| Date | Movie title | Film genre and starring cast |
| 6 | Beautiful Kate | Australia, mystery: Rachel Griffiths. Bryan Brown, Ben Mendelsohn |
| 6 | Coraline (Coraline and the secret door) | Adventure, animation, fantasy: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders |
| 6 | GI Joe: rise of Cobra | Action, adventure, war: Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Brendan Fraser |
| 6 | Tyson | Mike Tyson biography: Mike Tyson |
| 6 | Ugly truth, The | Romantic comedy: Gerard Butler, Katherine Heigl, Cheryl Hines |
| 13 | Balibo | Australia, thriller, true: Anthony LaPaglia, Oscar Isaac, Damon Gameau |
| 13 | Bandslam | Music, teen: Alyson Michalka, Gaelan Connell, Scott Porter |
| 13 | District 9 | Science fiction: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Robert Hobbs |
| 13 | Orphan | Horror, mystery: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman |
| 19 | Age of Stupid, The | Agitprop, anvioronment: Layefa Malini, Fernand Pareau, Pete Postlethwaite |
| 20 | Adam | Drama, romance: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher |
| 20 | Cove, The | Documentary: Richard O'Barry, Hayden Panettiere, Roger Payne |
| 20 | Dance flick | Comedy, dance, spoof: Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans |
| 20 | Eden is west (Eden à l'ouest) | Drama, France: Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Léa Wiazemsky |
| 20 | Inglorious Basterds | War: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Daniel Brühl |
| 20 | September issue, The | Vogue fashion documentary: Anna Wintour, Grace Coddington |
| 20 | Subdivision | Australia, comedy, drama: Bruce Spence, Gary Sweet, Brooke Satchwell |
| 27 | Fighting | Action, martial arts: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Harvey Boarden |
| 27 | Ponyo on the cliff by the sea (Gake no ue no Ponyo) | Anime, fantasy, Japan: Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Noah Cyrus |
| 27 | Taking of Pelham 123, The | Action, crime, thriller: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini |
| 27 | Taking Woodstock | Elliot Tiber biography: Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch |
| 27 | Young Victoria, The | Queen Victoria biography: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany |