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Theme: Films of 2009

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The Sky Has Fallen (2009)

31 December 201317 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Zombie Apocalypse

Director: Doug Roos
Category: Horror

Snow White (2009)

8 October 201019 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Fairy-Tale Ballet Adaptation

Director: Angelin Preljocaj
Category: Fantasy

Solomon Kane (2009)

21 July 201020 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Puritan Era Sword and Sorcery/Robert E. Howard Adaptation

Director: M.J. Bassett
Actors: James Purefoy, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Pete Postlethwaite, Mackenzie Crook, …
Category: Fantasy

Someone’s Knocking at the Door (2009)

21 May 201014 November 2023

Rating: ★★½

Demonic Rapists

Director: Chad Ferrin
Actors: Noah Segan, Ricardo Gray, David Z. Stamp, Timothy Muskatell, …
Category: Horror

Sorority Row (2009)

13 April 201122 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Sorority House Slasher Film

Director: Stewart Hendler
Actors: Leah Pipes, Briana Evigan, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, …
Category: Horror

Stan Helsing: A Parody (2009)

2 November 200921 July 2021

Rating: ★½

Horror Parody

Director: Bo Zenga
Actors: Steve Howey, Diora Baird, Leslie Nielsen, Kenan Thompson, …
Category: Horror

Star Trek (2009)

12 May 20098 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Eric Bana, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Steam Experiment (2009)

9 July 20159 May 2024

Rating: ★★

Imprisonment Thriller

Director: Philippe Martinez
Actors: Val Kilmer, Armand Assante, Eric Roberts, Patrick Muldoon, …
Category: Horror

The Stepfather (2009)

2 November 200920 December 2021

Rating: ★

Psycho Stepfather

Director: Nelson McCormick
Actors: Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Amber Heard, Paige Turco, …
Category: Horror

Storm Warriors (2009)

18 November 201415 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang
Actors: Aaron Kwok, Ekin Cheng, Simon Yam, Nicholas Tse, …
Category: Fantasy

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

30 April 201031 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Actors: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Chris Klein, Robin Shou, …
Category: Fantasy

Strigoi (2009)

23 September 201131 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Romanian Vampire Film

Director: Faye Jackson
Actors: Catalin Paraschiv, Camelia Maxim, Constantin Barbulescu
Category: Horror

Summer Wars (2009)

12 March 201112 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Amok A.I./Family Saga

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

3 July 201022 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Tim Daly, Kevin Conroy, Clancy Brown, Allison Mack, …
Category: Science Fiction

Surrogates (2009)

2 November 200931 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Future Where People Inhabit Avatar Bodies

Director: Jonathan Mostow
Actors: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Survival of the Dead (2009)

30 July 20105 December 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Zombies

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Alan Van Sprang, Kenneth Welsh, Richard Fitzpatrick, Athena Karkanis, …
Category: Horror

Surviving Evil (2009)

6 January 201224 April 2020

Rating: ★

Filipino Vampire Monsters

Director: Terence Daw
Actors: Billy Zane, Natalie Mendoza, Christina Cole, Louise Barnes, …
Category: Horror

Tell-Tale (2009)

21 September 201019 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Possessed Transplant Organ

Director: Michael Cuesta
Actors: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller, …
Category: Horror

Temptation (2009)

2 July 201024 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Lesbian Vampires

Director: Catherine Taylor
Actors: Caroline Haines, Laura Evans
Category: Horror

Terminator Salvation (2009)

6 June 20098 September 2024

Rating: ★★

War Against the Machines

Director: McG
Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)

25 July 201126 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Eric Bossick, Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Science Fiction

The Thaw (2009)

24 July 20114 April 2023

Rating: ★★½

Prehistoric Flesh-Eating Insects

Director: Mark A. Lewis
Actors: Val Kilmer, Martha MacIsaac, Aaron Ashmore, Viv Leacock
Category: Science Fiction

Thirst (2009)

13 August 200914 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Korean Vampire Film

Director: Park Chan-Wook
Actors: Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-vin, Kim Hae-suk, Park In-hwan, …
Category: Horror

The Three Investigators in the Secret of Terror Castle (2009)

21 April 201515 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Juvenile Detectives Investigate a Spooky Mansion

Director: Florian Baxmeyer
Actors: Chancellor Miller, Cameron Monaghan, Nick Price, Jonathan Pienaar, …
Category: Horror

The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)

20 October 200927 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

Time Travel Romance

Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Arliss Howard, Tatum McCann, …
Category: Science Fiction

T.M.A. (2009)

28 August 20105 February 2024

Rating: ★★★

Czech Ghost Story

Director: Juraj Herz
Category: Horror

Tormented (2009)

7 May 20183 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Bullied Schoolkid’s Retribution From Beyond the Grave

Director: Jon Wright
Actors: Tuppence Middleton, Alex Pettyfer, Calvin Dean, Olly Alexander, …
Category: Horror

A Town Called Panic (2009)

16 April 20105 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Stop-Motion Animated Plastic Toys/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Actors: Vincent Patar, Stephane Aubier, Jeanne Balibar, Benoit Poelvoorde, …
Category: Fantasy

Town Creek (2009)

14 November 201014 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Nazi Vampire

Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Henry Cavill, Dominic Purcell, Michael Fassbender, Shea Whigham, …
Category: Horror

Toys in the Attic (2009)

23 September 20122 January 2023

Rating: ★★½

Stop-Motion Animation/The Secret Life of Toys

Director: Jiri Barta, Vivian Schilling
Category: Fantasy

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

30 June 200922 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Ramon Rodriguez, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transmorphers: Fall of Man (2009)

19 August 202020 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Robot Invasion

Director: Scott Wheeler
Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Jennifer Rubin, Shane Van Dyke, Amy Van Horne
Category: Science Fiction

Transylmania (2009)

3 July 20107 May 2025

Rating: 0­

Frat Rat Horror Comedy

Director: David Hillenbrand, Scott Hillenbrand
Actors: Oren Skoog, Musetta Vander, Paul Hansen Kim, Patrick Cavanaugh, …
Category: Horror

Triangle (2009)

7 February 201112 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Timeloop

Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Melissa George, Michael Dorman, Liam Hemsworth, Rachael Carpani
Category: Fantasy, Horror

The Turn of the Screw (2009)

31 July 201414 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psychological Ghost Story

Director: Tim Fywell
Actors: Michelle Dockery, Eva Bayer, Josef Lindsay, Dan Stevens, …
Category: Horror

U Be Dead (2009)

14 November 200914 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

True-Life Female Stalker

Director: Jamie Payne
Actors: David Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Lucy Griffiths, Monica Dolan, …
Category: Horror

The Unborn (2009)

5 May 20109 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Haunting/Possession

Director: David S. Goyer
Actors: Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, …
Category: Horror

Under the Mountain (2009)

22 September 201321 December 2023

Rating: ★★½

Twins vs Alien Nasties

Director: Jonathan King
Actors: Sam Neill, Oliver Driver, Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, …
Category: Science Fiction

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009)

20 March 200918 December 2022

Rating: ★

Vampire-Werewolf War

Director: Patrick Tatopoulos
Actors: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra, Steven Mackintosh, …
Category: Horror

The Uninvited (2009)

4 April 200928 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Haunting/Asian Horror Remake

Director: The Guard Brothers
Actors: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, …
Category: Horror

Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)

15 August 201029 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Undead Super-Soldiers/Action

Director: John Hyams
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei The Pit Bull Arlovski, Kerry Shale, …
Category: Science Fiction

Up (2009)

12 September 200916 November 2024

Rating: ★★★★½

Pixar Animation/Old Man Goes on an Adventure

Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Actors: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson, …
Category: Fantasy

Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2009)

31 January 201026 May 2025

Rating: ★★½

Remote Motel Torture and Sadism

Director: Eric Bross
Actors: Agnes Bruckner, David Moscow, Scott G. Anderson, Trevor Wright, …
Category: Horror

Valhalla Rising (2009)

31 May 201120 May 2022

Rating: ★★½

Mystical Viking Film

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Actors: Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Gary Lewis, Gary McCormack
Category: Fantasy

Vampire Girl vs Frankenstein Girl (2009)

24 August 201122 November 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Japanese Splatter Film

Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Actors: Yukie Kamamura, Takumi Saito, Kanji Tsuda, Jiji Bu, …
Category: Horror

The Vintner’s Luck (2009)

10 August 201021 December 2023

Rating: ★★½

Angel Aids Winemaker

Director: Niki Caro
Actors: Jeremie Renier, Gaspard Ulliel, Vera Farmiga, Keisha Castle-Hughes, …
Category: Fantasy

Virginia Creepers (2009)

19 June 20105 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Horror Hosts Documentary

Director: Sean Kotz, Chris Valluzzo
Category: Horror

Watchmen (2009)

8 March 20091 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Malin Akerman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)

2 November 20099 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Boy Frolics With Friendly Monsters

Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, …
Category: Fantasy

Whitechapel (2009)

25 August 20099 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: S.J. Clarkson
Actors: Rupert Penry Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton, Christopher Fulford, …
Category: Horror

Wonder Woman (2009)

27 January 20116 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Animation/DC Comics Superheroine

Director: Lauren Montgomery
Actors: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Virginia Madsen, …
Category: Fantasy

Written By (2009)

19 May 201015 October 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Meta-Fiction

Director: Wai Ka Fai
Actors: Lau Ching Wan, Kelly Lin
Category: Fantasy

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

29 April 200916 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, …
Category: Science Fiction

YatterMan (2009)

19 May 201129 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Anime TV Series in Live-Action/Gonzo Giant Robot Heroics

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Sho Sakurai, Kyoko Fukada, Saki Fukuda, Sadao Abe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Year One (2009)

30 January 201017 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Cavemen Stumble Through the Old Testament Comedy

Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Jack Black, Michael Cera, David Cross, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Fantasy

Zombie Women of Satan (2009)

11 September 202411 September 2024

Rating: ★

Freakshow Troupe vs Zombie Women

Director: Steve O'Brien, Warren Speed
Actors: Warren Speed, Seymour Mace, Victoria Hopkins, Pete Bonner
Category: Horror

Zombieland (2009)

3 November 200918 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Comedy

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray, Emma Stone, …
Category: Horror

Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

29 July 20126 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Zombie Social Satire

Director: Kevin Hamedani
Category: Horror

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