Best movies of 2009

Actors : Trenton Rogers, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Morgan Lily,
Directors : Ken Kwapis,

The Baltimore-set movie of interconnecting story arcs deals with the challenges of reading or misreading human behavior.

Actors : Jordana Brewster, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez,
Directors : Justin Lin,

Brian O'Conner, back working for the FBI in Los Angeles, teams up with Dominic Toretto to bring down a heroin importer by infiltrating his operation.

Actors : Nathaniel Brown, Cyril Roy, Olly Alexander, Paz de la Huerta,
Directors : Gaspar Noé,

A French drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.

Actors : Alba Rohrwacher, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti,
Directors : Luca Guadagnino,

Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.

Actors : Greta Gerwig, Mary Woronov, Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan,
Directors : Ti West,

In 1983, financially struggling college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

Actors : Brendan Gleeson, Evan McGuire, Mick Lally, Christen Mooney,

A young boy in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids is beckoned to adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives with an ancient book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers.

Actors : James McAvoy, Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti,
Directors : Michael Hoffman,

A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things.

Actors : Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Zac Efron,
Directors : Burr Steers,

Mike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.

Actors : Abigail Breslin, Cameron Diaz, Walter Raney, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Nick Cassavetes,

Anna Fitzgerald looks to earn medical emancipation from her parents who until now have relied on their youngest child to help their leukemia-stricken daughter Kate remain alive.

Actors : Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson,
Directors : Michael Bay,

Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.

Actors : Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson, Nicolas Cage,
Directors : Alex Proyas,

M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.

Actors : Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Michelle Nolden,
Directors : Robert Schwentke,

A Chicago librarian has a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, creating complications in his marriage.

Actors : Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sandro Dori,
Directors : Rob Marshall,

Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.

Actors : David Bradley, Charlie Creed-Miles, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer,
Directors : Daniel Barber,

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.

Actors : James Rebhorn, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella, James Marsden,
Directors : Richard Kelly,

A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.

Actors : Peter Sarsgaard, CCH Pounder, Isabelle Fuhrman, Vera Farmiga,
Directors : Jaume Collet-Serra,

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9 year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.

Actors : Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Max Thieriot,
Directors : Atom Egoyan,

A doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband, whom she suspects of cheating, though unforeseen events put the marriage in danger.

Actors : Larry David, Henry Cavill, Adam Brooks, Evan Rachel Wood,
Directors : Woody Allen,

A middle-aged, misanthropic divorcée from New York City surprisingly enters a fulfilling, Pygmalion-type relationship with a much younger, unsophisticated Southern girl.

Actors : Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb, Dwayne Johnson,
Directors : Andy Fickman,

A Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a UFO expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.

Actors : Imelda Staunton, Demetri Martin, Henry Goodman, Edward Hibbert,
Directors : Ang Lee,

A man working at his parents' motel in the Catskills inadvertently sets in motion the generation-defining concert in the summer of 1969.