Whatever Works

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 (2009)

Genre: Comedy

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Producers: Letty Aronson, Brahim Chioua, Charles H. Joffe, Vincent Maraval, Helen Robin, Jack Rollins, Stephen Tenenbaum

Synopsis: Woody Allen writes and directs this "blackish comedy" about an eccentric upper-class New Yorker (Larry David) who abandons his comfortable lifestyle in favor of leading a more bohemian existence. After meeting a young Southern girl (Evan Rachel Wood) and her family, he discovers that life among the nonconformists isn't quite as carefree as he'd envisioned it to be. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Larry David
• Evan Rachel Wood
• Patricia Clarkson

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Paper Man

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(2009)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney

Writer: Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney

Producers: Guymon Casady, Dan Fireman, Darin Friedman, Richard N. Gladstein, Ara Katz, Art Spigel, Lila Yacoub

Synopsis: A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Jeff Daniels
• Ryan Reynolds
• Emma Stone
• Lisa Kudrow
• Kieran Culkin
• Hunter Parrish

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Father of My Children

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(2009)

Language: French

Genre: Drama

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve

Producers: Rémi Burah, Oliver Damian, Philippe Martin, David Thion

Synopsis: A film producer struggles with suicidal despair. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
• Chiara Caselli
• Alice de Lencquesaing
• Alice Gautier

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I Am Love

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(2009)

Language: Italian

Genre: Drama

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Writer: Luca Guadagnino, Barbara Alberti, Ivan Cotroneo, Walter Fasano

Producers: Carlo Antonelli, Silvia Venturini Fendi, Christopher Granier-Deferre, Luca Guadagnino, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Marco Morabito, Viola Prestieri, Tilda Swinton, Alessandro Usai, Massimiliano Violante, Candice Zaccagnino

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Synopsis: A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Tilda Swinton
• Flavio Parenti
• Edoardo Gabbriellini
• Alba Rohrwacher
• Maria Paiato
• Marisa Berenson

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The Road

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(2009)

Genre: Drama/Thriller

Director: John Hillcoat

Writer: Cormac McCarthy, Joe Penhall

Producers: Marc Butan, Mark Cuban, Erik Hodge, Paula Mae Schwartz, Steve Schwartz, Rudd Simmons, Mike Upton, Todd Wagner, Nick Wechsler

Synopsis: A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Viggo Mortensen
• Kodi Smit-McPhee
• Charlize Theron
• Robert Duvall
• Guy Pearce

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I Love You Phillip Morris

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(2009)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Writer: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Steve McVicker

Producers: Luc Besson, Linda Fields, Jeffrey Harlacker, Andrew Lazar, Richard Middleton, Far Shariat, Miri Yoon

Synopsis: Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Written by The Film Catalogue)  

Cast:

• Jim Carrey
• Ewan McGregor
• Leslie Mann
• Rodrigo Santoro

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Cracks

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(2009)

Genre: Drama/Thriller

Director: Jordan Scott

Writer: Ben Court, Caroline Ip, Jordan Scott, Shiela Kohler

Synopsis: A look at the lives and relationships among girls at an elite British boarding school. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Eva Green
• Juno Temple
• María Valverde

 

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Helen

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(2009)

Genre: Drama

Director: Sandra Nettelbeck

Writer: Sandra Nettelbeck

Synopsis: Helen has it all: friends, an attentive second husband, a cheerful teen daughter, musical talent, and a university teaching job. Then, something's amiss: is her husband cheating, does she have a fatal disease, does her past haunt her? There's a quick hospitalization, a disclosure, a bond with one of her students, Mathilde, and a dark chasm that seems to be opening in front of her: can Helen do anything about the problem she won't discuss, or will it swallow her? (Written by Anonymous)

Cast:

• Ashley Judd
• Goran Visnjic
• Lauren Lee Smith

 

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Summer Wars

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(2009)

Genre: Animation/Adventure

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Writer: Mamoru Hosoda, Satoko Okudera

Synopsis: Kenji Koiso, an eleventh grade math genius, agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natuski. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of the family matriarch. His job is to pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with earth. (Written by Chris Evans)

 

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

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(2009)

Language: Swedish

Genre: Drama/Thriller

Director: Daniel Alfredson

Writer: Ulf Ryberg, Stieg Larsson

Synopsis: After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past. (Written by Anonymous)  

Cast:

• Noomi Rapace
• Michael Nyqvist
• Lena Endre

 

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City Island

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(2009)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Raymond De Felitta

Writer: Raymond De Felitta

Synopsis: The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con (Strait) brought home by Vince (Garcia), the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Andy Garcia
• Julianna Margulies
• Steven Strait
• Emily Mortimer
• Ezra Miller

 

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Oceans

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(2009)

Genre: Documentary

Director: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Writer: Christophe Cheysson, Jacques Cluzaud, Laurent Debas, Stéphane Durand, Laurent Gaudé, Jacques Perrin, François Sarano

Synopsis: An ecological drama/documentary, filmed throughout the globe. Part thriller, part meditation on the vanishing wonders of the sub-aquatic world. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Narrated by Pierce Brosnan.

 

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The Loved Ones

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(2009)

Genre: Horror

Director: Sean Byrne

Writer: Sean Byrne

Synopsis: In order to avoid a ghostly figure in the road, high school senior Brent Mitchell wraps his car around a tree, killing his father. Constantly confronted by his mother's emotional collapse after the accident, Brent escapes into a marijuana fueled world of loud metal music to block the pain and guilt. Dejected and out of sorts, he has a shot at happiness with his girlfriend Holly, a grounded, caring girl with drop dead good looks, a dream date for the high school prom. But his plans are thwarted by a disturbing series of events that take place under a mirrored disco ball, involving pink satin, glitter, syringes, nails, power drills and a secret admirer. Brent has become the prom king at a macabre, sadistic event where he is the entertainment. (Written by Anonymous)

Cast:

• Xavier Samuel
• Robin McLeavy
• John Brumpton
• Victoria Thaine

 

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Boogie Woogie

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(2009)

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Director: Duncan Ward

Writer: Danny Moynihan

Synopsis: A comedy of manners set against the backdrop of contemporary London and the international art scene. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Gillian Anderson
• Alan Cumming
• Heather Graham
• Amanda Seyfried
• Danny Huston
• Stellan Skarsgård

 

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Micmacs

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(2009)

Language: French

Genre: Comedy

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writer:Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant,

Synopsis: Avid movie-watcher and video store clerk Bazil has had his life all but ruined by weapons of war. His father was killed by a landmine in Morocco and one fateful night a stray bullet from a nearby shootout embeds itself in his skull, leaving him on the verge of instantaneous death. Losing his job and his home, Bazil wanders the streets until he meets Slammer, a pardoned convict who introduces him to a band of eccentric junkyard dealers including Calculator, a math expert and statistician, Buster, a record-holder in human cannonball feats, Tiny Pete, an artistic craftsman of automatons, and Elastic Girl, a sassy contortionist. When chance reveals to Bazil the two weapons manufacturers responsible for building the instruments of his destruction, he constructs a complex scheme for revenge that his newfound family is all too happy to help set in motion. (Written by The Massie Twins)

Cast:

• Dany Boon
• André Dussollier
• Nicolas Marié

 

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Brothers

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(2009)

Genre: Drama

Director: Jim Sheridan

Writer: David Benioff, Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen

Synopsis: A young man comforts his older brother's wife and children after he goes missing in Afghanistan. (Written by IMDb Editors)

Cast:

• Tobey Maguire
• Natalie Portman
• Jake Gyllenhaal
• Carey Mulligan

 

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