Best Drama movies of 2009

Actors : Elia Suleiman, Ali Suliman, Maisa Abd Elhadi, Saleh Bakri,
Directors : Elia Suleiman,

An examination of the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 through to the present day.

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Mia Wasikowska, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins,
Directors : Scott Teems,

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.

Actors : Derek Luke, Momo Dione, Anthony Mackie, Jamal Woolard,
Directors : George Tillman Jr.,

The life and death story of Notorious B.I.G. (a.k.a. Christopher Wallace), who came straight out of Brooklyn to take the world of rap music by storm.

Actors : Lars Eidinger, Nicole Marischka, Birgit Minichmayr, Hans-Jochen Wagner,
Directors : Maren Ade,

While on a Mediterranean vacation, a seemingly happy boyfriend and girlfriend find their connection to one another tested as they bond with another couple.

Actors : Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm,
Directors : Lars von Trier,

A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Actors : Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Michael Moshonov, Oshri Cohen,
Directors : Samuel Maoz,

During the First Lebanon War in 1982, a lone tank and a paratroopers platoon are dispatched to search a hostile town.

Actors : Anne Consigny, Daniel Brühl, Ulrich Tukur, Steve Buscemi,
Directors : Florian Gallenberger,

A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.

Actors : Dahong Ni, Ni Yan, Xiao Shen-Yang, Honglei Sun,
Directors : Yimou Zhang,

The owner of a Chinese noodle shop's scheme to murder his adulterous wife and her lover goes awry.

Actors : Ye Liu, Hideo Nakaizumi, Wei Fan, Yuanyuan Gao,
Directors : Chuan Lu,

In 1937, Japan occupied Nanjing, the Chinese capital. There was a battle and subsequent atrocities against the inhabitants, especially those who took refuge in the International Security Zone.

Actors : Edward Norton, Henry Max Nelson, Lucy DeVito, Keri Russell,
Directors : Tim Blake Nelson,

An Ivy League professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown, where his twin brother, a small-time pot grower, has concocted a scheme to take down a local drug lord.

Actors : Sami Bouajila, Sotigui Kouyaté, Roschdy Zem, Brenda Blethyn,
Directors : Rachid Bouchareb,

Two strangers come to discover the fate of their respective children in the 2005 terrorist attacks on London.

Actors : Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan,
Directors : Peter Jackson,

Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.

Actors : Jennifer Beals, Francis Renaud, Sandrine Bonnaire, Kevin Kline,
Directors : Caroline Bottaro,

Middle-aged chambermaid Hélène's newfound obsession with the game of chess leads her to seek the tutelage of a reclusive American expat, transforming both of their ho-hum lives in the ...

Actors : Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan,
Directors : Sherry Hormann,

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, 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 ...

Actors : Robin Hill, Robert Hill, Julia Deakin, David Schaal,
Directors : Ben Wheatley,

A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.

Actors : Julie Sokolowski, Karl Sarafidis, Yassine Salime, David Dewaele,
Directors : Bruno Dumont,

The aspirant nun Céline vel Hadewijch is invited to leave the convent where she studies and she returns to the house of her mother in Paris. Céline meets her outcast Muslim teenage friend ...

Actors : Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne,
Directors : Max Mayer,

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Actors : Kristen Bell, Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel,
Directors : Kyle Newman,

Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) before its release.

Actors : Shabnam Toloui, Arita Shahrzad, Pegah Ferydoni, Orsolya Tóth,

Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Actors : Sasha Grey, Chris Santos, Philip Eytan, Colby Trane,
Directors : Steven Soderbergh,

A drama set in the days leading up to the 2008 Presidential election, and centered on a high-end Manhattan call girl meeting the challenges of her boyfriend, her clients, and her work.