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Best Movies of 2009

The highest-rated films released in 2009, ranked by TMDB user score among titles with at least 500 votes.

📊 A century of movies in numbers 242 titlesavg ★ 6.56 avg 105 min Drama Comedy Thriller Action

Most watched in 2009

Avatar2009 · ★ 7.6 · 2h 42m

Inglourious Basterds2009 · ★ 8.2 · 2h 33m

Up2009 · ★ 8.0 · 1h 36m

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009 · ★ 7.7 · 2h 33m

The Hangover2009 · ★ 7.3 · 1h 40m

Sherlock Holmes2009 · ★ 7.2 · 2h 9m

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#1 Inglourious Basterds (2009) · ★ 8.2 · 24,844 votes · 2h 33m · thriller, drama, war
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 scalpi…
#2 Prayers for Bobby (2009) · ★ 8.1 · 653 votes · 1h 29m · tv-movie, drama, history
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling…
#3 Up (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 22,197 votes · 1h 36m · comedy, adventure, animation
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…
#4 Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 7,343 votes · 1h 33m · drama, family
Professor Wilson discovers a lost Akita puppy on his way home. Despite objections from his wife, Hachi endears himself to the family and grows to be Parker's loyal companion. As th…
#5 The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 2,947 votes · 2h 10m · thriller, drama, mystery
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator Benjamín begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed’s rape and m…
#6 3 Idiots (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 2,846 votes · 2h 51m · comedy, drama
Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish sch…
#7 The Cove (2009) · ★ 8.0 · 698 votes · 1h 32m · documentary
The Cove tells the amazing true story of how an elite team of individuals, films makers and free divers embarked on a covert mission to penetrate the hidden cove in Japan, shining…
#8 Coraline (2009) · ★ 7.9 · 9,460 votes · 1h 40m · fantasy, horror, animation
Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy,…
#9 Mary and Max (2009) · ★ 7.9 · 2,343 votes · 1h 32m · comedy, drama, animation
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 livin…
#10 Castaway on the Moon (2009) · ★ 7.9 · 749 votes · 1h 59m · comedy, romance, drama
Mr. Kim is jobless, lost in debt and has been dumped by his girlfriend. He decides to end it all by jumping into the Han River – only to find himself washed up on a small, mid-rive…
#11 Mr. Nobody (2009) · ★ 7.8 · 6,377 votes · 2h 21m · romance, drama, science-fiction
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.…
#12 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) · ★ 7.8 · 6,314 votes · 1h 27m · comedy, adventure, animation
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 again…
#13 Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) · ★ 7.8 · 1,042 votes · 1h 52m · action, drama, science-fiction
Under constant attack by monstrous creatures called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind, U.N. Special Agency NERV introduces two new EVA pilots to help defend the city of Tokyo…
#14 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) · ★ 7.8 · 805 votes · 1h 26m · drama
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.…
#15 Home (2009) · ★ 7.8 · 574 votes · 1h 35m · drama, family, documentary
In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangere…
#16 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 21,213 votes · 2h 33m · fantasy, adventure
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.…
#17 The Blind Side (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 7,008 votes · 2h 9m · drama
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.…
#18 Mother (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 1,739 votes · 2h 9m · drama, crime, mystery
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.…
#19 Partly Cloudy (2009) · ★ 7.7 · 1,133 votes · 0h 6m · comedy, fantasy, animation
Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people sculpt babies from clouds and…
#20 Avatar (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 34,759 votes · 2h 42m · action, fantasy, adventure
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.…
#21 Moon (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 6,527 votes · 1h 37m · drama, science-fiction
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpect…
#22 A Prophet (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 1,780 votes · 2h 35m · drama, crime
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the ot…
#23 Sin Nombre (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 806 votes · 1h 36m · action, thriller, drama
Sayra, an Indigenous Latina American teenage girl from Honduras, Central America, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged f…
#24 Desert Flower (2009) · ★ 7.6 · 504 votes · 2h 7m · drama
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN sp…
#25 District 9 (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 10,674 votes · 1h 52m · science-fiction
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, t…
#26 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 3,333 votes · 2h 32m · thriller, drama, crime
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the ma…
#27 The White Ribbon (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 1,176 votes · 2h 24m · drama, mystery
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.…
#28 Summer Wars (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 1,070 votes · 1h 54m · science-fiction, animation
Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90t…
#29 Prison Break: The Final Break (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 752 votes · 1h 29m · action, thriller, drama
Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to…
#30 Redline (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 577 votes · 1h 42m · action, science-fiction, animation
A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the…
#31 About Elly (2009) · ★ 7.5 · 570 votes · 1h 59m · drama
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.…
#32 Star Trek (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 10,760 votes · 2h 7m · action, adventure, science-fiction
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based…
#33 Watchmen (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 10,302 votes · 2h 43m · action, science-fiction, mystery
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murde…
#34 Law Abiding Citizen (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 5,874 votes · 1h 49m · thriller, drama, crime
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 attorne…
#35 My Sister's Keeper (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 2,307 votes · 1h 49m · drama
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…
#36 Cell 211 (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 1,395 votes · 1h 48m · action, thriller, drama
The story of two men on different sides of a prison riot -- the inmate leading the rebellion and the young guard trapped in the revolt, who poses as a prisoner in a desperate attem…
#37 I Killed My Mother (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 1,180 votes · 1h 40m · drama
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episode…
#38 This Is It (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 1,108 votes · 1h 51m · music, documentary
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.…
#39 Blood and Bone (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 904 votes · 1h 33m · action, thriller, drama
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.…
#40 The Secret of Kells (2009) · ★ 7.4 · 787 votes · 1h 19m · fantasy, animation, family
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, B…