Critically acclaimed movies of 2009

A Single Man(2009)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.



Where the Wild Things Are(2009)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 81

Yearning for escape and adventure, a young boy runs away from home and sails to an island filled with creatures that take him in as their king.



Fish Tank(2009)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.



The Messenger(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 79

An American soldier struggles with an ethical dilemma when he becomes involved with a widow of a fallen officer.



The Damned United(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of the controversial Brian Clough's 44-day reign as the coach of the English football club Leeds United.



I Love You, Man(2009)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding. But, when his insta-bond with his new B.F.F. puts a strain on his relationship with his fiancée, can the trio learn to live happily ever after?



I Am Love(2009)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 78

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.



The Last Station(2009)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 78

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.



Get Low(2009)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 78

A movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.



Julie & Julia(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.



The Informant!(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 77

The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.



Duplicity(2009)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Two ex-government agents turned rival industrial spies have to be at the top of their game when one of their companies prepares to launch a major product. However, they distract each other in more ways than one.



Moon(2009)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.



The Road(2009)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.



Madeo(2009)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Goo Jin, Hye-ja Kim, Je-mun Yun, Bin Won,
Joon-ho Bong,

A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.



Whip It(2009)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 76

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.



Humpday(2009)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 76

Two guys take their bromance to another level when they participate in an art film project.



Vincere(2009)

Combined Rating:
64
Combined Critics Rating: 76

The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.



Watchmen(2009)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 75

In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.



The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus(2009)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting.




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