2009 in film

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

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Highest-grossing films

See also: Lists of highest-grossing films

Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2009. The top ten films of 2009, by worldwide gross in United States dollars, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 2009^[1]

Rank	Title	Studio	Worldwide	United States and Canada	United Kingdom	Australia
1	Avatar	Lightstorm/Fox	$2,782,275,172	$760,507,625	$150,025,197	$105,779,507
2	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	$934,416,487	$301,959,197	$84,089,250	$34,954,004
3	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	Fox/Blue Sky	$886,686,817	$196,573,705	$56,859,040	$24,725,499
4	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount	$836,303,693	$402,111,870	$44,383,558	$33,554,033
5	2012	Columbia	$769,679,473	$166,112,167	$31,052,159	$18,123,801
6	Up	Disney/Pixar	$731,342,744	$293,004,164	$55,413,275	$25,296,200
7	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Summit	$709,827,462	$296,623,634	$43,409,449	$35,164,930
8	Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	$524,028,679	$209,028,679	$39,795,286	$22,777,578
9	Angels & Demons	Columbia.	$485,930,816	$133,375,846	$30,726,140	$14,065,391
10	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	$467,483,912	$277,322,503	$36,033,624	$17,934,378

Avatar has grossed over $2.7 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in history, as well as the only film in history to gross $2 billion dollars in box office receipts and the first film to gross over $700,000,000 in the US and Canada. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, 2012, Up and New Moon, are also among the top 50.

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January	22	The 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.
	25	The 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.
	31	The 61st Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles.
February	5 – 15	The 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
	7	The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards is held.
		The 62nd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London.
	21	The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood, California.
	22	The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.

July

• 23 to 2 August – The 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held

Awards

Category/Organization	67th Golden Globe Awards January 17, 2010		63rd BAFTA Awards February 21, 2010	82nd Academy Awards March 7, 2010
	Drama	Musical or Comedy
Best Film	Avatar	The Hangover	The Hurt Locker	The Hurt Locker
Best Director	James Cameron Avatar		Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker	Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
Best Actor	Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart	Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes	Colin Firth A Single Man	Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Best Actress	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side	Meryl Streep Julie & Julia	Carey Mulligan An Education	Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds		Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds	Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress	Mo'Nique Precious		Mo'Nique Precious	Mo'Nique Precious
Best Screenplay, Adapted	Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner		Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner	Precious Geoffrey Fletcher
Best Screenplay, Original			The Hurt Locker Mark Boal	The Hurt Locker Mark Boal
Best Animated Film	Up		Up	Up
Best Original Score	Up Michael Giacchino		Up Michael Giacchino	Up Michael Giacchino
Best Foreign Language Film	The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)		A Prophet (Un prophète)	The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)

Month	Day	Event
April	26	WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, Gold Remi Award to The 40th Door[2]

Wide-release films

Films released in the United States in 2009 include:

• W: wide release (600 or more theaters)
• L: limited release in select cities (fewer than 600 theaters)
• R: re-release of previously released film
• I: release to IMAX theaters

January – March

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening			Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J A N U A R Y	2	L	Cargo 200	Disinformation Company	Dir., Aleksei Balabanov
			Let Them Chirp Awhile	Jonathan Blitstein Enterprises	Dir., Jonathan Blitstein; Cast, Justin Rice, Brendan Sexton III, Laura Breckenridge, Zach Galligan, Pepper Binkley
	9	W	Bride Wars	20th Century Fox	Dir., Gary Winick; Cast, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg
			Not Easily Broken	Screen Gems (Sony)	Dir., Bill Duke; Cast, Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Kevin Hart, Wood Harris, Eddie Cibrian, Jenifer Lewis
			The Unborn	Rogue Pictures	Dir. & Wir, David S. Goyer; Cast, Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, Carla Gugino
	16	W	Hotel for Dogs	DreamWorks/Nickelodeon Movies	Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Troy Gentile, Kyla Pratt, Johnny Simmons, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon
			My Bloody Valentine 3D	Lionsgate	Dir., Patrick Lussier; Cast, Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Tom Atkins
			Notorious	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir., George Tillman, Jr.; Cast, Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Antonique Smith, Anthony Mackie, Naturi Naughton, Sean Ringgold, Marc Jon Jefferies
			Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Columbia	Dir., Steve Carr; Cast, Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Shirley Knight, Mike Vallely
		L	Chandni Chowk to China	Warner Bros.	Dir., Nikhil Advani; Cast, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey
			Cherry Blossoms	Olga Film GmbH	Dir., Doris Dörrie
	23	W	Inkheart	New Line Cinema	Dir., Iain Softley; Scr., David Lindsay-Abaire; Cast, Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis
			Underworld: Rise of the Lycans	Screen Gems	Dir., Patrick Tatopoulos, Cast, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux and Shane Brolly
		R	The Dark Knight re-release	Warner Bros.	Dir., Christopher Nolan; Cast, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Cillian Murphy
		L	Donkey Punch	Magnolia Pictures	Dir., Oliver Blackburn, Cast, Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone, Robert Boulter and Julian Morris
			Ink	Double Edge Films	Dir., Jamin Winans, Cast, Chris Kelly, Quinn Hunchar, Jessica Duffy
			Killshot	The Weinstein Company	Dir., John Madden, Cast, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
			Outlander	The Weinstein Company	Dir., Howard McCain, Cast, James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Jack Huston
	30	W	New in Town	Lions Gate Entertainment/Gold Circle Films	Dir., Jonas Elmer; Pro., Peter Safran, Darryl Taja, Tracey Edmonds, Paul Brooks, Phyllis Laing, Andrew Paquin; Wir., C. Jay Cox, Ken Rance; Cast, Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick, Jr., J. K. Simmons, Nathan Fillion, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Frances Conroy, Rashida Jones, Nancy Drake
			Taken	20th Century Fox	Dir., Pierre Morel; Cast, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen, Goran Kostic
			The Uninvited	Paramount	Dir., Charles Guard, Thomas Guard; Scr., Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard; Cast, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Maya Massar
		L	The Class	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir., Laurent Cantet; Cast, François Bégaudeau
			Luck by Chance	Adlabs Films	Dir., Zoya Akhtar; Cast, Farhan Akhtar, Juhi Chawla, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor
F E B R U A R Y	6	W	Coraline	Focus Features	Dir. and Scr., Henry Selick; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, John Hodgman, Keith David, Robert Bailey Jr., Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
			He's Just Not That into You	New Line Cinema	Dir. Ken Kwapis; Scr. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein; Cast, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper
			The Pink Panther 2	MGM/Columbia	Dir. Harald Zwart; Cast, Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Andy García, Aishwarya Rai, John Cleese, Jeremy Irons
			Push	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Paul McGuigan; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou
		L	Fanboys	The Weinstein Company	Dir. Kyle Newman; Cast, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Kristen Bell
	13	W	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Touchstone Pictures	Dir. P.J. Hogan Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
			Friday the 13th	New Line Cinema/Paramount	Dir. Marcus Nispel Cast: Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti
			The International	Columbia	Dir., Tom Tykwer, Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brían F. O'Byrne
		L	The Secret of Moonacre	IFC Films	Dakota Blue Richards, Tim Curry
			Two Lovers	Magnolia Pictures	Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov
	14	L	Billu	Red Chillies	Dir. Priyadarshan; Cast, Shahrukh Khan, Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri
	20	W	Fired Up	Screen Gems	Dir. Will Gluck; Cast, Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, John Michael Higgins
			Madea Goes to Jail	Lions Gate	Dir. & Pro Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke, Robin Coleman, Jackson Walker, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Keke Palmer, Benjamín Benítez
		L	Anvil! The Story of Anvil	Abramorama	Dir., Sacha Gervasi
	27	W	Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir., Bruce Hendricks; Cast, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift
			Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	20th Century Fox	Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak; Cast, Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Moon Bloodgood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Robin Shou, Taboo
		L	Crossing Over	The Weinstein Company	Harrison Ford, Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, Alice Braga, Alice Eve, Ray Liotta
			Echelon Conspiracy	After Dark Films	Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman, Martin Sheen
M A R C H	4	L	12	Sony Classics	Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov, Cast Sergei Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergei Garmash, Valentin Gaft, Alexei Petrenko
	6	W	Watchmen	Warner Bros./Paramount	Dir., Zack Snyder; Scr., Alex Tse; Cast, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Åkerman, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
		L	Horsemen	Lions Gate Entertainment	Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi, Clifton Collins, Jr., Peter Stormare, Chelcie Ross
			Phoebe in Wonderland	Thinkfilm	Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Ian Colletti, Campbell Scott, Bill Pullman, Caitlin Sanchez
			Sherman's Way	International Film Circuit	James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Brooke Nevin, Donna Murphy
			Tokyo!	Liberation Entertainment	Yū Aoi, YosiYosi Arakawa, Jean-François Balmer, Julie Dreyfus, Ayako Fujitani, Ayumi Ito, Teruyuki Kagawa
	13	W	The Last House on the Left	Rogue Pictures	Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Martha MacIsaac, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Joshua Cox, Spencer Treat Clark, Usha Khan
			Miss March	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir., Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore; Cast, Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson
			Race to Witch Mountain	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir., Andy Fickman; Cast, AnnaSophia Robb, Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Ciarán Hinds
		L	Brothers at War	Samuel Goldwyn Films	Jake Rademacher
			The Cake Eaters	7–57 Releasing	Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley
			Sunshine Cleaning ‡	Overture	Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub
	20	W	Duplicity	Universal	Dir. Tony Gilroy, Cast, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Wilkinson
			I Love You, Man	DreamWorks	Dir. and Scr., John Hamburg; Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones, Jaime Pressly, Rob Huebel
			Knowing	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Alex Proyas, Cast, Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
		L	The Great Buck Howard	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Sean McGinly Cast, John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay
			Sin Nombre	Focus Features	Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast, Paulina Gaitán, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Diana García, Héctor Jiménez, Gerardo Taracena, Luis Fernando Peña
	27	W	12 Rounds	Fox Atomic	Dir. Renny Harlin, Cast, John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian J. White
			The Haunting in Connecticut	Lionsgate	Dir., Peter Cornwell; Cast, Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew
			Monsters vs. Aliens	DreamWorks Animation	Dir., Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman; Cast, Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, Stephen Colbert
		L	The Education of Charlie Banks	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dir., Fred Durst; Cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Chris Marquette, Sebastian Stan
			The Cross	Gener8Xion Entertainment	Dir., Matthew Crouch; Cast, Arthur Blessitt

April – June

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening			Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
A P R I L	3	W	Adventureland	Miramax	Dir. Greg Mottola; Cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig
			Fast & Furious	Universal	Dir. Justin Lin; Scr. Chris Morgan; Cast, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Brandon T. Jackson
		L	Bart Got a Room	Plum Pictures	Dir. Brian Hecker; Scr. Brian Hecker; Cast, Steven Kaplan, William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat, Chad Jamian Williams, Brandon Hardesty, Dinah Manoff
			C Me Dance	Freestyle Releasing	Christina DeMarco, Greg Robbins, Peter Kent
	8	L	Lymelife	Screen Media Films	Dir. Derick Martini; Scr. Derick & Steven Martini; Cast, Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts, Jill Hennessy, Kieran Culkin, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Derick Martini, Steven Martini, Matthew Martini
	10	W	Dragonball Evolution	20th Century Fox	Dir. James Wong; Pro. Stephen Chow; Scr. James Wong, Ben Ramsey; Cast, Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun-fat, Ernie Hudson
			Hannah Montana: The Movie	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Peter Chelsom; Cast, Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Lucas Till, Vanessa L. Williams
			Observe and Report	Warner Bros.	Dir. Jody Hill; Cast, Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña
	17	W	17 Again	New Line Cinema	Dir. Burr Steers; Scr. Jason Filardi; Cast, Matthew Perry, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Sterling Knight, Michelle Trachtenberg
			Crank: High Voltage	Lionsgate Films	Dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Cast, Jason Statham, Amy Smart
			State of Play	Universal	Dir, Kevin Macdonald;, Cast, Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman
		L	American Violet	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir. Tim Disney; Cast, Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Xzibit, Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard
			Every Little Step	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo; Cast, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Avian
	22	W	Earth	Disneynature, BBC Worldwide	Dir. Alastair Fothergill; Cast, James Earl Jones
	24	W	Fighting	Rogue Pictures	Dir. Dito Montiel; Cast, Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Brian J. White, Luis Guzmán, Zulay Henao
			Obsessed	Screen Gems	Dir. Steve Shill; Cast, Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Ron Rogge, Jerry O'Connell
			The Soloist	DreamWorks	Dir. Joe Wright; Cast, Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr., Catherine Keener
		L	The Informers	Senator Entertainment	Dir. Gregor Jordan; Cast, Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Brad Renfro, Amber Heard, Aaron Himelstein
M A Y	1	W	Battle for Terra	Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions	Dir. Aristomenis Tsirbas; Cast, Justin Long, Brian Cox, Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, David Cross, Amanda Peet, James Garner, Dennis Quaid, Chris Evans, Danny Glover
			Ghosts of Girlfriends Past	New Line Cinema	Dir. Mark Waters; Scr. Jon Lucas, Scott Moore; Cast, Emma Stone, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer
			X-Men Origins: Wolverine	20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios	Dir. Gavin Hood; Scr. David Benioff, James Vanderbilt, Scott Silver; Cast, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Taylor Kitsch, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Ryan Reynolds
		L	The Limits of Control	Focus Features	Isaach De Bankolé, Hiam Abbass, Gael García Bernal, Paz de la Huerta, Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, Jean-François Stévenin, Tilda Swinton, Luis Tosar
			The Merry Gentleman	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir. Michael Keaton; Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald
	8	W	Next Day Air	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Benny Boom; Cast, Donald Faison, Lauren London, Mos Def, Darius McCrary, Mike Epps, Wood Harris, Debbie Allen
			Star Trek	Paramount	Dir. J. J. Abrams; Scr. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci; Cast, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Anton Yelchin, Simon Pegg
		L	Julia	Magnolia	Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould
			Little Ashes	Regent Releasing	Dir. Paul Morrison; Cast, Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover
			Powder Blue	Speakeasy Releasing	Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta
			Rudo y Cursi	Sony Pictures Classics	Diego Luna, Gael García Bernal
	15	W	Angels & Demons	Columbia	Dir. Ron Howard; Scr. Akiva Goldsman; Cast, Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
		L	The Brothers Bloom	Summit Entertainment	Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, Robbie Coltrane
			Management	Samuel Goldwyn Company	Dir. Stephen Belber; Cast, Steve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, Fred Ward
			Not Forgotten	Anchor Bay Films	Dir. Dror Soref; Cast, Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Ken Davitian
	17	L	Make the Yuletide Gay	Guest House Films	Dir. Rob Williams; Cast, Keith Jordan, Adamo Ruggiero, Hallee Hirsh
	21	W	Terminator Salvation	Warner Bros.	Dir. Joseph McGinty Nichol; Pro. Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver; Scr. John Brancato, Michael Ferris, David Campbell Wilson; Cast, Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Helena Bonham Carter
	22	W	Dance Flick	Paramount	Dir. Damien Dante Wayans; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Jr., Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier, Chris Elliott
			Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian	20th Century Fox	Dir. Shawn Levy; Cast, Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Jon Bernthal, Patrick Gallagher, Alain Chabat, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Jonas Brothers, Eugene Levy, Brad Garrett
		L	Easy Virtue	Sony Pictures Classics	Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes
			The Girlfriend Experience	Magnolia	Sasha Grey, Chris Santos
			Tormented	Warner Bros.	Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Calvin Dean, Georgia King, Tom Hopper, Larissa Wilson
	29	W	Drag Me to Hell	Universal	Dir. Sam Raimi; Cast, Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Jessica Lucas, David Paymer
			Up	Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios	Dir. Pete Docter; Cast, Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, Elie Docter, Jeremy Leary, David Kaye, Mickie McGowan, Danny Mann, Donald Fullilove, Jess Harnell, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter
		L	What Goes Up	3 Kings Productions	Dir. Jonathan Glatzer; Cast, Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, Max Hoffman
J U N E	5	W	The Hangover	Warner Bros.	Dir. Todd Phillips; Cast, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor, Ken Jeong, Mike Tyson, Mike Vallely, Matt Walsh, Rob Riggle, Dan Finnerty & The Dan Band
			Land of the Lost	Universal	Dir. Brad Silberling; Cast, Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride and Leonard Nimoy
			My Life in Ruins	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch
		L	Away We Go	Focus Features	Dir. Sam Mendes; Scr. Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida; Cast, Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Schneider, Carmen Ejogo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan
	11	L	Doghouse	Alta Films	Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Adele Silva
	12	W	Imagine That	Paramount/Nickelodeon	Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick; Cast, Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church
			The Taking of Pelham 123	Columbia/MGM	Dir. Tony Scott; Scr. David Koepp; Cast, Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Luis Guzmán, John Turturro
		L	Food, Inc.	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Robert Kenner; Cast, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan
			Moon	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Duncan Jones; Cast, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
	19	W	The Proposal	Touchstone Pictures	Dir. Anne Fletcher; Scr. Pete Chiarelli; Cast, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Malin Åkerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Oscar Nunez, Aasif Mandvi
			Year One	Sony Pictures (Columbia)	Dir. Harold Ramis; Scr. Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg; Cast, Jack Black, Michael Cera, Vinnie Jones, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Juno Temple, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Harold Ramis
		L	Dead Snow	IFC Films	Dir. Tommy Wirkola
			Whatever Works	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Woody Allen; Cast, Larry David, Ed Begley, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood
	24	W	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	DreamWorks/Paramount	Dir. Michael Bay; Scr. Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman; Cast, Shia LaBeouf, Peter Cullen, Tony Todd, Mark Ryan, Hugo Weaving, John Turturro, Tom Kenny, Reno Wilson, Megan Fox, Ramon Rodríguez, Charlie Adler, Frank Welker, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jess Harnell, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Isabel Lucas, Robert Foxworth, Calvin Wimmer, Grey DeLisle, Kevin Michael Richardson
	26	W	My Sister's Keeper	New Line Cinema	Dir. Nick Cassavetes; Scr. Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes; Cast, Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Thomas Dekker
		L	Cheri	Miramax	Dir. Stephen Frears; Cast, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates
			The Hurt Locker	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Kathryn Bigelow; Scr. Mark Boal; Cast, Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Evangeline Lilly, David Morse
			The Stoning of Soraya M.	Roadside Attractions	Dir. Cyrus Nowrasteh; Cast, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel
			Surveillance	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Jennifer Lynch; Cast, Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, Michael Ironside

July – September

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening			Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
J U L Y	1	W	Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs	20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios	Dir. Carlos Saldanha; Cast, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Chris Wedge
		Public Enemies	Universal	Dir. Michael Mann; Cast, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff, David Wenham, Billy Crudup, Branka Katić, Leelee Sobieski
		L	I Hate Valentine's Day	IFC Films	Dir. Nia Vardalos; Cast, Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Judah Friedlander
	10	W	Brüno	Universal	Dir. Larry Charles; Cast, Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten, Bono, Chris Martin, Snoop Dogg, Elton John, Ron Paul, Paula Abdul, Richard Bey, Harrison Ford, Brittny Gastineau, La Toya Jackson, Yossi Alpher, Ghassan Khatib, Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Sting (musician), Slash (musician)
			I Love You, Beth Cooper	20th Century Fox	Dir. Chris Columbus; Cast, Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London
		L	Blood: The Last Vampire	Samuel Goldwyn	Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki, Liam Cunningham
			Humpday	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Lynn Shelton; Cast, Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore
	17	W	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince	Warner Bros.	Dir. David Yates; Cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Julie Walters, Helen McCrory, Mark Williams, Warwick Davis, Natalia Tena, Gemma Jones, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch.
		L	(500) Days of Summer ‡	Fox Searchlight	Dir.: Marc Webb; Scr.: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloë Moretz, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Yvette Nicole Brown
		L	Homecoming	Animus Films	Dir., Morgan J. Freeman; Cast, Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup
	24	W	G-Force	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir., Hoyt Yeatman; Scr., Marianne Wibberley & Cormac Wibberley; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett
			Orphan	Warner Bros.	Dir., Jaume Collet-Serra; Scr., David Leslie Johnson; Cast, Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
			The Ugly Truth	Columbia Pictures	Dir. Robert Luketic; Cast, Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville, Eric Winter
		L	The Answer Man	Magnolia Pictures	Dir., John Hindman; Cast, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings, Thomas Roy
			In the Loop	BBC Films/Optimum Releasing/Protagonist Pictures/IFC Films	Dir. Armando Iannucci; Cast, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, Gina McKee, Steve Coogan, David Rasche
			Shrink	Ignite Entertainment	Dir. Jonas Pate; Cast, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Mark Webber, Laura Ramsey
	29	L	Adam	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir., Max Mayer; Cast, Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison
	31	W	Aliens in the Attic	20th Century Fox	Dir., John Schultz; Scr., Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg; Cast, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins
			The Collector	Freestyle Releasing	Dir.: Marcus Dunstan
			Funny People	Universal Studios/Columbia Pictures	Dir. & Scr., Judd Apatow; Cast, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA
		L	The Cove	Roadside Attractions	Dir., Louie Psihoyos
			Thirst	Focus Features	Dir., Park Chan-wook; Scr., Park Chan-wook and Seo-Gyeong Jeong; Cast, Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun
A U G U S T	7	W	G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra	Paramount	Dir., Stephen Sommers; Scr., Stuart Beattie; Cast, Channing Tatum, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Arnold Vosloo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
			Julie & Julia	Columbia Pictures	Dir. Nora Ephron; Cast, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Jane Lynch
			A Perfect Getaway	Universal	Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Marley Shelton, Steve Zahn, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth
		L	Cold Souls	Journeyman Pictures	Dir. & Scr., Sophie Barthes Cast, Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose, Boris Kievsky
			Paper Heart	Overture Films	Dir., Nicholas Jasenovec; Cast, Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera
	14	W	Bandslam	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Tod Graff; Scrn. Dan Berendsen; Cast, Gaelan Connell, Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Lisa Kudrow, Scott Porter
			District 9	TriStar Pictures	Dir. Neill Blomkamp; Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young
			The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Paramount Vantage	Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro, Craig Robinson
			Ponyo	Walt Disney Pictures/Studio Ghibli	Dir., Hayao Miyazaki; Cast, Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Lily Tomlin, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Jennessa Rose, Kurt Knutsson, Akiko Yano
			The Time Traveler's Wife	New Line Cinema	Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Jane McLean
		L	Earth Days	Zeitgeist Films	Dir. Robert Stone
			Grace	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dir. Paul Solet; Cast: Jordan Ladd, Gabrielle Rose, Stephen Park
			I Sell the Dead	IFC Films	Dir. Glenn McQuaid; Cast: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm
			It Might Get Loud	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Davis Guggenheim; Cast: Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
			Spread	Anchor Bay Entertainment	Dir. David MacKenzie; Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche
	21	W	Inglourious Basterds	Universal Pictures/ The Weinstein Company	Dir., Quentin Tarantino; Cast, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl, B.J. Novak, Julie Dreyfus, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Mike Myers, Samuel L Jackson
			Post Grad	Fox Searchlight	Dir., Vicky Jenson; Cast, Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Rodrigo Santoro, Bobby Coleman, Jane Lynch, Carol Burnett, Michael Keaton
			Shorts	Warner Bros.	Dir. Robert Rodriguez; Cast: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings
			X Games: The Movie	ESPN Films	Dir. Steve Lawrence; Cast: Shaun White, Travis Pastrana, Ricky Carmichael, Danny Way, Bob Burnquist
		L	Casi Divas	Maya Entertainment	Dir., Issa López; Cast, Patricia Llaca, Julio Bracho, Maya Zapata
			Art & Copy	Seventh Art Releasing	Dir., Doug Pray; Cast, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Hal Riney
			Five Minutes of Heaven	IFC Films	Dir., Oliver Hirschbiegel; Cast, Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt
			My One and Only	Freestyle Releasing	Dir., Richard Loncraine, Scr. Charlie Peters; Cast, Renée Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Chris Noth, Logan Lerman, Troy Garity
			World's Greatest Dad	Magnolia Pictures	Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait; Cast: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara
	28	W	The Final Destination	New Line Cinema	Dir., David R. Ellis; Scr., Eric Bress; Cast, Bobby Campo, Nick Zano, Krista Allen
			Halloween II	Dimension Films	Dir., Rob Zombie; Cast, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris, Brad Dourif, Margot Kidder
			Taking Woodstock	Focus Features	Dir. Ang Lee; Cast: Demetri Martin, Jonathan Groff, Paul Dano, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
		L	Big Fan	First Independent Pictures	Dir., Robert D. Siegel; Cast, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan
			Mystery Team	Roadside Attractions	Dir., Dan Eckman; Cast, Donald Glover, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Aubrey Plaza, Bobby Moynihan, Matt Walsh
S E P T E M B E R	4	W	All About Steve	20th Century Fox	Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper
			Extract	Miramax	Dir. Mike Judge; Cast: Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins, Jr., Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milligan, Beth Grant
			Gamer	Lionsgate	Dir., Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Cast, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Kyra Sedgwick, Ludacris, John Leguizamo, Milo Ventimiglia
		L	American Casino	Argot Pictures	Dir. Leslie Cockburn, Andrew Cockburn
			Amreeka	National Geographic Cinema Ventures	Dir. Cherien Dabis; Cast, Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem
			Carriers	Paramount	Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni
	9	W	9	Focus Features	Dir. Shane Acker; Cast, Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, Fred Tatasciore, Alan Oppenheimer, Tom Kane, Helen Wilson
	11	W	I Can Do Bad All By Myself	Lionsgate	Dir. Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Brian White, Hope Olaide Wilson, Adam Rodríguez, Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye, Frederick Siglar
			Sorority Row	Summit	Dir. Stewart Hendler; Cast. Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher
			Whiteout	Warner Bros.	Dir. Dominic Sena; Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin, Tom Skerritt
		L	Crude	First Run Features	Dir. Joe Berlinger
			Beyond A Reasonable Doubt	Anchor Bay	Dir. Peter Hyams; Cast, Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn
			No Impact Man	Oscilloscope Laboratories	Dir. Laura Gabbert; Cast, Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin
			White on Rice	Variance Films	Dir. Dave Boyle; Cast, Hiroshi Watanabe, James Kyson Lee, Mio Takada, Lynn Chenn
	16	L	35 Shots of Rum	Wild Bunch Distribution	Dir.: Claire Denis; Scr.: Claire Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau; Cast: Mati Diop, Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, Nicole Dogue
	18	W	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation	Dir., Phil Lord & Chris Miller; Cast, Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte
			The Informant!	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Steven Soderbergh; Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, Jimmy Pardo, Paul F. Tompkins, Clancy Brown
			Jennifer's Body	20th Century Fox	Dir., Karyn Kusama; Cast, Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, J.K. Simmons
			Love Happens	Universal	Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Martin Sheen, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch
		L	Bright Star	Apparition	Dir., Jane Campion; Cast: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster, Kerry Fox, Samuel Barnett
			The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry	Five & Two Pictures	Dir., Rich Christiano; Cast: Gavin MacLeod, Jansen Panettiere, Frankie Ryan Manriquez, Robert Guillaume
			Splice	Senator Entertainment	Dir., Vincenzo Natali; Cast, Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
	25	W	Fame	Lakeshore Entertainment	Dir. Kevin Tancharoen; Cast, Paul McGill, Debbie Allen, Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer
			Pandorum	Overture	Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Norman Reedus, Cam Gigandet
			Surrogates	Touchstone Pictures	Dir. Jonathan Mostow Pro., David Hoberman; Wri. Michael Ferris; Cast, Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames, James Cromwell, Jack Noseworthy
		L	Trailer Park Boys: Countdown to Liquor Day	Universal Studios	Dir. Mike Clattenburg Pro., Mike Clattenburg, Barrie Dunn, Michael Volpe; Cast, John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith
			Brief Interviews with Hideous Men	IFC Films	Dir./Scr.: John Krasinski; Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton, Chris Messina, Max Minghella, Lou Taylor Pucci, Will Arnett, John Krasinski, Rashida Jones, Glenn Fitzgerald, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, Corey Stoll, Christopher Meloni, Denis O'Hare, Josh Charles, Michael Cerveris, Will Forte, Joey Slotnick, Lucy Gordon, Ben Gibbard, Frankie Faison
			Coco Before Chanel	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir.: Anne Fontaine; Cast: Audrey Tautou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, Régis Royer, Etienne Bartholomeus, Yan Duffas
			I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Freestyle Releasing	Dir. Bob Gosse Pro., Tucker Max, Nils Parker, Richard Kelly; Wri. Tucker Max and Nils Parker; Cast, Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults, Keri Lynn Pratt, Marika Dominczyk, Bill Dawes, Traci Lords

October – December

‡ Films that achieved wide-release status after initial release

Opening			Title	Studio	Cast & Crew
O C T O B E R	2	W	Capitalism: A Love Story	The Weinstein Company	Michael Moore
			The Invention of Lying	Warner Bros.	Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Jonah Hill, Louis C.K., John Hodgman, Tina Fey, Christopher Guest, Jeffrey Tambor, Nate Corddry, Jason Bateman, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Stephen Merchant
			Whip It	Fox Searchlight	Dir.: Drew Barrymore; Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig, Zoe Bell, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
			Zombieland	Columbia	Dir.: Ruben Fleischer; Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard
		L	A Serious Man	Focus	Dirs.: Joel and Ethan Coen; Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin, Simon Helberg, Fyvush Finkel, Michael Lerner, George Wyner, Steve Park
		R	Toy Story / Toy Story 2 3-D Double Feature	Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar	Dir., John Lasseter; Cast, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Annie Potts, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, Wayne Knight, Jodi Benson, Estelle Harris, Joe Ranft
	9	W	Couples Retreat	Universal	Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Carlos Ponce, Faizon love, Jean Reno, Ken Jeong
		L	Bronson	Vertigo Films	Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn; Scrs.: Brock Norman Brock & Nicolas Winding Refn; Cast: Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Andrew Forbes
			The Damned United	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir.: Tom Hooper; Scr.: Peter Morgan; Cast: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall
			An Education ‡	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir., Lone Scherfig; Scr., Nick Hornby; Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Beard
			Good Hair	Roadside Attractions	Dir, Jeff Stilson, Cast; Chris Rock
			Trucker	Monterey Media	Dir./Scr.: James Mottern; Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Jimmy Bennett, Joey Lauren Adams, Benjamin Bratt
	10	L	Virginia Creepers	Horse Archer Productions	Dir./Scr.: Sean Kotz and Christopher Valluzzo; Cast: Mr. Lobo, Dick Dyszel, John Dimes
	16	W	Law Abiding Citizen	Overture Films	Dir., F. Gary Gray; Cast, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Michael Gambon, Viola Davis, Leslie Bibb, Regina Hall, Colm Meaney
			The Stepfather	Screen Gems	Dir., Nelson B. McCormick; Pro., Greg Moordian, Mark Morgan; Wir., J. S. Cardone; Cast, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward
			Where the Wild Things Are	Warner Bros.	Dir., Spike Jonze; Scr., Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers; Cast, Max Records, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Mark Ruffalo
		L	Black Dynamite	Apparition	Dir., Scott Sanders; Cast, Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall
			Janky Promoters	Third Rail	Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Young Jeezy
			The Maid	Elephant Eye Films	Dir.: Sebastián Silva; Scr.: Pedro Peirano & Sebastián Silva; Cast: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic, Andrea García-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Agustín Silva
			Love the Beast	Vivendi Entertainment	Eric Bana, Jay Leno, Jeremy Clarkson, Phil McGraw aka Dr. Phil
	23	W	Amelia	Fox Searchlight	Dir., Mira Nair; Scr., Ronald Bass; Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, William Cuddy
			Astro Boy	Summit Entertainment	Dir., David Bowers; animated voices of, Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Ryan Stiles, Tony Matthews, Madeline Carroll, Sterling Beaumon, Moises Arias, Victor Bonavida
			Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Universal	Dir., Paul Weitz; Cast, John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Patrick Fugit, Ray Stevenson, Michael Cerveris, Frankie Faison, Jane Krakowski, Orlando Jones, Kristen Schaal, Salma Hayek
			Saw VI	Lionsgate	Dir., Kevin Greutert; Pro., Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, Leigh Whannell; Wir., Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton; Cast, Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Tanedra Howard
		L	Antichrist	IFC Films	Dir. & Scr.: Lars von Trier; Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
			Ong Bak 2: The Beginning	Magnolia Pictures	Dir., Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai; Cast, Tony Jaa
			Motherhood	Freestyle Releasing	Dir., Katherine Dieckmann; Cast, Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver, Anthony Edwards
			(Untitled)	Samuel Goldwyn	Dir., Jonathan Parker; Cast, Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Vinnie Jones, Zak Orth
		L	The Marine 2	WWE Films	Ted DiBiase Jr.
	28	W	This Is It	Columbia Pictures, AEG Live	Dir.: Kenny Ortega; Cast, Michael Jackson
	30	L	The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day	Stage 6 Films	Dir., Troy Duffy; Cast, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins, Jr., Julie Benz, Billy Connolly, Peter Fonda
			Gentlemen Broncos	Fox Searchlight	Dir,. Jared Hess; W: Jared and Jerusha Hess; S: Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge
			Skin	Jour De Fete	Dir./Scr.: Anthony Fabian; Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
N O V E M B E R	6	W	The Box	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Richard Kelly; Cast: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Gillian Jacobs
			A Christmas Carol	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Robert Zemeckis; Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Colin Firth, Lesley Manville
			The Fourth Kind	Universal	Milla Jovovich
			The Men Who Stare at Goats	Overture Films	Dir. Grant Heslov; Cast: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Rebecca Mader
		L	Precious ‡	Lionsgate	Dir., Lee Daniels; Cast, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz
			That Evening Sun	Dogwood Entertainment	Dir./Scr.: Scott Teems; Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston, Barry Corbin, Dixie Carter, Barlow Jacobs, Brian Keith, Anthony Reynolds
	13	W	2012	Columbia	Dir. & Scr. Roland Emmerich; Cast: John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Morgan Lily, Liam James, Oliver Platt, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Jimi Mistry
			The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio	Focus	Dir./Scr.: Richard Curtis; Cast: Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Ifans, Katherine Parkinson, Talulah Riley, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, January Jones, Emma Thompson, Chris O'Dowd, Rhys Darby, Will Adamsdale, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Sinead Matthews, Stephen Moore, Olegar Fedoro, Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly (Ant & Dec)
		L	Fantastic Mr. Fox ‡	20th Century Fox	Dir. and Scr., Wes Anderson; Scr. Noah Baumbach; Cast, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Eric Chase Anderson, Wallace Wolodarsky, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Jarvis Cocker, Helen McCrory, Michael Gambon, Hugo Guinness, Robin Hurlstone,
			The Messenger	Oscilloscope Pictures	Dir.: Oren Moverman; Scr.: Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman; Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Merritt Wever, Jeremy Strong, Gaius Charles
			Uncertainty	IFC Films	Dir. & Scr.: Scott McGehee & David Siegel; Cast: Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby
			Lesbian Vampire Killers	Momentum Pictures	Dir, Phil Claydon; Cast, James Corden, Mathew Horne
			The Young Victoria	Apparition	Dir., Jean-Marc Vallée Scr., Julian Fellowes Cast Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong
	20	W	The Blind Side	Warner Bros. Pictures	Dir. John Lee Hancock; Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Jae Head
			New Moon	Summit Entertainment	Dir. Chris Weitz, Cast, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed
			Planet 51	TriStar Pictures	Dir., Jorge Blanco; Cast, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese, James Corden, Mathew Horne
		L	Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans	First Look Studios	Dir. Werner Herzog; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit, Brad Dourif
			Broken Embraces	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. Pedro Almodóvar; Cast: Penélope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave
			Nativity!	E1 Entertainment	Dir.: Debbie Isitt; Cast: Martin Freeman, Pam Ferris, Alan Carr, Jake Pratt, Bessie Cursons, Ricky Tomlinson, various child contestants on Britain's Got Talent
	25	W	Ninja Assassin	Warner Bros.	Dir., James McTeigue; Cast, Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Rick Yune
			Old Dogs	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir. Walt Becker, Cast. John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Bernie Mac, Seth Green, Lori Loughlin, Matt Dillon, Conner Rayburn, Ella Bleu Travolta, Ann-Margret, Rita Wilson, Amy Sedaris
		L	Me and Orson Welles	Freestyle Releasing	Dir.: Richard Linklater; Scr.: Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo, Jr.; Cast: Zac Efron, Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Ben Chaplin, James Tupper, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan, Zoe Kazan
			The Princess and the Frog ‡	Walt Disney Pictures	Dir.: John Musker, Ron Clements; Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Peter Bartlett, Jenifer Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Terrence Howard, John Goodman
			The Road	The Weinstein Co.	Dir., John Hillcoat; Scr., Joe Penhall; Cast, Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce
	27	L	St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Ealing Studios	Dir. Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson Cast Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud, Talulah Riley, Gemma Arterton, Ricky Wilson from Kaiser Chiefs, Juno Temple, Celia Imrie, Katherine Parkinson, Tamsin Egerton
D E C E M B E R	4	W	Armored	Screen Gems	Dir., Antal Nimród; Pro., Sam Raimi; Cast, Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia
			Brothers	Lionsgate	Dir.: Jim Sheridan; Scr.: David Benioff; Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard
			Everybody's Fine	Miramax	Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo
			Transylmania	Full Circle Releasing	James DeBello, Musetta Vander, Tony Denman
		L	Up in the Air ‡	Paramount Pictures	Dir.: Jason Reitman; Scr.: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner; Cast: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Amy Morton, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Zach Galifianakis
	11	W	Invictus	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Scott Eastwood
		L	The Lovely Bones ‡	DreamWorks	Dir. and Scr.: Peter Jackson; Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Rose McIver, Michael Imperioli, Amanda Michalka
			A Single Man	The Weinstein Company	Dir.: Tom Ford; Scr.: Tom Ford & David Scearce; Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Ginnifer Goodwin, Paulette Lamouri, John Hamm
	16	L	Crazy Heart ‡	Fox Searchlight Pictures	Dir./Scr.: Scott Cooper; Cast: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Beth Grant, Sarah Jane Morris
	18	W	Avatar	20th Century Fox	Dir. and Scr., James Cameron; Cast, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Giovanni Ribisi, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, CCH Pounder
			Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Columbia	Marc Lawrence (writer & director); Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, Elisabeth Moss, Mary Steenburgen, Sam Elliott, Michael Kelly, Kim Shaw
		L	Nine ‡	The Weinstein Company	Dir., Rob Marshall; Cast, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson
	23	W	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel	20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises	Dir., Betty Thomas; Cast, Jason Lee, David Cross, Zachary Levi, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler, Quest Crew, Honor Society, Charice Pempengco
		L	The Last Station	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. & Scr., Michael Hoffman Cast Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff, Paul Giamatti, Kerry Condon, Patrick Kennedy
	25	W	It's Complicated	Universal Pictures	Dir. & Scr., Nancy Meyers; Cast, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, John Krasinski, Rita Wilson, Hunter Parrish, Daryl Sabara, Zoe Kazan
			Sherlock Holmes	Warner Bros.	Dir.: Guy Ritchie; Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Geraldine James, James Fox, Kelly Reilly, Robert Mallet
		L	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ‡	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. & Scr., Terry Gilliam; Cast, Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Tom Waits, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell
	30	L	The White Ribbon	Sony Pictures Classics	Dir. & Scr., Michael Haneke; Cast Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Josef Bierbichler, Marisa Growaldt
			The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond	N/A	Dir., Jodie Markell; Cast, Bryce Dallas Howard, Chris Evans, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Jennifer Sipes

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	2	Steven Gilborn	72	USA	Actor	Dunston Checks In • Evolution • Alien Resurrection • Nurse Betty • Private Parts • The Brady Bunch Movie
	3	Pat Hingle	84	USA	Actor	Splendor in the Grass • Hang 'Em High • Batman • The Land Before Time • Shaft • Norma Rae • Sudden Impact • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby • The Quick and the Dead • Baby Boom
	5	Ned Tanen	77	USA	Producer	The Breakfast Club • St. Elmo's Fire • Sixteen Candles
	6	John Scott Martin	82	UK	Actor	The Meaning of Life • Pink Floyd The Wall • Ali G Indahouse • Little Shop of Horrors
	8	Don Galloway	71	USA	Actor	The Big Chill • Clifford
	12	Claude Berri	74	France	Director, Producer, Writer	Jean de Florette • Manon des Sources • Le Poulet • Tess • Germinal
	13	Patrick McGoohan	80	Ireland	Actor, Writer	Braveheart • Escape from Alcatraz • Treasure Planet • The Phantom • A Time to Kill • Scanners
	14	Ricardo Montalbán	88	Mexico	Actor, Director	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • The Naked Gun • Escape from the Planet of the Apes • The Ant Bully • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams • Cannonball Run II
	18	Kathleen Byron	88	UK	Actress	Saving Private Ryan • The Elephant Man • Black Narcissus • Emma
	21	Charles H. Schneer	88	USA	Producer	Jason and the Argonauts • Clash of the Titans • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad • Mysterious Island • It Came from Beneath the Sea
	25	Kim Manners	58	USA	Producer, Director, Production Manager, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Actor	Valdez Is Coming • Halls of Anger
February	6	James Whitmore	87	USA	Actor	Planet of the Apes • The Shawshank Redemption • Tora! Tora! Tora! • The Majestic
	6	Philip Carey	83	USA	Actor	Operation Pacific • Pushover • Mister Roberts
	12	George Grenville	88	USA	Film Editor	Iron Eagle • Wrong is Right • Looking for Mr. Goodbar • Bite the Bullet
	20	Robert Quarry	83	USA	Actor	Count Yorga, Vampire • Dr. Phibes Rises Again
	22	Howard Zieff	81	USA	Director	Private Benjamin • My Girl • The Dream Team
	27	Alan Saunders	68	USA	Actor	Annie Hall • Cop and a Half
March	1	Joan Turner	86	USA	Actress	In Her Shoes • All About the Benjamins
	4	Horton Foote	92	USA	Screenwriter	To Kill a Mockingbird • Baby the Rain Must Fall • The Trip to Bountiful • Of Mice and Men (1992) • Tender Mercies
	13	Betsy Blair	85	USA	Actress	Marty • A Double Life • Another Part of the Forest • The Snake Pit
	15	Ron Silver	62	USA	Actor, Director	Ali • Reversal of Fortune • Timecop • Silkwood • Find Me Guilty
	18	Natasha Richardson	45	UK	Actress	Nell • The Parent Trap • Maid in Manhattan • Patty Hearst • Evening • Wild Child
	21	John Franklyn-Robbins	84	UK	Actor	Vanity Fair • The Golden Compass • Lionheart
	29	Maurice Jarre	84	France	Composer	Lawrence of Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • Ghost • The Longest Day • Fatal Attraction • Gorillas in the Mist • Witness • Taps • Dead Poet's Society • A Passage to India • The Last Tycoon • Top Secret! • Ryan's Daughter • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome • The Mosquito Coast
	29	Monte Hale	89	USA	Actor, Singer	Giant
April	1	Miguel Ángel Suárez	69	Puerto Rico	Actor	Bananas • Stir Crazy • Under Suspicion • Angel • Che: Part One
	1	Lou Perryman	67	USA	Actor	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre • Poltergeist • The Blues Brothers
	4	Jody McCrea	74	USA	Actor, Producer	Lafayette Escadrille • Cry Blood, Apache • Beach Party • Muscle Beach Party • Bikini Beach • Beach Blanket Bingo • How to Stuff a Wild Bikini
	5	Wouter Barendrecht	43	Netherlands	Producer	The Goddess of 1967 • Springtime in a Small Town • Last Life in the Universe • Pleasure Factory
	9	Shakti Samanta	83	India	Director, Producer	Aradhana • Kati Patang • Amar Prem
	10	Yevgeny Vesnik	86	Russia	Actor	The Adventures of the Elektronic
	12	Marilyn Chambers	57	United States	Actress, producer	Rabid • Behind the Green Door
	20	Peter Rogers	95	UK	Director	Carry On film series
	22	Ken Annakin	94	UK	Director	Swiss Family Robinson • The Longest Day • Battle of the Bulge • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
	22	Jack Cardiff	94	UK	Cinematographer-Director	Black Narcissus • The Red Shoes • A Matter of Life and Death • War and Peace • The African Queen • The Prince and the Showgirl • The Vikings • Sons and Lovers
	25	Beatrice Arthur	86	USA	Actress	Lovers and Other Strangers • Mame • The Golden Girls • Maude
	27	Feroz Khan	69	India	Actor	Tarzan Goes to India • Dharmatma • Qurbani • Janbaaz
May	1	Danny Gans	52	USA	Actor, Entertainer	Bull Durham
	4	Dom DeLuise	75	USA	Actor, Comedian, Film Director	History of the World, Part I • Spaceballs • Robin Hood: Men in Tights • All Dogs Go to Heaven • An American Tail • The Muppet Movie • The Cannonball Run • The Twelve Chairs • Blazing Saddles • The End • Smokey and the Bandit II • Hot Stuff • Oliver & Company
	4	Jane Randolph	93	USA	Actress	Railroaded! • Cat People • The Curse of the Cat People
	7	Mickey Carroll	89	USA	Actor	The Wizard of Oz
	18	Wayne Allwine	62	USA	Voice actor/third voice of Mickey Mouse, Sound effects editor	Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Fantasia 2000 • A Goofy Movie • The Great Mouse Detective • The Black Cauldron • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier • Splash • Three Men and a Baby • Alien Nation • Innerspace
	20	Lucy Gordon	28	UK	Actress	Perfume • Serendipity • Spider-Man 3
	28	Mort Abrahams	93	USA	Producer	Planet of the Apes • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
June	3	David Carradine	72	USA	Actor	Kung Fu • Death Race 2000 • Bound for Glory • Bird on a Wire • Kill Bill • Crank: High Voltage
	3	Shih Kien	96	China	Actor	The Young Master • Enter the Dragon
	21	Lorena Gale	51	Canada	Actress	The Butterfly Effect • Fantastic Four • The X-Files: I Want to Believe • Ernest Goes to School • Traitor • Halloween: Resurrection • The Exorcism of Emily Rose • Agent Cody Banks • The Fly II • The Day the Earth Stood Still
	23	Ed McMahon	86	USA	Actor	The Incident • Fun with Dick and Jane • Bewitched • Full Moon High • Butterfly
	25	Farrah Fawcett	62	USA	Actress	Logan's Run • The Cannonball Run • Extremities • The Apostle • Dr. T & the Women
	25	Michael Jackson	50	USA	Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Producer	The Wiz • Captain EO • Moonwalker • Michael Jackson's Ghosts • Men in Black II • Miss Cast Away and the Island Girls • This Is It
	29	Jan Rubes	89	Canada	Singer, Actor	Witness • One Magic Christmas • Dead of Winter • The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick • D2: The Mighty Ducks
	26	Bill Roberson	56	USA	Actor	Forrest Gump • The Patriot • Leatherheads • Radio
	30	Harve Presnell	75	USA	Actor	Fargo • Paint Your Wagon • Saving Private Ryan • Patch Adams
July	1	Karl Malden	97	USA	Actor	A Streetcar Named Desire • On the Waterfront • Baby Doll • Birdman of Alcatraz • Gypsy • Patton• One-Eyed Jacks • How the West Was Won • Kiss of Death • I Confess
	4	Brenda Joyce	92	USA	Actress	Tarzan and the Amazons • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman • Tarzan and the Huntress • Tarzan and the Mermaids • Tarzan's Magic Fountain
	10	Zena Marshall	83	UK	Actress	Dr. No • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines • The Terrornauts
	17	Walter Cronkite	92	USA	News Anchor, Actor	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
	26	Traugott Buhre	80	Germany	Actor	Derrick • Tatort • Anatomy
	26	Clayton Hill	78	USA	Actor	Dawn of the Dead • The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
	31	Jean-Paul Roussillon	78	France	Actor	Monsieur de Pourceaugnac • Une hirondelle a fait le printemps • Playing 'In the Company of Men' • Kings and Queen • A Christmas Tale
August	6	John Hughes	59	USA	Director, Writer, Producer	National Lampoon's Vacation • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Weird Science • The Breakfast Club • Sixteen Candles • Pretty in Pink • She's Having a Baby • Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Uncle Buck • Home Alone • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York • Flubber
	9	John Quade	71	USA	Actor, Stuntman	The Outlaw Josey Wales • 92 In The Shade • The Sting • Every Which Way But Loose
	13	Les Paul	94	USA	Musician, Songwriter, Actor	The Dream Catcher
	26	Sadie Corre	91	USA	Actress, Dancer	Return of the Jedi • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang • Willow • Funny Bones
	28	Wayne Tippit	76	USA	Actor	Nurse Betty • JFK • Taps • The Dream Team
September	7	Frank Coghlan, Jr.	93	USA	Actor	The Public Enemy • Adventures of Captain Marvel
	12	Larry Gelbart	81	USA	Author, Screenwriter, Producer	Tootsie • Oh, God! • Blame It on Rio • Bedazzled • Neighbors • Rough Cut
	14	Patrick Swayze	57	USA	Actor, Dancer, Singer-songwriter	Dirty Dancing • Road House • Ghost • Point Break • Red Dawn • The Outsiders • Grandview, U.S.A. • Steel Dawn • Next of Kin • Waking Up in Reno • Black Dog • Donnie Darko • 11:14 • Keeping Mum • Tall Tale • Youngblood • Christmas in Wonderland
	14	Henry Gibson	73	USA	Actor	The Burbs • Nashville • Innerspace • The Blues Brothers • Gremlins 2: The New Batch • Charlotte's Web • Bio-Dome
	17	Dick Durock	72	USA	Actor, Stuntman	Swamp Thing • Stand by Me • The Enforcer • Any Which Way You Can • Die Hard: With a Vengeance
	21	Robert Ginty	60	USA	Actor, Director	The Exterminator • Coming Home • Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
October	10	Sean Lawlor	55	Ireland	Actor	Trojan Eddie • Titanic • Braveheart • In the Name of the Father •
	14	Collin Wilcox	74	USA	Actress	To Kill a Mockingbird • Jaws 2 • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
	19	Joseph Wiseman	91	Canada	Actor	Dr. No • Viva Zapata! • The Unforgiven
November	4	David Tree	94	USA	Actor	Goodbye, Mr. Chips • Pygmalion
	16	Edward Woodward	79	UK	Actor	Breaker Morant • The Wicker Man
	17	Tony Kendall	72	Italy	Actor	Machine Gun McCain
December	3	Richard Todd	90	UK	Actor	The Hasty Heart • Stage Fright • The Dam Busters • A Man Called Peter
	4	Bryan O'Byrne	78	USA	Actor	Gunfight in Abilene • Marnie • The Shakiest Gun in the West • The Million Dollar Duck • Gus • Love at First Bite • The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again • Zapped! • Spaceballs
	9	Gene Barry	90	USA	Actor	The War of the Worlds • Thunder Road
	16	Roy E. Disney	79	USA	senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, nephew of Walt Disney	Fantasia 2000
	17	Jennifer Jones	90	USA	Actress	Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing • Duel in the Sun • Since You Went Away • The Song of Bernadette • Love Letters • A Farewell to Arms
	17	Dan O'Bannon	63	USA	Screenwriter, Director, Actor	Dark Star • Alien • Heavy Metal • Blue Thunder • Lifeforce • The Return of the Living Dead • Invaders from Mars • Total Recall • Screamers
	20	Brittany Murphy	32	USA	Actress, Singer	Clueless • Just Married • Girl, Interrupted • 8 Mile • Sin City • The Dead Girl • Uptown Girls • Riding in Cars with Boys • Spun • Happy Feet • Little Black Book • Don't Say a Word • Summer Catch
	20	Arnold Stang	91	USA	Actor	The Man with the Golden Arm Alakazam the Great • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World • Hello Down There • Hercules in New York • Dennis the Menace
	22	Michael Currie	81	USA	Actor	Sudden Impact • The Dead Pool • Halloween III: Season of the Witch • Firefox • Any Which Way You Can • G.I. Jane
	30	Perry Wilson	93	USA	Actress	The Matchmaker • Fear Strikes Out

References

1. ^ "2009 Worldwide Grosses". Box Office Mojo. http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2009&p=.htm. Retrieved February 25, 2010. 
2. ^ "Azerbaijan's "40th Door" wins Gold Remi Award Foreign at International Houston Film Festival". Azeri Press Agency. 2009-04-27. http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=101162. 

External links

• 2009 release schedule at Box Office Mojo