Best award winning movies with directorial genius from 2009

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with directorial genius from 2009! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with directorial genius from 2009, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Inglourious Basterds (2009)

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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2009-08-02 | Drama / Thriller

Cast

Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent

Rating

rating icon 8.218
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #38 for
    critically acclaimed
  2. Ranked #51 for
    masterful story
  3. Ranked #59 for
    like The Hateful Eight

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2 A Serious Man (2009)

It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous acquaintances Sy Ableman.

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2009-09-30 | Comedy / Drama

Cast

Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind

Rating

rating icon 6.749
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #32 for
    great story
  2. Ranked #126 for
    like Inside Llewyn Davis
  3. Ranked #136 for
    smart and witty dialogue

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3 Mother (2009)

A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.

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2009-05-28 | Crime / Drama

Cast

Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin

Rating

rating icon 7.722
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #61 for
    like Mr. Brooks
  2. Ranked #72 for
    innocent man
  3. Ranked #105 for
    masterpiece

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4 A Single Man (2009)

The life of George Falconer, a British college professor, is reeling with the recent and sudden loss of his longtime partner. This traumatic event makes George challenge his own will to live as he seeks the console of his close girl friend Charley, who is struggling with her own questions about life.

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2009-12-11 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Colin Firth, Julianne Moore

Rating

rating icon 7.29
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #76 for
    consoling
  2. Ranked #112 for
    like The Last Picture Show
  3. Ranked #118 for
    with cockney accent

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A Single Man trailer
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5 Up (2009)

Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

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2009-05-28 | Animation / Comedy

Cast

Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer

Rating

rating icon 7.958
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #15 for
    cantankerous
  2. Ranked #53 for
    wonderful
  3. Ranked #104 for
    Claymation

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6 Coraline (2009)

A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a sinister secret.

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2009-02-05 | Animation / Family

Cast

Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher

Rating

rating icon 7.872
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #48 for
    Claymation
  2. Ranked #102 for
    like Fantastic Mr. Fox
  3. Ranked #105 for
    freak show

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7 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.

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2009-10-23 | Adventure / Animation

Cast

George Clooney, Meryl Streep

Rating

rating icon 7.797
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #31 for
    Claymation
  2. Ranked #36 for
    sly
  3. Ranked #61 for
    good story

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8 Bright Star (2009)

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

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2009-09-18 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw

Rating

rating icon 6.616
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #55 for
    Period Drama
  2. Ranked #58 for
    flirtatious
  3. Ranked #87 for
    platonic love

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9 Nine (2009)

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

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2009-12-03 | Drama / Music

Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard

Rating

rating icon 5.52
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #24 for
    razzle-dazzle
  2. Ranked #57 for
    great soundtrack
  3. Ranked #72 for
    jukebox musical

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10 Broken Embraces (2009)

Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.

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2009-03-18 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Penélope Cruz, Lluís Homar

Rating

rating icon 7.14
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #57 for
    Multigenre
  2. Ranked #154 for
    lust
  3. Ranked #189 for
    neo-noir

Trailer

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