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Miss March
Miss March is a 2009 American teen sex comedy written, directed by, and starring Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore of The Whitest Kids U' Know, about a coma patient whose girlfriend becomes a Playboy centerfold; it grossed $4.5 million and was critically panned.
Observe and Report
Observe and Report: 2009 American black comedy written and directed by Jody Hill, starring Seth Rogen as delusional mall security head Ronnie Barnhardt chasing a flasher; Warner Bros. release, $27 million worldwide gross, 51% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Old Dogs (film)
Old Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy directed by Walt Becker, starring John Travolta and Robin Williams as business partners caring for twin children.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Paul Blart: Mall Cop is a 2009 American comedy starring Kevin James as a mall security guard who must rescue hostages when thieves seize his New Jersey mall.
Sophie's Revenge (非常完美)
Sophie's Revenge (非常完美) is a 2009 Chinese-Korean romantic comedy, Eva Jin's directorial debut, produced by and starring Zhang Ziyi with Fan Bingbing and So Ji-sub; it earned about 100 million RMB and launched China's chick-flick genre.
Soul Kitchen
Soul Kitchen is Fatih Akin's 2009 German comedy about Hamburg restaurateur Zinos Kazantsakis, starring Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, and Birol Ünel; it won the Special Jury Prize at Venice 2009.
Spread (film)
Spread is a 2009 American comedy-drama-romance directed by David Mackenzie, starring Ashton Kutcher as LA hustler Nikki, with Anne Heche and Margarita Levieva; it premiered at Sundance, grossed $12 million worldwide, and scored 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Taking Woodstock
Taking Woodstock (2009) is Ang Lee's comedy-drama, written by James Schamus from Elliot Tiber's memoir, about the motel owner who helped bring the 1969 Woodstock festival to Bethel, New York; it grossed about $10 million worldwide.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Neal Brennan, starring Jeremy Piven as a mercenary used-car salesman saving a failing dealership.
The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying, formerly This Side of the Truth, is a 2009 satirical comedy film co-directed by Ricky Gervais and Matthew Robinson, starring Gervais and Jennifer Garner.
The Joneses
The Joneses is a 2010 comedy-drama, Derrick Borte's debut feature, starring David Duchovny and Demi Moore as fake family members hired as stealth marketers to sell a lifestyle to suburban neighbors; released by Roadside Attractions, grossing $1.5 million.
The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)
The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 Grant Heslov comedy starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey, adapted from Jon Ronson's 2004 nonfiction book about a secret US Army psychic-soldiers unit, released November 6, 2009, grossing $32.4 million.
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Rebecca Miller from her own novel, starring Robin Wright Penn as Pippa Lee.
The Proposal (2009 film)
The Proposal (2009) is an American romantic comedy directed by Anne Fletcher, starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as a fake-engaged boss and assistant; Touchstone release that grossed $314.7 million worldwide.
The Rebound
The Rebound is a 2009 American romantic comedy written and directed by Bart Freundlich, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones as a single mother who dates her younger nanny, played by Justin Bartha.
The Slammin' Salmon
The Slammin' Salmon is a 2009 Broken Lizard comedy directed by Kevin Heffernan, starring Michael Clarke Duncan as ex-boxer Cleon Salmon, whose Miami restaurant wait-staff contest pays $10,000 to the winner.
The Time Traveler's Wife (film)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) is Robert Schwentke's film adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's novel, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams; New Line release grossing $101 million worldwide with mixed reviews (38% Tomatometer, Metascore 47).
The Ugly Truth
The Ugly Truth is a 2009 American romantic comedy directed by Robert Luketic, starring Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler as a producer and a chauvinistic TV relationship guru. It grossed $205.6 million worldwide but scored only 14% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Up in the Air (2009 film)
Up in the Air is Jason Reitman's 2009 comedy-drama starring George Clooney as corporate downsizer Ryan Bingham, adapted from Walter Kirn's 2001 novel. It earned six Oscar nominations, six Golden Globe nominations, and National Board of Review Best Film.
Whatever Works
Whatever Works is a 2009 American-French comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen, starring Larry David as a misanthropic physicist and Evan Rachel Wood as a young runaway.
Whip It (film)
Whip It (2009) is Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, a Fox Searchlight comedy-drama starring Elliot Page as Bliss Cavendar, a Texas teen who leaves beauty pageants for roller derby, based on Shauna Cross's novel Derby Girl.
Wickie und die starken Männer (2009 film)
Wickie und die starken Männer (Vicky the Viking) is Michael Bully Herbig's 2009 German live-action family film, based on Runer Jonsson's books and the 1974 anime, starring Jonas Hämmerle, released 9 September 2009 with about 5 million German admissions.
World's Greatest Dad
World's Greatest Dad is a 2009 American dark comedy written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait, starring Robin Williams as a teacher who fakes his son's suicide note; Sundance premiere, Magnolia Pictures, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Year One (film)
Year One is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, starring Jack Black and Michael Cera as prehistoric tribesmen wandering through biblical stories.
Youth in Revolt (film)
Youth in Revolt is a 2010 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta, in which Michael Cera's teenage Nick Twisp invents a bad-boy alter ego to win Portia Doubleday's Sheeni.