Top Ten Films of 2009
A new year always brings out those top ten lists so here you go. Please feel free to add your lists in the comments or point out the glaring omissions or, if nothing else, pop the ones you haven’t yet seen onto your rental lists.
Clare Binns’ List
In no particular order…
Let The Right One In
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Watchmen
Wendy & Lucy
In The Loop
White Ribbon
Drag Me To Hell
District 9
Sleep Furiously
Stinkers
The Boat That Rocked-it sank
Antichrist-stupid pretentious twaddle
Lesbian Vampire Killers-who thought this would fly-sack them
Transformers-would ever end…
Honourable mentions
Vicky Christina Barcelona
Star Trek
Fantastic Mr Fox
Julie and Julia
35 Shots of Rum
Moon
Gabriel Swartland’s List
Moon
The White Ribbon
Wendy & Lucy
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
Il Divo
The Wrestler
Let The Right One In
Looking For Eric
The Cove
Stinkers
The Boat That Rocked
The Time Traveler’s Wife murdered an excellent book!
Honourable mentions
Two Lovers
Public Enemies
Looking For Eric
Up
Sam Clements’s List
Star Trek
Inglourious Basterds
Fish Tank
Henri-Georges Clouzot’s INFERNO
White Ribbon
Avatar
Moon
Rachel Getting Married
Let The Right One In
Up
Stinkers
Transformers 2 …even watched it twice, the folly of pre-booking IMAX tix!
Wolverine
31 North 62 East
Honourable mentions
Wendy & Lucy
District 9
In The Loop
3 Monkeys
Synecdoche NY
The Wrestler
Coraline
The Hurt Locker
Bolt 3D ahem
Framescourer’s List
The White Ribbon
White Material
Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1/Killer Instinct
Moon
Star Trek
Let The Right One In
Sunshine Cleaning
Endgame
The Hurt Locker
Where The Wild Things Are
Stinkers
Nine
Avatar
Honourable mention
Taking Woodstock
Vicky Christina Barcelona (for Rebecca Hall, who gave the performance Penelope Cruz got an Oscar for)
Love it. Another Avatar hater comes out of the woodwork, you wouldn’t be popular in this office…
Oh yeah! Two Lovers was very good, it would’ve missed my list – I saw it in 2008 at the London Film Fest, but thought it was great. Good choices from all (I love the universal – common sense – dislike of Transformers and Boat That (didn’t ) Rocked…ahem.
A Serious Man is the best film of the decade for me so that would be a massive ommision.
Especially since you’ve listed some of my stinkers in your lists such as Watchmen and Fantastic Mr Fox.
I think I agree that A Serious Man is a bit of an omission, should deserve at least an honorary mention.
I haven’t seen A SERIOUS MAN yet (Shhhh, don’t tell anyone!) Am going to have to wait until DVD now it seems. If I think it shoud’ve been on my list I’ll be happy to do a redux
Just noticed Gabs, Looking For Eric is both in your top 10 and honourable mentions. I guess you really like it
I’m a United fan – guilty as charged!