Best Drama movies of 2009

Actors : Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, László Mátray, Roberto Giacomello,
Directors : Peter Strickland,

In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been ...

Actors : Jason Kulas, Peggy McClellan, Scott Winters, Casey McDougal,
Directors : Mark Region,

John and Catie accidentally find out the true meaning of Scientology and with the help of their trigger happy war veteran they travel to the planet Zork where they fight throughout legions ...

Actors : Peter Ferdinando, Greg Kam, Ricky Grover, Kerryann White,
Directors : Gerard Johnson,

A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.

Actors : Laura Dern, Jon Foster, Sophie Traub, Russell Crowe,
Directors : John Polson,

A policeman works to figure out whether a violent teen murdered his family.

Actors : Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, Anamaria Marinca, William Hurt,
Directors : Julie Delpy,

A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.

Actors : Doug Barron, Jonathan Allen, Chris Boas, Geoffrey Brown,
Directors : Minos Papas,

When shooting the dawn one morning, photographer Alex Santiago looks into the rising sun and hurts his eyes. As a result, he begins to see spots and blurs. When the spots become a face - an...

Actors : Mert Firat, Emre Karayel, Saadet Aksoy, Lale Mansur,
Directors : Ilksen Basarir,

Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to ...

Actors : Steve Austin, Laura Vandervoort, Donnelly Rhodes, Walton Goggins,
Directors : Jeff King,

An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.

Actors : Lawrence Pressman, Daniel Sauli, Annie Parisse, Sarah Wikenczy,
Directors : Jeremy Davidson,

A man unwillingly tries to get to the bottom of his families dysfunctionality. It all has something to do with the deportation of Jews from Hungary during WWII, something his grandfather ...

Actors : Jean Pierre Noher, Louise Cardoso, Fábio Assunção, Júlia Lemmertz,
Directors : Aluizio Abranches,

Two brothers develop a very close relationship as they are growing up in an idyllic and happy family. When they are young adults their relationship becomes very intimate, romantic, and sexual.

Actors : Clive Russell, Sophie Ward, Jonas Armstrong, Paul Blair,
Directors : John Harrison,

A paranormal expert discovers a house that is at the intersection of so-called "highways" transporting souls in the afterlife.

Actors : Timothy Spall, Maggie Smith, Christopher Villiers, Alex Etel,
Directors : Julian Fellowes,

A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.

Actors : Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina,
Directors : Giuseppe Tornatore,

Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.

Actors : Akshay Kumar, Javed Jaffrey, Ayesha Takia, Girish Karnad,
Directors : Nagesh Kukunoor,

A man with the ability to visit the past by looking at photographs, must solve the mystery behind his father's sudden death.

Actors : Olivia Thirlby, Hilary Duff, Steve Coogan, Josh Peck,
Directors : Jonathan Glatzer,

Set in the mid-80's when a reporter is sent to cover the Challenger Space Shuttle launch only to become mixed up in the lives of some local students.

Actors : Sean Astin, Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Winona Ryder,
Directors : Michael Polish,

An author who returns to his hometown to deliver a commencement address to a class of graduating high school students has to deal with his feelings for an old flame as well as the advances of a student who has the hots for him.

Actors : Marc Blucas, Tammy Blanchard, Thora Birch, Brittany Murphy,
Directors : Sean McConville,

A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.

Actors : Thomas M. Wright, Arthur Angel, Oscar Redding, Paul Ashcroft,
Directors : Jonathan auf der Heide,

The true story of Alexander Pearce, Australia's most notorious convict. In 1822, Pearce and seven fellow convicts escaped from Macquarie Harbour, a place of ultra banishment and punishment,...

Actors : Ryôko Hirosue, Yôsuke Eguchi, Takao Ohsawa, Jun Kaname,
Directors : Kazuaki Kiriya,

Based on a Japanese folk legend that echoes the tale of Robin Hood, this ninja thriller follows the exploits of Goemon Ishikawa (Yôsuke Eguchi), who leaves his fighting clan after its chief...

Actors : Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Nicholson,
Directors : James DeMonaco,

The lives of three residents of New York's Staten Island intersect as they struggle to get ahead.