bite off more ...

Actors : Yung-Feng Lee, Hsin Li, Yun-yun Li, Wasir Chou,
Directors : Tien-Yu Fu,

Actors : Matt O'Leary, Marshall Allman, Jonathan Halyalkar, Sam Murphy,
Directors : Dave Rodriguez,

A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.

Actors : Hayato Ichihara, Yû Shirota, Keisuke Koide, Ryûta Satô,
Directors : Yûichirô Hirakawa,

Futakotamagawa High School HAD a Baseball Club/Team, but because of a fight during one one of their games, they were suspended for a year from all games. Kawato Koichi is the new Literature...

Actors : Josh Odor, Craig Luttrell, Jaclyn Friedlander, Craig Morris,
Directors : Zac Heath,

Jason returns home to study for the bar exam, but instead finds that his purpose in life was not what he'd originally thought.

Actors : Aeious Asin, Aries Pena, Belinda, Madeleine Nicolas,
Directors : Auraeus Solito,

A poet sells his collection of comic books and action figures in order to afford to hire a male stripper on New Years Eve.