Director: David Yates
Writer: Steve Kloves
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Natalia Tena, Julie Walters, David Thewlis, Evanna Lynch, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Jim Broadbent, Helen McCrory, Jessie Cave, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Frank Dillane

Plot: As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously “This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince” and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort’s dark past.

Genre: Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance

Release Date: July 17, 2009

Director: Jonas Pate
Writer: Thomas Moffett
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Griffin Dunne, Robin Williams, Pell James, Robert Loggia, Keke Palmer, Laura Ramsey, Gore Vidal, Dallas Roberts, Mark Webber, Jesse Plemons, Ashley Greene

Plot: Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA’s top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.

Genre: Drama

Release Date: July 24, 2009

Director: Morgan J. Freeman
Writer: Frank Hannah
Cast: Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup, Michael Landes

Plot: A jilted ex-girlfriend has a plan in store for her former beau, who is coming back to his small town with a new lover.

Genre: Horror | Thriller

Release Date: July 17, 2009

Director: Dan Mazer
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alice Evans, Trishelle Cannatella, Sandra Seeling, Ben Youcef

Plot: Flamboyant Austrian fashionista Brüno takes his show to America.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: July 10, 2009

Director: Hoyt Yeatman
Writers: The Wibberleys, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Tim Firth
Cast: Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan

Plot: A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world.

Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Release Date: July 24, 2009

Director: Chris Columbus
Writer: Chris Columbus
Cast: Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London

Plot: A nerdy valedictorian proclaims his love for the hottest and most popular girl in school – Beth Cooper (Panettiere) – during his graduation speech. Much to his surprise, Beth shows up at his door that very night and decides to show him the best night of his life.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: July 10, 2009

Director: Judd Apatow
Writer: Judd Apatow
Cast: Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA, Aubrey Plaza, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow

Plot: George is a very successful stand up comedian who learns that he has an untreatable blood disorder and is given less than a year to live. Ira is a struggling up-and-coming stand up comedian who works at a deli and has yet to figure out his onstage persona. One night, these two perform at the same club and George takes notice of Ira. George hires Ira to be his semi-personal assistant as well as his friend.

Genre: Comedy | Drama

Release Date: July 31, 2009

Director: Marc Webb
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael Weber
Cast: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Rachel Boston, Matthew Gray Gubler, Chloe Moretz

Plot: An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman (Deschanel) who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man (Gordon-Levitt) who falls for her.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: July 17, 2009

Director: Robert Luketic
Writers: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Cheryl Hines, Bree Turner, Nate Corddry, Eric Winter, Bonnie Somerville

Plot: A romantically challenged morning show producer (Heigl) is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent (Butler) to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

Genre: Comedy | Romance

Release Date: July 24, 2009

Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Benjamin Hickey, Ramon Rodriguez, Isabel Lucas, John Turturro

Plot: Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to protect humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Release Date: June 26, 2009

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Michael Berg, Peter Ackerman
Cast: Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah

Plot: In “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” much-loved characters from the worldwide blockbusters “Ice Age” and “Ice Age: The Meltdown” are back, on an incredible adventure… for the ages. Scrat is still trying to nab the ever-elusive nut (while, maybe, finding true love); Manny and Ellie await the birth of their mini-mammoth, Sid the sloth gets into trouble when he creates his own makeshift family by hijacking some dinosaur eggs; and Diego the saber-toothed tiger wonders if he’s growing too “soft” hanging with his pals. On a mission to rescue the hapless Sid, the gang ventures into a mysterious underground world, where they have some close encounters with dinosaurs, battle flora and fauna run amuck – and meet a relentless, one-eyed, dino-hunting weasel named Buck.

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family

Release Date: July 1, 2009

Director: Michael Mann
Writers: Ronan Bennett, Michael Mann, Ann Biderman, Mark St. Germain
Cast: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Giovanni Ribisi, Billy Crudup, Stephen Dorff, Rory Cochrane, Stephen Lang, David Wenham, Stephen Graham, Channing Tatum, Jason Clarke

Plot: The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Genre: Crime / Drama

Release Date: July 1, 2009

Director: Harold Ramis
Writers: Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
Cast: Jack Black, Michael Cera, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Hank Azaria

Plot: When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Black and Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world.

Genre: Adventure | Comedy

Release Date: June 19, 2009

Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Sofia Vassilieva, Joan Cusack, Jason Patric

Plot: A former attorney returns to the courtroom after a young teen learns the truth behind her conception, and looks to be emancipated from her parents.

Genre: Drama

Release Date: June 26, 2009

Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore, Todd Phillips, Jeremy Garelick
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor

Plot: A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him.

Genre: Comedy

Release Date: June 5, 2009

Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Writer: Bob Peterson
Cast: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Jordan Nagai

Plot: In this “coming of old age” story, a seventysomething hero, alongside his clueless wilderness ranger sidekick, travels the globe, fighting beasts and villains, and eating dinner at 3:30 in the afternoon.

Genre: Animation

Release Date: May 29, 2009

Director: Tony Scott
Writer: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman, Michael Rispoli, James Gandolfini

Plot: Armed men hijack a New York subway train in demand of a hefty ransom. As the authorities try to negotiate with the hostage takers they wonder how the hijackers plan to get away.

Genre: Thriller

Release Date: June 12, 2009

Director: J.J. Abrams
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
Cast: Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Bruce Greenwood, Winona Ryder, Rachel Nichols, Jennifer Morrison, Chris Hemsworth, Clifton Collins Jr., Ben Cross, Tyler Perry

Plot: A chronicle of the early days of James T. Kirk and his fellow USS Enterprise crew members.

Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi

Release Date: May 8, 2009