Discuss films released in 2009 and find out my top five movies list from that year!
#films #top5 #movies I promise that if you watch any of these trailers you'll want to rush to see the full movies. Make sure you let me know your favourites released in this year. You can scroll down for more information about the films I've selected, or head to Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, or Wikipedia! I'd love to know your own ratings and reviews for the films I've mentioned!
FILMS MENTIONED
An Education
Nativity!
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Deadline
Coraline
Final Destination
Human Centipede
Orphan
An Education
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer: Lynn Barber (memoir), Nick Hornby (screenplay)
Cast and Characters:
Carey Mulligan Jenny Mellor
Olivia Williams Miss Stubbs
Alfred Molina Jack Mellor
Cara Seymour Marjorie
Plot from IMDb: "A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age."
Nativity!
Director: Debbie Isitt
Writer: Debbie Isitt
Cast and Characters:
Martin Freeman Paul Maddens
Marc Wootton Mr Poppy
Jason Watkins Gordon Shakespeare
Ashley Jensen Jennifer Lore
Pam Ferris Mrs Bevan
Alan Carr The Critic
Ricky Tomlinson Lord Mayor
Plot from IMDb: "An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem."
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Director: P.J. Hogan
Writer: Tracey Jackson, Tim Firth, Kayla Alpert, Sophie Kinsella (books)
Cast and Characters:
Isla Fisher Rebecca Bloomwood
Hugh Dancy Luke Brandon
Krysten Ritter Suze
Joan Cusack Jane Bloomwood
John Goodman Graham Bloomwood
John Lithgow Edgar West
Plot from IMDb: "A college grad lands a job as a financial journalist in New York City to support where she nurtures her shopping addiction and falls for a wealthy entrepreneur."
Deadline
Director: Sean McConville
Writer: Sean McConville
Cast and Characters:
Brittany Murphy Alice
Thora Birch Lucy
Tammy Blanchard Rebecca
Marc Blucas David
Claudia Troll David's Mother
Michael Piscitelli Ben's Voice (voice)
Plot from IMDb: "A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown."
Coraline
Director: Henry Selick
Writer: Henry Selick (screenplay), Neil Gaiman (book)
Cast and Characters:
Dakota Fanning Coraline Jones (voice)
Teri Hatcher Mel Jones / Other Mother / Beldam (voice)
Jennifer Saunders Miss April Spink / Other Spink (voice)
Dawn French Miss Miriam Forcible / Other Forcible (voice)
Keith David The Cat (voice)
John Hodgman Charlie Jones / Other Father (voice)
Robert Bailey Jr Wyborne 'Wybie' Lovat (voice)
Ian McShane Mr Sergei Alexander Bobinsky / Other Bobinsky (voice)
Plot from IMDb: "An adventurous 11-year-old girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets."
Final Destination
Director: James Wong
Writer: Glen Morgan
Cast and Characters:
Devon Sawa Alex Browning
Ali Larter Clear Rivers
Kerr Smith Carter Horton
Kristen Cloke Valerie Lewton
Daniel Roebuck Agent Weine
Roger Guenveur Smith Agent Schreck
Plot from IMDb: "After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one."
Human Centipede First Sequence
Director: Tom Six
Writer: Top Six
Cast and Characters:
Plot from IMDb: "A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums."
Dieter Laser Dr Heiter
Ashley C. Williams Lindsay
Ashlynn Yennie Jenny
Akihiro Kitamura Katsuro
Andreas Leupold Det. Kranz
Peter Blankenstein Det. Voller
Orphan
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writer: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick
Cast and Characters:
Vera Farmiga Kate
Peter Sarsgaard John
Isabelle Fuhrman Esther
CCH Pounder Sister Abigail
Jimmy Bennett Daniel
Margo Martindale Dr Browning
Karel Roden Dr Varava
Aryana Engineer Max
Rosemary Dunsmore Rosemary Dunsmore ... Grandma Barbara
Plot from IMDb: "A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9 year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be."
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