Top 2009 Movies

240 Titles
Thirst Poster

Thirst

Sang-hyun, a priest working for a hospital, selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine development project intended to eradicate a deadly virus. However, the virus eventually takes over the priest. He nearly dies, but makes a miraculous recovery by an accidental transfusion of vampire blood. He realizes his sole reason for living: the pleasures of the flesh.

53,412 votes
1. 7 imdb
% 73 metacritic
% 81 tomato meter
Dorian Gray Poster

Dorian Gray

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

64,603 votes
2. 6 imdb
% metacritic
% 43 tomato meter
Hotel for Dogs Poster

Hotel for Dogs

Two kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.

25,934 votes
5. 5 imdb
% 51 metacritic
% 46 tomato meter
The Invention of Lying Poster

The Invention of Lying

A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.

154K votes
4. 6 imdb
% 58 metacritic
% 55 tomato meter
Whatever Works Poster

Whatever Works

Attempting to impress his ideologies on religion, relationships, and the randomness (and worthlessness) of existence, lifelong New York resident Boris Yellnikoff rants to anyone who will listen, including the audience. But when he begrudgingly allows naive Mississippi runaway Melodie St. Ann Celestine to live in his apartment, his reclusive rages give way to an unlikely friendship and Boris begins to mold the impressionable young girl's worldly views to match his own. When it comes to love, "whatever works" is his motto, but his already perplexed life complicates itself further when Melodie's parents eventually track her down.

78,338 votes
1. 7 imdb
% 45 metacritic
% 50 tomato meter
My Sister's Keeper Poster

My Sister's Keeper

In Los Angeles, the eleven year old Anna Fitzgerald seeks the successful lawyer Campbell Alexander trying to hire him to earn medical emancipation from her mother Sara that wants Anna to donate her kidney to her sister. She tells the lawyer the story of her family after the discovery that her older sister Kate has had leukemia; how she was conceived by in vitro fertilization to become a donor; and the medical procedures she has been submitted since she was five years old to donate to her sister. Campbell accepts to work pro bono and the obsessed Sara decides to go to court to force Anna to help her sister.

101K votes
3. 7 imdb
% 51 metacritic
% 47 tomato meter
Wake Up Sid Poster

Wake Up Sid

The story of a lazy Mumbai college student who does absolutely nothing, with a turn of events will Sid realize his potential in this world and become a success in the fast-paced life of Mumbai.

31,253 votes
6. 7 imdb
% metacritic
% 80 tomato meter
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest Poster

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Lisbeth Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With help from journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, she must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

71,720 votes
3. 7 imdb
% 60 metacritic
% 54 tomato meter
Universal Soldier: Regeneration Poster

Universal Soldier: Regeneration

Terrorists kidnap the Russian Prime Minister's 2 kids, take Chernobyl nuclear power plant and threaten to blow up a reactor. 4 Universal Soldiers go in but are no match to a Next Gen. UniSol Luc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes in but faces 2 NGUs.

27,085 votes
3. 5 imdb
% 70 metacritic
% tomato meter
Adventureland Poster

Adventureland

In 1987, James Brennan's dreams of a summer European tour before studying at an Ivy League school in New York City are ruined after his parents have a severe career setback. As a result, James must get a summer job to cover his upcoming expenses at the decrepit local amusement park, Adventureland, where he falls in love with a witty co-worker, Emily Lewin. In that bizarrely shady workplace, the young carnies have unforgettable and painful learning experiences about life, love and trust while James discovers what he truly values.

172K votes
8. 6 imdb
% 76 metacritic
% 88 tomato meter
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