The 2009 festival was held September 24–October 1.
Movies on Fantastic Fest 2009 List| Zombieland | Ruben Fleischer | 2009 |
| Gentlemen Broncos | Jared Hess | 2009 |
| Universal Soldier: Regeneration | John Hyams | 2009 |
| [REC]² | Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza | 2009 |
| Down Terrace | Ben Wheatley | 2010 |
| First Squad: The Moment of Truth | Aljosha Klimov, Yoshiharu Ashino, Vladimir Zhelezniakov | 2009 |
| Macabre | Timo Tjahjanto, Kimo Stamboel | 2009 |
| Mandrill | Ernesto Díaz Espinoza | 2009 |
| Antichrist | Lars von Trier | 2009 |
| Daybreakers | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | 2010 |
| Survival of the Dead | George A. Romero | 2010 |
| Human Centipede (First Sequence), The | Tom Six | 2009 |
| Doghouse | Jake West | 2009 |
| Smash Cut | Lee Demarbre | 2009 |
| RoboGeisha | Noboru Iguchi | 2009 |
| Duress | Jordan Barker | 2009 |
| Merantau | Gareth Evans | 2009 |
| Metropia | Tarik Saleh | 2009 |
| Sweet Karma | Andrew Thomas Hunt | 2009 |
| Van Diemen's Land | Jonathan auf der Heide | 2009 |
| Under the Mountain | Jonathan King | 2009 |
| Breathless | Yang Ik-june | 2009 |
| Bronson | Nicolas Winding Refn | 2009 |
| Buratino, Son of Pinocchio | Rasmus Merivoo | 2009 |
| Children, The | Tom Shankland | 2008 |
| Dread | Anthony DiBlasi | 2009 |
| Cropsey | Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio | 2009 |
| Dirty Mind | Pieter Van Hees | 2009 |
| District 13: Ultimatum | Patrick Alessandrin | 2009 |
| Fireball | Thanakorn Pongsuwan | 2009 |
| Fish Story | Yoshihiro Nakamura | 2009 |
| Hard Revenge, Milly | Takanori Tsujimoto | 2008 |
| House | Nobuhiko Ōbayashi | 1977 |
| House of the Devil, The | Ti West | 2009 |
| Journey to Saturn | Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen | 2008 |
| K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces | Shimako Satō | 2008 |
| Hinter Kaifeck | Esther Gronenborn | 2009 |
| Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League in Kyoto | Katsuhide Motoki | 2009 |
| Kenny Begins | Mats Lindberg, Carl Åstrand | 2009 |
| Krabat | Marco Kreuzpaintner | 2008 |
| Love Exposure | Sion Sono | 2009 |
| Morphine | Alexey Balabanov | 2008 |
| Ninja Assassin | James McTeigue | 2009 |
| Paranormal Activity | Oren Peli | 2007 |
| Private Eye | Park Dae-min | 2009 |
| Rampage | Uwe Boll | 2009 |
| Revenant, The | D. Kerry Prior | 2009 |
| Salvage | Lawrence Gough | 2009 |
| Solomon Kane | M.J. Bassett | 2009 |
| Stingray Sam | Cory McAbee | 2009 |
| Terribly Happy | Henrik Ruben Genz | 2008 |
| Town Called Panic, A | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar | 2009 |
| Trick 'r Treat | Michael Dougherty | 2007 |
| Truffle | Kim Nguyen | 2008 |
| Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl | Naoyuki Tomomatsu, Yoshihiro Nishimura | 2009 |
| Yatterman | Takashi Miike | 2009 |
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Paul Weitz | 2009 |
| Men Who Stare at Goats, The | Grant Heslov | 2009 |
| Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, The | Terry Gilliam | 2009 |
| Serious Man, A | Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | 2009 |
| Succubus | Jesús Franco | 1968 |
| Venus in Furs | Jesús Franco | 1969 |
| Female Vampire | Jesús Franco | 1973 |
| Eugenie | Jesús Franco | 1970 |