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2009 Movies

Take a nostalgic look back at the top movies of 2009, celebrating the films, directors and actors that defined the year and left a lasting legacy in the world of entertainment.

2009 Academy Awards

Sherlock Holmes
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong
Country: United States of America
Outline: Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Mary and Max
Directed by: Adam Elliot
Starring: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries
Country: United States of America
Outline: A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Gran Torino
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
Country: United States of America
Outline: Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Moon
Directed by: Duncan Jones
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw
Country: United States of America
Outline: 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 Wrestler
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Mark Margolis
Country: United States of America
Outline: A faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Directed by: David Fincher
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond
Country: United States of America
Outline: Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences.
Zombieland
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Abigail Breslin
Country: United States of America
Outline: A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.
The Blind Side
Directed by: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Quinton Aaron, Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Jae Head
Country: United States of America
Outline: The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
Watchmen
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman
Country: United States of America
Outline: 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.
A Single Man
Directed by: Tom Ford
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult
Country: United States of America
Outline: An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
Ten Inch Hero
Directed by: David Mackay
Starring: Elisabeth Harnois, Clea DuVall, Sean Patrick Flanery, Jensen Ackles
Country: United States of America
Outline: An artist gets a job at a beachside sandwich shop, where she hangs out with a techie, a flirt, a rocker, a hippie, and a Wiccan.
Law Abiding Citizen
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
Starring: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney
Country: United States of America
Outline: A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.
Invictus
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Tony Kgoroge, Patrick Mofokeng
Country: United States of America
Outline: Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
The Road
Directed by: John Hillcoat
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall
Country: United States of America
Outline: In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea.
RocknRolla
Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba, Thandie Newton
Country: United States of America
Outline: In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs, attracting some of the city's scrappiest tough guys and its more established underworld types, all of whom are looking to get rich quick. While the city's seasoned criminals vie for the cash, an unexpected player -- a drugged-out rock 'n' roller presumed to be dead but very much alive -- has a multi-million-dollar prize fall into...