Best Drama movies of 2009

Actors : André Marcon, Jane Birkin, Jacques Bonnaffé, Sergio Castellitto,
Directors : Jacques Rivette,

Biopic based on the life of author Raymond Roussel.

Actors : Shaun Evans, Barry Pepper, Jimmy Yuill, Q'orianka Kilcher,
Directors : Marc Forby,

The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.

Actors : Léa Seydoux, Elina Löwensohn, Bruno Todeschini, Sylvie Testud,
Directors : Jessica Hausner,

In order to escape her isolation, wheelchair-bound Christine makes a life changing journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrenees Mountains.

Actors : Anne Consigny, Sabine Azéma, Emmanuelle Devos, André Dussollier,
Directors : Alain Resnais,

A wallet lost and found opens the door to romantic adventure for Georges and Marguerite. After examining the ID papers of its owner, it is not a simple matter for Georges to turn the red ...

Actors : Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing, Alice Gautier, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing,
Directors : Mia Hansen-Løve,

A film producer struggles with suicidal despair.

Actors : Nicolas Bro, Thure Lindhardt, Morten Holst, David Dencik,
Directors : Nicolo Donato,

Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when it's discovered.

Actors : Amber Tamblyn, Joel David Moore, Jesse Metcalfe, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Remake of the 1956 film noir film "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" in which a writer's plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn.

Actors : Eric Bana, Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Humphries,
Directors : Adam Elliot,

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.

Actors : Rooney Mara, Georgia King, Amy Ferguson, Brie Larson,

Tanner Hall is a vivid peek into the private world of an all-girls boarding school. In a cozy, but run down New England, the knot of adolescent complexity is unraveled through the coming of age stories of four teen-age girls.

Actors : Clovis Cornillac, Marie Bunel, Gérard Depardieu, Jacques Gamblin,
Directors : Claude Chabrol,

A well known Parisian inspector becomes involved in an investigation while on holiday.

Actors : Bruce MacVittie, Chris Bachand, Scott Allegrucci, John Hawkes,
Directors : Chris Ordal,

In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork ...

Actors : Cindy Cheung, Michael Chen, Crystal Chiu, Stephen Gevedon,
Directors : Tze Chun,

Two young children living illegally in a model apartment outside Boston are left to fend for themselves when their hardworking mother disappears.

Actors : Neil Nitin Mukesh, Irrfan Khan, John Abraham, Katrina Kaif,
Directors : Kabir Khan,

It's story about three students studying at the New York State University whose lives are changed by 9/11 and its aftermath.

Actors : Rishi Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Waheeda Rehman, Sonam Kapoor,
Directors : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra,

A story about love, hope and self-discovery set in the walled city of Delhi (zip code 6) and its chaotic but touching life that forces us to ask questions about ourselves.

Actors : Iben Hjejle, Billy Roche, Aidan Quinn, Ciarán Hinds,
Directors : Conor McPherson,

In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.

Actors : Anne Consigny, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Yvan Attal,
Directors : Lucas Belvaux,

A rich industrialist is brutally kidnapped. While he physically and mentally degenerates in imprisonment, the kidnappers, police and the board of the company of which he is director negotiate about the ransom of 50 million euro.

Actors : Anita Hegh, Hugo Weaving, John Brumpton, Tom Russell,
Directors : Glendyn Ivin,

A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law for committing a violent crime.

Actors : Iddo Goldberg, Michiel Huisman, Fernando Tielve, Déborah François,
Directors : Alexis Dos Santos,

The quirky story of Vera and Axl who both live in the same London warehouse but whose paths never cross until fate steps in.

Actors : Justin Timberlake, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen, Ted Danson,
Directors : Michael Meredith,

Movie centers on the adult son of a baseball legend who, together with his girlfriend, embarks on a road trip with his estranged father.

Actors : Alberto Ammann, Manuel Morón, Antonio Resines, Luis Tosar,
Directors : Daniel Monzón,

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 attempt to survive the ordeal.