Top Movies of 2009


The top movies of 2009 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

121. The House of the Devil

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ti West
Actors: Jocelin Donahue, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace
Plot: In the early 1980s, Sam, a young co-ed, looks to make some extra cash for an apartment of her own by picking up a babysitting job. When an elderly couple promises to pay Sam a substantial sum for one evening's work, the job seems just what she's looking for. But what about that lunar eclipse everyone keeps talking about? And isn't the house awfully far down that lonely country road in the woods? And how is it such an old couple needs a babysitter anyway...?

122. State of Play

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Rachel McAdams, Russell Crowe, Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Robin Wright Penn, Helen Mirren
Plot: An investigative reporter on the uncovering the mystery behind a series of brutal murders finds himself tangled in the highest echelons of political and corporate giants.

123. The Brothers Bloom

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Rachel Weisz, Mark Ruffalo, Adrien Brody, Robbie Coltrane, Rinko Kikuchi, Nora Zehetner
Plot: Two expert con men decide to take on one last job: showing a beautiful, eccentric heiress the time of her life while traveling the world.

124. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Coolidge, Brad Dourif
Plot: A detective battles his addictions in post-Katrina New Orleans while investigating the deaths of five immigrants.

125. Fish Story ( Fisshu sutôrî )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Actors: Vincent Giry, Gaku Hamada, Atsushi Itô, Kengo Kôra, Mirai Moriyama, Yoshihiro Nagata

126. Where the Wild Things Are

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Catherine Keener, Forest Whitaker, Catherine O'Hara, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Lauren Ambrose
Plot: Based on the popular book by Maurice Sendak, when Max is sent to bed without supper, he creates his own world populated by wild beasts who crown Max their new king.

127. Phoebe in Wonderland

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Daniel Barnz
Actors: Felicity Huffman, Caitlin Sanchez, Ian Colletti, Tessa Albertson, Max Baker, Patricia Clarkson
Plot: A girl unwilling or unable to except the rule-obsessed society looks to her unconventional drama teacher for help even as her own mother looks to her for inspiration.

128. Me and Orson Welles

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Richard Linklater
Actors: Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron, Eddie Marsan, Christian McKay, James Tupper
Plot: A teenager is cast in the Mercury Theatre production of "Julius Caesar" directed by a young Orson Welles in 1937.

129. Broken Embraces ( abrazos rotos, Los )

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, José Luis Gómez, Tamar Novas, Rubén Ochandiano
Plot: After an accident took from him his sight and his love, writer Mateo Blanco increasingly turns to his pseudonym, Harry Caine, eventually erasing all traces of his old life. But what begins as a simple bedtime story for a child turns into an emotional roller-coaster, forcing him to once again face his true self.

130. Diary of a Tired Black Man

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tim Alexander
Actors: Jimmy Jean-Louis, Paula Lema, Tim Alexander, Natasha M. Dixon, Shavsha Israel, Shavonne Sciarillo

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