The ten best films new to me that I saw in 2009

Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.

A tragic social drama set in post war Japan about a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.

A woman struggles to interact with her family and find her place in society after spending fifteen years in prison.

In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.

Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.

At a turning point in his life, a former tennis pro falls for an actress who happens to be dating his friend and soon-to-be brother-in-law.

Tragedy strikes a young boy and his over-protective mother.

En route to Delhi to receive an award, a Bengali film star reevaluates his success through his fellow passengers, dreams, and past experiences.

The story starts in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni.

Paris, 1984: A group of friends contend with the first outbreak of the AIDS epidemic.