Director: Mira Nair
Writers: Ronald Bass, Anna Hamilton Phelan
Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Virginia Madsen, Christopher Eccleston, Mia Wasikowska
Plot: A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Genre: Biography | Drama
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Plot: A grieving couple retreats to their cabin ‘Eden’ in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Genre: Drama | Horror
Release Date: October 23, 2009
Director: John Hillcoat
Writers: Joe Penhall, Nick Wechsler
Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Plot: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food–and each other.
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Directors: Faith Akin, Yvan Attal, Alan Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Scarlett Johansson, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Martson, Mira Nair, Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner, Jiang Wen, Andrey Zvyaginstev
Writers: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Alexandra Cassavetes, Hu Hong, Shunji Iwai, Olivier Lecot, Joshua Marston, Suketu Mehta, Yao Meng, Anthony Minghella, Jeff Nathanson, Natalie Portman, Stephen Winter, Andrei Zvyagintsev
Cast: Drea De Matteo, Kevin Bacon, Justin Bartha, Maggie Q, Orlando Bloom, James Caan, Hayden Christensen, Blake Lively, Julie Christie, Bradley Cooper, Chris Cooper, Drea de Matteo, Eddie D’vir, Carla Gugino, Ethan Hawke, John Hurt, Irfan Khan, Shia LaBeouf, Cloris Leachman, Natalie Portman, Rachel Bilson, Shu Qi, Christina Ricci, Olivia Thirlby, Goran Visnjic, Eli Wallach, Saul Williams, Robin Wright Penn, Anton Yelchin, Burt Young, Ugur Yucel
Plot: An anthology film joining several love stories set in one of the most loved cities of the world, New York.
Genre: Drama | Romance
Release Date: October 16, 2009
Director: Drew Barrymore
Writer: Shauna Cross
Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Julieete Lewis, Eve, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern, Drew Barrymore
Plot: In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Scott Burns
Cast: Matt Damon, Frank Welker, Melanie Lynskey, Scott Bakula, Patton Oswalt
Plot: The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
Genre: Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Release Date: October 9, 2009
Director: Scott Hicks
Writer: Allan Cubitt
Cast: Clive Owen, Laura Fraser, Emma Booth, Tommy Bastow, George MacKay, Erik Thomson, Emma Lung
Plot: A sports writer becomes a single parent in tragic circumstances.
Genre: Drama
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Director: John Lee Hancock
Writer: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Rhoda Griffis, Ray McKinnon, Quinton Aaron
Plot: The remarkable true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by the Touhys, a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Living in his new environment, the teen faces a completely different set of challenges to overcome.
Genre: Drama | Sport
Release Date: November 20, 2009
Director: Jon Amiel
Writer: John Collee
Cast: Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch
Plot: English naturalist Charles Darwin struggles to find a balance between his revolutionary theories on evolution and the relationship with religious wife, whose faith contradicts his work.
Genre: Drama | Biography
Release Date: TBA 2009
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers: Roland Emmerich, Harald Kloser
Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Thomas McCarthy, Woody Harrelson, Chin Han, Morgan Lily, Beatrice Rosen
Plot: With the Mayan calendar ending in 2012, a large group of people must deal with natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, typhoons and glaciers.
Genre: Drama
Release Date: November 13, 2009
Director: Nimrod Antal
Writer: James V. Simpson
Cast: Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Skeet Ulrich, Amaury Nolasco, Andre Jamal Kinney, Milo Ventimiglia, Fred Ward, Columbus Short
Plot: A guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $10 million.
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Release Date: December 4, 2009
Director: Rebecca Miller
Writer: Rebecca Miller
Cast: Robin Wright Penn, Julianne Moore, Wynona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Alan Arkin, Monica Bellucci, Blake Lively
Plot: After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown.
Genre: Drama
Release Date: November 27, 2009
Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan
Plot: Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
Genre: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller
Release Date: December 11, 2009
Director: Cédric Klapisch
Writer: Cédric Klapisch
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Romain Duris, Melanie Laurent, Fabrice Luchini, Francois Cluzet, Karin Viard
Plot: Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment. When Elise, his sister with three kids and no husband, moves in to his place to care for him, Pierre does not change his new habits. And instead of dancing himself, it is Paris and the Parisians who dance before his eyes.
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Release Date: September 18, 2009
Director: Michael Meredith
Writer: Michael Meredith
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges, Kate Mara, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen
Plot: Movie centers on the adult son of a baseball legend who, together with his girlfriend, embarks on a road trip with his estranged father.
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Release Date: August 28, 2009
Director: Peter Hyams
Writer: Peter Hyams
Cast: Michael Douglas, Amber Tamblyn, Jesse Metcalfe, Orlando Jones, Joel David Moore
Plot: Remake of the 1956 film noir film “Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” in which a writer’s plan to expose a corrupt district attorney takes an unexpected turn.
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Director: Richard Eyre
Writer: Bernhard Schlink
Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas, Romola Garai
Plot: The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.
Genre: Drama
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Director: Sophie Barthes
Writer: Sophie Barthes
Cast: Paul Giamatti, David Strathairn, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, Lauren Ambrose, Katheryn Winnick
Plot: Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Uncle Vanya. Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to alleviate suffering by deep-freezing souls. Giamatti enlists their services, intending to reinstate his soul once he survives the performance. But complications ensue when a mysterious, soul-trafficking mule borrows Giamatti’s stored soul for an ambitious, but unfortunately talentless, soap-opera actress. Rendered soulless, he is left with no choice but to follow the trail back to St. Petersburg.
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Release Date: August 7, 2009
Director: Nora Ephron
Writer: Nora Ephron
Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond
Plot: The film follows Powell, a government employee who decides to cook her way through legendary cook Julia Child’s classic cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in one year’s time out of her small Queens kitchen. Powell blogs her daily experiences, gaining a loyal following along the way.
Genre: Biography | Drama
Release Date: August 7, 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: Ole Christian Madsen
Writers: Ole Christian Madsen, Lars Andersen
Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind, Mille Lehfeldt
Plot: A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
Genre: Comedy | Drama | Thriller
Release Date: July 31, 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: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writer: David Leslie Johnson
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
Plot: A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.
Genre: Drama | Horror | Mystery
Release Date: July 24, 2009
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer: Nick Hornby
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Dominic Cooper, Rosamund Pike, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, Cara Seymour, Matthew Beard, Sally Hawkins
Plot: A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Genre: Drama
Release Date: October 9, 2009