2009 in film

none 2009 film radio television music The following is an overview of events in 2009 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Avatar was the year's highest grossing film and became the highest-grossing film of all-time. 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). 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 DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens and 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.French Philip Philip French 2009 in review: Film https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/13/2009-review-film-philip-french The Guardian 8 April 2020 13 December 2009 Highest-grossing films Lists of box office number-one films#2009 The top 10 films released in 2009 by worldwide gross are as follows:https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2009/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 2009 Worldwide Box Office Box Office Mojo IMDb March 7, 2020 July 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200726105837/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/2009/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1 live + Highest-grossing films of 2009 Rank Title Distributor Worldwide gross 1 Avatar 20th Century Fox $2,743,577,587nb reissue Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases. 2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Warner Bros. $933,959,197 3 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 20th Century Fox $886,686,817 4 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Paramount $836,303,693 5 2012 Sony $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 $485,930,816 10 The Hangover Warner Bros. $469,328,079 nb Avatar surpassed Titanic as the highest-grossing film of all time on January 25, 2010.Frank Segers https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i107616f101d6818868bd08edad593649 https://web.archive.org/web/20100128102910/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i107616f101d6818868bd08edad593649 'Avatar' breaks 'Titanic' worldwide record The Hollywood Reporter January 25, 2010 April 23, 2010 January 28, 2010 dead Avatar then became the first film to earn more than $2 billion at the box office on January 31, 2010.Brendan Bettinger https://collider.com/avatar-becomes-the-first-film-to-gross-more-than-2-billion-worldwide/ Avatar Becomes the First Film to Gross More Than $2 Billion Worldwide Collider January 31, 2010 April 23, 2010 August 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140817015709/http://collider.com/avatar-becomes-the-first-film-to-gross-more-than-2-billion-worldwide/ live Avatar was surpassed by Avengers: Endgame as the highest-grossing film of all time on July 21, 2019.Brevet Brad July 21, 2019 'The Lion King' Debuts with Record $185M & 'Endgame' Becomes Global #1 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1432421380/ May 20, 2021 Box Office Mojo December 19, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191219175606/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed1432421380/ live Due to a re-release, Avatar retook the title from Endgame on March 13, 2021.https://deadline.com/2021/03/avatar-overtakes-avengers-endgame-highest-grossing-film-all-time-worldwide-box-office-china-james-cameron-disney-1234713788/ 'Avatar' Overtakes 'Avengers: Endgame' As All-Time Highest-Grossing Film Worldwide; Rises To $2.8B Amid China Reissue – Update March 13, 2021 Nancy Tartaglione Deadline Hollywood June 3, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210313180044/https://deadline.com/2021/03/avatar-overtakes-avengers-endgame-highest-grossing-film-all-time-worldwide-box-office-china-james-cameron-disney-1234713788/ March 13, 2021 live Events Month Day Event January 1 Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks Animation sign a licensing agreement to allow DreamWorks Pictures, DWA's former parent company, to use the DreamWorks trademarks, logo and name, after the live-action studio's separation from Paramount Pictures. 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, exactly one year after his death. 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 Theatre in Los Angeles. March 29 The 14th Empire Awards ceremony is held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. May 31 The 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California July 23 – 2 August The 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held December 18 Avatar is released in theaters, breaking many box-office records, including becoming the highest-grossing movie of all time. Awards Category/Organization 15th Critics' Choice AwardsJanuary 15, 2010 67th Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 17, 2010 Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards 63rd BAFTA AwardsFebruary 21, 2010 82nd Academy AwardsMarch 7, 2010 Drama Musical or Comedy Best Film The Hurt Locker Avatar The Hangover The Hurt Locker Best Director Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker James CameronAvatar Kathryn BigelowThe Hurt Locker Best Actor Jeff BridgesCrazy Heart Robert Downey Jr.Sherlock Holmes Jeff BridgesCrazy Heart Colin FirthA Single Man Jeff BridgesCrazy Heart Best Actress Sandra BullockThe Blind SideMeryl StreepJulie & Julia Sandra BullockThe Blind Side Meryl StreepJulie & Julia Sandra BullockThe Blind Side Carey MulliganAn Education Sandra BullockThe Blind Side Best Supporting Actor Christoph WaltzInglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress Mo'NiquePrecious Best Screenplay, Adapted Jason Reitman and Sheldon TurnerUp in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon TurnerUp in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon TurnerUp in the Air Geoffrey FletcherPrecious Best Screenplay, Original Quentin TarantinoInglourious Basterds Mark BoalThe Hurt Locker Best Animated Film Up Best Original Score UpMichael Giacchino N/A UpMichael Giacchino Best Original Song "The Weary Kind"Crazy Heart N/AN/A "The Weary Kind"Crazy Heart Best Foreign Language Film Broken Embraces The White Ribbon N/A A Prophet The Secret in Their Eyes Best Documentary The Cove N/A The Cove N/A The Cove Palme d'Or (62nd Cannes Film Festival): The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band), directed by Michael Haneke, Germany Golden Lion (66th Venice International Film Festival): Lebanon, directed by Samuel Maoz, Israel Golden Bear (59th Berlin International Film Festival): The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada), directed by Claudia Llosa, Peru People's Choice Award (34th Toronto International Film Festival): Precious, directed by Lee Daniels, United States 2009 films By country/region List of American films of 2009 List of Argentine films of 2009 List of Australian films of 2009 List of Bangladeshi films of 2009 List of Bengali films of 2009 List of Bollywood films of 2009 List of Brazilian films of 2009 List of British films of 2009 List of Chinese films of 2009 List of Canadian films of 2009 List of French films of 2009 List of Hindi films of 2009 List of Hong Kong films of 2009 List of Italian films of 2009 List of Japanese films of 2009 List of Kannada films of 2009 List of Mexican films of the 2000s List of Malayalam films of 2009 List of Pakistani films of 2009 List of Russian films of 2009 List of South Korean films of 2009 List of Spanish films of 2009 List of Tamil films of 2009 List of Telugu films of 2009 List of Turkish films of 2009 By genre/medium List of action films of 2009 List of animated feature films of 2009 List of avant-garde films of 2009 List of crime films of 2009 List of comedy films of 2009 List of drama films of 2009 List of horror films of 2006 List of science fiction films of 2009 List of thriller films of 2009 List of western films of 2009 Births January 5 - Walker Scobell, American actor January 23 - Winslow Fegley, American actor January 26 - YaYa Gosselin, American actress February 22 - Archie Yates, English actor March 12 - Woody Norman, English actor March 17 - Lenny Rush, English actor April 15 Isaac Ordonez, American actor Julia Butters, American actress April 20 - Calah Lane, American actress and singer May 18 - Hala Finley, American actress May 25 - Elle Graham, American actress June 7 - Diaana Babnicova, British actress June 23 - Xia Vigor, British-Filipino actress July 2 - Alexa Swinton, American actress September 25 - Leah Jeffries, American actress September 26 – Alisha Weir, Irish actress and singer October 9 - Gordon Cormier, Canadian actor November 5 - Trinity Bliss, American actress and singer November 10 - Christian Convery, American-Canadian actor December 5 - Owen Cooper, English actor December 9 - Sōya Kurokawa, Japanese actor Deaths Month Date Name Age Country Profession Notable films January 1 Edmund Purdom 82 UK Actor Julius Caesar The Egyptian 2 Steven Gilborn 72 US Actor Dunston Checks In Evolution 3 Pat Hingle 84 US Actor Batman Hang 'Em High 3 Olga San Juan 81 US Actress, Dancer Blue Skies Are You with It? 5 Robert F. Brunner 70 US Composer The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes That Darn Cat! 5 Ned Tanen 77 US Producer, Executive The Breakfast Club St. Elmo's Fire 6 John Scott Martin 82 UK Actor Monty Python's The Meaning of Life Pink Floyd – The Wall 8 Don Galloway 71 US Actor The Big Chill Rough Night in Jericho 12 Claude Berri 74 France Director, Producer, Screenwriter Jean de Florette Manon des Sources 12 Russ Conway 95 Canada Actor What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Love Me Tender 13 Patrick McGoohan 80 Ireland Actor Braveheart Escape from Alcatraz 14 Ricardo Montalbán 88 Mexico Actor Fiesta Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 14 Angela Morley 84 UK Composer Watership Down The Little Prince 15 Chuck Gaspar 70 US Special Effects Artist Ghostbusters Armageddon 17 Susanna Foster 84 US Actress, Singer Phantom of the Opera Glamour Boy 18 Kathleen Byron 88 UK Actress Black Narcissus Saving Private Ryan 21 Charles H. Schneer 88 US Producer Jason and the Argonauts Clash of the Titans 26 Darrell Sandeen 78 US Actor L.A. Confidential They Call Me Bruce? 31 Clint Ritchie 70 US Actor The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Bandolero! February 6 Philip Carey 83 US Actor Calamity Jane Pushover 6 James Whitmore 87 US Actor Planet of the Apes The Shawshank Redemption 7 Molly Bee 69 US Singer, Actress Going Steady Summer Love 7 Lesley Brook 91 UK Actress The Bells Go Down For You Alone 9 Robert Anderson 91 US Screenwriter The Nun's Story The Sand Pebbles 13 Dilys Laye 74 UK Actress Idol on Parade A Countess from Hong Kong 19 Oreste Lionello 81 Italy Actor Four Flies on Grey Velvet Totòtruffa 62 20 Robert Quarry 83 US Actor Count Yorga, Vampire Dr. Phibes Rises Again 21 Howard Zieff 81 US Director Private Benjamin My Girl 23 Laurence Payne 89 UK Actor Vampire Circus The Tell-Tale Heart 24 Edward Judd 76 UK Actor O Lucky Man! The Day the Earth Caught Fire 27 John Alvin 91 US Actor Objective, Burma! The Beast with Five Fingers March 3 Sydney Chaplin 82 US Actor Limelight Le clan des siciliens 4 Horton Foote 92 US Screenwriter To Kill a Mockingbird Tender Mercies 7 Tullio Pinelli 100 Italy Screenwriter La Strada La Dolce Vita 13 Betsy Blair 85 US Actress Marty A Delicate Balance 14 Millard Kaufman 92 US Screenwriter Bad Day at Black Rock Gun Crazy 15 Ron Silver 62 US Actor Reversal of Fortune Timecop 18 Natasha Richardson 45 UK Actress Nell The Parent Trap 21 John Cater 77 UK Actor The Abominable Dr. Phibes Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter 21 John Franklyn-Robbins 84 UK Actor Vanity Fair The Plague Dogs 25 Steven Bach 70 US Studio Executive 29 Monte Hale 89 US Actor, Singer Home on the Range Giant 29 Maurice Jarre 84 France Composer Lawrence of Arabia Doctor Zhivago April 1 Lou Perryman 67 US Actor The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Poltergeist 1 Miguel Ángel Suárez 69 Puerto Rico Actor Bananas Stir Crazy 3 Tom Smith 88 UK Makeup Artist Gandhi Raiders of the Lost Ark 4 Jody McCrea 74 US Actor Beach Blanket Bingo Cry Blood, Apache 5 Wouter Barendrecht 43 Netherlands Producer The Goddess of 1967 Springtime in a Small Town 8 Jane Bryan 90 US Actress Each Dawn I Die Kid Galahad 9 Michael N. Harbour 63 UK Actor Sophie's World Wild Geese II 9 Shakti Samanta 83 India Director, Producer Aradhana Kati Patang 11 Simon Channing Williams 63 UK Producer Secrets & Lies Topsy-Turvy 12 Marilyn Chambers 57 US Actress Rabid Behind the Green Door 18 Peter Dennis 75 UK Actor Sideways Shrek 22 Ken Annakin 94 UK Director Swiss Family Robinson The Longest Day 22 Jack Cardiff 94 UK Cinematographer, Director Black Narcissus The Red Shoes 25 Bea Arthur 86 US Actress Lovers and Other Strangers Mame 27 Feroz Khan 69 India Actor Tarzan Goes to India Dharmatma May 1 Marc Rocco 46 US Director, Screenwriter Where the Day Takes You Murder in the First 4 Dom DeLuise 75 US Actor The Cannonball Run Silent Movie 4 Jane Randolph 93 US Actress Railroaded! Cat People 15 Bud Tingwell 86 Australia Actor Ned Kelly The Dish 18 Wayne Allwine 62 US Voice Actor Who Framed Roger Rabbit Fantasia 2000 20 Lucy Gordon 28 UK Actress Perfume Spider-Man 3 28 Mort Abrahams 93 US Producer Planet of the Apes Goodbye, Mr. Chips 28 Terence Alexander 86 UK Actor The Square Peg Waterloo June 3 David Carradine 72 US Actor Kill Bill Bound for Glory 3 Shih Kien 96 China Actor The Young Master Enter the Dragon 6 Mary Howard 96 US Actress Abe Lincoln in Illinois Billy the Kid 9 Michael Roof 32 US Actor XXX Black Hawk Down 21 Lorena Gale 51 Canada Actress The Butterfly Effect Fantastic Four 23 Ed McMahon 86 US Actor The Incident Fun with Dick and Jane 25 Farrah Fawcett 62 US Actress Logan's Run The Cannonball Run 25 Michael Jackson 50 US Singer, Actor The Wiz Moonwalker 27 Gale Storm 87 US Singer, Actress It Happened on 5th Avenue The Texas Rangers 29 Jan Rubeš 89 Czech Republic Singer, Actor Witness Snow Falling on Cedars 30 Harve Presnell 75 US Actor, Singer The Unsinkable Molly Brown Fargo July 1 Karl Malden 97 US Actor A Streetcar Named Desire On the Waterfront 4 Brenda Joyce 92 US Actress Tarzan and the Amazons The Rains Came 10 Zena Marshall 83 UK Actress Dr. No Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines 13 Beverly Roberts 95 US Actress China Clipper Two Against the World 14 Dal McKennon 89 US Actor The Birds Mary Poppins 24 Harry Towb 83 Ireland Actor Barry Lyndon Patton 26 Clayton Hill 78 US Actor Dawn of the Dead The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh 29 Joanne Jordan 88 US Actress Written on the Wind Jet Pilot 31 Jean-Paul Roussillon 78 France Actor Monsieur de Pourceaugnac Revenge of the Musketeers August 4 Blake Snyder 51 US Screenwriter Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Blank Check 5 Budd Schulberg 95 US Screenwriter On the Waterfront A Face in the Crowd 6 John Hughes 59 US Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Breakfast Club Home Alone 9 John Quade 71 US Actor The Outlaw Josey Wales High Plains Drifter 12 Ruth Ford 98 US Actress Adventure in Iraq Play It As It Lays 13 John Bentley 92 UK Actor Calling Paul Temple Hammer the Toff 15 Carlos Gómez 92 Paraguay Actor Alto Paraná La sangre y la semilla 16 Richard Moore 83 US Cinematographer, Director Annie Sometimes a Great Notion 21 Gordon Daniel 86 UK Sound Engineer Platoon Grand Prix 26 Sadie Corré 91 UK Actress, Dancer Return of the Jedi Brazil 26 Dominick Dunne 83 US Producer The Boys in the Band Ash Wednesday 28 Wayne Tippit 76 US Actor Nurse Betty JFK September 3 Caro Jones 86 Canada Casting Director Rocky The Karate Kid 4 Iain Cuthbertson 79 UK Actor Gorillas in the Mist Strictly Sinatra 4 Carl Reindel 74 US Actor Bullitt Tora! Tora! Tora! 7 Frank Coghlan, Jr. 93 US Actor The Public Enemy Adventures of Captain Marvel 8 Ray Barrett 82 Australia Actor Australia The Sundowners 11 Zakes Mokae 75 South Africa Actor The Serpent and the Rainbow Waterworld 12 Larry Gelbart 81 US Screenwriter Tootsie Oh, God! 13 Paul Burke 83 US Actor The Thomas Crown Affair Valley of the Dolls 13 Arnold Laven 87 US Director Rough Night in Jericho Sam Whiskey 14 Henry Gibson 73 US Actor Nashville Magnolia 14 Patrick Swayze 57 US Actor Dirty Dancing Ghost 15 Troy Kennedy Martin 77 UK Screenwriter The Italian Job Kelly's Heroes 16 Timothy Bateson 83 UK Actor Labyrinth Oliver Twist 16 Luciano Emmer 91 Italy Director, Screenwriter Sunday in August Three Girls from Rome 17 Dick Durock 72 US Actor, Stuntman Swamp Thing Stand by Me 18 Pearl Hackney 92 UK Actress Yanks There's a Girl in My Soup 20 John Hart 91 US Actor Blackenstein The Legend of the Lone Ranger 20 Katherine Parr 88 UK Actress This Sporting Life Doomwatch 21 Robert Ginty 60 US Actor, Director The Exterminator Coming Home 30 Robert S. Baker 92 UK Producer, Director, Cinematographer Jack the Ripper The Hellfire Club October 3 John Peverall 77-78 UK Producer The Deer Hunter The Man Who Fell to Earth 6 Pamela Blake 94 US Actress Wyoming Outlaw Mr. & Mrs. Smith 10 Sean Lawlor 55 Ireland Actor Trojan Eddie Braveheart 13 Al Martino 82 US Actor, Singer The Godfather The Godfather Part III 13 Daniel Melnick 77 US Producer, Executive Altered States Footloose 14 Lou Albano 76 Italy Actor, Wrestler Stay Tuned Wise Guys 14 Collin Wilcox 74 US Actress To Kill a Mockingbird Jaws 2 17 Douglas Blackwell 85 UK Actor Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Labyrinth 17 Vic Mizzy 93 US Composer The Night Walker The Spirit Is Willing 17 Rosanna Schiaffino 69 Italy Actress The Victors Drop Dead Darling 19 Joseph Wiseman 91 Canada Actor Dr. No Detective Story 20 Hubert Rees 81 UK Actor Under Milk Wood Sweeney 2 23 Lou Jacobi 95 Canada Actor My Favorite Year Irma la Douce 26 Yoshirō Muraki 85 Japan Production Designer, Costume Designer Yojimbo Throne of Blood 27 John David Carson 57 US Actor The Day of the Dolphin Pretty Maids All in a Row November 4 David Tree 94 UK Actor Goodbye, Mr. Chips Pygmalion 6 Derek Brechin 57 UK Film Editor Stargate Deep Blue Sea 12 Paul Wendkos 84 US Director Gidget The Mephisto Waltz 16 Edward Woodward 79 UK Actor Breaker Morant The Wicker Man 17 Tony Kendall 72 Italy Actor Machine Gun McCain Kommissar X 28 Gilles Carle 81 Canada Director, Screenwriter The Plouffe Family The True Nature of Bernadette December 3 Nat Boxer 84 US Sound Engineer The Godfather Part II Apocalypse Now 3 Richard Todd 90 Ireland Actor The Hasty Heart Stage Fright 4 Bryan O'Byrne 78 US Actor Gunfight in Abilene Spaceballs 5 Garfield Morgan 78 UK Actor The Odessa File 28 Weeks Later 8 Joan Bridge 97 UK Costume Designer The Day of the Jackal Fiddler on the Roof 9 Gene Barry 90 US Actor The War of the Worlds Thunder Road 12 Val Avery 85 US Actor The Magnificent Seven Requiem for a Heavyweight 15 Peter Murton 85 UK Production Designer, Art Director Dr. Strangelove Stargate 15 Robert Turturice 60 US Costume Designer Batman and Robin Turbulence 16 Roy E. Disney 79 US Studio Executive 17 Alaina Reed Hall 63 US Actress Cruel Intentions Death Becomes Her 17 Jennifer Jones 90 US Actress The Song of Bernadette Duel in the Sun 17 Dan O'Bannon 63 US Screenwriter, Director, Actor Alien The Return of the Living Dead 19 Donald Pickering 76 UK Actor The Man Who Knew Too Little A Bridge Too Far 20 Brittany Murphy 32 US Actress Clueless 8 Mile 20 Shari Rhodes 71 US Casting Director Close Encounters of the Third Kind The Sandlot 20 Arnold Stang 91 US Actor The Man with the Golden Arm Skidoo 21 Marianne Stone 87 UK Actress Lolita A Hard Day's Night 22 Michael Currie 81 US Actor Sudden Impact Halloween III: Season of the Witch 24 Giulio Bosetti 78 Italy Actor Il Divo Good Morning, Night 30 Perry Wilson 93 US Actress The Matchmaker Fear Strikes Out 31 Glauco Onorato 73 Italy Actor Sunflower La Cage aux Folles II Film debuts Maisa Abd Elhadi – The Time That Remains Alberto Ammann − Cell 211 François Arnaud – I Killed My Mother Sharlto Copley – District 9 Jai Courtney – Stone Bros. Belén Cuesta – Hierro Laetitia Dosch – Accomplices Jacqueline Fernandez – Aladin Gal Gadot – Fast & Furious Donald Glover – Mystery Team Chris Hemsworth – Star Trek Liam Hemsworth – Knowing Vincent Lacoste – The French Kissers Billy Magnussen – Happy Tears Aubrey Plaza – Mystery Team Zachary Quinto – Star Trek Chris Riggi – Toe to Toe Kaya Scodelario – Moon Dan Stevens – Hilde Taylor Swift - Hannah Montana: The Movie David Verdaguer – Three Days With the Family References External links 2009 release schedule at Box Office Mojo List of 2009 films at IMDb 2009 Domestic Grosses at Box Office Mojo List of 2009 deaths at IMDb List of 2009 births at IMDb Category:Film by year