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17 Again (film)
17 Again is a 2009 American comedy directed by Burr Steers, starring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry as a man restored to his 17-year-old self at high school.
500 Days of Summer
(500) Days of Summer, 2009 American romantic comedy-drama directed by Marc Webb, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel; non-linear 500-day breakup story, $60.8M worldwide, Golden Globe-nominated.
A Serious Man
A Serious Man is a 2009 dark comedy-drama by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Michael Stuhlbarg as 1967 Minnesota physics professor Larry Gopnik, a Job-like figure consulting three rabbis; Oscar-nominated Best Picture.
Adventureland (film)
Adventureland (2009) is an American comedy-drama-romance written and directed by Greg Mottola, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. Set in summer 1987, it follows a college grad working at an amusement park; quasi-autobiographical, Miramax, Metascore 76.
All About Steve
All About Steve (2009), a Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper romantic comedy directed by Phil Traill, about a crossword constructor stalking a TV cameraman; 7% on Rotten Tomatoes, $40 million worldwide, Razzie winner.
Away We Go
Away We Go (2009) is a comedy-drama road movie directed by Sam Mendes, written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph as expectant parents Burt and Verona touring America to find a home; Focus Features, 98 minutes, R, $9.4 million US gross.
Black Dynamite
Black Dynamite is a 2009 American comedy film that parodies 1970s blaxploitation movies, directed by Scott Sanders and starring Michael Jai White as an ex-CIA kung fu fighter.
Bride Wars
Bride Wars is a 2009 American comedy starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway as best friends whose weddings are mistakenly booked on the same day.
Brüno
Brüno is a 2009 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles, starring Sacha Baron Cohen as a gay Austrian fashion journalist chasing celebrity in the United States.
Confessions of a Shopaholic (film)
Confessions of a Shopaholic is a 2009 American romantic comedy directed by P. J. Hogan, starring Isla Fisher as a debt-ridden journalist and Hugh Dancy as her boss.
Couples Retreat
Couples Retreat (2009) is a Universal comedy directed by Peter Billingsley, written by Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, and Dana Fox. Four couples at a tropical resort must attend mandatory therapy; critics panned it (Metascore 23, RT 10%).
Dance Flick
Dance Flick is a 2009 American parody comedy film directed by Damien Dante Wayans, a Wayans family spoof of dance movies including Save the Last Dance and High School Musical.
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Did You Hear About the Morgans? is a 2009 Marc Lawrence romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as a separated New York couple placed in witness protection in rural Wyoming after witnessing a murder; critics rated it poorly (Metascore 27, RT 12%).
Extract (film)
Extract (2009) is a Mike Judge workplace comedy starring Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, and Ben Affleck, released by Miramax on September 4, 2009; it grossed about $10.8 million and scored 61 on Metacritic.
Fanboys (film)
Fanboys is a 2009 American comedy directed by Kyle Newman, written by Ernest Cline and Adam F. Goldberg, about Star Wars fans driving to Skywalker Ranch to steal The Phantom Menace for a dying friend; it grossed $961,203 worldwide and scored 33% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fired Up!
Fired Up! is a 2009 American teen sex comedy directed by Will Gluck about two football players who join the cheerleading squad to meet girls.
Fish Story (フィッシュストーリー)
Fish Story (フィッシュストーリー) is a 2009 Japanese comedy-drama directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura, adapted from Kotaro Isaka's short story, in which a forgotten 1975 punk single by the band Gekirin connects strangers across decades and helps save Earth from a comet in 2012.
Funny People
Funny People (2009) is Judd Apatow's comedy-drama for Universal starring Adam Sandler as ailing comedian George Simmons, Seth Rogen as assistant Ira, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, and Jonah Hill; it grossed $71.6M against a $75M budget.
Gentlemen Broncos
Gentlemen Broncos is a 2009 American comedy directed by Jared Hess and co-written with Jerusha Hess, in which homeschooled teen writer Benjamin Purvis's story Yeast Lords is stolen by novelist Ronald Chevalier; it grossed $118,492 worldwide against a $10 million budget.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a 2009 American romantic comedy, a Christmas Carol-style fantasy directed by Mark Waters, starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Michael Douglas; it grossed about $102 million worldwide but earned poor reviews.
Gordos
Gordos (international title Fat People) is a 2009 Spanish dramatic comedy by Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, his second feature after Azuloscurocasinegro, about five interwoven stories around an obesity therapy group; it premiered at Venice Days and won Raúl Arévalo a Goya.
He's Just Not That Into You (film)
He's Just Not That Into You is a 2009 American romantic comedy directed by Ken Kwapis, based on the book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.
Hear Me
Hear Me (聽說) is a 2009 Taiwanese romantic comedy-drama by director Cheng Fen-fen, starring Eddie Peng, Ivy Chen, and Michelle Chen. Set around the 2009 Taipei Deaflympics, it was Taiwan's top-grossing domestic film of 2009 and was remade in Korea in 2024.
Hotel for Dogs (film)
Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal, based on Lois Duncan's 1971 novel and starring Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin.
I Love You, Beth Cooper (film)
I Love You, Beth Cooper is a 2009 American teen romantic comedy directed by Chris Columbus, adapted by Larry Doyle from his own 2007 novel.
I Love You, Man
I Love You, Man is a 2009 American comedy directed by John Hamburg, starring Paul Rudd as a groom who searches for a best man and befriends Jason Segel.
It's Complicated (film)
It's Complicated is a 2009 American romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin, released on December 25, 2009.
Like You Know It All (잘 알지도 못하면서)
Like You Know It All (잘 알지도 못하면서, Jal Aljido Mothamyeonseo) is Hong Sang-soo's 2009 South Korean comedy-drama, his ninth feature, starring Kim Tae-woo as an art-film director at a Jecheon festival jury and lecturing on Jeju; premiered at Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
Männersache
Männersache, also titled Man's Business, is a 2009 German comedy film, the first theatrical feature of comedian Mario Barth, released in German cinemas in March 2009.
Micmacs
Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) is Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2009 French comedy starring Dany Boon as Bazil, a man with a bullet in his brain who joins junkyard outcasts to destroy two arms manufacturers; released October 28, 2009, grossing about $17 million worldwide.