Your Top Ten of 2009

[dreamdead]

1. Inglourious Basterds - 8
2. Coraline - 7.5
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox - 7.5
4. Thirst - 7
5. Sugar - 7
6. Two Lovers - 7
7. The Box - 7
8. Up - 6.5
9. (500) Days of Summer - 6.5
10. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 6.5
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11. Watchmen - 4.5
12. Funny People - 4.5
13. Transformers 2 - 1.5

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Enjoyed The Box a lot more than I thought I would.

[Rowland]

So it turns out Sita Sings the Blues is being considered a 2009 release because of a minor last-minute theatrical run:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Martyrs
3. Sita Sings the Blues
4. Julia
5. Adventureland
6. District 9
7. Up
8. Coraline
9. Cargo 200
10. Crank: High Voltage

Still have a ridiculous number of movies to catch up with, I'd expect only 3-4 of these to remain on a really developed top ten.

[The Mike]

1. Moon
2. Watchmen
3. Inglorious Basterds
4. Drag Me to Hell
5. The Hurt Locker
6. Observe and Report
7. District 9
8. Knowing
9. The Men Who Stare at Goats
10. A Perfect Getaway

HM: House of the Devil, The Box, Trick 'r Treat, Where the Wild Things Are, Zombieland, The Tournament, Paranormal Activity

Updated. The Top 6 are far ahead of the rest, which are pretty interchangeable.

[balmakboor]

1. Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea
2. Munyurangabo
3. Tulpan
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Fantastic Mr. Fox
6. The Informant!
7. Treeless Mountain
8. Funny People
9. Bright Star
10. Adventureland

Made some changes. And yes, one is from 2007 and two are from 2008 according to imdb. No way seeing them until 2009 except maybe New York or something. They didn't even play Seattle -- where I saw them -- until 2009.

[MadMan]

Tonight I viewed some really great/awesome movies, and I plan to continue catching up on 2009. Ratings wise, my Top 10 is skewering towards the 90s, ever so slowly.

1. Up-97
2. Inglourious Basterds-95
3. District 9-95
4. Where The Wild Things Are-94
5. Partly Cloudy-94
6. Public Enemies-93
7. Zombieland-91
8. Will Ferrell: You're Welcome America - A Final Night with George W Bush-91
9. Watchmen-90
10. Star Trek-88

[ContinentalOp]

I rearranged things up top. Can't seem to get Where the Wild Things Are out of my head, in a good way. Was also pretty impressed with Paranormal Activity's slow build-up and subtle scares.

1. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
2. District 9- ****
3. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
4. Up- *** 1/2
5. Moon- *** 1/2
6. Inglorious Basterds- ***
7. Star Trek- ***
8. Taken-***
9. Paranormal Activity- ***
10. Bruno-***

1. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
2. District 9- ****
3. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
4. Up- *** 1/2
5. Moon- *** 1/2
6. Sugar- ***
7. Inglorious Basterds- ***
8. Star Trek- ***
9. Taken-***
10. Paranormal Activity- ***

[origami_mustache]

updated
Antichrist
Phantoms of Nabua
The White Ribbon
City of Life and Death
Hunger
You, The Living
Love Exposure
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Where The Wild Things Are
Treeless Mountain

HM:
The Limits of Control
A Serious Man
Sugar
We Were Once a Fairytale
Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans
The Informant!
Mother
Two Lovers
Gomorrah
The Headless Woman
Goodbye Solo
35 Shots of Rum
Still Walking
Sin Nombre
Thirst
Summer Hours
Mammoth
Inglorious Basterds
The Road
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Still want to see:
Adventureland, Three Monkeys, The Box, Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea

[Ivan Drago]

Edited list:

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Avatar
3. Watchmen
4. Crank 2: High Voltage
5. The Box
6. Star Trek
7. The Informant!
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. The Princess and the Frog
10. Brothers

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11. Two Lovers
12. The Hangover
13. Paranormal Activity
14. Up
15. I Love You, Man
16. Where The Wild Things Are
17. Gamer
18. Moon
19. Terminator: Salvation
20. The Last House on the Left
21. (500) Days of Summer
22. A Christmas Carol
23. Bruno
24. Taken
25. Adventureland
26. Public Enemies
27. Zombieland
28. Land of the Lost
29. Monsters vs. Aliens
30. The Blind Side
31. He’s Just Not That Into You
32. Observe and Report
33. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
34. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
35. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Unrankable: 2012, New Moon

]

[Kurosawa Fan]

Update:

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Adventureland
6. Sin Nombre
7. Summer Hours
8. Coraline
9. The House of the Devil
10. Fantastic Mr. Fox

Again:

1. Goodbye Solo
2. Moon
3. Drag Me to Hell
4. Sugar
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. Adventureland
7. Sin Nombre
8. Summer Hours
9. Coraline
10. The House of the Devil

[balmakboor]

1. Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea
2. Munyurangabo
3. Tulpan
4. Goodbye Solo
5. Treeless Mountain
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. The Informant!
8. Funny People
9. Bright Star
10. Adventureland

Re-watched Treeless Mountain and bumped it up some. I truly consider my top five to be films for the ages. The other five are just terrific films for 2009.

[Dukefrukem]

updating my list... bold is new

1. Avatar Cameron 2009 99
2. Star Trek J. J. Abrams 2009 96
3. Drag Me to Hell Raimi, Sam 2009 95
4. (500) Days of Summer Webb 2009 94
5. Thirst Chan-wook Park 2009 91
6. District 9 Blomkampm Neill 2009 90
7 Zombieland Fleischer, Ruben 2009 89
8 the Hangover Phillips, Todd 2009 88
9 Taken Morel, Pierre 2009 86
10 The Last House on the Left Iliadis, Dennis 2009 79

[baby doll]

Re-watched Treeless Mountain and bumped it up some. I truly consider my top five to be films for the ages. The other five are just terrific films for 2009.

I suppose I'll have to take another look at it, but I thought it was a real disappointment after Kim's first film. The same tight handheld compositions, same kind of story about absent parents. I wish she had tried to do something a little different this time around.

[balmakboor]

I suppose I'll have to take another look at it, but I thought it was a real disappointment after Kim's first film. The same tight handheld compositions, same kind of story about absent parents. I wish she had tried to do something a little different this time around.

I guess I just keep benefiting from not having seen Kim's first film. Then again, Ozu made very similar films most of his career and I love every damn one of them.

[Fezzik]

1. Inglourious Basterds
2. District 9
3. Adventureland
4. Up
5. Where the Wild Things Are
6. Avatar
7. Coraline
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
9. The Princess and the Frog
10. Up in the Air

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Honorable Mention:

11. Watchmen
12. The Hangover
13. (500) Days of Summer
14. Star Trek
15. I Love You, Man
16. Zombieland
17. 17 Again

Meh. Ok, I Guess:

18. Funny People
19. Public Enemies
20. 9
21. Nine
22. The Informant!

Ugh. Just stop. Please

23. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
24. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
25. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
26. Terminator Salvation

]



Updated with Nine and Up in the Air. Rethought a couple after some rewatches.

[number8]

I've decided to do a Top 10 Movies Most People Missed than my actual favorite top ten.

[ContinentalOp]

1. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
2. District 9- ****
3. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
4. Up- *** 1/2
5. Moon- *** 1/2
6. Sugar- ***
7. Inglorious Basterds- ***
8. Star Trek- ***
9. Taken-***
10. Paranormal Activity- ***

1. Where the Wild Things Are- ****
2. District 9- ****
3. Avatar- *** 1/2
4. Two Lovers- *** 1/2
5. Up- *** 1/2
6. Moon- *** 1/2
7. Sugar- ***
8. Inglorious Basterds- ***
9. Star Trek- ***
10. Taken-***


Consider me another one blown away by Cameron's visual spectacle and storytelling.

[balmakboor]

1. Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea
2. Munyurangabo
3. Avatar
4. Tulpan
5. Goodbye Solo
6. Treeless Mountain
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. The Informant!
9. Funny People
10. Bright Star

[eternity]

1. Adventureland dir. Greg Motolla
2. Moon dir. Duncan Jones
3. Avatar dir. James Cameron
4. The Box dir. Richard Kelly
5. A Single Man dir. Tom Ford
6. The Brothers Bloom dir. Rian Johnson
7. Inglourious Basterds dir. Quentin Tarantino
8. Paranormal Activity dir. Oren Peli
9. Mary and Max dir. Adam Elliot
10. Watchmen dir. Zack Snyder

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11. Ponyo on a Cliff By the Sea dir. Hayao Miyazaki
12. World's Greatest Dad dir. Bobcat Goldwaith
13. (500) Days of Summer dir. Marc Webb
14. The Soloist dir. Joe Wright
15. Funny People dir. Judd Apatow
16. Up dir. Pete Docter
17. The Girlfriend Experience dir. Steven Soderbergh
18. The Limits of Control dir. Jim Jarmusch
19. Bart Got A Room dir. Brian Hecker
20. Drag Me to Hell dir. Sam Raimi
21. District 9 dir. Neill Blomkamp
22. Observe and Report dir. Jody Hill
23. The Hurt Locker dir. Kathyrn Bigelow
24. Julie & Julia dir. Nora Ephron
25. Broken Embraces dir. Pedro Almodovar
26. Julia dir. Erick Zonka
27. Whatever Works dir. Woody Allen
28. Fanboys dir. Ryan Newman
29. Jennifer's Body dir. Karyn Kasuma
30. The Hangover dir. Todd Phillips
31. Extract dir. Mike Judge
32. I Love You, Man dir. John Hamburg
33. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans dir. Werner Herzog
34. In the Loop dir. Armondo Iannucci
35. Phoebe in Wonderland dir. Daniel Barnz
36. Food Inc. dir. Robert Kenner
37. The Informant! dir. Steven Soderbergh
38. The Boat That Rocked dir. Richard Curtis
39. Zombieland dir. Ruben Fleischer
40. Antichrist dir. Lars von Trier
41. Where the Wild Things Are dir. Spike Jonze
42. Star Trek dir. J.J. Abrams
43. Public Enemies dir. Michael Mann
44. Bruno dir. Larry Charles
45. 9 dir. Shane Acker
46. The Twilight Saga: New Moon dir. Chris Weitz
______________________________ ______
Rotten:
47. Capitalism: A Love Story dir. Michael Moore
48. Orphan dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
49. Invictus dir. Clint Eastwood
50. The International dir. Tom Twyker
51. The Young Victoria dir. Jean-Marc Vallée
52. Don't You Forget About Me dir. Matt Austin
53. The Informers dir. Gregor Jordan
54. Whip It! dir. Drew Barrymore
55. Obsessed dir. Steve Shill
56. An Education dir. Lone Sherfig
57. Terminator Salvation dir. Joseph McGinty
58. Away We Go dir. Sam Mendes
59. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince dir. That Goddamn Sucker Fucker David Yates
60. Confessions of a Shopaholic dir. P.J. Hogan
61. Taken dir. Pierre Morel
62. The Burning Plain dir. Guillermo Arriaga
63. Good Dick dir. Marianna Palka
64. The Blind Side dir. John New York Literati Hancock
65. Powder Blue dir. Timothy Linh Bui
66. The Obama Deception dir. Alex Jones
67. The Pink Panther 2 dir. Harald Zwart
68. Van Wilder: Freshmen Year dir. Harvey Glazer
69. X-Men Origins: Wolverine dir. Gavin Hood
70. Bride Wars dir. Gary Winick
71. Sorority Row dir. Stewart Hendler
72. The Ugly Truth dir. Robert Luketic
73. My Sister's Keeper dir. Nick Cassavetes
74. Precious dir. Lee Daniels
75. Paul Blart: Mall Cop dir. Steve Carr
76. The Unborn dir. David S. Goyer
77. The Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience dir. Bruce Hendricks
78. Dragonball Evolution dir. James Wong
79. The Proposal dir. Anne Fletcher
80. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen dir. Michael Bay
81. He's Just Not That Into You dir. Ken Kwapis

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NEW: Don't You Forget About Me, An Education, A Single Man

[dmk]

1 . The Limits of Control
2 . Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
3 . The White Ribbon
4 . Dogtooth
5 . Where The Wild Things Are
6 . Police, Adjective
7 . Public Enemies
8 . Nymph
9 . The House of the Devil
10 . Inglourious Basterds

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11 . Anti-Christ
12 . J'fais du porno et j'aime çÃ*
13 . It Felt Like a Kiss
14 . Mary and Max
15 . The Messenger
16 . Tales from the Golden Age
17 . The Girlfriend Experience
18 . Adventureland
19 . Samson and Delilah
20 . The Man Who Came with the Snow
21 . The Dark House
22 . The Milk of Sorrow
23 . A Serious Man
24 . Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
25 . Moon
26 . Ruhr
27 . The Maid
28 . In the Loop
29 . Mother
30 . Humpday
31 . Drag me to Hell
32 . Tetro
33 . The Darkness of Day
34 . Stingray Sam
35 . District 9
36 . The Fish Child
37 . Fish Tank
38 . Mammoth
39 . Bright Star
40 . Looking for Eric
41 . Coraline
42 . Like You Know It All
43 . About Elly
44 . Balibo
45 . Avatar
46 . Extract
47 . The Box
48 . Can Go Through Skin
49 . À l'aventure
50 . Gigante
51 . Nine Miles Down
52 . Room and a Half
53 . Observe and Report
54 . Wuthering Heights
55 . The Hangover
56 . Sweet Rush
57 . Weekend with my Mother
58 . Double Take
59 . Ice Age 3
60 . Up
61 . Modern Love is Automatic
62 . Prey
63 . Secret of Their Eyes
64 . (500) Days of Summer
65 . Knowing
66 . Serious Moonlight
67 . The Vicious Kind
68 . Blessed

]

[angrycinephile]

I don't even live in the US and regardless I'll always go with IMDB years but since clearly everyone else here is going by US release dates I guess I'll make an exception.

1. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
2. Goodbye Solo (Ramin Bahrani)
3. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
4. Up (Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
5. Two Lovers (James Gray)
6. Moon (Duncan Jones)
7. Sin Nombre (Cary Fukunaga)
8. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)
9. Public Enemies (Michael Mann)
10. World's Greatest Dad (Bobcat Goldthwait)

[Boner M]

1 . The Limits of Control
2 . Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
3 . The White Ribbon
4 . Dogtooth
5 . Where The Wild Things Are
6 . Police, Adjective
7 . Public Enemies
8 . Nymph
9 . The House of the Devil
10 . Inglourious Basterds

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11 . Anti-Christ
12 . J'fais du porno et j'aime çÃ*
13 . It Felt Like a Kiss
14 . Mary and Max
15 . The Messenger
16 . Tales from the Golden Age
17 . The Girlfriend Experience
18 . Adventureland
19 . Samson and Delilah
20 . The Man Who Came with the Snow
21 . The Dark House
22 . The Milk of Sorrow
23 . A Serious Man
24 . Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl
25 . Moon
26 . Ruhr
27 . The Maid
28 . In the Loop
29 . Mother
30 . Humpday
31 . Drag me to Hell
32 . Tetro
33 . The Darkness of Day
34 . Stingray Sam
35 . District 9
36 . The Fish Child
37 . Fish Tank
38 . Mammoth
39 . Bright Star
40 . Looking for Eric
41 . Coraline
42 . Like You Know It All
43 . About Elly
44 . Balibo
45 . Avatar
46 . Extract
47 . The Box
48 . Can Go Through Skin
49 . À l'aventure
50 . Gigante
51 . Nine Miles Down
52 . Room and a Half
53 . Observe and Report
54 . Wuthering Heights
55 . The Hangover
56 . Sweet Rush
57 . Weekend with my Mother
58 . Double Take
59 . Ice Age 3
60 . Up
61 . Modern Love is Automatic
62 . Prey
63 . Secret of Their Eyes
64 . (500) Days of Summer
65 . Knowing
66 . Serious Moonlight
67 . The Vicious Kind
68 . Blessed

]

Hmm, lots of Aussie films on that list. Are you a resident? Ex-pat?

Seeing Blessed at the very bottom makes me glad I didn't trust the strong reviews. Kokkinos' The Book of Revelation was jaw-droppingly horrid.

[Torgo]

Based on U.S. release dates:

1. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
2. A Serious Man
3. Inglourious Basterds
4. The Hurt Locker
5. Ponyo
6. Coraline
7. Drag Me To Hell
8. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
9. Avatar
10. Goodbye Solo

[balmakboor]

1. Ponyo on a Cliff by the Sea
2. Munyurangabo
3. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
4. Avatar
5. Tulpan
6. Goodbye Solo
7. Treeless Mountain
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
9. The Informant!
10. Funny People

[baby doll]

US Dates:

1. Adoration (Atom Egoyan)
2. Tony Manero (Pablo Larrain)
3. A Serious Man (Ethan and Joel Coen)
4. Silent Light (Carlos Reygadas)
5. You, the Living (Roy Andersson)
6. Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. La Frontière de l'aube (Philippe Garrel)
8. The Bad Lieutenant—Port of Call: New Orleans (Werner Herzog)
9. Moon (Duncan Jones)
10. Bright Star (Jane Campion)

I also liked Antichrist, Brüno, Food, Inc., The Girlfriend Experience, The Hangover, The Hurt Locker, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Inglourious Basterds, The Limits of Control, Liverpool, Lymelife, Revanche, Le Silence de Lorna, Sugar, Three Monkeys, Two Lovers, Tulpan, Up, and Whatever Works.

Not top ten worthy, but both definitely worth checking out.

[NickGlass]

Hmm, lots of Aussie films on that list. Are you a resident? Ex-pat?

Maybe he just thoroughly enjoys Aussie cinema.

::snicker::

Yeah, he must be a resident.