saw numerous films being released both worldwide and domestically. Four films made the
announced that as of this year, their Best Picture category would consist of 10 nominees (the first time since 1943's awards).
, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2009. The top ten films of 2009, by worldwide gross in
s, as well as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia grosses, are as follows:
in history. Two other films,
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| Cargo 200 | Disinformation Company | Dir., Aleksey Balabanov
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| Let Them Chirp Awhile | Jonathan Blitstein Enterprises | Dir., Jonathan Blitstein; Cast, Justin Rice, Brendan Sexton III, Laura Breckenridge, Zach Galligan, Pepper Binkley
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| Bride Wars | 20th Century Fox | Dir., Gary Winick; Cast, Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg
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| Not Easily Broken | Screen Gems (Sony) | Dir., Bill Duke; Cast, Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Kevin Hart, Wood Harris, Eddie Cibrian, Jenifer Lewis
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| The Unborn | Rogue Pictures | Dir. & Wir, David S. Goyer; Cast, Gary Oldman, Odette Yustman, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba, Rhys Coiro, Carla Gugino
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| Hotel for Dogs | DreamWorks | Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Don Cheadle, Troy Gentile, Kyla Pratt, Johnny Simmons, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon
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| My Bloody Valentine 3D | Lionsgate | Dir., Patrick Lussier; Cast, Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, Tom Atkins
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| Notorious | Fox Searchlight | Dir., George Tillman Jr.; Cast, Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Antonique Smith, Anthony Mackie, Naturi Naughton, Sean Ringgold, Marc Jon Jefferies
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| Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Columbia | Dir., Steve Carr; Cast, Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Shirley Knight
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| Chandni Chowk to China | Warner Bros. | Dir., Nikhil Advani; Cast, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Mithun Chakraborty, Ranvir Shorey
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| Cherry Blossoms | Olga Film GmbH | Dir., Doris Dörrie
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| Inkheart | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Dir., Iain Softley; Scr., David Lindsay-Abaire; Cast, Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis
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| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans | Screen Gems | Dir., Patrick Tatopoulos, Cast, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Kevin Grevioux and Shane Brolly
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| The Dark Knight re-release | Warner Bros. | Dir., Christopher Nolan; Cast, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts
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| Donkey Punch | Magnolia Pictures | Dir., Oliver Blackburn, Cast, Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone, Robert Boulter and Julian Morris
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| Killshot | The Weinstein Company | Dir., John Madden, Cast, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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| Outlander | The Weinstein Company | Dir., Howard McCain, Cast, James Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Jack Huston
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| New in Town | Lionsgate/Gold Circle Films | Dir., Jonas Elmer; Pro., Peter Safran, Darryl Taja, Tracey Edmonds, Paul Brooks, Phyllis Laing, Andrew Paquin; Wir., C. Jay Cox, Ken Rance; Cast, Renee Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr., J. K. Simmons, Nathan Fillion, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Frances Conroy, Rashida Jones, Nancy Drake
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| Taken | 20th Century Fox | Dir., Pierre Morel; Cast, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Katie Cassidy, Famke Janssen, Goran Kostic
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| The Uninvited | Paramount | Dir., Charles Guard, Thomas Guard; Scr., Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro, Carlo Bernard; Cast, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Maya Massar
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| The Class | Sony Classics | Dir., Laurent Cantet; Cast, Francois Begaudeau
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| Luck by Chance | Adlabs Films | Dir., Zoya Akhtar; Cast, Farhan Akhtar, Juhi Chawla, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor
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| Coraline | Focus Features | Dir. and Scr., Henry Selick; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, John Hodgman, Keith David, Robert Bailey Jr., Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French
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| He's Just Not That into You | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Dir. Ken Kwapis; Scr. Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein; Cast, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper
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| The Pink Panther 2 | MGM/Columbia | Dir. Harald Zwart; Cast, Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Andy Garcia, Aishwarya Rai, John Cleese, Jeremy Irons
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| Push | Summit Entertainment | Dir. Paul McGuigan; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou
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| Fanboys | The Weinstein Company | Dir. Kyle Newman; Cast, Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Kristen Bell
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| Confessions of a Shopaholic | Touchstone Pictures | Dir. P.J. Hogan Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter
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| Friday the 13th | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.)/Paramount | Dir. Marcus Nispel Cast: Derek Mears, Jared Padalecki, Amanda Righetti
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| The International | Columbia | Dir., Tom Tykwer, Cast: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brían F. O'Byrne
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| Gomorrah | IFC Films | Toni Servillo, Gianfelice Imparato, Maria Nazionale, Salvatore Cantalupo, Gigio Morra, Salvatore Abruzzese, Marco Macor, Ciro Petrone, Carmine Paternoster
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| Two Lovers | Magnolia Pictures | Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Isabella Rossellini, Elias Koteas, Moni Moshonov
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| Billu | Red Chillies | Dir. Priyadarshan; Cast, Shahrukh Khan, Irrfan Khan, Lara Dutta, Om Puri
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| Fired Up | Screen Gems | Dir. Will Gluck; Cast, Nicholas D'Agosto, Eric Christian Olsen, Sarah Roemer, John Michael Higgins
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| Madea Goes to Jail | Lionsgate | Dir. & Pro Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Derek Luke, Robin Coleman, Jackson Walker, David Mann, Tamela J. Mann, Keke Palmer, Benjamín Benítez
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| Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir., Bruce Hendricks; Cast, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift
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| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | 20th Century Fox | Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak; Cast, Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Moon Bloodgood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein, Robin Shou, Taboo
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| Crossing Over | The Weinstein Company | Harrison Ford, Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, Alice Braga, Alice Eve, Ray Liotta
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| Echelon Conspiracy | After Dark Films | Shane West, Edward Burns, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Pryce, Tamara Feldman, Martin Sheen
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| 12 | Sony Classics | Dir. Nikita Mikhalkov, Cast Sergei Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergei Garmash, Valentin Gaft, Alexei Petrenko
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| Watchmen | Warner Bros./Paramount | Dir., Zack Snyder; Scr., Alex Tse; Cast, Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earle Haley, Malin Åkerman, Matthew Goode, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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| Horsemen | Lionsgate | Dennis Quaid, Ziyi Zhang, Clifton Collins Jr., Peter Stormare, Chelcie Ross
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| Phoebe in Wonderland | Thinkfilm | Elle Fanning, Felicity Huffman, Patricia Clarkson, Ian Colletti, Campbell Scott, Bill Pullman, Caitlin Sanchez
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| Sherman's Way | International Film Circuit | James LeGros, Enrico Colantoni, Brooke Nevin, Donna Murphy
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| Tokyo! | Liberation Entertainment | Yu Aoi, YosiYosi Arakawa, Jean-François Balmer, Julie Dreyfus, Ayako Fujitani, Ayumi Ito, Teruyuki Kagawa
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| The Last House on the Left | Rogue Pictures | Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, Garret Dillahunt, Michael Bowen, Martha MacIsaac, Riki Lindhome, Aaron Paul, Joshua Cox, Spencer Treat Clark, Usha Khan
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| Miss March | Fox Searchlight | Dir., Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore; Cast, Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson
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| Race to Witch Mountain | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir., Andy Fickman; Cast, AnnaSophia Robb, Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Ciaran Hinds
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| Brothers at War | Samuel Goldwyn Films | Jake Rademacher
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| The Cake Eaters | 7-57 Releasing | Kristen Stewart, Aaron Stanford, Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley
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| Sunshine Cleaning ‡ | Overture | Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin, Steve Zahn, Mary Lynn Rajskub
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| Duplicity | Universal | Dir. Tony Gilroy, Cast, Clive Owen, Julia Roberts, Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Wilkinson
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| I Love You, Man | DreamWorks | Dir. and Scr., John Hamburg; Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Andy Samberg, Rashida Jones, Jamie Pressly, Rob Huebel
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| Knowing | Summit Entertainment | Dir. Alex Proyas, Cast, Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne
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| The Great Buck Howard | Magnolia Pictures | Dir. Sean McGinly Cast, John Malkovich, Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt, Ricky Jay
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| Sin Nombre | Focus Features | Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga Cast, Paulina Gaitán, Edgar Flores, Kristyan Ferrer, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Diana García, Héctor Jiménez, Gerardo Taracena, Luis Fernando Peña
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| 12 Rounds | Fox Atomic | Dir. Renny Harlin, Cast, John Cena, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian J. White
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| The Haunting in Connecticut | Lionsgate | Dir., Peter Cornwell; Cast, Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Martin Donovan, Elias Koteas, Amanda Crew
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| Monsters vs. Aliens | DreamWorks Animation | Dir., Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman; Cast, Reese Witherspoon, Rainn Wilson, Hugh Laurie, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Paul Rudd, Stephen Colbert
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| The Education of Charlie Banks | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Dir., Fred Durst; Cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri, Chris Marquette, Sebastian Stan
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| Adventureland | Miramax | Dir., Greg Mottola; Cast, Jesse Eisenberg, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig
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| Fast & Furious | Universal | Dir., Justin Lin; Scr., Chris Morgan; Cast, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordanna Brewster, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne Carter
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| Bart Got a Room | Plum Pictures | Dir., Brian Hecker; Scr., Brian Hecker; Cast, Steven Kaplan, William H. Macy, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat, Chad Jamian Williams, Brandon Hardesty
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| C Me Dance | Freestyle Releasing | Christina DeMarco, Greg Robbins, Peter Kent
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| Lymelife | Screen Media Films | Dir.: Derick Martini; Scr.: Derick & Steven Martini; Cast: Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, Emma Roberts, Jill Hennessey, Kieran Culkin, Timothy Hutton, Cynthia Nixon, Derick Martini, Steven Martini, Matthew Martini
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| Dragonball Evolution | 20th Century Fox | Dir., James Wong; Pro., Stephen Chow; Scr., James Wong, Ben Ramsey; Cast, Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun-Fat, Ernie Hudson
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| Hannah Montana: The Movie | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir., Peter Chelsom; Scrn. Dan Berendsen; Cast, Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus, Emily Osment, Mitchel Musso, Jason Earles, Moises Arias, Margo Martindale, Melora Hardin, Peter Gunn, Lucas Till, Vanessa L. Williams, Beau Billingslea, Barry Bostwick
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| Observe and Report | Warner Bros. | Dir., Jody Hill; Cast. Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, Ray Liotta, Michael Peña
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| 17 Again | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Dir. Burr Steers; Scr. Jason Filardi; Cast, Matthew Perry, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Sterling Knight, Michelle Trachtenberg
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| Crank: High Voltage | Lionsgate Films | Dir., Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Cast, Jason Statham, Amy Smart
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| State of Play | Universal | Dir., Kevin Macdonald;, Cast. Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman
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| American Violet | Samuel Goldwyn | Dir. Tim Disney; Cast, Nicole Beharie, Tim Blake Nelson, Will Patton, Michael O'Keefe, Xzibit, Charles S. Dutton, Alfre Woodard
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| Every Little Step | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir , James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo; Cast, Michael Bennett, Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Avian
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| Earth | Disneynature, BBC Worldwide | Dir. Alastair Fothergill; Cast, James Earl Jones
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| Fighting | Rogue Pictures | Dir. Dito Montiel: Cast, Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Brian J. White, Luis Guzman, Zulay Henao
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| Obsessed | Screen Gems | Dir. Steve Shill; Cast, Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Ron Roggé, Jerry O'Connell
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| The Soloist | DreamWorks | Dir. Joe Wright; Cast, Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr., Catherine Keener
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| The Informers | Senator Entertainment | Dir. Gregor Jordan; Cast, Billy Bob Thornton, Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Brad Renfro, Amber Heard, Aaron Himelstein
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| Battle for Terra | Roadside Attractions | Justin Long, Brian Cox, Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, David Cross, Amanda Peet, James Garner, Dennis Quaid, Chris Evans, Danny Glover
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| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Dir. Mark Waters; Scr. John Lucas, Scott Moore; Cast, Emma Stone, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, Lacey Chabert, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer
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| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 20th Century Fox / Marvel Studios | Dir., Gavin Hood; Scr., David Benioff, James Vanderbilt, Scott Silver; Cast, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Taylor Kitsch, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Ryan Reynolds
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| The Limits of Control | Focus Features | Isaach De Bankolé, Hiam Abbass, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paz de la Huerta, Alex Descas, John Hurt, Youki Kudoh, Bill Murray, Jean-François Stévenin, Tilda Swinton, Luis Tosar
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| The Merry Gentleman | Samuel Goldwyn | Dir. Michael Keaton; Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald
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| Next Day Air | Summit Entertainment | Dir., Benny Boom; Cast, Donald Faison, Lauren London, Mos Def, Darius McCrary, Mike Epps, Wood Harris, Debbie Allen
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| Star Trek | Paramount | Dir., J. J. Abrams; Scr., Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci,; Cast, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Simon Pegg
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| Julia | Magnolia | Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould
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| Little Ashes | Regent Releasing | Dir., Paul Morrison; Cast, Javier Beltrán, Robert Pattinson, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell, Arly Jover
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| Powder Blue | Speakeasy Releasing | Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Patrick Swayze, Ray Liotta
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| Rudo y Cursi | Sony Pictures Classics | Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal
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| Angels & Demons | Columbia | Dir., Ron Howard; Scr., Akiva Goldsman; Cast, Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
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| The Brothers Bloom | Summit Entertainment | Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Maximilian Schell, Robbie Coltrane
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| Management | Samuel Goldwyn Company | Dir., Stephen Belber; Cast, Steve Zahn, Jennifer Aniston, Fred Ward
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| Not Forgotten | Anchor Bay Films | Dir.: Dror Soref; Cast: Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Ken Davitian
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| Terminator Salvation | Warner Bros./Columbia | Dir., Joseph McGinty Nichol; Pro., Derek Anderson, Victor Kubicek, Jeffrey Silver; Scr. John Brancato, Michael Ferris, David Campbell Wilson; Cast, Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Helena Bonham Carter
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| Dance Flick | Paramount | Dir. Damien Dante Wayans; Scr. David Bourla; Cast, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Jr., Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier, Chris Elliott
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| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 20th Century Fox | Dir.: Shawn Levy; Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Jon Bernthal, Patrick Gallagher, Alain Chabat, Jake Cherry, Rami Malek, Mizuo Peck, Jonas Brothers
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| Easy Virtue | Sony Pictures Classics | Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes
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| The Girlfriend Experience | Magnolia | Sasha Grey, Chris Santos
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| Tormented | Warner Brothers | Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Calvin Dean, Georgia King, Tom Hopper, Larissa Wilson
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| Drag Me to Hell | Universal | Dir. Sam Raimi; Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Jessica Lucas, David Paymer
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| Up | Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios | Dir., Pete Docter; Cast, Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, Elie Docter, Jeremy Leary, David Kaye, Mickie McGowan, Danny Mann, Donald Fullilove, Jess Harnell, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter
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| What Goes Up | 3 Kings Productions | Dir., Jonathan Glatzer; Cast, Steve Coogan, Hilary Duff, Molly Shannon, Olivia Thirlby, Josh Peck, Max Hoffman
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| The Hangover | Warner Bros. | Dir., Todd Phillips; Cast, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor
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| Land of the Lost | Universal | Dir., Brad Silberling; Cast, Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride and Leonard Nimoy
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| My Life in Ruins | Fox Searchlight | Nia Vardalos, Richard Dreyfuss, Harland Williams, Rachel Dratch
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| Away We Go | Focus Features | Dir.: Sam Mendes; Scr.: Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida; Cast: Maya Rudolph, John Krasinski, Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Chris Messina, Melanie Lynskey, Paul Schneider, Carmen Ejogo, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Josh Hamilton, Allison Janney, Jim Gaffigan
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| Tetro | Alta Films | Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, Cast. Vincent Gallo
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| Imagine That | Paramount/Nickelodeon | Dir. Karey Kirkpatrick, Cast. Eddie Murphy, Thomas Haden Church
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| The Taking of Pelham 123 | Columbia | Dir., Tony Scott; Scr., David Koepp; Cast, Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Luis Guzman, John Turturro
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| Food, Inc. | Magnolia Pictures | Dir., Robert Kenner; Cast, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan
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| Moon | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir., Duncan Jones; Cast, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
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| The Proposal | Touchstone Pictures | Dir., Anne Fletcher; Scr., Pete Chiarelli; Cast, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Oscar Nunez, Aasif Mandvi
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| Year One | Sony Pictures (Columbia) | Dir., Harold Ramis; Scr., Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg; Cast, Jack Black, Michael Cera, Vinnie Jones, Oliver Platt, David Cross, Juno Temple, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader, Harold Ramis
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| Dead Snow | IFC Films | Dir., Tommy Wirkola
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| Whatever Works | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir., Woody Allen; Cast, Larry David, Ed Begley, Jr., Patricia Clarkson, Conleth Hill, Michael McKean, Evan Rachel Wood
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| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | DreamWorks/Paramount | Dir., Michael Bay; Scr., Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman; Cast, Shia LaBeouf, Hugo Weaving, Peter Cullen, Mark Ryan, Tony Todd, John Turturro, Tom Kenny, Reno Wilson, Megan Fox, Charlie Adler, Frank Welker, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jess Harnell, Kevin Dunn, Isabel Lucas, Robert Foxworth, Calvin Wimmer, Grey DeLisle, Kevin Michael Richardson
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| My Sister's Keeper | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Dir., Nick Cassavetes; Scr., Jeremy Leven, Nick Cassavetes; Cast, Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Thomas Dekker
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| Cheri | Miramax | Dir., Stephen Frears; Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates
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| The Hurt Locker | Summit Entertainment | Dir.: Kathryn Bigelow; Scr.: Mark Boal; Cast: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes, Evangeline Lilly, David Morse
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| The Stoning of Soraya M. | Roadside Attractions | Dir., Cyrus Nowrasteh; Cast, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel
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| Surveillance | Magnolia Pictures | Dir., Jennifer Lynch; Cast, Bill Pullman, Julia Ormond, Pell James, Ryan Simpkins, Michael Ironside
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| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | 20th Century Fox / Blue Sky Studios
| Dir. Carlos Saldanha; Cast, Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg, Chris Wedge
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| Public Enemies | Universal
| Dir. Michael Mann; Cast, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff, David Wenham, Billy Crudup, Branka Katic, Leelee Sobieski
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| I Hate Valentine's Day | IFC Films
| Dir. Nia Vardalos; Cast, Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Judah Friedlander
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| Brüno | Universal
| Dir. Larry Charles; Cast, Sacha Baron Cohen
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| I Love You, Beth Cooper | 20th Century Fox
| Dir. Chris Columbus; Cast, Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren Storm, Lauren London
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| Blood: The Last Vampire | Samuel Goldwyn
| Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki, Liam Cunningham
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| Humpday | Magnolia Pictures
| Dir. Lynn Shelton; Cast, Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore
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| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Warner Bros.
| Dir. David Yates; Cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Robbie Coltrane, Maggie Smith
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| (500) Days of Summer ‡ | Fox Searchlight
| Dir.: Marc Webb; Scr.: Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber; Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Chloë Moretz, Geoffrey Arend, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Minka Kelly, Yvette Nicole Brown
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| Homecoming | Animus Films
| Dir., Morgan J. Freeman; Cast, Mischa Barton, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup
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| G-Force | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir., Hoyt Yeatman; Scr., Marianne Wibberley & Cormac Wibberley; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett
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| Orphan | Warner Bros. | Dir., Jaume Collet-Serra; Scr., David Leslie Johnson; Cast, Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
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| The Ugly Truth | Columbia | Dir. Robert Luketic; Cast, Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines, Bonnie Somerville, Eric Winter
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| The Answer Man | Magnolia Pictures | Dir., John Hindman; Cast, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham, Lou Taylor Pucci, Olivia Thirlby, Kat Dennings, Thomas Roy
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| In the Loop | BBC Films/Optimum Releasing/Protagonist Pictures/IFC Films | Dir. Armando Iannucci; Cast, Tom Hollander, James Gandolfini, Chris Addison, Peter Capaldi, Gina McKee, Steve Coogan, David Rasche
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| Shrink | Ignite Entertainment | Dir. Jonas Pate; Cast, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Saffron Burrows, Jack Huston, Pell James, Mark Webber, Laura Ramsey
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| Adam | Fox Searchlight Pictures | Dir., Max Mayer; Cast, Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison
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| Aliens in the Attic | 20th Century Fox | Dir., John Schultz; Scr., Mark Burton, Adam F. Goldberg; Cast, Ashley Tisdale, Robert Hoffman, Carter Jenkins
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| The Collector | Freestyle Releasing | Dir.: Marcus Dunstan
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| Funny People | Universal/Columbia | Dir. & Scr., Judd Apatow; Cast, Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, Jason Schwartzman, RZA
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| The Cove | Roadside Attractions | Dir., Louie Psihoyos
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| Thirst | Focus Features | Dir., Park Chan-wook; Scr., Park Chan-wook and Seo-Gyeong Jeong; Cast, Song Kang-ho, Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun
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| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Paramount | Dir., Stephen Sommers; Scr., Stuart Beattie; Cast, Channing Tatum, Christopher Eccleston, Sienna Miller, Dennis Quaid, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Arnold Vosloo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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| Julie & Julia | Columbia Pictures | Dir. Nora Ephron; Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci
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| A Perfect Getaway | Universal | Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Marley Shelton, Steve Zahn, Kiele Sanchez, Chris Hemsworth
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| Cold Souls | Journeyman Pictures | Dir. & Scr., Sophie Barthes Cast, Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Katheryn Winnick, Lauren Ambrose, Boris Kievsky
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| Paper Heart | Overture Films | Dir., Nicholas Jasenovec; Cast, Charlyne Yi, Michael Cera
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| Bandslam | Walden Media | Dir. Tod Graff; Scrn. Dan Berendsen; Cast, Gaelan Connell, Alyson Michalka, Vanessa Hudgens, Scott Porter, Lisa Kudrow
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| District 9 | TriStar Pictures | Dir. Neill Blomkamp; Cast: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Mandla Gaduka, William Allen Young
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| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Paramount Vantage | Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, Jordana Spiro, Craig Robinson
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| Ponyo | Walt Disney Pictures/Studio Ghibli | Dir., Hayao Miyazaki; Cast, Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Matt Damon, Liam Neeson, Cate Blanchett, Lily Tomlin, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Jennessa Rose, Kurt Knutsson, Akiko Yano
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| The Time Traveler's Wife | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Jane McLean
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| Earth Days | Zeitgeist Films | Dir. Robert Stone
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| Grace | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Dir. Paul Solet; Cast: Jordan Ladd, Gabrielle Rose, Stephen Park
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| I Sell The Dead | IFC Films | Dir. Glenn McQuaid; Cast: Dominic Monaghan, Ron Perlman, Larry Fessenden, Angus Scrimm
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| It Might Get Loud | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir. Davis Guggenheim; Cast: Jack White, Jimmy Page, The Edge
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| Spread | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Dir. David Mackenzie; Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche
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| Inglourious Basterds | Universal Pictures/ The Weinstein Company | Dir., Quentin Tarantino; Cast, Christoph Waltz, Mélanie Laurent, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Brühl, B.J. Novak, Julie Dreyfus, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Mike Myers
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| Post Grad | Fox Searchlight | Dir., Vicky Jenson; Cast, Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Rodrigo Santoro, Bobby Coleman, Jane Lynch, Carol Burnett, Michael Keaton
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| Shorts | Warner Bros. | Dir. Robert Rodriguez; Cast: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings
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| X Games 3D: The Movie | ESPN Films | Dir. Steve Lawrence; Cast: Shaun White, Travis Pastrana, Ricky Carmichael, Danny Way, Bob Burnquist
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| Casi Divas | Maya Entertainment | Dir., Issa López; Cast, Patricia Llaca, Julio Bracho, Maya Zapata
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| Art & Copy | Seventh Art Releasing | Dir., Doug Pray; Cast, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Hal Riney
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| Five Minutes of Heaven | IFC Films | Dir., Oliver Hirschbiegel; Cast, Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt
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| My One and Only | Freestyle Releasing | Dir., Richard Loncraine, Scr. Charlie Peters; Cast, Renée Zellweger, Kevin Bacon, Chris Noth, Logan Lerman, Troy Garity
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| World's Greatest Dad | Magnolia Pictures | Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait; Cast: Robin Williams, Daryl Sabara
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| The Final Destination | New Line Cinema (Warner Bros.) | Dir., David R. Ellis; Scr., Eric Bress; Cast, Bobby Campo, Nick Zano, Krista Allen
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| Halloween II | Dimension Films | Dir., Rob Zombie; Cast, Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, Scout Taylor-Compton, Danielle Harris
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| Taking Woodstock | Focus Features | Dir. Ang Lee; Cast: Demetri Martin, Jonathan Groff, Paul Dano, Eugene Levy, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
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| Big Fan | First Independent Pictures | Dir., Robert D. Siegel; Cast, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan
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| All About Steve | 20th Century Fox | Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper
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| Extract | Miramax | Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Clifton Collins, Jr., Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, Dustin Milligan, Beth Grant
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| Gamer | Lionsgate | Dir., Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor; Cast, Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Alison Lohman, Kyra Sedgwick, Ludacris, John Leguizamo, Milo Ventimiglia
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| American Casino | Argot Pictures | Dir. Leslie Cockburn, Andrew Cockburn
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| Amreeka | National Geographic Cinema Ventures | Dir. Cherien Dabis; Cast, Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem
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| Carriers | Paramount | Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni
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| 9 | Focus Features | Dir. Shane Acker; Cast, Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin Glover, Jennifer Connelly, Fred Tatasciore, Alan Oppenheimer, Tom Kane, Helen Wilson
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| I Can Do Bad All By Myself | Lionsgate | Dir. Tyler Perry; Cast, Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Brian White, Hope Olaide Wilson, Adam Rodriguez, Kwesi Nii-Lante Boakye, Frederick Siglar
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| Sorority Row | Summit | Dir. Stewart Hendler; Cast. Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Audrina Patridge, Carrie Fisher
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| Whiteout | Warner Bros. | Dir. Dominic Sena; Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Alex O'Loughlin, Tom Skerritt
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| Crude | First Run Features | Dir. Joe Berlinger
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| Beyond A Reasonable Doubt | Anchor Bay | Dir. Peter Hyams; Cast, Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn
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| No Impact Man | Oscilloscope Laboratories | Dir. Dave Boyle; Cast, Colin Beavan, Michelle Conlin
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| White on Rice | Variance Films | Dir. Dave Boyle; Cast, Hiroshi Watanabe, James Kyson Lee, Mio Takada, Lynn Chenn
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| 35 Shots of Rum | Wild Bunch Distribution | Dir.: Claire Denis; Scr.: Claire Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau; Cast: Mati Diop, Alex Descas, Grégoire Colin, Nicole Dogue
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| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Sony Pictures Animation | Dir., Phil Lord & Chris Miller; Cast, Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte
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| The Informant! | Warner Bros. | Dir.: Steven Soderbergh; Cast: Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Thomas F. Wilson, Joel McHale, Jimmy Pardo, Paul F. Tompkins
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| Jennifer's Body | 20th Century Fox | Dir., Karyn Kusama; Cast, Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, J.K. Simmons
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| Love Happens | Universal | Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Martin Sheen, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch
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| Bright Star | Apparition | Dir., Jane Campion; Cast: Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw, Paul Schneider, Thomas Sangster, Kerry Fox, Samuel Barnett
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| Splice | Senator Entertainment | Dir., Vincenzo Natali; Cast, Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley
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| Fame | Lakeshore Entertainment | Dir. Kevin Tancharoen; Cast, Paul McGill, Debbie Allen, Megan Mullally, Kelsey Grammer
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| Pandorum | Overture | Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Norman Reedus, Cam Gigandet
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| Surrogates | Touchstone Pictures | Dir. Jonathan Mostow Pro., David Hoberman; Wri. Michael Ferris; Cast, Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames
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| Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | IFC Films | Dir./Scr.: John Krasinski; Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Ben Shenkman, Timothy Hutton, Chris Messina, Max Minghella, Lou Taylor Pucci, Will Arnett, John Krasinski, Rashida Jones, Glenn Fitzgerald, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, Corey Stoll, Christopher Meloni, Denis O'Hare, Josh Charles, Michael Cerveris, Will Forte, Joey Slotnick, Lucy Gordon, Benjamin Gibbard, Frankie Faison
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| Coco Before Chanel | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir.: Anne Fontaine; Cast: Audrey Tatou, Benoît Poelvoorde, Alessandro Nivola, Marie Gillain, Emmanuelle Devos, Régis Royer, Etienne Bartholomeus, Yan Duffas
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| I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell | Freestyle Releasing | Dir. Bob Gosse Pro., Tucker Max, Nils Parker, Richard Kelly; Wri. Tucker Max and Nils Parker; Cast, Matt Czuchry, Jesse Bradford, Geoff Stults, Keri Lynn Pratt, Marika Dominczyk, Bill Dawes, Traci Lords
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| Paranormal Activity ‡ | Paramount Pictures | Dir., Oren Peli; Cast. Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Amber Armstrong
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| Whip It | Fox Searchlight | Dir.: Drew Barrymore; Cast: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Wiig, Zoe Bell, Drew Barrymore, Jimmy Fallon
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| Zombieland | Columbia | Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard
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| A Serious Man | Focus | Dirs.: Joel and Ethan Coen; Cast: Michael Stuhlbarg, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, Richard Kind, Aaron Wolf, Jessica McManus, Adam Arkin, Simon Helberg, Fyvush Finkel, Michael Lerner, George Wyner, Steve Park
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| Couples Retreat | Universal | Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Carlos Ponce
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| Bronson | Vertigo Films | Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn; Scrs.: Brock Norman Brock & Nicolas Winding Refn; Cast: Tom Hardy, Matt King, James Lance, Amanda Burton, Kelly Adams, Andrew Forbes
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| The Damned United | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir.: Tom Hooper; Scr.: Peter Morgan; Cast: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall
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| An Education | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir., Lone Scherfig; Scr., Nick Hornby; Cast: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson, Olivia Williams, Sally Hawkins, Matthew Beard
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| Good Hair | Roadside Attractions | Dir, Jeff Stilson, Cast; Chris Rock
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| Trucker | Monterey Media | Dir./Scr.: James Mottern; Cast: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion, Jimmy Bennett, Joey Lauren Adams, Benjamin Bratt
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| Law Abiding Citizen | Overture Films | Dir., F. Gary Gray; Cast, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Michael Gambon, Viola Davis, Leslie Bibb, Regina Hall, Colm Meaney
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| The Stepfather | Screen Gems | Dir., Nelson B. McCormick; Pro., Greg Moordian, Mark Morgan; Wir., J. S. Cardone; Cast, Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Amber Heard, Sela Ward
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| Where the Wild Things Are | Warner Bros. | Dir., Spike Jonze; Scr., Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers; Cast, Max Records, Paul Dano, Forest Whitaker, Catherine Keener, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara
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| Black Dynamite | Apparition | Dir., Scott Sanders; Cast, Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall
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| The Maid | Elephant Eye Films | Dir.: Sebastián Silva; Scr.: Pedro Peirano & Sebastián Silva; Cast: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic, Andrea García-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Agustín Silva
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| New York, I Love You | Vivendi Entertainment | Dir., Various Directors; Cast, Ensemble cast
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| Amelia | Fox Searchlight | Dir., Mira Nair; Scr., Ronald Bass; Cast: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Joe Anderson, Mia Wasikowska, William Cuddy
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| Astro Boy | Summit Entertainment | Dir., David Bowers; animated voices of, Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Samuel L. Jackson, Charlize Theron, Tony Matthews, Madeline Carroll, Sterling Beaumon, Moises Arias, Victor Bonavida
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| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Universal | Dir., Paul Weitz; Cast, John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Chris Massoglia, Josh Hutcherson, Patrick Fugit, Ray Stevenson, Michael Cerveris, Frankie Faison, Jane Krakowski, Orlando Jones, Kristen Schaal, Salma Hayek
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| Saw VI | Lionsgate | Dir., Kevin Greutert; Pro., Mark Burg, Oren Koules, James Wan, Leigh Whannell; Wir., Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton; Cast, Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Tanedra Howard
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| Antichrist | IFC Films | Dir. & Scr.: Lars von Trier; Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
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| Ong Bak 2: The Beginning | Magnolia Pictures | Dir., Tony Jaa, Panna Rittikrai; Cast, Tony Jaa
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| Motherhood | Freestyle Releasing | Dir., Katherine Dieckmann; Cast, Uma Thurman, Minnie Driver, Anthony Edwards
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| (Untitled) | Samuel Goldwyn | Dir., Jonathan Parker; Cast, Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton, Eion Bailey, Lucy Punch, Vinnie Jones, Zak Orth
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| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day | Stage 6 Films | Dir., Troy Duffy; Cast, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins, Jr., Julie Benz, Billy Connolly, Peter Fonda
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| Gentlemen Broncos | Fox Searchlight | D: Jared Hess; W: Jared and Jerusha Hess; S: Michael Angarano, Sam Rockwell, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge
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| Skin | Jour De Fete | Dir./Scr.: Anthony Fabian; Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
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| A Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir. Robert Zemeckis; Cast: Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins, Robin Wright Penn, Cary Elwes, Colin Firth
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| The Fourth Kind | Universal | Milla Jovovich
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| The Men Who Stare at Goats | Overture Films | Dir. Grant Heslov; Cast: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Robert Patrick, Stephen Lang, Rebecca Mader
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| Precious | Lionsgate | Dir., Lee Daniels; Cast, Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo'Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz
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| That Evening Sun | Dogwood Entertainment | Dir./Scr.: Scott Teems; Cast: Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Walton Goggins, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston, Barry Corbin, Dixie Carter, Barlow Jacobs, Brian Keith, Anthony Reynolds
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| Pirate Radio | Focus | Dir./Scr.: Richard Curtis; Cast: Tom Sturridge, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Katherine Parkinson, Talulah Riley, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, January Jones, Emma Thompson, Chris O'Dowd, Rhys Darby, Will Adamsdale, Tom Wisdom, Gemma Arterton, Sinead Matthews, Stephen Moore, Olegar Fedoro
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| Fantastic Mr. Fox ‡ | 20th Century Fox | Dir. and Scr., Wes Anderson; Scr. Noah Baumbach; Cast, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzmann, Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Jarvis Cocker, Hugo Guinness, Brian Cox, Adrien Brody, Michael Gambon
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| The Messenger | Oscilloscope Pictures | Dir.: Oren Moverman; Scr.: Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman; Cast: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Merritt Wever, Jeremy Strong, Gaius Charles
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| Uncertainty | IFC Films | Dir. & Scr.: Scott McGehee & David Siegel; Cast: Lynn Collins, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Assumpta Serna, Olivia Thirlby
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| Women in Trouble | Screen Media Films | Dir., and Scr., Sebastian Gutierrez; Cast, Carla Gugino, Elizabeth Berkely, Marley Shelton, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Cameron Richardson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Simon Baker, Josh Brolin
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| The Young Victoria | Apparition | Dir., Jean-Marc Vallee Scr., Julian Fellowes Cast Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson, Mark Strong
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| The Blind Side | Warner Bros. Pictures | Dir. John Lee Hancock; Cast: Sandra Bullock, Michael Oher, Kathy Bates, Lily Collins, Jae Head
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| The Twilight Saga: New Moon | Summit Entertainment | Dir. Chris Weitz, Cast, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed
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| Planet 51 | TriStar Pictures | Dir., Jorge Blanco; Cast, Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
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| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans | First Look Studios | Dir. Werner Herzog; Cast, Nicolas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Xzibit, Brad Dourif
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| Broken Embraces | Sony Pictures Classics | Dir. Pedro Almodovar; Cast: Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Chus Lampreave
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| The Missing Person | Strand Releasing | Dir. & Scr.: Noah Buschel; Cast: Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood, Linda Emond, Margaret Colin, John Ventimiglia, Merritt Wever, Paul Adelstein, Liza Weil, Daniel Franzese, Gary Wilmes, Betsy Hogg
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| Old Dogs | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir. Walt Becker, Cast. John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Bernie Mac | |
| The Road | The Weinstein Co. | Dir., John Hillcoat; Scr., Joe Penhall; Cast, Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce | |
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| The Princess and the Frog ‡ | Walt Disney Pictures | Dir.: John Musker, Ron Clements; Cast: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, John Goodman, Jennifer Cody, Jim Cummings, Oprah Winfrey, Jenifer Lewis, Bruno Campos, Michael-Leon Wooley, Peter Bartlett, Terrence Howard | |
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| Armored | Screen Gems | Dir., Nimród Antal; Pro., Sam Raimi; Cast, Columbus Short, Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean Reno, Skeet Ulrich, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia | |
| Brothers | Lionsgate | Dir.: Jim Sheridan; Scr.: David Benioff; Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard | |
| Everybody's Fine | Miramax | Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Katherine Moennig, Melissa Leo | |
| Transylmania | Full Circle Releasing | James DeBello, Musetta Vander, Tony Denman |
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| A Single Man | The Weinstein Company | Dir.: Tom Ford; Scr.: Tom Ford & David Scearce; Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Matthew Goode, Nicholas Hoult, Ginnifer Goodwin, Paulette Lamouri | |
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| Nine ‡ | The Weinstein Company | Dir., Rob Marshall; Cast, Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson | |
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| Sherlock Holmes | Warner Bros. | Dir.: Guy Ritchie; Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong | |
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| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films
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| January
| 1 | Edmund Purdom | 84 | | Actor | The Student Prince • Athena • The Egyptian • The Prodigal
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| 3 | Pat Hingle | 84 | | Actor | Splendor in the Grass • Hang 'Em High • Batman quadrilogy • The Land Before Time • Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
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| 8 | Don Galloway | 71 | | Actor | The Big Chill
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| 12 | Claude Berri | 74 | | Director, Producer, Writer | Jean de Florette • Manon des Sources • Le Poulet • Tess
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| 13 | Patrick McGoohan | 80 | | Actor, Writer | The Prisoner • The Three Lives of Thomasina • The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh • Ice Station Zebra • Braveheart • Treasure Planet • Escape From Alcatraz
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| 14 | Ricardo Montalbán | 88 | | Actor, Director | Battleground • Across the Wide Missouri • Neptune's Daughter • Sayonara, Cheyenne Autumn • Fantasy Island • Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan • The Naked Gun • Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over • The Ant Bully
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| 15 | Tapan Sinha | 86 | | Director | Kabuliwala • Ek Doctor Ki Maut
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| 17 | Susanna Foster | 84 | | Actor, Singer | Phantom of the Opera • The Climax
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| 18 | Kathleen Byron | 88 | | Actor | Black Narcissus • A Matter of Life and Death • The House in the Square
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| 21 | Charles H. Schneer | 88 | | Producer | Jason and the Argonauts • Clash of the Titans • The 7th Voyage of Sinbad • Mysterious Island • It Came from Beneath the Sea
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| 29 | François Villiers | 88 | | Director | L'Eau vive • Le Puits aux trois vérités
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| 31 | Nagesh | 75 | | Actor | Server Sundaram • Thiruvilayadal • Anbe Vaa
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| February
| 6 | James Whitmore | 87 | | Actor | Tora! Tora! Tora! • Give 'em Hell, Harry! • Battleground • Them! • The Shawshank Redemption
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| 6 | Philip Carey | 83 | | Actor | Operation Pacific • Pushover • Mister Roberts
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| 9 | Robert W. Anderson | 88 | | Screenwriter | Tea and Sympathy • Until They Sail • The Nun's Story • The Sand Pebbles • I Never Sang for My Father
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| 20 | Robert Quarry | 83 | | Actor | Count Yorga, Vampire • Dr. Phibes Rises Again
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| 22 | Howard Zieff | 81 | | Director | Private Benjamin • My Girl
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| 25 | Clarence Swenson | 91 | | Actor | The Wizard of Oz
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| March
| 4 | Horton Foote | 92 | | Screenwriter | To Kill a Mockingbird • Baby the Rain Must Fall • The Trip to Bountiful • Of Mice and Men (1992) • Tender Mercies
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| 13 | Betsy Blair | 85 | | Actress | Marty • A Double Life • Another Part of the Forest • The Snake Pit
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| 15 | Ron Silver | 62 | | Actor, Director | The Entity • Silkwood • Reversal of Fortune • Find Me Guilty • Timecop • Silent Rage • Blue Steel
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| 18 | Natasha Richardson | 45 | | Actress | The Comfort of Strangers • Nell • The Parent Trap • Blow Dry • Asylum • Wild Child • The White Countess • Waking Up in Reno • Past Midnight • Evening • The Handmaid's Tale
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| 22 | Awilda Carbia | 71 | | Actress, Comedian | Cita en Buenos Aires • El sueño del regreso • La Guagua Aérea 2 • Punto final: De como Tito Mangual aprendio a bregar
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| 25 | Steven Bach | 84 | | Studio Executive | Heaven's Gate
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| 29 | Maurice Jarre | 84 | | Musical Composer | Lawrence of Arabia • Doctor Zhivago • Grand Prix • Topaz • Ryan's Daughter • The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean • A Passage to India • Witness • Dead Poets Society • Gorillas in the Mist • Ghost
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| 29 | Monte Hale | 89 | | Actor, Singer | Giant
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| April
| 1 | Miguel Ángel Suárez | 69 | | Actor | Bananas • Stir Crazy • Under Suspicion • Angel • Che: Part One
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| 1 | Lou Perryman | 67 | | Actor | The Texas Chain Saw Massacre • Poltergeist • The Blues Brothers
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| 5 | Wouter Barendrecht | 43 | | Producer | The Goddess of 1967 • Springtime in a Small Town • Last Life in the Universe • Pleasure Factory
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| 9 | Shakti Samanta | 83 | | Director, Producer | Aradhana • Kati Patang • Amar Prem
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| 10 | Yevgeny Vesnik | 86 | | Actor | The Adventures of the Elektronic
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| 20 | Peter Rogers | 95 | | Director | Carry On film series
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| 22 | Ken Annakin | 94 | | Director | Swiss Family Robinson • The Longest Day • Battle of the Bulge • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
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| 22 | Jack Cardiff | 94 | | Cinematographer-Director | Black Narcissus • The Red Shoes • War and Peace • The Prince and the Showgirl • The Vikings
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| 25 | Bea Arthur | 86 | | Actress | Lovers and Other Strangers • Mame • The Golden Girls
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| 27 | Feroz Khan | 69 | | Actor | Tarzan Goes to India • Dharmatma • Qurbani • Janbaaz
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| May
| 1 | Danny Gans | 52 | | Actor, Entertainer | Bull Durham
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| 4 | Dom DeLuise | 75 | | Actor, Comedian, Film Director | History of the World, Part I • Spaceballs • Robin Hood: Men in Tights • All Dogs Go to Heaven • The Secret of NIMH • An American Tail • The Muppet Movie • The Cannonball Run • The Twelve Chairs • Blazing Saddles • Cannonball Run II • Fatso • The End • Smokey and the Bandit II • Hot Stuff • Oliver & Company
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| 4 | Jane Randolph | 93 | | Actress | Railroaded! • Cat People • Curse of the Cat People
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| 7 | Mickey Carroll | 89 | | Actor | The Wizard of Oz
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| 17 | Prakash Mehra | 69 | | Director, Producer | Haseena Maan Jayegi • Zanjeer • Muqaddar Ka Sikander • Laawaris • Sharaabi • Namak Halaal
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| 18 | Wayne Allwine | 62 | | Voice actor/third voice of Mickey Mouse, Sound effects editor | Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Fantasia 2000 • A Goofy Movie • The Great Mouse Detective • The Black Cauldron • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier • Splash • Three Men and a Baby • Alien Nation • Innerspace
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| 20 | Lucy Gordon | 28 | | Actress | Perfume • Serendipity • Spider-Man 3
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| June
| 3 | David Carradine | 72 | | Actor | Kung Fu • Death Race 2000 • Bound for Glory • Bird on a Wire • Kill Bill . Crank: High Voltage
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| 3 | Shih Kien | 96 | | Actor | The Young Master • Enter the Dragon
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| 23 | Ed McMahon | 86 | | Actor | The Incident • Fun with Dick and Jane • Bewitched • Full Moon High • The Butterfly
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| 25 | Farrah Fawcett | 62 | | Actress | Logan's Run • The Cannonball Run • Extremities • The Apostle • Dr. T & the Women
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| 25 | Michael Jackson | 50 | | Singer, Songwriter, Actor, Producer | The Wiz • Captain EO • Moonwalker • Ghosts • Men in Black II • Miss Cast Away • Michael Jackson's This Is It
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| 29 | Jan Rubes | 89 | | Singer, Actor | Witness • One Magic Christmas • Dead of Winter • The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick • D2: The Mighty Ducks
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| 30 | Harve Presnell | 75 | | Actor | Fargo • Paint Your Wagon • Saving Private Ryan
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| July
| 1 | Karl Malden | 97 | | Actor | A Streetcar Named Desire • On the Waterfront • Baby Doll • Birdman of Alcatraz • Gypsy • Patton• One-Eyed Jacks • How the West Was Won • Kiss of Death • I Confess
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| 4 | Brenda Joyce | 92 | | Actress | Tarzan and the Amazons • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman • Tarzan and the Huntress • Tarzan and the Mermaids • Tarzan's Magic Fountain
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| 10 | Zena Marshall | 83 | | Actress | Dr. No • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines • The Terrornauts
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| 21 | Heinz Edelmann | 75 | | Illustrator, Designer | Yellow Submarine
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| 26 | Traugott Buhre | 80 | | Actor | Derrick • Tatort • Anatomy
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| 28 | Leela Naidu | 69 | | Actress | Anuradha
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| August
| 5 | Budd Schulberg | 95 | | Actor Director, Producer, Screenwriter | On the Waterfront • A Face in the Crowd
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| 6 | John Hughes | 59 | | Director, Writer, Producer | National Lampoon's Vacation • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Weird Science • The Breakfast Club • Sixteen Candles • Pretty in Pink • She's Having a Baby • Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Uncle Buck • Home Alone • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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| 9 | John Quade | 71 | | Actor, Stuntman | The Outlaw Josey Wales • 92 In The Shade
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| 13 | Les Paul | 94 | | Musician, Songwriter, Actor | Sarge Goes To College • The Dream Catcher
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| September
| 12 | Larry Gelbart | 81 | | Author, Screenwriter, Producer | Tootsie • Oh, God! • Blame It on Rio • Bedazzled • Neighbors • Rough Cut
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| 14 | Patrick Swayze | 57 | | Actor, Dancer, Singer-songwriter | Dirty Dancing • Road House • Ghost • Point Break • Red Dawn • The Outsiders • Grandview, U.S.A. • Steel Dawn • Next of Kin • Waking Up in Reno • Black Dog • Powder Blue • Donnie Darko • Green Dragon • 11:14 • Keeping Mum
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| 14 | Henry Gibson | 73 | | Actor | Laugh In • Nashville • Innerspace • The Blues Brothers • Gremlins 2: The New Batch • Charlotte's Web • Boston Legal
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| 17 | Dick Durock | 72 | | Actor, Stuntman | Swamp Thing • The Return of Swamp Thing • The Enforcer • Any Which Way You Can • Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
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| 21 | Robert Ginty | 60 | | Actor, Director | The Exterminator • Coming Home • Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
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| October
| 14 | Collin Wilcox | 74 | | Actress | To Kill a Mockingbird • Jaws 2 • Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| 19 | Joseph Wiseman | 91 | | Actor | Dr. No • Viva Zapata! • The Unforgiven
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| 26 | Yoshirō Muraki | 85 | | Production designer, Art director, Costume designer | Throne of Blood • Yojinbo • High and Low • Tora! Tora! Tora! • Japan Sinks • Kagemusha • Ran
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| November
| 16 | Edward Woodward | 79 | | Actor | Breaker Morant • The Wicker Man
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