2009 in film

The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards).

List of years in film

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In home video: 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012

In television: 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012

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Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2009^[1]
Rank	Title	Distributor	Worldwide gross
1.	Avatar	Fox	$2,749,064,328^[2]
2.	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	$934,416,487
3.	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox	$886,686,817
4.	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount	$836,303,693
5.	2012	Columbia	$769,679,473
6.	Up	Disney	$735,099,082
7.	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit	$709,711,008
8.	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	$524,028,679
9.	Angels & Demons	Columbia	$485,930,816
10.	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	$467,483,912

Events

January	22	The 81st Academy Awards nominations are announced with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leading with 13 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. Both films are nominated for Best Picture. Heath Ledger is posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight.
	25	The 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held at the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles.
		Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles.
	31	The 61st Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles.
February	5 – 15	The 59th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Tom Tykwer's The International. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to The Milk of Sorrow. The Silver Bears prizes are awarded to Asghar Farhadi, Best Director, Sotigui Kouyaté, Best Actor and Birgit Minichmayr, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of George Tillman Jr.'s Notorious
	7	The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards is held.
		The 62nd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London.
	21	The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood, California.
	22	The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.
March	29	The 14th Empire Awards ceremony is held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.

May

31- The 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California

July

23 to 2 August – The 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held

December

18- 20th Century Fox unveils its new opening logo after 15 years of the previous one and Avatar became the first film to feature the logo. The logo removed its News Corporation byline in 2013 and it still remains the current opening logo.

Awards

Category/Organization	15th Critics' Choice Awards January 15, 2010	67th Golden Globe Awards January 17, 2010		16th Screen Actors Guild Awards January 23, 2010	63rd BAFTA Awards February 21, 2010	82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010
Category/Organization	15th Critics' Choice Awards January 15, 2010	Drama	Musical or Comedy	16th Screen Actors Guild Awards January 23, 2010	63rd BAFTA Awards February 21, 2010	82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010
Best Film	The Hurt Locker	Avatar	The Hangover	N/A	The Hurt Locker
Best Director	Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker	James Cameron Avatar		N/A	Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Best Actor	Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart		Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes	Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart	Colin Firth A Single Man	Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Best Actress	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side Meryl Streep Julie & Julia	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side	Meryl Streep Julie & Julia	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side	Carey Mulligan An Education	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress	Mo'Nique Precious
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air		N/A	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air	Geoffrey Fletcher Precious
Best Screenplay, Original	Quentin Tarantino Inglourious Basterds	Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air		N/A	Mark Boal The Hurt Locker
Best Animated Film	Up			N/A	Up
Best Original Score	Up Michael Giacchino			N/A	Up Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song	"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart			N/A	N/A	"The Weary Kind" Crazy Heart
Best Foreign Language Film	Broken Embraces	The White Ribbon		N/A	A Prophet	The Secret in Their Eyes

2009 films

Films released in North America in 2009 include:

W: wide release (600 or more theaters)
L: limited release in select cities (fewer than 600 theaters)
R: re-release of previously released film
‡: films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

January–March


Opening			Title	Studio	Cast and crew
J A N U A R Y	2	L	Cargo 200	Disinformation Company	Dir., Aleksei Balabanov; Cast: Agniya Kuznetsova, Leonid Bichevin, Aleksei Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksei Serebryakov
	2	L	Let Them Chirp Awhile	Jonathan Blitstein Enterprises	Dir., Jonathan Blitstein; Cast, Justin Rice, Brendan Sexton III, Laura Breckenridge, Zach Galligan, Pepper Binkley
	3	L	PBS Kids Goes To The Movies (ft. Curious George and Martha Speaks)	Kidtoon Films	Dir., Scott Heming, Frank Marino, Cathy Malkasian (Curious George), Dallas Parker, Colleen Holub (Martha Speaks); Cast: Frank Welker, Tabitha St. Germain
	9	W	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Dir., Gary Winick; Cast, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg, Chris Pratt
			Not Easily Broken	Screen Gems (Sony)	Dir., Bill Duke; Cast, Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Kevin Hart, Wood Harris, Eddie Cibrian, Jenifer Lewis
			The Unborn	Relativity Media / Rogue Pictures / Platinum Dunes	Dir. & Wir, David S. Goyer; Cast, Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, Carla Gugino
	16	W	Hotel for Dogs	DreamWorks Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies	Dir. Thor Freudenthal; Cast: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Troy Gentile, Kyla Pratt, Johnny Simmons, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon
			My Bloody Valentine 3D	Lionsgate	Dir., Patrick Lussier; Cast, Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Tom Atkins
			Notorious	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir., George Tillman Jr.; Cast, Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Antonique Smith, Anthony Mackie, Naturi Naughton, Sean Ringgold, Marc John Jefferies
			Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Columbia Pictures	Dir., Steve Carr; Cast, Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Shirley Knight, Mike Vallely
		L	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Dir., Nikhil Advani; Cast, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey
		L	Cherry Blossoms	Olga Film GmbH	Dir., Doris Dörrie; Cast: Elmar Wepper, Aya Irizuki, Hannelore Elsner, Maximilian Brückner, Nadja Uhl, Birgit Minichmayr
	23	W	Inkheart	New Line Cinema	Dir., Iain Softley; Scr., David Lindsay-Abaire; Cast, Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis
		W	Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Screen Gems	Dir., Patrick Tatopoulos, Cast, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux and Shane Brolly
		R	The Dark Knight	Warner Bros.	Dir., Christopher Nolan; Cast, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Cillian Murphy
		L	Donkey Punch	Magnolia Pictures	Dir., Oliver Blackburn, Cast, Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone, Robert Boulter and Julian Morris
			Ink	Double Edge Films	Dir., Jamin Winans, Cast, Chris Kelly, Quinn Hunchar, Jessica Duffy
			Killshot	The Weinstein Company	Dir., John Madden, Cast, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
			Possession	Vertigo Entertainment	Dir., Joel Bergvall, Cast, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace, Tuva Novotny, Michael Landes, Chelah Horsdal
			Outlander	The Weinstein Company	Dir., Howard McCain, Cast, James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Jack Huston
	30	W	New in Town	Lions Gate Entertainment/The Weinstein Company/Gold Circle Films/Magnolia Pictures	Dir., Jonas Elmer; Pro., Peter Safran, Darryl Taja, Tracey Edmonds, Paul Brooks, Phyllis Laing, Andrew Paquin; Wir., C. Jay Cox, Ken Rance; Cast, Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J. K. Simmons, Nathan Fillion, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Frances Conroy, Rashida Jones, Nancy Drake
			Taken	20th Century Fox	Dir., Pierre Morel; Cast, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen, Goran Kostić, Holly Valance
			The Uninvited	DreamWorks Pictures	Dir., Charles Guard, Thomas Guard; Scr., Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard; Cast, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Maya Massar
		L	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir., Laurent Cantet; Cast, François Bégaudeau
		L	Luck by Chance	Adlabs Films	Dir., Zoya Akhtar; Cast, Farhan Akhtar, Juhi Chawla, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor
F E B R U A R Y	6	W	Coraline	Focus Features	Dir. and Scr., Henry Selick; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, John Hodgman, Keith David, Robert Bailey Jr., Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
			He's Just Not That into You	New Line Cinema	Dir. Ken Kwapis; Scr. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein; Cast, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper
			The Pink Panther 2	MGM/Columbia	Dir. Harald Zwart; Cast, Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Andy García, Aishwarya Rai, John Cleese, Jeremy Irons
			Push	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Paul McGuigan; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou
		L	Fanboys	The Weinstein Company	Dir. Kyle Newman; Cast, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Kristen Bell
	7	L	Bob the Builder: On Site - Skyscrapers	Kidtoon Films / HiT Entertainment	Dir. Steven Feldman, Fred Holmes; Cast, Marc Silk, Lorelei King
	13	W	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Touchstone Pictures	Dir. P.J. Hogan Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
			Friday the 13th	New Line Cinema / Paramount Pictures / Platinum Dunes	Dir. Marcus Nispel Cast: Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti, Aaron Yoo, Danielle Panabaker, Travis Van Winkle
			The International	Columbia Pictures	Dir. Tom Tykwer, Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brían F. O'Byrne
		L	The Secret of Moonacre	IFC Films	Dir. Gábor Csupó; Cast: Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry
		L	Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. James Gray; Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov
	14	L	Billu	Red Chillies	Dir. Priyadarshan; Cast, Shahrukh Khan, Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri
	20	W	Fired Up	Screen Gems	Dir. Will Gluck; Cast, Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, John Michael Higgins
		W	Madea Goes to Jail	Lions Gate	Dir. & Pro Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke, Robin Coleman, Jackson Walker, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Keke Palmer, Benjamín Benítez
		L	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Abramorama	Dir., Sacha Gervasi
	27	W	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Nordisk Film	Dir. Niels Arden Oplev; Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace
			Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Bruce Hendricks; Cast, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift
			Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak; Cast: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Moon Bloodgood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Robin Shou, Taboo
		L	Crossing Over	The Weinstein Company	Dir. Wayne Kramer; Cast: Harrison Ford, Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, Alice Braga, Alice Eve, Ray Liotta
		L	Echelon Conspiracy	After Dark Films	Dir. Greg Marcks; Cast: Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman, Martin Sheen
M A R C H	6	W	Watchmen	Warner Bros. / Paramount Pictures	Dir. Zack Snyder; Scr., Alex Tse; Cast, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Åkerman, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Greg Plitt
		L	Horsemen	Lions Gate Entertainment	Dir. Jonas Åkerlund; Cast: Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi, Clifton Collins Jr., Peter Stormare, Chelcie Ross
			Phoebe in Wonderland	Thinkfilm	Dir. Daniel Barnz; Cast: Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Ian Colletti, Campbell Scott, Bill Pullman, Caitlin Sanchez
			Sherman's Way	International Film Circuit	Dir. Craig Saavedra; Cast: James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Brooke Nevin, Donna Murphy
			Tokyo!	Liberation Entertainment	Dir. Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, Bong Joon-ho; Cast: Yū Aoi, YosiYosi Arakawa, Jean-François Balmer, Julie Dreyfus, Ayako Fujitani, Ayumi Ito, Teruyuki Kagawa
	7	L	Barbie Presents: Thumbelina	Universal / Kidtoon Films	Dir. Conrad Helten, Nishpeksh Mehra; Cast: Kelly Sheridan, Anna Cummer
	13	W	The Last House on the Left	Rogue Pictures	Dir. Dennis Iliadis; Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Martha MacIsaac, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Joshua Cox, Spencer Treat Clark, Usha Khan
			Miss March	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir., Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore; Cast, Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson
			Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures / MGM	Dir., Andy Fickman; Cast, Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino
		L	Brothers at War	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Dir. Jake Rademacher
		L	The Cake Eaters	7–57 Releasing	Dir. Mary Stuart Masterson; Cast: Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley
		‡	Sunshine Cleaning	Overture	Dir. Christine Jeffs; Cast: Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub
	20	W	Duplicity	Universal	Dir. Tony Gilroy, Cast, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Wilkinson
			I Love You, Man	DreamWorks	Dir. and Scr., John Hamburg; Cast: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly, Rob Huebel
			Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Alex Proyas, Cast, Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
		L	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Sean McGinly Cast, John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay
		L	Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast, Paulina Gaitán, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Diana García, Héctor Jiménez, Gerardo Taracena, Luis Fernando Peña
	27	W	12 Rounds	Fox Atomic	Dir. Renny Harlin, Cast, John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian J. White
			The Haunting in Connecticut	Lionsgate / Gold Circle Films	Dir., Peter Cornwell; Cast, Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew
			Monsters vs. Aliens	DreamWorks Animation	Dir., Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman; Cast, Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, Stephen Colbert
		L	The Education of Charlie Banks	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dir., Fred Durst; Cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Chris Marquette, Sebastian Stan
		L	The Cross	Gener8Xion Entertainment	Dir., Matthew Crouch; Cast, Arthur Blessitt

April–June


Opening			Title	Studio	Cast and crew
A P R I L	3	W	Adventureland	Miramax	Dir. Greg Mottola; Cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig
		W	Fast & Furious	Universal	Dir. Justin Lin; Scr. Chris Morgan; Cast, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Brandon T. Jackson
		L	Bart Got a Room	Plum Pictures	Dir. Brian Hecker; Scr. Brian Hecker; Cast, Steven Kaplan, William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat, Chad Jamian Williams, Brandon Hardesty, Dinah Manoff
		L	C Me Dance	Freestyle Releasing	Dir. Greg Robbins; Cast: Christina DeMarco, Greg Robbins, Peter Kent
	4	L	Super Why! and WordWorld Celebrate Earth Day	Kidtoon Films	Dir. Olexa Hewryk (WordWorld)
	8	L	Lymelife	Screen Media Films	Dir. Derick Martini; Scr. Derick & Steven Martini; Cast, Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts, Jill Hennessy, Kieran Culkin, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Derick Martini, Steven Martini, Matthew Martini
	10	W	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Dir. James Wong; Pro. Stephen Chow; Scr. James Wong, Ben Ramsey; Cast, Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun-fat, Ernie Hudson
			Hannah Montana: The Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Peter Chelsom; Cast, Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Lucas Till, Vanessa L. Williams, Margo Martindale, Mitchel Musso, Moisés Arias
			Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Dir. Jody Hill; Cast, Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña
	17	W	17 Again	New Line Cinema	Dir. Burr Steers; Scr. Jason Filardi; Cast, Matthew Perry, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Sterling Knight, Michelle Trachtenberg
			Crank: High Voltage	Lionsgate Films	Dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Cast, Jason Statham, Amy Smart
			State of Play	Universal	Dir, Kevin Macdonald; Cast, Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Jeff Daniels
		L	American Violet	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir. Tim Disney; Cast, Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Xzibit, Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard
		L	Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo; Cast, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Avian
	22	W	Earth	Disneynature / BBC Worldwide	Dir. Alastair Fothergill; Cast, James Earl Jones
	22	W	Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel	Picturehouse Entertainment	Dir. Gareth Carrivick; Cast: Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton, Anna Faris
	24	W	Fighting	Rogue Pictures	Dir. Dito Montiel; Cast, Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Brian J. White, Luis Guzmán, Zulay Henao
			Obsessed	Screen Gems	Dir. Steve Shill; Cast, Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Ron Rogge, Jerry O'Connell
			The Soloist	DreamWorks/Universal	Dir. Joe Wright; Cast, Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Catherine Keener
		L	The Informers	Senator Entertainment	Dir. Gregor Jordan; Cast, Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Brad Renfro, Amber Heard, Aaron Himelstein
M A Y	1	W	Battle for Terra	Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions	Dir. Aristomenis Tsirbas; Cast, Justin Long, Brian Cox, Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, David Cross, Amanda Peet, James Garner, Dennis Quaid, Chris Evans, Danny Glover
			Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	New Line Cinema	Dir. Mark Waters; Scr. Jon Lucas, Scott Moore; Cast, Emma Stone, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer
			X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox	Dir. Gavin Hood; Scr. David Benioff, James Vanderbilt, Scott Silver; Cast, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Taylor Kitsch, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Ryan Reynolds
		L	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Dir. Jim Jarmusch; Isaach de Bankolé, Hiam Abbass, Gael García Bernal, Paz de la Huerta, Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, Jean-François Stévenin, Tilda Swinton, Luis Tosar
		L	The Merry Gentleman	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir. Michael Keaton; Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald
	2	R	Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery	Kidtoon Films / HiT Entertainment	Dir. Steve Asquith; Cast: Pierce Brosnan (final cut), Gwyneth Paltrow (original script)
	8	W	Next Day Air	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Benny Boom; Cast, Donald Faison, Lauren London, Mos Def, Darius McCrary, Mike Epps, Wood Harris, Debbie Allen
		W	Star Trek	Bad Robot Productions / Paramount Pictures / Spyglass Entertainment	Dir. J. J. Abrams; Scr. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci; Cast, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder
		L	Julia	Magnolia	Dir. Erick Zonca; Cast: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould
			Little Ashes	Regent Releasing	Dir. Paul Morrison; Cast, Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover
			Powder Blue	Speakeasy Releasing	Dir. Timothy Linh Bui; Cast: Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta, Lisa Kudrow
			Rudo y Cursi	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Carlos Cuarón; Cast: Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal
	15	W	Angels & Demons	Columbia Pictures	Dir. Ron Howard; Scr. Akiva Goldsman; Cast, Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
		L	The Brothers Bloom	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Rian Johnson; Cast: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, Robbie Coltrane
			Management	Samuel Goldwyn Company	Dir. Stephen Belber; Cast, Steve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, Fred Ward
			Not Forgotten	Anchor Bay Films	Dir. Dror Soref; Cast, Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Ken Davitian
	17	L	Make the Yuletide Gay	Guest House Films	Dir. Rob Williams; Cast, Keith Jordan, Adamo Ruggiero, Hallee Hirsh
	18	L	Dogtooth	Boo Productions	Dir. Yorgos Lanthimos; Cast, Christos Stergioglou, Michelle Valley
	21	W	Terminator Salvation	Warner Bros. / Columbia Pictures	Dir. Joseph McGinty Nichol; Pro. Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver; Scr. John Brancato and Michael Ferris, David Campbell Wilson; Cast, Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Helena Bonham Carter
	22	W	Dance Flick	Paramount Pictures / MTV Films	Dir. Damien Dante Wayans; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier, Chris Elliott
		W	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Dir. Shawn Levy; Cast, Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Jon Bernthal, Patrick Gallagher, Alain Chabat, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Jonas Brothers, Eugene Levy, Brad Garrett
		L	Easy Virtue	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Stephan Elliott; Cast: Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes
			The Girlfriend Experience	Magnolia	Dir. Steven Soderbergh; Cast: Sasha Grey, Chris Santos
			The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Lionsgate	Dir. Terry Gilliam; Cast: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law
			Tormented	Warner Bros.	Dir. Jon Wright; Cast:Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Calvin Dean, Georgia King, Tom Hopper, Larissa Wilson
	29	W	Drag Me to Hell	Universal	Dir. Sam Raimi; Cast, Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Jessica Lucas, David Paymer
		W	Up	Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar	Dir. Pete Docter; Cast, Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, Elie Docter, Jeremy Leary, David Kaye, Mickie McGowan, Danny Mann, Donald Fullilove, Jess Harnell, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter
		L	What Goes Up	3 Kings Productions	Dir. Jonathan Glatzer; Cast, Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, Max Hoffman
		L	The Maiden Heist	Yari Productions	Dir. Peter Hewitt; Cast, Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H. Macy, Marcia Gay Harden
J U N E	5	W	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Dir. Todd Phillips; Cast, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson, Mike Vallely, Matt Walsh, Rob Riggle, Dan Finnerty & The Dan Band
			Land of the Lost	Universal	Dir. Brad Silberling; Cast, Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride and Leonard Nimoy
			My Life in Ruins	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch
		L	After Last Season	Index Square	Dir. Mark Region; Cast, Jason Kulas, Peggy McClellan, Scott Winters
		L	Away We Go	Focus Features	Dir. Sam Mendes; Scr. Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida; Cast, Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Schneider, Carmen Ejogo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan
	6	R	Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!	Kidtoon Films	Dir. Davis Doi; Cast, Scott McNeil, Ashleigh Ball, Tabitha St. Germain, Tracey Moore, Ian James Corlett
	11	L	Doghouse	Alta Films	Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Adele Silva
	12	W	Imagine That	Paramount Pictures / Nickelodeon Movies	Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick; Cast, Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church
		W	The Taking of Pelham 123	Columbia Pictures/MGM	Dir. Tony Scott; Scr. David Koepp; Cast, Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Luis Guzmán, John Turturro
		L	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Robert Kenner; Cast, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan
		L	Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Duncan Jones; Cast, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
	19	W	The Proposal	Touchstone Pictures	Dir. Anne Fletcher; Scr. Pete Chiarelli; Cast, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Malin Åkerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Oscar Nunez, Aasif Mandvi
		W	Year One	Sony Pictures (Columbia)	Dir. Harold Ramis; Scr. Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg; Cast, Jack Black, Michael Cera, Vinnie Jones, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Juno Temple, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Harold Ramis
		L	Dead Snow	IFC Films	Dir. Tommy Wirkola
		L	Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Woody Allen; Cast, Larry David, Ed Begley, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood
	24	W	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks Pictures	Dir. Michael Bay; Scr. Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman; Cast, Shia LaBeouf, Peter Cullen, Tony Todd, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, John Turturro, Tom Kenny, Reno Wilson, Megan Fox, Ramon Rodríguez, Charlie Adler, Frank Welker, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jess Harnell, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Isabel Lucas, Robert Foxworth, Calvin Wimmer, Grey DeLisle, Kevin Michael Richardson
	26	W	My Sister's Keeper	New Line Cinema	Dir. Nick Cassavetes; Scr. Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes; Cast, Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Thomas Dekker
		L	Chéri	Miramax	Dir. Stephen Frears; Cast, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates
			The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Kathryn Bigelow; Scr. Mark Boal; Cast, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Evangeline Lilly, David Morse
			Princess Protection Program	Disney Channel Original Movie	Dir. Allison Liddi-Brown; Scr. Annie DeYoung (teleplay, story), David Morgasen (story); Cast, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Tom Verica, Sully Diaz, Johnny Ray Rodríguez, Jamie Chung, Nicholas Braun, Robert Adamson, Samantha Droke, Kevin G. Schmidt, Talia Rothenberg, Molly Hagan, Dale Dickey, , Brian Tester
			The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Dir. Cyrus Nowrasteh; Cast, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel
			Surveillance	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Jennifer Lynch; Cast, Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, Michael Ironside

July–September


Opening			Title	Studio	Cast and crew
J U L Y	1	W	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios	Dir. Carlos Saldanha; Cast, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Chris Wedge
	3	W	Public Enemies	Universal	Dir. Michael Mann; Cast, Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff, David Wenham, Billy Crudup, Branka Katić, Leelee Sobieski
	3	L	I Hate Valentine's Day	IFC Films	Dir. Nia Vardalos; Cast, Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Judah Friedlander
	10	W	Brüno	Universal	Dir. Larry Charles; Cast, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Bono, Chris Martin, Snoop Dogg, Elton John, Ron Paul, Paula Abdul, Richard Bey, Harrison Ford, Brittny Gastineau, La Toya Jackson, Yossi Alpher, Ghassan Khatib, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Sting (musician), Slash (musician)
		W	I Love You, Beth Cooper	20th Century Fox	Dir. Chris Columbus; Cast, Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London
		L	Blood: The Last Vampire	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir. Chris Nahon; Cast: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki, Liam Cunningham
		L	Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Lynn Shelton; Cast, Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore
	11	R	Sesame Street: Dinosaurs!	Kidtoon Films / Sesame Workshop	Dir. Joey Mazzarino; Cast, Kevin Clash, Martin P. Robinson, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Joey Mazzarino, Peter Linz, Stephanie D'Abruzzo
	17	W	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Dir. David Yates; Cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Helen McCrory, Mark Williams, Warwick Davis, Natalia Tena, Gemma Jones, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch.
		L	Homecoming	Animus Films	Dir., Morgan J. Freeman; Cast, Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup
		‡	(500) Days of Summer	Fox Searchlight	Dir.: Marc Webb; Scr.: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloë Grace Moretz, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Yvette Nicole Brown
	24	W	G-Force	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir., Hoyt Yeatman; Scr., Marianne Wibberley & Cormac Wibberley; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Penélope Cruz
			Orphan	Warner Bros.	Dir., Jaume Collet-Serra; Scr., David Leslie Johnson; Cast, Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
			Los Bandoleros	Universal Pictures	Dir. Vin Diesel; Cast: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Tego Calderón, Don Omar
			The Ugly Truth	Columbia Pictures	Dir. Robert Luketic; Cast, Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville, Eric Winter
		L	The Answer Man	Magnolia Pictures	Dir., John Hindman; Cast, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings, Thomas Roy
			In the Loop	BBC Films/Optimum Releasing/Protagonist Pictures/IFC Films	Dir. Armando Iannucci; Cast, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, Gina McKee, Steve Coogan, David Rasche
			Shrink	Ignite Entertainment	Dir. Jonas Pate; Cast, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Mark Webber, Laura Ramsey
	29	L	Adam	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir., Max Mayer; Cast, Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison
	31	W	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Dir., John Schultz; Scr., Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg; Cast, Carter Jenkins, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Doris Roberts, Austin Butler, Hannah Boettcher
			The Collector	Freestyle Releasing	Dir.: Marcus Dunstan; Cast: Josh Stewart, Michael Reilly Burke, Andrea Roth. Juan Fernández de Alarcon, Karley Scott Collins, Madeline Zima, Robert Wisdom
			Funny People	Universal Pictures / Columbia Pictures	Dir. & Scr., Judd Apatow; Cast, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA
		L	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Dir., Louie Psihoyos
		L	Thirst	Focus Features	Dir., Park Chan-wook; Scr., Park Chan-wook and Seo-Gyeong Jeong; Cast, Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun
A U G U S T	1	R	My Little Pony: A Very Pony Place	Kidtoon Films / Hasbro	Dir. John Grusd; Cast: Kathleen Barr, Adrienne Carter, Anna Cummer, Maryke Hendrikse, Janyse Jaud, Andrea Libman, Erin Mathews, Britt McKillip, Kelly Metzger, Tracey Moore, Tabitha St. Germain, Chantal Strand, Venus Terzo, Cathy Weseluck
	7	W	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount	Dir., Stephen Sommers; Scr., Stuart Beattie; Cast, Channing Tatum, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Arnold Vosloo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
			Julie & Julia	Columbia Pictures	Dir. Nora Ephron; Cast, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Jane Lynch
			A Perfect Getaway	Universal	Dir. David Twohy; Cast: Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Marley Shelton, Steve Zahn, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth
		L	Cold Souls	Journeyman Pictures	Dir. & Scr., Sophie Barthes; Cast, Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose, Boris Kievsky
		L	Paper Heart	Overture Films	Dir., Nicholas Jasenovec; Cast, Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera
	14	W	Bandslam	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Todd Graff; Scrn. Dan Berendsen; Cast, Gaelan Connell, Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Porter
			District 9	TriStar Pictures	Dir. Neill Blomkamp; Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young
			The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Paramount Vantage	Dir. Neal Brennan; Cast: Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro, Craig Robinson
			Ponyo	Walt Disney Pictures / Studio Ghibli	Dir., Hayao Miyazaki; Cast, Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Lily Tomlin, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Jennessa Rose, Kurt Knutsson, Akiko Yano
			The Time Traveler's Wife	New Line Cinema	Dir. Robert Schwentke; Cast: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Jane McLean
		L	Earth Days	Zeitgeist Films	Dir. Robert Stone
			Grace	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dir. Paul Solet; Cast: Jordan Ladd, Gabrielle Rose, Stephen Park
			I Sell the Dead	IFC Films	Dir. Glenn McQuaid; Cast: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm
			It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Davis Guggenheim; Cast: Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
			Spread	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dir. David MacKenzie; Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche
	21	W	Inglourious Basterds	The Weinstein Company / Universal Pictures	Dir., Quentin Tarantino; Cast, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl, B.J. Novak, Julie Dreyfus, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson
			Post Grad	Fox Searchlight	Dir., Vicky Jenson; Cast, Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Rodrigo Santoro, Bobby Coleman, Jane Lynch, Carol Burnett, Michael Keaton
			Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock	Warner Bros.	Dir. Robert Rodriguez; Cast: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings
			X Games: The Movie	ESPN Films	Dir. Steve Lawrence; Cast: Shaun White, Travis Pastrana, Ricky Carmichael, Danny Way, Bob Burnquist
		L	Casi Divas	Maya Entertainment	Dir., Issa López; Cast, Patricia Llaca, Julio Bracho, Maya Zapata
			Art & Copy	Seventh Art Releasing	Dir., Doug Pray; Cast, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Hal Riney
			Five Minutes of Heaven	IFC Films	Dir., Oliver Hirschbiegel; Cast, Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt
			My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Dir., Richard Loncraine, Scr. Charlie Peters; Cast, Renée Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Chris Noth, Logan Lerman, Troy Garity
			World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait; Cast: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara
	28	W	The Final Destination	New Line Cinema	Dir., David R. Ellis; Scr., Eric Bress; Cast, Bobby Campo, Nick Zano, Krista Allen
			Halloween II	Dimension Films	Dir., Rob Zombie; Cast, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Brad Dourif, Margot Kidder
			Taking Woodstock	Focus Features	Dir. Ang Lee; Cast: Demetri Martin, Jonathan Groff, Paul Dano, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
		L	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Dir., Robert D. Siegel; Cast, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan
		L	Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Dir., Dan Eckman; Cast, Donald Glover, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Aubrey Plaza, Bobby Moynihan, Matt Walsh
S E P T E M B E R	4	W	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Dir. Phil Traill; Cast: Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper
			Extract	Miramax	Dir. Mike Judge; Cast: Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins Jr., Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milligan, Beth Grant
			Gamer	Lionsgate	Dir., Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Cast, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Kyra Sedgwick, Ludacris, John Leguizamo, Milo Ventimiglia
		L	American Casino	Argot Pictures	Dir. Leslie Cockburn; Producer: Andrew Cockburn
			Amreeka	National Geographic Cinema Ventures	Dir. Cherien Dabis; Cast, Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem
			Carriers	Paramount	Dir. Àlex Pastor, David Pastor; Cast: Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni
	5	L	Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails	Kidtoon Films / HiT Entertainment	Dir. Greg Tiernan; Cast: Michael Brandon (US), Michael Angelis (UK), Ben Small (UK), Martin Sherman (US)
	9	W	9	Focus Features	Dir. Shane Acker; Cast, Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, Fred Tatasciore, Alan Oppenheimer, Tom Kane, Helen Wilson
	11	W	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Lionsgate	Dir. Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Brian White, Hope Olaide Wilson, Adam Rodríguez, Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye, Frederick Siglar
			Sorority Row	Summit	Dir. Stewart Hendler; Cast. Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher
			Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Dir. Dominic Sena; Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin, Tom Skerritt
		L	Crude	First Run Features	Dir. Joe Berlinger
			Beyond A Reasonable Doubt	Anchor Bay	Dir. Peter Hyams; Cast, Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn
			No Impact Man	Oscilloscope Laboratories	Dir. Laura Gabbert; Cast, Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin
			White on Rice	Variance Films	Dir. Dave Boyle; Cast, Hiroshi Watanabe, James Kyson Lee, Mio Takada, Lynn Chenn
	12	L	Mr. Nobody	Wild Bunch	Dir. Jaco Van Dormael; Cast: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo, Juno Temple
	16	L	35 Shots of Rum	Wild Bunch Distribution	Dir.: Claire Denis; Scr.: Claire Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau; Cast: Mati Diop, Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, Nicole Dogue
			Another Cinderella Story	Disney Channel	Dir.: Damon Santostefano; Scr.: Dylan Sellers, Clifford Werber & Iyssa Goodman; Cast: Selena Gomez, Drew Seeley, Jane Lynch, Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Marcus T. Paulk, Nicole LaPlaca
			The Other Woman	Incentive Film Distribution	Dir.: Don Roos; Scr.: Don Roos; Cast: Natalie Portman, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Cohen, Charlie Tahan, Lauren Ambrose, Kendra Kassebaum, Daisy Tahan, Anthony Rapp, Elizabeth Marvel, Debra Monk, Maria Dizzia
	18	W	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation	Dir., Phil Lord & Chris Miller; Cast, Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte
			The Informant!	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Steven Soderbergh; Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, Jimmy Pardo, Paul F. Tompkins, Clancy Brown
			Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Dir., Karyn Kusama; Cast, Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, J.K. Simmons
			Love Happens	Universal	Dir. Brandon Camp; Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Martin Sheen, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch
		L	Bright Star	Apparition	Dir., Jane Campion; Cast: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster, Kerry Fox, Samuel Barnett
			The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Five & Two Pictures	Dir., Rich Christiano; Cast: Gavin MacLeod, Jansen Panettiere, Frankie Ryan Manriquez, Robert Guillaume
			Splice	Senator Entertainment	Dir., Vincenzo Natali; Cast, Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
	25	W	Fame	Lakeshore Entertainment	Dir. Kevin Tancharoen; Cast, Paul McGill, Debbie Allen, Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer
			Pandorum	Overture	Dir. Christian Alvart; Cast: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Norman Reedus, Cam Gigandet
			Surrogates	Touchstone Pictures	Dir. Jonathan Mostow Pro., David Hoberman; Wri. Michael Ferris; Cast, Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Jack Noseworthy
		L	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Universal Studios	Dir. Mike Clattenburg Pro., Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn, Michael Volpe; Cast, John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith
			Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	IFC Films	Dir./Scr.: John Krasinski; Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton, Chris Messina, Max Minghella, Lou Taylor Pucci, Will Arnett, John Krasinski, Rashida Jones, Glenn Fitzgerald, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, Corey Stoll, Christopher Meloni, Denis O'Hare, Josh Charles, Michael Cerveris, Will Forte, Joey Slotnick, Lucy Gordon, Ben Gibbard, Frankie Faison
			Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir.: Anne Fontaine; Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, Régis Royer, Etienne Bartholomeus, Yan Duffas
			I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Dir. Bob Gosse Pro., Tucker Max, Nils Parker, Richard Kelly; Wri. Tucker Max and Nils Parker; Cast, Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults, Keri Lynn Pratt, Marika Dominczyk, Bill Dawes, Traci Lords

October–December


Opening			Title	Studio	Cast and crew
O C T O B E R	2	W	Capitalism: A Love Story	The Weinstein Company	Dir. Michael Moore
			The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Dir. Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson; Cast: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, Nate Corddry, Jason Bateman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Stephen Merchant
			Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Dir.: Drew Barrymore; Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig, Zoë Bell, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
			Zombieland	Columbia	Dir.: Ruben Fleischer; Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard
		L	A Serious Man	Focus	Dirs.: Joel and Ethan Coen; Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin, Simon Helberg, Fyvush Finkel, Michael Lerner, George Wyner, Steve Park
		L	Jackboots on Whitehall	Vertigo Films	Dirs., McHenry Brothers; Cast, Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Alan Cumming, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, Pam Ferris, Richard Griffiths, Richard E. Grant, Dominic West, Stephen Merchant
	3	L	Barney's Jungle Friends	Kidtoon Films / HiT Entertainment	Dir. Steven Feldman; Cast: Dean Wendt, Carey Stinson, Holly Franklin
	9	W	Couples Retreat	Universal	Dir. Peter Billingsley; Cast: Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Carlos Ponce, Faizon Love, Jean Reno, Ken Jeong
		L	Bronson	Vertigo Films	Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn; Scrs.: Brock Norman Brock & Nicolas Winding Refn; Cast: Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Andrew Forbes
			The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir.: Tom Hooper; Scr.: Peter Morgan; Cast: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall
			Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Dir, Jeff Stilson, Cast; Chris Rock
			Trucker	Monterey Media	Dir./Scr.: James Mottern; Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Jimmy Bennett, Joey Lauren Adams, Benjamin Bratt
		‡	An Education	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir., Lone Scherfig; Scr., Nick Hornby; Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Beard, James Norton
	10	L	Virginia Creepers	Horse Archer Productions	Dir./Scr.: Sean Kotz and Christopher Valluzzo; Cast: Mr. Lobo, Dick Dyszel, John Dimes
	16	W	Triangle	Icon Film Distribution	Dir. Christopher Smith; Cast: Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Rachael Carpani, Henry Nixon, Emma Lung, Liam Hemsworth
			Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Dir. F. Gary Gray; Cast, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Michael Gambon, Viola Davis, Leslie Bibb, Regina Hall, Colm Meaney
			The Stepfather	Screen Gems	Dir., Nelson B. McCormick; Pro., Greg Moordian, Mark Morgan; Wir., J. S. Cardone; Cast, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward
			Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Dir., Spike Jonze; Scr., Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers; Cast, Max Records, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Mark Ruffalo
			Assassin's Creed: Lineage	Ubisoft	Dir. Yves Simoneau; Cast: Romano Orzari
		L	Black Dynamite	Apparition	Dir., Scott Sanders; Cast, Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall
			Janky Promoters	Third Rail	Dir. Marcus Raboy; Cast: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Young Jeezy
			The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Dir.: Sebastián Silva; Scr.: Pedro Peirano & Sebastián Silva; Cast: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic, Andrea García-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Agustín Silva
			Love the Beast	Vivendi Entertainment	Dir. Eric Bana; Cast: Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson, Phil McGraw aka Dr. Phil
	23	W	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Dir., Mira Nair; Scr., Ronald Bass; Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, William Cuddy
			Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Dir., David Bowers; animated voices of, Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Ryan Stiles, Tony Matthews, Madeline Carroll, Sterling Beaumon, Moises Arias, Victor Bonavida
			Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Dir., Paul Weitz; Cast, John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Patrick Fugit, Ray Stevenson, Michael Cerveris, Frankie Faison, Jane Krakowski, Orlando Jones, Kristen Schaal, Salma Hayek
			Saw VI	Lionsgate	Dir., Kevin Greutert; Pro., Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, Leigh Whannell; Wir., Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton; Cast, Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Tanedra Howard
		L	Antichrist	IFC Films	Dir. & Scr.: Lars von Trier; Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
			Ong Bak 2: The Beginning	Magnolia Pictures	Dir., Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai; Cast, Tony Jaa
			Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Dir., Katherine Dieckmann; Cast, Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver, Anthony Edwards
			(Untitled)	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir., Jonathan Parker; Cast, Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Vinnie Jones, Zak Orth
			The Marine 2	WWE Films	Dir. Roel Reiné; Cast: Ted DiBiase Jr., Temuera Morrison, Lara Cox, Robert Coleby, Michael Rooker
	24		Night of the Demons	Seven Arts Pictures	Dir. Adam Gierasch; Cast: Shannon Elizabeth, Monica Keena, Diora Baird, Michael Copon, Bobbi Sue Luther, John F. Beach, Edward Furlong
	24		Halloweenight	Polonia Bros. Entertainment	Dir. Mark Polonia; Cast: Cindy Wheeler, Todd Carpenter, Ken Van Sant, Brian Berry, Bob Dennis, Dave Fife, Matt Satterly, S.A. Diasparra
	28	W	Michael Jackson's This Is It	Columbia Pictures	Dir.: Kenny Ortega; Cast, Michael Jackson
	30	L	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day	Stage 6 Films	Dir., Troy Duffy; Cast, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Julie Benz, Billy Connolly, Peter Fonda
			Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Dir. Jared Hess; W: Jared and Jerusha Hess; S: Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge
			Skin	Jour De Fete	Dir./Scr.: Anthony Fabian; Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
N O V E M B E R	6	W	The Box	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Richard Kelly; Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Gillian Jacobs
			A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Robert Zemeckis; Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Colin Firth, Lesley Manville
			The Fourth Kind	Universal	Dir. Olatunde Osunsanmi; Cast: Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Will Patton, Corey Johnson
			The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Dir. Grant Heslov; Cast: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Rebecca Mader
		L	That Evening Sun	Dogwood Entertainment	Dir./Scr.: Scott Teems; Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston, Barry Corbin, Dixie Carter, Barlow Jacobs, Brian Keith, Anthony Reynolds
		‡	Precious	Lionsgate	Dir., Lee Daniels; Cast, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz
	7	L	My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure	Kidtoon Films / Hasbro	Dir. John Grusd; Cast: Janyse Jaud, Anna Cummer, Chantal Strand, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, Kelly Sheridan, Erin Mathews, Tracey Moore, Keegan Connor Tracy
	13	W	2012	Columbia	Dir. & Scr. Roland Emmerich; Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Morgan Lily, Liam James, Oliver Platt, Tom McCarthy, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Jimi Mistry
		W	The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio	Focus	Dir./Scr.: Richard Curtis; Cast: Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Ifans, Katherine Parkinson, Talulah Riley, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, January Jones, Emma Thompson, Chris O'Dowd, Rhys Darby, Will Adamsdale, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Sinead Matthews, Stephen Moore, Olegar Fedoro, Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly (Ant & Dec)
		L	The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Dir.: Oren Moverman; Scr.: Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman; Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Merritt Wever, Jeremy Strong, Gaius Charles
			Uncertainty	IFC Films	Dir. & Scr.: Scott McGehee & David Siegel; Cast: Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby
			Lesbian Vampire Killers	Momentum Pictures	Dir, Phil Claydon; Cast, James Corden, Mathew Horne
			The Young Victoria	Apparition	Dir., Jean-Marc Vallée Scr., Julian Fellowes Cast Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong
		‡	Fantastic Mr. Fox	20th Century Fox	Dir. and Scr., Wes Anderson; Scr. Noah Baumbach; Cast, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Eric Chase Anderson, Wallace Wolodarsky, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Jarvis Cocker, Helen McCrory, Michael Gambon, Hugo Guinness, Robin Hurlstone
	20	W	The Blind Side	Warner Bros. Pictures	Dir. John Lee Hancock; Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Jae Head, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens, Adriane Lenox
			The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Chris Weitz, Cast, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene
			Planet 51	TriStar Pictures	Dir., Jorge Blanco; Cast, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese, James Corden, Mathew Horne
		L	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look Studios	Dir. Werner Herzog; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit, Brad Dourif
			Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Pedro Almodóvar; Cast: Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave
			Nativity!	E1 Entertainment	Dir.: Debbie Isitt; Cast: Martin Freeman, Pam Ferris, Alan Carr, Jake Pratt, Bessie Cursons, Ricky Tomlinson, various child contestants on Britain's Got Talent
	25	W	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Dir., James McTeigue; Cast, Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune
		W	Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Walt Becker, Cast. John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Bernie Mac, Seth Green, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon, Conner Rayburn, Ella Bleu Travolta, Ann-Margret, Rita Wilson, Amy Sedaris
		L	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Dir.: Richard Linklater; Scr.: Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo, Jr.; Cast: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, James Tupper, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Zoe Kazan
		L	The Road	The Weinstein Co.	Dir., John Hillcoat; Scr., Joe Penhall; Cast, Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce
	27	L	St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Ealing Studios	Dir. Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud, Talulah Riley, Gemma Arterton, Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs, Juno Temple, Celia Imrie, Katherine Parkinson, Tamsin Egerton
D E C E M B E R	4	W	Armored	Screen Gems	Dir., Nimród Antal; Pro., Sam Raimi; Cast, Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia
			Brothers	Lionsgate	Dir.: Jim Sheridan; Scr.: David Benioff; Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard
			Everybody's Fine	Miramax	Dir. Kirk Jones; Cast: Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo
			Transylmania	Full Circle Releasing	Dir. David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand; Cast: James DeBello, Musetta Vander, Tony Denman
		‡	Up in the Air	Paramount Pictures	Dir.: Jason Reitman; Scr.: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner; Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Amy Morton, Sam Elliott, J. K. Simmons, Zach Galifianakis
	5	L	Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas/Olivia's Winter Wonderland	Kidtoon Films	Dir.: Scott Heming, Cathy Malkasian, Jeff McGrath (Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas); Cast: Frank Welker, Emily Gray
	11	W	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood
		L	A Single Man	The Weinstein Company	Dir.: Tom Ford; Scr.: Tom Ford & David Scearce; Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Ginnifer Goodwin, Paulette Lamouri, John Hamm
		‡	The Lovely Bones	Paramount/DreamWorks	Dir. and Scr.: Peter Jackson; Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli, Amanda Michalka
		‡	The Princess and the Frog	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir.: John Musker, Ron Clements, Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett (actor), Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman
	16	‡	Crazy Heart	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir./Scr.: Scott Cooper; Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Beth Grant, Sarah Jane Morris
	18	W	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Dir. and Scr., James Cameron; Cast, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, CCH Pounder
		W	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Columbia	Marc Lawrence (writer & director); Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Elisabeth Moss, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Elliott, Michael Kelly, Kim Shaw
		‡	Nine	The Weinstein Company	Dir., Rob Marshall; Cast, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson
	22	W	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love	Universal Pictures	Dir. John Putch; Cast: Bug Hall, Brandon Hardesty, Kevin M. Horton, Beth Behrs, Melanie Papalia, Jennifer Holland, John Patrick Jordan, Louisa Lytton, Sherman Hemsley, Curtis Armstrong, Jim Wynorski, Rosanna Arquette, Eugene Levy
	23	W	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises	Dir., Betty Thomas; Cast, Jason Lee, David Cross, Zachary Levi, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, Quest Crew, Honor Society, Charice Pempengco
	23	L	The Last Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. & Scr., Michael Hoffman Cast Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti, Kerry Condon, Patrick Kennedy
	25	W	It's Complicated	Universal Pictures	Dir. & Scr., Nancy Meyers; Cast, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, John Krasinski, Rita Wilson, Hunter Parrish, Daryl Sabara, Zoe Kazan
	25	W	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Guy Ritchie; Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, James Fox, Kelly Reilly, Robert Mallet
	30	L	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. & Scr., Michael Haneke; Cast Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Marisa Growaldt
	30	L	The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	Columbia Pictures / Paramount Pictures	Dir., Jodie Markell; Cast, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Jennifer Sipes

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	1	Edmund Purdom	84	Italy	Actor, Director	The Diary of Anne Frank The Egyptian
	2	Steven Gilborn	72	USA	Actor	Dunston Checks In Evolution
	3	Pat Hingle	84	USA	Actor	Batman Hang 'Em High
	3	Olga San Juan	81	USA	Actress, Dancer	Blue Skies Are You with It?
	5	Robert F. Brunner	70	USA	Composer	That Darn Cat! Blackbeard's Ghost
	5	Ned Tanen	77	USA	Producer	The Breakfast Club St. Elmo's Fire
	5	Pat Blymyer	70	Mexico	Chief Lighting Technician	Rush Hour 2 2 Fast 2 Furious
	5	Robert Pariante	75 or 76	Italy	First Assistant Director	The Bird with the Crystal Plumage The Cat o' Nine Tails
	6	Cheryl Holdridge	64	USA	Actress	The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Carousel
	6	John Scott Martin	82	UK	Actor	The Meaning of Life Pink Floyd—The Wall
	8	Don Galloway	71	USA	Actor	The Big Chill Rough Night in Jericho
	12	Claude Berri	74	France	Director, Producer, Writer	Jean de Florette Manon des Sources
	12	Russ Conway	95	USA	Actor	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? The War of the Worlds
	13	Patrick McGoohan	80	Ireland	Actor, Writer	Braveheart Escape from Alcatraz
	14	Ricardo Montalbán	88	Mexico	Actor, Director	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan The Naked Gun
	14	Angela Morley	84	USA	Composer	Star Wars Schindler's List
	17	Susanna Foster	84	USA	Actress, Singer	Phantom of the Opera Glamour Boy
	18	Kathleen Byron	88	UK	Actress	Black Narcissus Scarlet Thread
	21	Charles H. Schneer	88	USA	Producer	Jason and the Argonauts Clash of the Titans
	24	Gerry Crampton	78	UK	Stuntman, Actor	Raiders of the Lost Ark Batman
	25	Kim Manners	58	USA	Assistant Director	Valdez Is Coming Halls of Anger
	26	Darrell Sandeen	78	USA	Actor	L.A. Confidential Blazing Saddles
	31	Clint Ritchie	70	USA	Actor	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Bandolero!
February	6	James Whitmore	87	USA	Actor	Planet of the Apes The Shawshank Redemption
	6	Philip Carey	83	USA	Actor	The Nebraskan Pushover
	7	Molly Bee	69	USA	Singer, Actress	Going Steady Summer Love
	7	Sara Roache	60	UK	Actress	Chariots of Fire
	7	Lesley Brook	91	UK	Actress	The Bells Go Down For You Alone
	9	Robert Anderson	91	USA	Screenwriter	The Nun's Story The Sand Pebbles
	12	George Grenville	88	USA	Film Editor	Iron Eagle Wrong Is Right
	13	Dilys Laye	74	UK	Actress, Writer	Alice in Wonderland A Countess from Hong Kong
	19	Oreste Lionello	81	Italy	Actor	Four Flies on Grey Velvet Totòtruffa 62
	20	Robert Quarry	83	USA	Actor	Count Yorga, Vampire Dr. Phibes Rises Again
	21	Howard Zieff	81	USA	Director	Private Benjamin My Girl
	23	Laurence Payne	89	UK	Actor	Vampire Circus The Tell-Tale Heart
	24	Edward Judd	76	UK	Actor, Readings	O Lucky Man! Sink the Bismarck!
	25	Dennis Radesky	60	USA	Transportation	The Silence of the Lambs Men in Black
	27	John Alvin	91	USA	Actor	Objective, Burma! The Beast with Five Fingers
	27	Alan Saunders	68	USA	Actor	Annie Hall Cop and a Half
March	3	Sydney Chaplin	82	USA	Actor	Limelight Le clan des siciliens
	4	Horton Foote	92	USA	Screenwriter	To Kill a Mockingbird Baby the Rain Must Fall
	5	Kyle Sweet	52	USA	Makeup Artist	The Terminator Ghost
	7	Tullio Pinelli	100	Italy	Writer	La Strada La Dolce Vita
	10	Derek Benfield	82	UK	Actor, Writer	Lifeforce
	10	Jim Burk	76	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Chinatown Hook
	13	Betsy Blair	85	USA	Actress	Marty A Delicate Balance
	15	Ron Silver	62	USA	Actor, Director	Ali Reversal of Fortune
	18	Natasha Richardson	45	UK	Actress	Nell The Parent Trap
	19	Harry Harris	86	USA	Director, Producer
	21	John Cater	77	UK	Actor	The Abominable Dr. Phibes Dr. Phibes Rises Again
	21	John Franklyn-Robbins	84	UK	Actor	Vanity Fair The Golden Compass
	25	Joe Greco	76	USA	Actor	The Untouchables
	25	Kristine Greco	57	USA	Script Supervisor	Titanic Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
	25	Steven Bach	70	USA	Producer, Writer	Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Mr. Billion
	29	Maurice Jarre	84	France	Composer	Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago
	29	Monte Hale	89	USA	Actor, Singer	Home on the Range Yukon Vengeance
	30	Murray Kash	85	UK	Actor, Writer	Thunderball The Pink Panther Strikes Again
April	1	Miguel Ángel Suárez	69	Puerto Rico	Actor	Bananas Stir Crazy
	1	Lou Perryman	67	USA	Actor	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Poltergeist
	3	Tom Smith	88	UK	Makeup Artist	Raiders of the Lost Ark Return of the Jedi
	4	Jody McCrea	74	USA	Actor, Producer	Beach Blanket Bingo Cry Blood, Apache
	5	Wouter Barendrecht	43	Netherlands	Producer	The Goddess of 1967 Springtime in a Small Town
	8	Jane Bryan	90	USA	Actress	Each Dawn I Die Kid Galahad
	9	Shakti Samanta	83	India	Director, Producer	Aradhana Kati Patang
	9	Michael N. Harbour	63	UK	Actor	Sophie's World Wild Geese II
	10	Yevgeny Vesnik	86	Russia	Actor	The Adventures of the Elektronic
	12	Marilyn Chambers	57	USA	Actress	Rabid Behind the Green Door
	14	Peter Rogers	95	UK	Director	Carry On film series
	14	Ben Hartigan	86	USA	Actor, Unit Publicist	The Hunt for Red October Psycho II
	15	Andrew Downie	86	UK	Actor	The Thirty Nine Steps
	18	Michael Crane	72	UK	Actor	Legend
	18	Peter Dennis	75	USA	Actor	Shrek
	19	J. G. Ballard	78	UK	Writer, Actor	Empire of the Sun Crash
	20	Corky Randall	80	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Back to the Future Part III
	22	Ken Annakin	94	UK	Director	Swiss Family Robinson The Longest Day
	22	Jack Cardiff	94	UK	Cinematographer, Director	Black Narcissus The Red Shoes
	25	Beatrice Arthur	86	USA	Actress	Lovers and Other Strangers Mame
	27	Feroz Khan	69	India	Actor	Tarzan Goes to India Dharmatma
May	1	Danny Gans	52	USA	Actor	Bull Durham
	4	Dom DeLuise	75	USA	Actor, Voice Actor	The Cannonball Run An American Tail
	4	Jane Randolph	93	USA	Actress	Railroaded! Cat People
	7	Mickey Carroll	89	USA	Actor	The Wizard of Oz
	11	Dolores Sutton	82	USA	Actress	Tales from the Darkside: The Movie The Trouble with Angels
	15	Charles 'Bud' Tingwell	86	Australia	Actor, Director, Producer	Ned Kelly The Dish
	18	Wayne Allwine	62	USA	Voice actor, third voice of Mickey Mouse	Who Framed Roger Rabbit Fantasia 2000
	20	Lucy Gordon	28	UK	Actress	Perfume Serendipity
	28	Terence Alexander	86	UK	Actor	The Square Peg The Bulldog Breed
	28	Mort Abrahams	93	USA	Producer	Planet of the Apes Goodbye, Mr. Chips
	28	Phil Rawlins	79	USA	Second Unit Director	Gremlins The Wild Bunch
June	3	David Carradine	72	USA	Actor	Kill Bill: Volume 2 Death Race 2000
	3	Shih Kien	96	China	Actor	The Young Master Enter the Dragon
	6	Mary Howard	96	USA	Actress	Abe Lincoln in Illinois Swamp Water
	10	Tenniel Evans	83	UK	Actor	10 Rillington Place
	21	Lorena Gale	51	Canada	Actress	The Butterfly Effect Fantastic Four
	23	Ed McMahon	86	USA	Actor	The Incident Fun with Dick and Jane
	25	Farrah Fawcett	62	USA	Actress	Logan's Run The Cannonball Run
	25	Michael Jackson	50	USA	Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Producer	The Wiz Moonwalker

29	Jan Rubes	89	Canada	Singer, Actor	Witness One Magic Christmas
	30	Harve Presnell	75	USA	Actor, Singer	Fargo Saving Private Ryan
July	1	Karl Malden	97	USA	Actor	A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront
	4	Brenda Joyce	92	USA	Actress	Tarzan and the Amazons The Rains Came
	7	Whitey Hughes	88	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Men in Black Planet of the Apes
	10	Zena Marshall	83	UK	Actress	Dr. No Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
	13	Beverly Roberts	95	USA	Actress	China Clipper Two Against the World
	14	Dal McKennon	89	USA	Actor	The Birds Mary Poppins
	15	Fred Lerner	74	USA	Stuntman, Actor	Die Hard L.A. Confidential
	15	Peggy Ann Clifford	88	UK	Actress	Kind Hearts and Coronets Jabberwocky
	17	Walter Cronkite	92	USA	Broadcaster	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
	24	Harry Towb	83	UK	Actor	Barry Lyndon Patton
	25	Tony Brandt	79	Italy	Assistant Director	The Godfather The Godfather Part II
	26	Traugott Buhre	80	Germany	Actor	Derrick Tatort
	26	Clayton Hill	78	USA	Actor	Dawn of the Dead The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
	29	Joanne Jordan	88	USA	Actress	Written on the Wind Jet Pilot
	31	Jean-Paul Roussillon	78	France	Actor	Monsieur de Pourceaugnac Une hirondelle a fait le printemps
August	4	Blake Snyder	51	USA	Writer, Producer	Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Blank Check
	4	Peter Davies	86	UK	Sound Recordist	The Bridge on the River Kwai Don't Look Now
	5	Budd Schulberg	95	USA	Writer	On the Waterfront A Face in the Crowd
	6	John Hughes	59	USA	Director, Writer, Producer	National Lampoon's Vacation Ferris Bueller's Day Off
	8	Alan Chuntz	82	UK	Actor, Stuntman	Spies Like Us
	9	John Quade	71	USA	Actor, Stuntman	The Outlaw Josey Wales 92 In The Shade
	12	Ruth Ford	98	USA	Actress	Adventure in Iraq Play It As It Lays
	12	Les Paul	94	USA	Musician	The Dream Catcher
	13	John Bentley	92	UK	Actor	The Bonfire of the Vanities The Muppets Take Manhattan
	24	Michael R. Thomas	59	USA	Makeup Artist, Actor	I Am Legend American Gangster
	26	Sadie Corré	91	USA	Actress, Dancer	Return of the Jedi Brazil
	26	Dominick Dunne	83	USA	Producer	Play It as It Lays Ash Wednesday
	28	Wayne Tippit	76	USA	Actor	Nurse Betty JFK
September	1	Patrick Durkin	73	UK	Actor	Raiders of the Lost Ark The Big Sleep
	4	Iain Cuthbertson	79	UK	Actor	Gorillas in the Mist Strictly Sinatra
	4	Carl Reindel	74	USA	Actor	Bullitt Tora! Tora! Tora!
	7	Frank Coghlan, Jr.	93	USA	Actor	The Public Enemy Adventures of Captain Marvel
	8	Ray Barrett	82	Australia	Actor	Australia The Sundowners
	12	Larry Gelbart	81	USA	Screenwriter, Producer	Tootsie Oh, God!
	13	Paul Burke	83	USA	Actor	The Thomas Crown Affair Valley of the Dolls
	13	Tom O'Rourke	65	USA	Actor	American Gangster United 93
	13	Arnold Laven	87	USA	Director	Rough Night in Jericho Sam Whiskey
	14	Patrick Swayze	57	USA	Actor, Dancer	Dirty Dancing Road House
	14	Henry Gibson	73	USA	Actor	The 'Burbs Nashville
	15	Troy Kennedy Martin	77	UK	Writer	The Italian Job Edge of Darkness
	15	John Joyce	70	UK	Actor	Curse of the Pink Panther Morons from Outer Space
	16	Timothy Bateson	83	UK	Actor	Labyrinth Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
	16	Luciano Emmer	91	Italy	Director, Screenwriter	Sunday in August Three Girls from Rome
	17	Dick Durock	72	USA	Actor, Stuntman	Swamp Thing Stand by Me
	18	Pearl Hackney	92	UK	Actress	Yanks There's a Girl in My Soup
	20	Bill Shepard	80	USA	Casting Director	Spaceballs Robin Hood: Men in Tights
	20	Katherine Parr	88	UK	Actress	This Sporting Life Doomwatch
	21	Robert Ginty	60	USA	Actor, Director	The Exterminator Coming Home
	27	Teddy Darvas	84	UK	Editor	Tales from the Crypt The Railway Children
October	6	Bob Westmoreland	74	USA	Makeup Artist	Close Encounters of the Third Kind Invasion of the Body Snatchers
	9	Barry Letts	84	UK	Actor, Producer	The Cruel Sea
	10	Sean Lawlor	55	Ireland	Actor	Trojan Eddie Titanic
	13	Al Martino	82	USA	Actor, Singer	The Godfather The Godfather: Part III
	13	Daniel Melnick	77	USA	Producer	Altered States Blue Streak
	14	Lou Albano	76	USA	Actor, Wrestler	Stay Tuned Wise Guys
	14	Collin Wilcox	74	USA	Actress	To Kill a Mockingbird Jaws 2
	16	Denys Hawthorne	77	UK	Actor	The Russia House
	17	Douglas Blackwell	85	UK	Actor	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Labyrinth
	17	Vic Mizzy	93	USA	Composer	The Ghost and Mr. Chicken The Shakiest Gun in the West
	17	Rosanna Schiaffino	69	Italy	Actress	The Victors Drop Dead Darling
	19	Joseph Wiseman	91	Canada	Actor	Dr. No Detective Story
	20	Hubert Rees	81	UK	Actor	Under Milk Wood Sweeney 2
	23	Lou Jacobi	95	Canada	Actor	My Favorite Year Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
	27	John David Carson	57	USA	Actor	The Day of the Dolphin Pretty Maids All in a Row
November	1	George Simpson	64	USA	Sound Editor	Die Hard with a Vengeance Training Day
	4	David Tree	94	USA	Actor	Goodbye, Mr. Chips Pygmalion
	12	Paul Wendkos	84	USA	Director, Producer	Gidget The Mephisto Waltz
	16	Edward Woodward	79	UK	Actor	Breaker Morant The Wicker Man
	16	Bob Gray	??	UK	Production Manager	Unforgiven Look Who's Talking
	17	Tony Kendall	72	Italy	Actor	Machine Gun McCain Kommissar X
	18	Richard Jones	64	UK	Actor, Construction Crew	Return of the Jedi Labyrinth
	19	Peter Manley	84	UK	Production Supervisor, First Assistant Director	In Search of the Castaways The Slipper and the Rose
December	3	Richard Todd	90	UK	Actor	The Hasty Heart Stage Fright
	3	Nathan Boxer	84	USA	Sound Mixer	The Godfather Part II Apocalypse Now
	4	Bryan O'Byrne	78	USA	Actor	Gunfight in Abilene Marnie
	5	Garfield Morgan	78	UK	Actor	The Odessa File The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
	8	Joan Bridge	97	UK	Costume Designer	The Day of the Jackal Fiddler on the Roof
	9	Gene Barry	90	USA	Actor	The War of the Worlds Thunder Road
	12	Val Avery	85	USA	Actor	The Magnificent Seven Requiem for a Heavyweight
	15	Robert Turturice	60	USA	Costume Designer	Batman and Robin Gia
	15	Phil Bowles	89	USA	Assistant Director	Touch of Evil Pillow Talk
	15	Peter Murton	85	UK	Production Design, Art Director	Dr. Strangelove Stargate
	16	Roy E. Disney	79	USA	Studio Executive	Fantasia 2000
	17	Jennifer Jones	90	USA	Actress	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Duel in the Sun
	17	Alaina Reed Hall	63	USA	Actress, Singer	Cruel Intentions Death Becomes Her
	17	Dan O'Bannon	63	USA	Screenwriter, Director, Actor	Dark Star Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
	17	James Cairncross	93	UK	Actor	Tom Jones
	18	Robert Willoughby	82	France	Photographer	The Graduate Rosemary's Baby
	19	Donald Pickering	76	UK	Actor	Carry On Admiral A Bridge Too Far
	19	Edith Diaz	60	USA	Actress	Born on the Fourth of July
	20	Brittany Murphy	32	USA	Actress, Singer	Clueless Just Married
	20	Shari Rhodes	71	USA	Casting Director	Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Sandlot
	20	Arnold Stang	91	USA	Actor	The Man with the Golden Arm It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
	20	Clarence Thomas	75	USA	Actor	Cocoon Lenny
	21	Marianne Stone	87	UK	Actress	Lolita A Hard Day's Night
	22	Michael Currie	81	USA	Actor	Sudden Impact The Dead Pool
	23	Larry Barbier	86	USA	Still Photographer	Innerspace The Andromeda Strain
	24	Giulio Bosetti	78	Italy	Actor	Il Divo Good Morning, Night
	24	George Michael	70	USA	Actor	The Silence of the Lambs Tin Cup
	30	Perry Wilson	93	USA	Actress	The Matchmaker Fear Strikes Out
	31	Glauco Onorato	73	Italy	Actor	Sunflower La Cage aux Folles II

Publications

Misbach Yusa Biran - Sejarah Film 1900–1950.

References

↑ "2009 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
↑
Box Office Mojo
- Total as of 2013: "Avatar (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. $2,782,275,172
- Special edition: "Avatar (Special Edition)". Retrieved January 30, 2014. North America:$10,741,486; Overseas: $22,469,358

External links

2009 release schedule at Box Office Mojo

2009 films
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