Top 10 Films First Seen During 2009

[balmakboor]

When the similar thread for 2008 came up, I was saddened to realize that I couldn't remember many things I'd watched. This thread is my idea to make it easy for me to answer that question come next January.

The purpose of this thread is to post your top ten films that you've seen for the first time this year, re-posting it as often as you wish throughout the year.

[balmakboor]

1. Tribulation 99 - Craig Baldwin
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - David Fincher
3. Hail Mary - Jean-Luc Godard
4. Spectres of the Spectrum - Craig Baldwin
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10. Bride Wars

[Stay Puft]

1. A Touch of Zen (1969, dir. King Hu)
2. Flight of the Red Balloon (2007, dir. Hsiao-hsien Hou)
3. Tokyo Fist (1995, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto)
4. Excalibur (1981, dir. John Boorman)
5. Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935, dir. Mikio Naruse)
6. The Life of Oharu (1952, dir. Kenji Mizoguchi)
7. Army of Shadows (1969, dir. Jean-Pierre Melville)
8. Dragon Inn (1966, dir. King Hu)
9. Summer Hours (2008, dir. Olivier Assayas)
10. Haze (2005, dir. Shinya Tsukamoto)

[Duncan]

1. Damnation
2. Wendy and Lucy
3. My Winnipeg
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. The Unfaithful Wife
6. The Strangers
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10.

[Ivan Drago]

1. Irreversible (Gaspar Noe, 2002)
2. Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008)
3. Crank (Neveldine/Taylor, 2006)
4. Straw Dogs (Sam Peckinpah, 1971)
5. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Nicholas Meyer, 1982)
6. Hard Boiled (John Woo, 1992)
7. Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
8. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
9. Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)
10. Braindead/Dead Alive (Peter Jackson, 1994)

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11. Crank 2: High Voltage (Neveldine/Taylor, 2009)
12. Chasing Amy (Kevin Smith, 1997)
13. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (John Hughes, 1986)
14. After Hours (Martin Scorsese, 1985)
15. The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
16. Once Upon A Time In America (Sergio Leone, 1984)
17. The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh, 2009)
18. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009)
19. Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2009)
20. Two Lovers (James Gray, 2009)
21. Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008)
22. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009)
23. The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)
24. The Rules of the Game (Jean Renoir, 1939)
25. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
26. Last Tango In Paris (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1972)
27. I Stand Alone (Gaspar Noe, 1998)
28. I Love You, Man (John Hamburg, 2009)
29. Whatever Works (Woody Allen, 2009)
30. The Princess and the Frog (Musker/Clements, 2009)
31. Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008)
32. Frost/Nixon (Ron Howard, 2008)
33. Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
34. Milk (Gus Van Sant, 2008)
35. Interstella 5555 (Kazuhisa Takenochi, 2003)
36. M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970)
37. Gamer (Neveldine/Taylor, 2009)
38. Where The Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)
39. The Virgin Suicides (Sofia Coppola, 1999)
40. Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)
41. Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965)
42. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Robert Wiene, 1919)
43. Citizen Ruth (Alexander Payne, 1996)
44. Terminator: Salvation (McG, 2009)
45. Zoolander (Ben Stiller, 2001)
46. The Last House on the Left (Dennis Iliadis, 2009)
47. Bruno (Larry Charles, 2009)
48. Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008)
49. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009)
50. Tales of the Black Freighter (Delpurgatorio/Smith, 2009)
51. A Christmas Carol (Robert Zemeckis, 2009)
52. Artists and Models (Frank Tashlin, 1955)
53. Taken (Pierre Morel, 2009)
54. Harlem Nights (Eddie Murphy, 1989)
55. Aaltra (Kervern/Delepine, 2004)
56. Pillow Talk (Michael Gordon, 1959)
57. Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009)
58. The Rage in Placid Lake (Tony McNamara, 2003)
59. The Onion Movie (Kuntz/Maguire, 2008)
60. Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2009)
61. Land of the Lost (Silberling, 2009)
62. Monsters vs. Aliens (Letterman/Vernon, 2009)
63. Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2009)
64. Me and You and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, 2005)
65. He's Just Not That Into You (Ken Kwapis, 2009)
66. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008)
67. Observe and Report (Jody Hill, 2009)
68. Pretty In Pink (Howard Deutch, 1986)
69. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gavin Hood, 2009)
70. The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008)
71. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay, 2009)
72. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
73. The Boondock Saints (Troy Duffy, 2000)
74. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Robert Wise, 1979)

??. The Room (Tommy Wiseau, 2003)

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[Watashi]

1. Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
2. Au Hasard Balthazar (Robert Bresson, 1966)
3. Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
4. The Wages of Fear (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953)
5. Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)
6. City of Hope (John Sayles, 1991)
7. Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009)
8. Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)
9. Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939)
10. Watchmen (Zack Snyder, 2009)

[Ezee E]

1. The One-Armed Swordsman [9]
2. Dial M For Murder [7.5]
3. Gran Torino [7]
4. To Live in Die in L.A. [6.5]
5. The Last Wave [6]
6. Cruising [6]
7. Repo! The Genetic Opera [4]
8. Appaloosa [3.5]
9. Righteous Kill [3]
10. Towelhead [0]

Poor start to the year.

[NickGlass]

1. Bigger Than Life (Ray, 1956)
2. The Secret of the Grain (Kechiche, 2008)
3. Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Burton, 1985)
4. The Toe Tactic (Hubley, 2008)
5. Made in U.S.A. (Godard, 1967)
6. Gran Torino (Eastwood, 2008)
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9. Waltz with Bashir (Forman, 2008)
10. Revolutionary Road (Mendes, 2008)

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

1. Trafic (Tati -1971) 84
2. The Earrings of Madame de... (Ophuls - 1953) 82
3. Blade Runner (Scott - 1982) 67
4. The Front (Ritt - 1976) 63
5. Ballad of Narayama (Kinoshita - 1958) 60
6. Three Monkeys (Ceylan - 2008) 58
7. Torn Curtain (Hitchcock - 1965) 47
8. The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (Hui - 2006) 45
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10.

[Pop Trash]

I'll play:

1. The Wrestler
2. The Tenant
3. Gran Torino
4. Baghead
5. The Wackness
6.
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10.

[Rowland]

1. Flight of the Red Balloon [78]
2. Exte: Hair Extensions [66]
3. Pineapple Express [64]
4. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles [52]
5. Taxi to the Dark Side [51]
6. Burn After Reading [49]
7. Yours, Mine, and Ours ('68) [41]
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9.
10.

[ledfloyd]

1. Paris, Texas
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. Friday Night
4. Brand Upon the Brain!
5. Alan Zweig's Mirror Trilogy
6. In a Lonely Place
7. Decalogue
8. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days
9. Miami Vice
10. The Thin Blue Line

[soitgoes...]

1. New Earth (Ivens 34)
2. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kuenne 08)
3. A Christmas Tale (Desplechin 08)
4. Hallelujah! (Vidor 29)
5. Charley Varrick (Siegel 73)
6. The Masseurs and a Woman (Shimizu 38)
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Allen 08)
8. City of Ember (Kenan 08)
9. Vengeance (Chang 70)
10. Wife (Naruse 53)

[eternity]

1. Week End (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967)- 98
2. Alfie (Lewis Gilbert, 1966)- 79
3. The Visitor (Thomas McCarthy, 2008)- 79
4. Repo! The Genetic Opera (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2008)- 75
5. Sweet and Lowdown (Woody Allen, 1999)- 64
6. Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008)- 63
7. Starter for 10 (Tom Vaughan, 2006)- 61
8. Married Life (Ira Sachs, 2008)- 54
9. Smother (Vince Di Meglio, 2008)- 52
10. The House Bunny (Fred Wolf, 2008)- 33

[transmogrifier]

1. Les Diaboliques (1955)
2. Code Unknown (2000)
3. Pineapple Express (2008)
4. Un Flic (1972)
5. Major Dundee (1964)

[B-side]

1. Fando y Lis (Jodorowsky, 1968)
2. Dream Work (Tscherkassky, 2002)
3. Santa Sangre (Jodorowsky, 1989)
4. Harakiri (Kobayashi, 1962)
5. My Night at Maud's (Rohmer, 1969)
6. The Wild Bunch (Peckinpah, 1969)
7. Happy Together (Kar-Wai, 1997)
8. Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais, 1961)
9. Baraka (Fricke, 1992)
10. Julien Donkey-Boy (Korine, 1999)

[Boner M]

1. Ms. 45
2. Let the Right One In
3. La Rupture
4. Girl Shy
5. Straight Time
6. Touch of Zen
7. The Ascent
8. Rolling Thunder
9. Wrong Move
10. Wendy & Lucy

[The Mike]

1. Lonely are the Brave
2. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
3. Beware! The Blob
4. The Baron of Arizona
5. A Matter of Life and Death
6. Almost Famous
7. The Unknown
8. The Last Starfighter
9. Born Yesterday
10. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner


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11. Phase IV/Journey to the Far Side of the Sun
12. Hobson's Choice
13. The Masque of the Red Death
14. Cold Prey
15. The Anniversary
16. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
17. Walkabout
18. The Fallen Idol
19. Night and the City
20. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

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[Weeping_Guitar]

01. Ordet (Dreyer, 1955)
02. Late August, Early September (Assayas, 1998)
03. The Life of Oharu (Mizoguchi, 1952)
04. Viridiana (Buñuel, 1961)
05. The Woman Next Door (Truffaut, 1981)
06. One, Two, Three (Wilder, 1961)
07. Les Biches (Chabrol, 1968)
08. Meet Me in St. Louis (Minnelli, 1944)
09. Cluny Brown (Lubitsch, 1946)
10. Dodsworth (Wyler, 1936)

[BirdsAteMyFace]

1. Ugetsu (Mizoguchi, 1953)
2. The Lady from Shanghai (Welles, 1947)
3. The Magnificent Ambersons (Welles, 1942)
4. Diary of a Country Priest (Bresson, 1951)
5. Au hasard Balthazar (Bresson, 1966)
6. M. Hulot's Holiday (Tati, 1953)
7. My Man Godfrey (La Cava, 1936)
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[MadMan]

1. Pinapple Express-91
2. Chicken Run-90
3. The Wackness-85
4. Above the Rim-81
5. Bangkok Dangerous-74
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7.
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9. Marley and Me-55
10. Blown Away-43

[SirNewt]

The Petrified Forest - 8
The Postman Always Rings Twice - 7
Outsourced - 5
The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - 4

[Ivan Drago]

10. Bride Wars

WHY did you see that?

[megladon8]

1. Ugetsu (Mizoguchi, 1953)

Jen gave me this one for Christmas a few years back, and we STILL haven't watched it.

We really should get on that, I guess.

7. My Man Godfrey (La Cava, 1936)

This one is wonderful, I'm glad you loved it.

Have you ever seen any of the Thin Man movies?

[BirdsAteMyFace]

Jen gave me this one for Christmas a few years back, and we STILL haven't watched it.

We really should get on that, I guess.

Funny, I owned it for a few years before watching it as well. I particularly appreciated how Mizoguchi created a world that I felt was playing out before my eyes, instead of just being a film; and it really captured the spirit mythology found in classic Japanese literature.

This one is wonderful, I'm glad you loved it.

Have you ever seen any of the Thin Man movies?

I haven't. I believe I saw a copy at the local library, so I'll try to check it out at some point.