Best of 2009


  1. Valhalla Rising                                                                    Nicolas Winding Refn
  2. A Serious Man                                                                     Joel and Ethan Cohen
  3. Me and Orson Welles                                                          Richard Linklater
  4. A Prophet                                                                             Jacques Audiard
  5. Dogtooth                                                                               Yorgos Lanthimos
  6. An Education                                                                       Lone Scherfig
  7. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans                       Werner Herzog
  8. Hachi: A Dog's Story                                                           Lasse Hallstrom    
  9. Enter the Void                                                                      Gaspar Noe      
  10. Mother                                                                                  Bong Joon-ho 
         
          Honorable Mention

          Vincere -- Bellocchio, The White Ribbon -- Haneke
            
      Movies I Enjoyed

     Zombieland, Inglorious Basterds, 
     Fantastic Mr. Fox, White Material, 
     Everyone Else, Drag Me To Hell,
     Adventureland, Antichrist, 
     The Girlfriend Experience, Coraline, Up, 
     Thirst, Public Enemies, The Informant, 
     Up in the Air, Gentlemen Broncos, A Town Called Panic, 
     Bright Star, The Princess and the Frog, 
     The Imaginarium of  Doctor Parnassus, 
     The Hangover, Observe and Report,
     The Road, The International

     Below The Mendoza Line

     Star Trek, Julie and Julia,
     Invictus, Crazy Heart, 
     Where The Wild Things Are, Avatar,
     World's Greatest Dad, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant,
     Chloe, District 9, 
     Fanboys, Date Night, 
     The House of the Devil, The Box,
     Angels and Demons, Jennifer's Body, 
     Paper Man,
      Sherlock Holmes, The Blind Side, 
     Defendor, Paul Blart: Mall Cop
                                                      

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