Best movies of 2009

Actors : Raini Rodriguez, Kevin James, Keir O'Donnell, Jayma Mays,
Directors : Steve Carr,

When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

Actors : Jennifer Garner, Emma Stone, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Mark Waters,

While attending his brother's wedding, a serial womanizer is haunted by the ghosts of his past girlfriends.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, Jesse Eisenberg, Michael Douglas,

A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

Actors : Steven Mackintosh, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen,
Directors : Patrick Tatopoulos,

An origins story centered on the centuries-old feud between the race of aristocratic vampires and their onetime slaves, the Lycans.

Actors : Alexandria M. Salling, Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, Naomi Watts,
Directors : Rodrigo García,

A drama centered around three women: A 50-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption 35 years ago, and an African American woman looking to adopt a child of her own.

Actors : Scott Porter, Vanessa Hudgens, Aly Michalka, Gaelan Connell,
Directors : Todd Graff,

A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Actors : Armand Schultz, Dina Korzun, Emily Watson, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Sophie Barthes,

Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.

Actors : Stephanie Bishop, Eric Cantona, Gerard Kearns, Steve Evets,
Directors : Ken Loach,

Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.

Actors : Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley, Linh Dan Pham,
Directors : Jaco Van Dormael,

A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.

Actors : Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Malin Akerman, Jon Favreau,
Directors : Peter Billingsley,

A comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.

Actors : Don Cheadle, Lisa Kudrow, Jake T. Austin, Emma Roberts,
Directors : Thor Freudenthal,

Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.

Actors : Elias Koteas, Milla Jovovich, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Will Patton,
Directors : Olatunde Osunsanmi,

A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.

Actors : Rick Yune, Joon Lee, Rain, Naomie Harris,
Directors : James McTeigue,

A young ninja turns his back on the orphanage that raised him, leading to a confrontation with a fellow ninja from the clan.

Actors : Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott, Justin Long, Dwayne Johnson,

An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.

Actors : Jean Reno, Andy Garcia, Steve Martin, Emily Mortimer,
Directors : Harald Zwart,

Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.

Actors : Alden Ehrenreich, Vincent Gallo, Silvia Pérez, Maribel Verdú,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

Bennie travels to Buenos Aires to find his long-missing older brother, a once-promising writer who is now a remnant of his former self. Bennie's discovery of his brother's near-finished play might hold the answer to understanding their shared past and renewing their bond.

Actors : Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen, Bryan Greenberg, Kate Hudson,
Directors : Gary Winick,

Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Actors : Clifton Collins Jr., Amy Smart, Jason Statham, Dwight Yoakam,

Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.

Actors : Giovanni Ribisi, Luke Wilson, James Caan, Gabriel Macht,
Directors : George Gallo,

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

Actors : Nick Zano, Krista Allen, Bobby Campo, Andrew Fiscella,
Directors : David R. Ellis,

After a young man's premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.