Best 2009 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2009 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Inglourious Basterds
- Stacker score: 89.5
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 1.7 million)
- Metascore: 69
- Director: Quentin Tarantino
- Actors: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth
- Runtime: 2 hours 33 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $120,540,719

#19. Lebanon
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 6.9 (votes: 12,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Samuel Maoz
- Actors: Yoav Donat, Itay Tiran, Oshri Cohen
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $368,088

#18. Fish Tank
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 67,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Andrea Arnold
- Actors: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing
- Runtime: 2 hours 3 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $374,675

#17. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 228,000)
- Metascore: 76
- Director: Niels Arden Oplev
- Actors: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling
- Runtime: 2 hours 32 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $10,095,170

#16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Stacker score: 90.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 636,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: David Yates
- Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
- Runtime: 2 hours 33 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $302,334,374

#15. Crazy Heart
- Stacker score: 90.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 98,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Scott Cooper
- Actors: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $39,464,306

#14. The Secret of Kells
- Stacker score: 91.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 40,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
- Actors: Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally
- Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $676,775

#13. The Damned United
- Stacker score: 91.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 48,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Tom Hooper
- Actors: Colm Meaney, Henry Goodman, David Roper
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $449,865

#12. In the Loop
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 63,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Armando Iannucci
- Actors: Tom Hollander, Peter Capaldi, James Gandolfini
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $2,388,804

#11. An Education
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 140,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Lone Scherfig
- Actors: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $12,574,914

#10. Up in the Air
- Stacker score: 91.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 357,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Jason Reitman
- Actors: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $83,823,381

#9. A Serious Man
- Stacker score: 92.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 155,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Actors: Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $9,228,768

#8. Coraline
- Stacker score: 92.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 288,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Henry Selick
- Actors: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $116,896,576

#7. District 9
- Stacker score: 93.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 740,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Neill Blomkamp
- Actors: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope
- Runtime: 1 hour 52 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $115,646,235

#6. Star Trek
- Stacker score: 94.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 632,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: J.J. Abrams
- Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $257,730,019

#5. City of Life and Death
- Stacker score: 94.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.7 (votes: 12,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Chuan Lu
- Actors: Ye Liu, Wei Fan, Hideo Nakaizumi
- Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $122,558

#4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Stacker score: 94.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 292,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Wes Anderson
- Actors: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray
- Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $21,002,919

#3. Avatar
- Stacker score: 94.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 1.4 million)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: James Cameron
- Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver
- Runtime: 2 hours 42 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $785,221,649

#2. The Cove
- Stacker score: 98.2
- IMDb user rating: 8.4 (votes: 53,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Louie Psihoyos
- Actors: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones
- Runtime: 1 hour 32 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $857,005

#1. Up
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 1.2 million)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
- Actors: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $293,004,164