2009 in film

The year 2009 saw the release of many films. Seven made the top 50 list of highest-grossing films. Also in 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that as of that year, their Best Picture category would consist of ten nominees, rather than five (the first time since the 1943 awards).

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Evaluation of the year

Film critic Philip French of The Guardian said that 2009 "began with the usual flurry of serious major movies given late December screenings in Los Angeles to qualify for the Oscars. They're now forgotten or vaguely regarded as semi-classics: The Reader, Che, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, Revolutionary Road, The Wrestler, Gran Torino, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It soon became apparent that horror movies would be the dominant genre once again, with vampires the pre-eminent sub-species, the most profitable inevitably being New Moon, the latest in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, the best the subtle Swedish Let the Right One In and the worst the British horror spoof Lesbian Vampire Killers. Documentaries continued to flourish, introducing us to fascinating new worlds: Afghan TV talent shows (Afghan Star), Australian exploitation cinema (Not Quite Hollywood), haute couture (The September Issue). Animation thrived, the 3-D comeback threatened to become permanent rather than a gimmick, and the two were conjoined in a dozen 3-D animated features, the finest being Pixar's Up. Remakes and sequels abounded, none of any merit. The same went for films based on comic strips and graphic novels. British cinema generally bubbled in the doldrums. The well-acted Fish Tank was overrated, as was the dull costume drama The Young Victoria. The best films by native directors were fuelled by our obsession with soccer (Ken Loach's Looking for Eric and Tom Hooper's The Damned United) or directed by foreigners (New Zealander Jane Campion's Bright Star, and two films by Danes: Nicholas Winding Refn's Bronson and Lone Scherfig's An Education). The most original British film was Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's low-key, low-budget Helen, a formally innovative look at provincial life. 2009 was a mostly undistinguished year for Hollywood, with indifferent films from Woody Allen (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Michael Mann (Public Enemies) and others, and deadly blockbusters such as Angels & Demons and 2012. The Coen brothers, however, were on form, examining their midwestern Jewish roots in A Serious Man, and Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker was the best film yet about Iraq. From Europe we had several striking revisionist accounts of violent resistance to Nazi occupation in the second world war: Flammen & Citronen (Denmark), Max Manus: Man of War (Norway) and The Army of Crime (France). But they were drowned in the tsunami of Quentin Tarantino's lunatic second world war fantasy Inglourious Basterds. The most likable European picture was the Italian Mid-August Lunch, the directorial debut of 60-year-old Gianni Di Gregorio (screenwriter on Gomorrah), and the three most memorably argumentative and provocative were Paolo Sorrentino's Il Divo, Lars von Trier's Antichrist and Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon. The performances I most enjoyed were impersonations: Meryl Streep's Julia Child (Julie & Julia) and Christian McKay's Orson in Me and Orson Welles."[1]

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2009 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]

Highest-grossing films of 2009
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Avatar Fox $2,743,577,587[nb 1]
2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $933,959,197
3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Fox $886,686,817
4 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount, Dreamworks $836,303,693
5 2012 Sony Pictures $769,679,473
6 Up Disney $735,099,082
7 The Twilight Saga: New Moon Summit $709,827,462
8 Sherlock Holmes Warner Bros. $524,028,679
9 Angels & Demons Sony Pictures $485,930,816
10 The Hangover Warner Bros. $469,310,836
  1. Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.

Avatar surpassed Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time on January 25, 2010.[3] Avatar then became the first film to earn more than $2 billion at the box office on January 31, 2010.[4] Avatar was surpassed by Avengers: Endgame as the highest-grossing film of all time on July 21, 2019.[5] Due to a re-release, Avatar retook the title from Endgame on March 13, 2021.[6]

Events

MonthDayEvent
January 22The 81st Academy Awards nominations are announced with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leading with 13 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. Both films are nominated for Best Picture. Heath Ledger is posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight, exactly one year after his death.
25The 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held at the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles.
Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles.
31The 61st Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles.
February 5 – 15The 59th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Tom Tykwer's The International. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to The Milk of Sorrow. The Silver Bears prizes are awarded to Asghar Farhadi, Best Director, Sotigui Kouyaté, Best Actor and Birgit Minichmayr, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of George Tillman Jr.'s Notorious
7The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards is held.
The 62nd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London.
21The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood, California.
22The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.
March 29The 14th Empire Awards ceremony is held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.
May 31The 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California
July 23 – 2 AugustThe 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held

Awards

Category/Organization15th Critics' Choice Awards
January 15, 2010
67th Golden Globe Awards
January 17, 2010
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards63rd BAFTA Awards
February 21, 2010
82nd Academy Awards
March 7, 2010
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmThe Hurt LockerAvatarThe HangoverThe Hurt Locker
Best DirectorKathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
James Cameron
Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker
Best ActorJeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
Robert Downey Jr.
Sherlock Holmes
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
Colin Firth
A Single Man
Jeff Bridges
Crazy Heart
Best ActressSandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Meryl Streep
Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Meryl Streep
Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Carey Mulligan
An Education
Sandra Bullock
The Blind Side
Best Supporting ActorChristoph Waltz
Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting ActressMo'Nique
Precious
Best Screenplay, AdaptedJason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Up in the Air
Geoffrey Fletcher
Precious
Best Screenplay, OriginalQuentin Tarantino
Inglourious Basterds
Mark Boal
The Hurt Locker
Best Animated FilmUp
Best Original ScoreUp
Michael Giacchino
N/AUp
Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song"The Weary Kind"
Crazy Heart
N/AN/A"The Weary Kind"
Crazy Heart
Best Foreign Language FilmBroken EmbracesThe White RibbonN/AA ProphetThe Secret in Their Eyes

2009 films

The list of films released in 2009, arranged by country, are as follows:

  • American films
  • Argentine films
  • Australian films
  • Bengali films
  • Bollywood films
  • Brazilian films
  • British films
  • French films
  • Hong Kong films
  • Italian films
  • Japanese films
  • Mexican films
  • Malayalam films
  • Pakistani films
  • Russian films
  • South Korean films
  • Spanish films
  • Tamil films
  • Telugu films


Births

  • January 23 - Winslow Fegley, American actor
  • January 26 - YaYa Gosselin, American actress
  • April 15 - Julia Butters, American actress
  • May 18 - Hala Finley, American actress
  • June 23 - Xia Vigor, British-Filipino actress

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 1Edmund Purdom84ItalyActor, Director
  • The Diary of Anne Frank
  • The Egyptian
2Steven Gilborn72USActor
  • Dunston Checks In
  • Evolution
3Pat Hingle84USActor
3Olga San Juan81USActress, Dancer
  • Blue Skies
  • Are You with It?
5Ned Tanen77USProducer
6Cheryl Holdridge64USActress
  • The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
  • Carousel
6John Scott Martin82UKActor
8Don Galloway71USActor
  • The Big Chill
  • Rough Night in Jericho
12Claude Berri74FranceDirector, Producer, Writer
12Russ Conway95USActor
  • What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
  • The War of the Worlds
13Patrick McGoohan80IrelandActor, Writer
14Ricardo Montalbán88MexicoActor, Director
  • Fiesta
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
14Angela Morley84USComposer
17Susanna Foster84USActress, Singer
  • Phantom of the Opera
  • Glamour Boy
18Kathleen Byron88UKActress
21Charles H. Schneer88USProducer
  • Jason and the Argonauts
  • Clash of the Titans
25Kim Manners58USAssistant Director
  • Valdez Is Coming
  • Halls of Anger
26Darrell Sandeen78USActor
31Clint Ritchie70USActor
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
  • Bandolero!
February 6Philip Carey83USActor
  • The Nebraskan
  • Pushover
6James Whitmore87USActor
7Molly Bee69USSinger, Actress
  • Going Steady
  • Summer Love
7Lesley Brook91UKActress
  • The Bells Go Down
  • For You Alone
9Robert Anderson91USScreenwriter
  • The Nun's Story
  • The Sand Pebbles
13Dilys Laye74UKActress, Writer
  • Idol on Parade
  • A Countess from Hong Kong
19Oreste Lionello81ItalyActor
  • Four Flies on Grey Velvet
  • Totòtruffa 62
20Robert Quarry83USActor
  • Count Yorga, Vampire
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again
21Howard Zieff81USDirector
  • Private Benjamin
  • My Girl
23Laurence Payne89UKActor
  • Vampire Circus
  • The Tell-Tale Heart
24Edward Judd76UKActor, Readings
  • O Lucky Man!
  • Sink the Bismarck!
27John Alvin91USActor
  • Objective, Burma!
  • The Beast with Five Fingers
March 3Sydney Chaplin82USActor
  • Limelight
  • Le clan des siciliens
4Horton Foote92USScreenwriter
7Tullio Pinelli100ItalyWriter
13Betsy Blair85USActress
  • Marty
  • A Delicate Balance
14Millard Kaufman92USWriter
  • Bad Day at Black Rock
  • The War Lord
15Ron Silver62USActor, Director
  • Ali
  • Reversal of Fortune
18Natasha Richardson45UKActress
  • Nell
  • The Parent Trap
21John Cater77UKActor
  • The Abominable Dr. Phibes
  • Dr. Phibes Rises Again
21John Franklyn-Robbins84UKActor
  • Vanity Fair
  • The Plague Dogs
25Steven Bach70USProducer, Writer
  • Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
  • Mr. Billion
29Monte Hale89USActor, Singer
  • Home on the Range
  • Yukon Vengeance
29Maurice Jarre84FranceComposer
April 1Lou Perryman67USActor
  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
  • Poltergeist
1Miguel Ángel Suárez69Puerto RicoActor
  • Bananas
  • Stir Crazy
4Jody McCrea74USActor, Producer
  • Beach Blanket Bingo
  • Cry Blood, Apache
5Wouter Barendrecht43NetherlandsProducer
  • The Goddess of 1967
  • Springtime in a Small Town
8Jane Bryan90USActress
  • Each Dawn I Die
  • Kid Galahad
9Michael N. Harbour63UKActor
  • Sophie's World
  • Wild Geese II
9Shakti Samanta83IndiaDirector, Producer
  • Aradhana
  • Kati Patang
11Simon Channing Williams63UKProducer
  • Secrets & Lies
  • Topsy-Turvy
12Marilyn Chambers57USActress
  • Rabid
  • Behind the Green Door
18Peter Dennis75USActor
19J. G. Ballard78UKWriter, Actor
22Ken Annakin94UKDirector
22Jack Cardiff94UKCinematographer, Director
  • Black Narcissus
  • The Red Shoes
25Beatrice Arthur86USActress
  • Lovers and Other Strangers
  • Mame
27Feroz Khan69IndiaActor
  • Tarzan Goes to India
  • Dharmatma
May 4Dom DeLuise75USActor, Voice Actor
  • The Cannonball Run
  • An American Tail
4Jane Randolph93USActress
  • Railroaded!
  • Cat People
15Bud Tingwell86AustraliaActor, Director, Producer
  • Ned Kelly
  • The Dish
18Wayne Allwine62USVoice Actor
20Lucy Gordon28UKActress
  • Perfume
  • Serendipity
28Mort Abrahams93USProducer
28Terence Alexander86UKActor
  • The Square Peg
  • The Bulldog Breed
June 3David Carradine72USActor
3Shih Kien96ChinaActor
  • The Young Master
  • Enter the Dragon
6Mary Howard96USActress
  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois
  • Swamp Water
21Lorena Gale51CanadaActress
23Ed McMahon86USActor
  • The Incident
  • Fun with Dick and Jane
25Farrah Fawcett62USActress
  • Logan's Run
  • The Cannonball Run
25Michael Jackson50USSinger, Songwriter, Actor, Producer
27Gale Storm87USSinger, Actress
  • Stampede
  • The Texas Rangers
29Jan Rubeš89CanadaSinger, Actor
  • Witness
  • Snow Falling on Cedars
30Harve Presnell75USActor, Singer
July 1Karl Malden97USActor
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
  • On the Waterfront
4Brenda Joyce92USActress
  • Tarzan and the Amazons
  • The Rains Came
10Zena Marshall83UKActress
  • Dr. No
  • Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
13Beverly Roberts95USActress
  • China Clipper
  • Two Against the World
14Dal McKennon89USActor
15Peggy Ann Clifford88UKActress
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets
  • Jabberwocky
24Harry Towb83UKActor
  • Barry Lyndon
  • Patton
26Clayton Hill78USActor
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
29Joanne Jordan88USActress
  • Written on the Wind
  • Jet Pilot
31Jean-Paul Roussillon78FranceActor
  • Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
  • Revenge of the Musketeers
August 4Blake Snyder51USWriter, Producer
  • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
  • Blank Check
5Budd Schulberg95USWriter
  • On the Waterfront
  • A Face in the Crowd
6John Hughes59USDirector, Writer, Producer
9John Quade71USActor, Stuntman
  • The Outlaw Josey Wales
  • High Plains Drifter
12Ruth Ford98USActress
  • Adventure in Iraq
  • Play It As It Lays
13John Bentley92UKActor
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan
26Sadie Corré91USActress, Dancer
26Dominick Dunne83USProducer
  • Play It as It Lays
  • Ash Wednesday
28Wayne Tippit76USActor
September 4Iain Cuthbertson79UKActor
  • Gorillas in the Mist
  • Strictly Sinatra
4Carl Reindel74USActor
7Frank Coghlan, Jr.93USActor
  • The Public Enemy
  • Adventures of Captain Marvel
8Ray Barrett82AustraliaActor
12Larry Gelbart81USScreenwriter, Producer
  • Tootsie
  • Oh, God!
13Paul Burke83USActor
  • The Thomas Crown Affair
  • Valley of the Dolls
13Arnold Laven87USDirector
  • Rough Night in Jericho
  • Sam Whiskey
14Henry Gibson73USActor
14Patrick Swayze57USActor, Dancer
15Troy Kennedy Martin77UKWriter
16Timothy Bateson83UKActor
  • Labyrinth
  • Oliver Twist
16Luciano Emmer91ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
  • Sunday in August
  • Three Girls from Rome
17Dick Durock72USActor, Stuntman
  • Swamp Thing
  • Stand by Me
18Pearl Hackney92UKActress
  • Yanks
  • There's a Girl in My Soup
20John Hart91USActor
  • Blackenstein
  • The Legend of the Lone Ranger
20Katherine Parr88UKActress
  • This Sporting Life
  • Doomwatch
21Robert Ginty60USActor, Director
  • The Exterminator
  • Coming Home
October 10Sean Lawlor55IrelandActor
13Al Martino82USActor, Singer
13Daniel Melnick77USProducer
  • Altered States
  • Blue Streak
14Lou Albano76USActor, Wrestler
  • Stay Tuned
  • Wise Guys
14Collin Wilcox74USActress
17Douglas Blackwell85UKActor
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
  • Labyrinth
17Vic Mizzy93USComposer
  • The Night Walker
  • The Spirit Is Willing
17Rosanna Schiaffino69ItalyActress
  • The Victors
  • Drop Dead Darling
19Joseph Wiseman91CanadaActor
20Hubert Rees81UKActor
  • Under Milk Wood
  • Sweeney 2
23Lou Jacobi95CanadaActor
  • My Favorite Year
  • Irma la Douce
27John David Carson57USActor
  • The Day of the Dolphin
  • Pretty Maids All in a Row
November 4David Tree94USActor
  • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • Pygmalion
12Paul Wendkos84USDirector, Producer
  • Gidget
  • The Mephisto Waltz
16Edward Woodward79UKActor
  • Breaker Morant
  • The Wicker Man
17Tony Kendall72ItalyActor
  • Machine Gun McCain
  • Kommissar X
December 3Nathan Boxer84USSound Mixer
3Richard Todd90UKActor
  • The Hasty Heart
  • Stage Fright
4Bryan O'Byrne78USActor
  • Gunfight in Abilene
  • Marnie
5Garfield Morgan78UKActor
8Joan Bridge97UKCostume Designer
  • The Day of the Jackal
  • Fiddler on the Roof
9Gene Barry90USActor
  • The War of the Worlds
  • Thunder Road
12Val Avery85USActor
15Peter Murton85UKProduction Design, Art Director
15Robert Turturice60USCostume Designer
16Roy E. Disney79USStudio Executive
17Alaina Reed Hall63USActress, Singer
  • Cruel Intentions
  • Death Becomes Her
17Jennifer Jones90USActress
  • The Song of Bernadette
  • Duel in the Sun
17Dan O'Bannon63USScreenwriter, Director, Actor
19Donald Pickering76UKActor
20Brittany Murphy32USActress, Singer
  • Clueless
  • Girl, Interrupted
20Shari Rhodes71USCasting Director
20Arnold Stang91USActor
  • The Man with the Golden Arm
  • Skidoo
21Marianne Stone87UKActress
22Michael Currie81USActor
  • Sudden Impact
  • The Dead Pool
24Giulio Bosetti78ItalyActor
  • Il Divo
  • Good Morning, Night
24George Michael70USActor
30Perry Wilson93USActress
  • The Matchmaker
  • Fear Strikes Out
31Glauco Onorato73ItalyActor
  • Sunflower
  • La Cage aux Folles II

Film Debuts

References

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