2009 (MMIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium, the 9th year of the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.

Events

• Production on the twentieth season of Law & Order begins
• Production on the eleventh season of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit begins
• Production on the first season of Community begins
• Jack Atherton joins NBC station WLWT as the anchor of News 5 at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00.
• In the lead up to Jack Atherton's ascension to the anchor chair, NBC station WLWT launches the "Jack is Back" promotional campaign to promote Atherton's debut on the October 5, 2009 broadcasts of WLWT News 5 at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00, as it featured Atheron and co-anchor Sheree Paolello.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 9 - The Unborn (Rogue Pictures)
• January 18 - Sin Nombre (Focus Features)
• February 6 - Coraline
• March 13 - The Last House on the Left (Rogue Pictures)
• March 20 - Duplicity
• March 27 - Monsters vs. Aliens
• April 3 - Fast & Furious
• April 17 - State of Play
• April 24 - The Soloist (International Distribution), Fighting (Rogue Pictures)
• May 1 - The Limits of Control (Focus Features)
• May 29 - Drag Me to Hell
• June 5 - Away We Go (Focus Features), Land of the Lost
• July 1 - Public Enemies
• July 10 - Brüno
• July 31 - Funny People, Thirst (Focus Features)
• August 7 - A Perfect Getaway
• August 21 - Inglourious Basterds
• August 26 - Taking Woodstock (Focus Features)
• September 9 - 9 (Focus Features)
• September 18 - Love Happens
• October 2 - A Serious Man (Focus Features), The Invention of Lying (Focus Features)
• October 9 - Couples Retreat
• October 23 - Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
• November 6 - The Fourth Kind
• November 13 - The Boat That Rocked (Focus Features)
• December 25 - It's Complicated

Shorts

Television

• June 1-4 - G4 airs its coverage of E3 2009 hosted by Adam Sessler, Morgan Webb, Kevin Pereira and Olivia Munn.
• September 17 - Community premieres on NBC.

Theme Parks

• May 28 - Universal Islands of Adventure celebrated its 10th anniversary.
• July 16 - Universal Studios Hollywood celebrated its 45th anniversary.

Home video releases

DVD and Blu-ray releases

• January 20 - The Express: The Ernie Davis Story
• February 17
  • Changeling
  • Flash of Genius
• March 10
  • Milk
  • Role Models
• April 7 - The Tale of Despereaux
• April 21 - Frost/Nixon
• July 7 - The Unborn
• July 21 - Coraline
• July 28 - Fast & Furious
• August 18 - The Last House on the Left
• August 25
  • Duplicity
  • Fighting
• September 1
  • Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
  • Sin Nombre
  • State of Play
• September 29
  • Away We Go
  • Monsters vs. Aliens
• October 13
  • Drag Me to Hell
  • Land of the Lost
• October 27 - Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
• November 17 - Brüno
• November 24 - Funny People
• December 8 - Public Enemies
• December 15
  • Inglourious Basterds
  • Taking Woodstock
• December 22 - American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
• December 29
  • 9
  • A Perfect Getaway

DVD only releases

• February 10
  • Back to the Future: Special Edition
  • Back to the Future Part II: Special Edition
  • Back to the Future Part III: Special Edition
  • Curious George: Robot Monkey and More Great Gadgets
• March 10 - Howard the Duck: Special Edition
• March 17 - Barbie: Thumbelina
• March 31 - Pokémon: Giratina & the Sky Warrior
• April 28 - Jetsons: The Movie: Special Edition
• May 12 - Curious George: Goes Green
• May 19 - Pufnstuf
• September 15
  • Barbie and the Three Musketeers
  • Bionicle: The Legend Reborn
  • Phantasm II
• November 17
  • The Limits of Control
  • Thirst
  • Wild Child
• November 25 - Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

Character Debuts

• March 27 - Susan Murphy, The Missing Link B.O.B. Dr. Cockroach, Insectosaurus, Gallaxhar
• April 3 - Arturo Braga, Giselle Yashar

People

Births

• January 14 - Nev Scharrel

Deaths

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