Best movies of 2009

Honorable mentions

“Coraline” [pictured]
“The Invention of Lying”
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”
“The Maid”
“Star Trek”
“District 9”
“(500) Days of Summer”
“The Hurt Locker”
“Observe and Report”
“Grace”

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