200 movies from 2009

There was a lot of crap that came out to theaters this year.

The list focuses mostly on films that made at least some form of a respectable run in American theaters, even if they were on a limited basis. If I heard about it playing in American screens on NPR, saw a trailer for it on that HDNet channel that shows trailers for upcoming films, saw an ad for it on TV, or read about it in one of any number of websites/magazines that I peruse, I included it here. This also includes only films that were released in 2009, not films made in 2009 to be released in 2010 (such as "Extraordinary Measures").

Then I crunched some numbers to have some fun with the stats.

The list:

1. (500) Days of Summer (7/17/09)
2. 12 Rounds (3/27/09)
3. 17 Again (4/17/09)
4. 2012 (11/13/09)
5. 9 (9/9/09)
6. A Serious Man (10/2/09)
7. Accidental Husband (3/27/09)
8. Adventureland (4/3/09)
9. Aliens in the Attic (7/31/09)
10. All About Steve (9/4/09)
11. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (12/25/09)
12. Amelia (10/23/09)
13. Angels & Demons (5/15/09)
14. Antichrist (10/23/09)
15. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (4/10/09)
16. Armored (12/4/09)
17. Astro Boy (10/23/09)
18. Avatar (12/18/09)
19. Away We Go (6/5/09)
20. Baby On Board (6/9/09)
21. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (11/20/09)
22. Bandslam (8/14/09)
23. Bart Got a Room (4/3/09)
24. Battle for Terra (5/1/09)
25. Big Fan (8/28/09)
26. Black Dynamite (10/16/09)
27. Blind Side (11/20/09)
28. Blood: The Last Vampire (7/10/09)
29. Boondock Saints II: All Saints’ Day (10/30/09)
30. Box (11/6/09)
31. Bride Wars (1/9/09)
32. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (9/25/09)
33. Bright Star (9/16/09)
34. Brooklyn’s Finest (11/27/09)
35. Brothers (12/4/09)
36. Brothers Bloom (5/15/09)
37. Brüno (7/10/09)
38. Capitalism: A Love Story (10/2/09)
39. Cheri (6/26/09)
40. Christmas Carol (11/6/09)
41. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (9/18/09)
42. Coco Before Chanel (9/25/09)
43. Collector (7/31/09)
44. Confessions of a Shopaholic (2/13/09)
45. Coraline (2/6/09)
46. Couples Retreat (10/9/09)
47. Crank: High Voltage (4/17/09)
48. Damage (10/5/09)
49. Dance Flick (5/22/09)
50. Dead Snow (6/19/09)
51. Did You Hear About the Morgans? (12/11/09)
52. District 9 (8/14/09)
53. Drag Me to Hell (5/29/09)
54. Dragonball Evolution (4/10/09)
55. Duplicity (3/20/09)
56. Education of Charlie Banks (3/27/09)
57. Everybody’s Fine (12/4/09)
58. Extract (9/4/09)
59. Fame (9/25/09)
60. Fantastic Mr. Fox (11/25/09)
61. Fast & Furious (4/3/09)
62. Fighting (4/24/09)
63. Final Destination (8/28/09)
64. Fired Up (2/20/09)
65. Food Inc. (6/12/09)
66. Fourth Kind (11/6/09)
67. Friday the 13th (2/13/09)
68. Funny People (7/31/09)
69. Gamer (9/4/09)
70. Gentlemen Broncos (10/30/09)
71. G-Force (7/24/09)
72. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (5/1/09)
73. GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (8/7/09)
74. Girlfriend Experience (5/22/09)
75. Gomorra (2/13/09)
76. Good Hair (10/9/09)
77. Halloween II (8/28/09)
78. Hangover (6/5/09)
79. Hannah Montana: The Movie (4/10/09)
80. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7/15/09)
81. Haunting in Connecticut (3/27/09)
82. He’s Just Not That Into You (2/6/09)
83. Homecoming (7/17/09)
84. Hotel For Dogs (1/16/09)
85. Hurt Locker (6/26/09)
86. I Can Do Bad All By Myself (9/11/09)
87. I Hate Valentine’s Day (7/3/09)
88. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell (9/25/09)
89. I Love You Beth Cooper (7/10/09)
90. I Love You, Man (3/20/09)
91. I Sell The Dead (8/14/09)
92. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (7/1/09)
93. Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (12/25/09)
94. Imagine That (6/12/09)
95. Informant (9/18/09)
96. Informers (4/24/09)
97. Inglorious Basterds (8/21/09)
98. Inkheart (1/23/09)
99. Invention of Lying (10/2/09)
100. Invictus (12/11/09)
101. It’s Complicated (12/25/09)
102. Janky Promoters (10/16/09)
103. Jennifer’s Body (9/18/09)
104. Jonas Brothers: The 3D Experience (2/27/09)
105. Julie & Julia (8/7/09)
106. Killshot (1/23/09)
107. Knowing (3/20/09)
108. Land of the Lost (6/5/09)
109. Last House on the Left (3/13/09)
110. Law Abiding Citizen (10/16/09)
111. Limits of Control (5/1/09)
112. Love Happens (9/18/09)
113. Lovely Bones (12/11/09)
114. Madea Goes to Jail (2/20/09)
115. Management (5/15/09)
116. Me and Orson Welles (11/25/09)
117. Men Who Stare at Goats (11/6/09)
118. Michael Jackson: This is It (10/28/09)
119. Miss March (3/13/09)
120. Monsters vs. Aliens (3/27/09)
121. My Bloody Valentine (1/16/09)
122. My Life in Ruins (6/5/09)
123. My Sister’s Keeper (6/26/09)
124. New in Town (1/30/09)
125. New Moon (11/20/09)
126. New York, I Love You (10/16/09)
127. Next Day Air (5/8/09)
128. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (5/22/09)
129. Nine (12/18/09)
130. Ninja Assassin (11/25/09)
131. Not Easily Broken (1/9/09)
132. Notorious (1/16/09)
133. Observe and Report (4/10/09)
134. Obsessed (4/24/09)
135. Old Dogs (11/25/09)
136. Orphan (7/24/09)
137. Outlander (1/23/09)
138. Pandorum (9/25/09)
139. Paranormal Activity (9/25/09)
140. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (1/16/09)
141. Perfect Getaway (8/7/09)
142. Phoebe in Wonderland (3/6/09)
143. Pink Panther 2 (2/6/09)
144. Pirate Radio (11/13/09)
145. Planet 51 (11/20/09)
146. Ponyo (8/14/09)
147. Possession (1/23/09)
148. Post Grad (8/21/09)
149. Powder Blue (5/8/09)
150. Precious (11/6/09)
151. Princess and the Frog (11/27/09)
152. Proposal (6/19/09)
153. Public Enemies (7/1/09)
154. Push (2/6/09)
155. Race to Witch Mountain (3/13/09)
156. Road (11/25/09)
157. Saw VI (10/23/09)
158. Sherlock Holmes (12/25/09)
159. Shorts (8/21/09)
160. Shrink (7/24/09)
161. Slammin’ Salmon
162. Soloist (4/24/09)
163. Sorority Row (9/11/09)
164. Spread (8/14/09)
165. Star Trek (5/8/09)
166. State of Play (4/17/09)
167. Stepfather (10/16/09)
168. Stoning of Soraya M. (6/26/09)
169. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2/27/09)
170. Sunshine Cleaning (3/13/09)
171. Surrogates (9/25/09)
172. Taken (1/30/09)
173. Taking of Pelham 123 (6/12/09)
174. Taking Woodstock (8/28/09)
175. Terminator: Salvation (5/21/09)
176. Tetro (6/12/09)
177. The Goods (8/14/09)
178. The International (2/13/09)
179. Thirst (7/31/09)
180. Time Traveler’s Wife (8/14/09)
181. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (6/24/09)
182. Transylmania (12/4/09)
183. Two Lovers (2/13/09)
184. Tyson (4/24/09)
185. Ugly Truth (7/24/09)
186. Unborn (1/9/09)
187. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (1/23/09)
188. Uninvited (1/30/09)
189. Up (5/29/09)
190. Up in the Air (12/4/09)
191. Vampire’s Assistant (10/23/09)
192. Watchmen (3/6/09)
193. Whatever Works (6/19/09)
194. Where the Wild Things Are (10/16/09)
195. Whip It (10/2/09)
196. Whiteout (9/11/09)
197. World’s Greatest Dad (8/21/09)
198. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (5/1/09)
199. Year One (6/19/09)
200. Zombieland (10/2/09)

Trends:

Total remakes (including “reinvisionings,” “reboots,” and sequels to remakes, as well as TV adaptations): 19
Percent of all films: 9.5%
Horror remakes: 8
Percent of all remakes: 42.11%
Percent of all films: 4%

Comic book films: 2

Novel adaptations: 20 (Inkheart; Killshot; Coraline; He’s Just Not That Into You; Confessions of a Shopaholic; Informers; Angels & Demons; Cheri; Public Enemies; Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Julie & Julia; Time Traveler’s Wife; Taking Woodstock; Where the Wild Things Are; The Vampire’s Assistant; A Christmas Carol; Men Who Stare at Goats; New Moon; Fantastic Mr. Fox; The Road; Invictus)

Animation: 16

3D: 8

Films featuring Amelia Earhart: 2 (Amelia; Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian)

Films based on toy lines: 2 (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; GI Joe: Rise of Cobra)

Number of films about mall security guards: 2 (Paul Blart: Mall Cop; Observe & Report)

Number of Tyler Perry Madea films: 2 (Madea Goes to Jail; I Can Do Bad All by Myself)

Too Much: Nicholas Cage; Tyler Perry; Megan Fox
Not Enough: Wesley Snipes; Bill Murray; Anna Faris

Sequels Bloody Sequels: 20

Movies in numerical order*:
Year One - Two Lovers - Fourth Kind - District 9 - 12 Rounds - Friday the 13th - 17 Again - Planet 51 - Taking of Pelham 123 - (500) Days of Summer - 2012
*movies with numbers as part of the titles; excludes numbered sequels