Best movies of 2009

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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Matthew Walker, Henry Phillips, Ellen Ratner, Wade Kelley,
Directors : Gregori Viens,

Winner of the Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, this realistic comedy tells the story of Henry Phillips, a hapless modern day troubadour who grinds his way through the ...

Actors : Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Michael Dorman, Jack Taylor,
Directors : Christopher Smith,

The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.

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 : John Bell, Connie Nielsen, Jack Gleeson, Aidan Quinn,
Directors : Vic Sarin,

A lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself.

Actors : John Hollingworth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth,
Directors : Oliver Parker,

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

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 : Kevin Corrigan, Justin Rice, Pat Healy, Kristen Tucker,
Directors : Bob Byington,

A physical comedy about yearning

Actors : Henny Trayles, Gabriel Goity, María Onetto, Arturo Goetz,
Directors : Natalia Smirnoff,

An older housewife discovers she has a knack for solving puzzles.

Actors : Harry Dean Stanton, Justin Timberlake, 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 : Olivia Thirlby, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham,
Directors : John Hindman,

A reclusive author of spiritual books is pursued for advice by a single mother and a man fresh out of rehab.

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.

Actors : Kaarina Hazard, Jukka Keinonen, Esko Roine, Heikki Nousiainen,
Directors : Klaus Härö,

With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless...