A list of British films released in 2009.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Inch Chest | Gangster drama | 15 January | |||
| Awaydays | Pat Holden | Drama | 22 May | ||
| The Boat That Rocked | Richard Curtis | Period comedy | 1 April | ||
| Boogie Woogie | Duncan Ward | Comedy | 2 May | ||
| A Boy Called Dad | Brian Percival | Drama | 30 April | ||
| The Boys Are Back | Scott Hicks | Drama | 15 September | Co-production with Australia | |
| Bright Star | 6 November | ||||
| Bronson | Gangster drama | 13 March | |||
| Bunny and the Bull | Paul King | Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby | Comedy | 27 November | |
| Cherrybomb | Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn | 23 April | |||
| City Rats | Steve M. Kelly | 24 April | |||
| Clubbed | Neil Thompson | Drama | 16 January | ||
| Cracks | Jordan Scott | Eva Green, Juno Temple | Period drama | 4 December | |
| Creation | 25 September | ||||
| The Damned United | Drama | 25 March | |||
| Desert Flower | Sherry Horman | Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins | Biopic | 5 September | Co-production with Germany |
| Doghouse | Comedy | 12 June | |||
| Dorian Gray | Drama | 11 September | |||
| An Education | Coming-of-age | 30 October | Academy Award nominated for Best Film; BAFTA winner for Best Actress | ||
| Endgame | Drama | 15 January | |||
| An Englishman in New York | Richard Laxton | Drama/biographical | December | Screened on ITV1 in December | |
| Exam | Psychological thriller | 8 January | |||
| The Firm | Crime drama | 18 September | Remake of 1989 TV film | ||
| Fish Tank | Drama | 13 May | Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel | Gareth Carrivick | Comedy sci-fi | 24 April | ||
| From Time to Time | Julian Fellowes | Alex Etel, Timothy Spall | Fantasy | 15 October | |
| Glorious 39 | Stephen Poliakoff | Romola Garai, Eddie Redmayne | Drama | 20 November | |
| Harry Brown | Crime thriller | 11 November | Premiered at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival | ||
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 17 July | ||||
| Heartless | Fantasy | ||||
| Hippie Hippie Shake | Comedy drama | ||||
| I Know You Know | Drama | TBA | |||
| The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Fantasy | 16 October | |||
| In the Loop | Comedy | 17 April | Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay | ||
| Iron Cross | Joshua Newton | Thriller | 19 November 2010 | ||
| Is Anybody There? | Drama | 1 May | |||
| Jack Said | Michael Tchoubouroff | David O'Hara, Danny Dyer, Simon Phillips | 25 September | ||
| Jackboots on Whitehall | Edward McHenry | 8 October | Animated movie with dolls | ||
| Knife Edge | Anthony Hickox | Hugh Bonneville, Natalie Press | Thriller | ||
| Knowing | Alex Proyas | Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury | Science fiction | 20 March | |
| The Last Station | Biopic | 23 December | Co-produced with Germany and Russia | ||
| Lesbian Vampire Killers | Phil Claydon | Comedy | 20 March | ||
| Little Ashes | Drama/biographical | 8 May | |||
| London River | Drama | 10 February | |||
| Looking for Eric | Drama/biographical | 12 June | Screened in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival | ||
| The Lovely Bones | Peter Jackson | Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan | Supernatural thriller drama | 24 November | |
| Malice in Wonderland | Simon Fellows | Maggie Grace, Danny Dyer | Fantasy | ||
| Moon | Sci-fi | 17 July | |||
| My Last Five Girlfriends | Julian Kemp | Brendan Patricks, Naomie Harris | Comedy | 19 March | |
| Nativity! | Comedy | 27 November | |||
| Nowhere Boy | Drama | 26 December | Drama about the boyhood of John Lennon; closing night world premiere at London Film Festival | ||
| Perrier's Bounty | Ian Fitzgibbon | Thriller comedy | 26 March 2010 | ||
| Planet 51 | Animation | 20 November | |||
| Pope Joan | Sönke Wortmann | Johanna Wokalek, David Wenham | Historical drama | 22 October | Co-production with Germany, Italy and Spain |
| Princess Kaiulani | Marc Forby | Q'orianka Kilcher, Barry Pepper | Biopic | 7 February | Co-production with the US |
| Rage | Drama | 30 February | First shown at the Berlin International Film Festival | ||
| Rocketmen | Richard Dale | Documentary | 30 August | ||
| The Soloist | Drama | 20 April | |||
| Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson | Comedy | 18 December | |||
| The Secret of Moonacre | Adventure fantasy | 12 February | |||
| Sherlock Holmes | Adventure | 25 December | |||
| Shifty | Eran Creevy | Urban thriller | 26 April | ||
| Telstar | Drama | 19 June | |||
| Tony | Gerard Johnson | Horror | 18 June | ||
| Tormented | Jon Wright | 22 May | |||
| The Vampires of Bloody Island | Allin Kempthorne | Pamela Kempthorne, Oliver Gray, Leon Hamilton | Comedy | 22 August | |
| Triangle | Christopher Smith | 16 October | |||
| The Young Victoria | Drama | 6 March | Won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design | ||