Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "year-2009"

1. Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)

53 min | Biography, Drama

One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.

Stars: Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor

Votes: 10,020

2. BlackBerry (2023)

R | 120 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

Director: Matt Johnson | Stars: Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerton, Matt Johnson, Kelly Van der Burg

Votes: 42,077

3. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Five college friends head out to a remote cabin for a getaway, but things don't go as planned when they start getting killed. They soon discover that there is more to the cabin than it seems.

Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz

Votes: 450,414 | Gross: $42.07M

4. 2012 (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 158 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A frustrated writer struggles to keep his family alive when a series of global catastrophes threatens to annihilate mankind.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: John Cusack, Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet

Votes: 397,652 | Gross: $166.11M

5. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

R | 157 min | Drama, History, Thriller

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.

Director: Kathryn Bigelow | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Mark Strong

Votes: 318,793 | Gross: $95.72M

6. Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 202,447 | Gross: $73.12M

7. Captain Phillips (2013)

PG-13 | 134 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener

Votes: 492,339 | Gross: $107.10M

8. Orphan (2009)

R | 123 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder

Votes: 252,167 | Gross: $41.60M

9. Boyhood (I) (2014)

R | 165 min | Drama

The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.

Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith

Votes: 367,070 | Gross: $25.38M

10. Shazam! (2019)

PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A newly fostered young boy in search of his mother instead finds unexpected super powers and soon gains a powerful enemy.

Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer

Votes: 384,699 | Gross: $140.37M

11. Drag Me to Hell (2009)

PG-13 | 99 min | Horror

A loan officer who evicts an old woman from her home finds herself the recipient of a supernatural curse. Desperate, she turns to a seer to try and save her soul, while evil forces work to push her to a breaking point.

Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Ruth Livier, Lorna Raver

Votes: 217,382 | Gross: $42.10M

12. Paul (2011)

R | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Director: Greg Mottola | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Mia Stallard

Votes: 265,996 | Gross: $37.41M

13. Knowing (2009)

PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.

Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson

Votes: 247,425 | Gross: $79.96M

14. Sully (2016)

PG-13 | 96 min | Biography, Drama

When pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger lands his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight's passengers and crew, some consider him a hero while others think he was reckless.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Valerie Mahaffey

Votes: 297,891 | Gross: $125.07M

15. The Vault (2021)

R | 118 min | Action, Thriller

Follows a genius engineering graduate who is interested in the Bank of Spain's safe.

Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Liam Cunningham

Votes: 30,785

16. Free Solo (2018)

PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport

Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.

Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe

Votes: 77,277 | Gross: $17.54M

17. The Outpost (2019)

R | 123 min | Action, Drama, History

A small team of U.S. soldiers battles against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy

Votes: 40,474

18. Conviction (II) (2010)

R | 107 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A working mother puts herself through law school in an effort to represent her brother, who has been wrongfully convicted of murder and has exhausted his chances to appeal his conviction through public defenders.

Director: Tony Goldwyn | Stars: Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Melissa Leo, Thomas D. Mahard

Votes: 45,967 | Gross: $6.78M

19. The Missing (2014–2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Tony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.

Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Anastasia Hille, James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor

Votes: 30,192

20. Snowden (2016)

R | 134 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto

Votes: 162,900 | Gross: $21.59M

21. Class of '09 (2023)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

FBI agents who graduated from Quantico in 2009 are reunited following the death of a mutual friend.

Stars: Brian Tyree Henry, Kate Mara, Sepideh Moafi, Brian J. Smith

Votes: 6,383

22. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)

PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The world-famous singing preteen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.

Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross, Justin Long

Votes: 54,456 | Gross: $219.61M

23. I Origins (2014)

R | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A molecular biologist and his laboratory partner uncover evidence that may fundamentally change society as we know it.

Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Michael Pitt, Steven Yeun, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Brit Marling

Votes: 133,556 | Gross: $0.33M

24. Get Him to the Greek (2010)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Music

A record company intern is hired to accompany out-of-control British rock star Aldous Snow to a concert at L.A.'s Greek Theater.

Director: Nicholas Stoller | Stars: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne

Votes: 185,579 | Gross: $60.97M

25. Spies in Disguise (2019)

PG | 102 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When the world's best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world.

Directors: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane | Stars: Rachel Brosnahan, Jarrett Bruno, Claire Crosby, Toru Uchikado

Votes: 56,493 | Gross: $66.76M

26. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.

Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie

Votes: 22,766

27. Shaft (2019)

R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

JJ Shaft, a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family's help to uncover the truth behind his best friend's untimely death.

Director: Tim Story | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree, Regina Hall

Votes: 58,713 | Gross: $21.36M

28. The Good Liar (2019)

R | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Consummate con man Roy Courtnay has set his sights on his latest mark: the recently widowed Betty McLeish, worth millions. But this time, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a cat-and-mouse game with the ultimate stakes.

Director: Bill Condon | Stars: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey, Jim Carter

Votes: 47,110

29. Recoil (I) (2011)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A cop turns vigilante after his family is murdered, exacting vengeance on the killers - and then on all criminals who have slipped through the system.

Director: Terry Miles | Stars: Steve Austin, Serinda Swan, Danny Trejo, Keith Jardine

Votes: 5,893

30. A Private War (2018)

R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War

One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.

Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay

Votes: 20,994 | Gross: $1.63M

31. Blue Bayou (2021)

R | 117 min | Drama

As a Korean-American man raised in the Louisiana bayou works hard to make a life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past as he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Director: Justin Chon | Stars: Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh-Dan Pham

Votes: 10,428

32. Fruitvale Station (2013)

R | 85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.

Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand

Votes: 85,851 | Gross: $16.10M

33. The Kill Team (2019)

R | 87 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A young American soldier in Afghanistan is disturbed by his commanding officer's behavior and is faced with a moral dilemma.

Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell

Votes: 7,591

34. The Greatest (2009)

R | 99 min | Drama, Romance

A drama that is centered around a troubled teenage girl and a family that is trying to get over the loss of their son.

Director: Shana Feste | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon

Votes: 9,470 | Gross: $0.12M

35. Freejack (1992)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

Bounty hunters from the future transport a doomed race car driver to New York City in 2009, where his mind will be replaced with that of a dead billionaire.

Director: Geoff Murphy | Stars: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins

Votes: 17,454 | Gross: $17.13M

36. The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.

Director: Clay Kaytis | Stars: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Oliver Hudson

Votes: 83,457

37. The Last Five Years (2014)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A struggling actress and her novelist lover each illustrate the struggle and deconstruction of their love affair.

Director: Richard LaGravenese | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Tamara Mintz, Cassandra Inman

Votes: 10,743 | Gross: $0.14M

38. Charlie Says (2018)

R | 110 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The tragic tale of an all-American girl who was transformed into a cold-blooded killer in the summer of 1969.

Director: Mary Harron | Stars: Hannah Murray, Matt Smith, Sosie Bacon, Marianne Rendón

Votes: 5,406 | Gross: $0.04M

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

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

When a child, Chun-Li sees her father being captured by wealthy gangster Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for justice and bring down the criminal organization Shadaloo which is led by Bison.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein

Votes: 25,344 | Gross: $8.74M

40. A Journal for Jordan (2021)

PG-13 | 131 min | Drama, Romance, War

1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father.

Director: Denzel Washington | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Chanté Adams, Jalon Christian, Robert Wisdom

Votes: 2,883

41. The Devil Inside (2012)

R | 83 min | Horror

In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.

Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Fernanda Andrade, Simon Quarterman, Evan Helmuth, Ionut Grama

Votes: 37,497 | Gross: $53.26M

42. Rheingold (2022)

138 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Capturing the life of German hip-hop rapper, entrepreneur, and ex-convict Giwar Hajabi.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Emilio Sakraya, Mona Pirzad, Kardo Razzazi, Ilyes Moutaoukkil

Votes: 2,875

43. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige

Votes: 40,894

44. Leaving Neverland (2019)

TV-MA | 240 min | Documentary

At the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.

Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Michael Jackson, Wade Robson, Joy Robson, Chantal Robson

Votes: 31,115

45. Le Havre (2011)

Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.

Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Kati Outinen

Votes: 23,544 | Gross: $0.61M

46. This Is It (2009)

PG | 111 min | Documentary, Music

A compilation of interviews, rehearsals, and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

Director: Kenny Ortega | Stars: Michael Jackson, Alex Al, Alexandra Apjarova, Nick Bass

Votes: 41,898 | Gross: $72.09M

47. Toxic Town

60 min | Drama | Post-production

The tragic toxic waste case in the East Midlands and three mothers fighting for the justice for the rates of upper limb defects in babies born in Corby were subsequently found to be three times higher than those of children born.

Stars: Robert Carlyle, Claudia Jessie, Rory Kinnear, Aimee Lou Wood

48. Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story (2023)

TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, Sport

The remarkable story of how, in 2009, competing in the most expensive and technologically advanced racing series on Earth, the impossible happened.

Stars: Ross Brawn, Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo

Votes: 3,073

49. West of Memphis (2012)

R | 147 min | Documentary, Crime

An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.

Director: Amy Berg | Stars: Jason Baldwin, Damien Wayne Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Michael Baden

Votes: 10,947 | Gross: $0.31M

50. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.

Director: Hideo Kojima | Stars: David Hayter, Quinton Flynn, Christopher Randolph, Lara Cody

Votes: 9,220