Best Movies of 2009
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Best Movies of 2009
TOP Movies: Avatar (2009), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Precious (2009), Coraline (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Up (2009), The Proposal (2009), A Single Man (2009), Brothers (2009), 2012 (2009), A Christmas Carol (2009), My Sister's Keeper (2009), The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), The Ugly Truth (2009), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), An Education (2009), 17 Again (2009), Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), The Messenger (2009).
List of Best Movies
1.5M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, alien, culture clash, alien planet, beautiful scenery, creature, space and aliens, battles, ecology, interspecies romance, alien encounter, space travel ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 20th century, 22nd century, distant future ...
Place:
iran, space western
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. ...
Style:
suspense, breathtaking, inspirational, atmospheric, witty ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
world war two, nazism, nazi, war, vengeance, dark humor, alternate history, working undercover, violence, dialogue, violent, blood ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
paris france, france, germany, america, europe
Is relevant?
120K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set in Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, ...
Style:
depressing, emotional, inspirational, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
rape, dysfunctional family, coming of age, poverty, teacher, sexual abuse, illiteracy, african american, domestic violence, aids, child abuse, parents and children ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
new york, america, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
As Harry begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as 'Property of the Half-Blood Prince', and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, saga, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, magic, harry potter, magical, witchcraft, wizard, good versus evil, school, betrayal, chosen one, wizards and magicians, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1997, year 1996, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe
Is relevant?
297K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, ...
Style:
gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
stop motion, children, monster, parallel world, alternate reality, fantasy world, secret place, heroine, imagination, doll, danger, young heroes ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
oregon, michigan, usa, north america, texas
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Style:
talky, humorous, fairy tale, cerebral, adult animation ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, teens, date night ...
Plot:
stop motion, anthropomorphic animal, unlikely partners, heroic mission, dishonesty, danger, talking animal, furry, fox, anthropomorphism, animal life, relatives ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives ...
Style:
touching, feel good, inspirational, sweet, tear jerker ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
dog, loneliness, unlikely friendships, friendship, follow your dream, friends, journey, obsessive quest, hopes, giant bird, wilderness, imagination ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, iran, venezuela, latin america, mount everest ...
Is relevant?
393K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
love story, love, wedding, enemies to lovers, happy ending, workplace romance, love and romance, fake marriage, initially antagonists, relationships, boss and employee, opposites attract ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, new york, usa, boston, canada ...
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122K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Adapted from a 1964 novel of the same name, the film follows a day in the life of George Falconer, a British college professor reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will ...
Style:
sexy, touching, sincere, emotional, visually appealing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, depression, homosexuality, loneliness, gays and lesbians, lgbt, broken heart, lgbtq, homosexual, grief, death, glbt ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, year 2009, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, cuba, usa, london ...
Is relevant?
170K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style:
touching, tense, melancholic, clever, suspense ...
Plot:
family drama, presumed dead, war, american soldier, adultery, marine, marital infidelity, brothers, released from prison, murder, dysfunctional family, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
Is relevant?
419K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, tsunami, forces of nature, humanity in peril, cataclysm, destruction, human existence, chaos ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, year 2010, year 2012 ...
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, british columbia, london, pasadena california ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge ...
Style:
feel good, christmas special, colorful, light, christmas classics ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, preschool ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, ghost, scrooge, redemption, christmas spirit, snow, christmas eve, regret, victorian england, greed, life changing experience ...
Time:
victorian era, future, year 2009, 1800s, 1830s ...
Place:
england, europe, britain, turkey, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. But their family is rocked by sudden, heartbreaking news that forces them to make a difficult and unorthodox choice in order to save their baby girl's life. The ...
Style:
touching, sad, sentimental, heartbreaking, tear jerker ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, family drama, sisters, parenthood, lawyer, relationships, mother daughter relationship, sick child, life is a bitch, hospital, leukemia ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa, los angeles, montana
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, 3d animation, visually stunning, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
food, inventor, nerd, natural disaster, father son relationship, small town, mad scientist, greed, fall in love, parents and children, hot dog, save the world ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, new york, paris france, china, egypt ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sweet, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time, love story, love and romance, time traveler, time loop, love affair, true love, time paradox, couple relations, fall in love, impossible love ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 20th century, year 1995, 90s ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, sexy, funny, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
love story, battle of the sexes, relationships, opposites attract, love and romance, womanizer, enemies to lovers, workplace, looking for love, office romance, best friends in love, flirting ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, sacramento california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, light, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, giant, superhero, monster, giantess, evil alien, mad scientist, robot, mutant, giant robot, space and aliens ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, japan, bay area, usa, paris france ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and ...
Style:
romantic, touching, atmospheric, teen, saga ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, vampire human love, supernatural romance, supernatural, supernatural power, high school, love story, transformation, teen romance, teenage girl, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
washington state, italy, washington d.c., usa, tuscany
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141K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Style:
realistic, sexy, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
age difference, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, lolita, teenage life, teenager, love, self discovery, direction and purpose, older man young girl relationship, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 1900s, 60s, year 1961
Place:
london, paris france, france, united kingdom, britain ...
Is relevant?
231K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On the brink of a midlife crisis, 30-something Mike O'Donnell wishes he could have a "do-over." And that's exactly what he gets when he wakes up one morning to find he's 17 years old again. With his adult mind stuck inside ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, teen, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot:
high school, youth, body swapping, teenage life, popularity, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, coming of age, high school life, transformation, high school sports, teenage girl ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 80s, year 1989, future ...
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty dinosaurs.
Style:
humorous, funny, computer animated, 3d animation, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dinosaur, jungle, talking animal, fantasy world, ice age, friendship, birth, rescue, parenthood, bonding, animal life, iceberg ...
Time:
prehistoric times, prehistory, 20th century, year 2009, 2000s
Place:
antarctic
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Will Montgomery (Ben Foster), a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson), to give notice to the families of ...
Style:
touching, sincere, depressing, sad, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
military, soldier, redemption, honest, character study, bereavement, human nature, officer, jihad, relationships, wartime, friendship ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
iraq, bosnia, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
Style:
uplifting, sincere, inspirational, christian film, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
medical, african american, against the odds, neurosurgeon, human spirit, medicine, surgeon, ambition, biopic, medical school, physician, doctor ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
cuba, usa, detroit, west germany
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134K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, psychological thriller, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mind game, plot twist, twists and turns, psychology, puzzle, survival, surveillance, manipulation, confinement indoors, group of strangers, psychologist, intrigue ...
Time:
year 2009, future
Is relevant?
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, summer job, friendship, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, youth, misfit, young adult ...
Time:
year 2009, year 1987, 2000s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, boston, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Style:
sentimental, emotional, teen, intense, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
musician's life, music, coming of age, the beatles, follow your dream, rock and roll, biopic, childhood, prodigy, musician, adolescence, rock ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2009 ...
Place:
england, europe, new zealand, hamburg germany, liverpool ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: UK, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
Style:
dark, emotional, psychological, suspense, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
afterlife, serial killer, pedophile, murder mystery, rape, loss of daughter, teenage girl, missing child, death in the family, family drama, loss of family member, murderer ...
Time:
70s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1973, 2000s
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, delaware
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
stylized, entertaining, breathtaking, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
violence, revenge, lone hero, tough guy, sex scene, hitman, sexual content, outdoor sex, murder of a nude woman, voyeur, assassin, one man army ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, tokyo
Is relevant?
158K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been ...
Style:
cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time:
year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
Is relevant?
477K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
In the tradition of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” comes this refreshing comedy about a rebellious prankster with a crafty mind and a heart of gold. Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like ...
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, funny, touching, educational ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
friendship, motivation, coming of age, rebelliousness, friends, teachers and students, talented, student life, twists and turns, life philosophy, buddies, heartwarming ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
india, delhi, middle east, asia
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