Top 10 films of 2009

1. A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen)
2. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze)
3. Inglorious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
4. Up (Pete Doctor)
5. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp)
6. Adventureland (Greg Motolla)
7. The Hurt Locker (Katherine Bigelow)
8. Moon (Duncan Jones)
9. Bright Star (Jane Campion)
10. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog)

Almost made it:

11. Sugar (Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden)
12. Antichrist (Lars von Trier)
13. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams)
14. Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi)
15. Watchmen (Zack Snyder)

Good:

16. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
17. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold)
18. Avatar (James Cameron)
19. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)
20. The Informant! (Stephen Soderbergh)

Best of the Rest:

Invictus
The Girlfriend Experience
Fantastic Mr.Fox
Zombieland
Goodbye Solo
Funny People
Public Enemies
I Love You, Man
The White Ribbon
World's Greatest Dad
The Box
Bruno
Big Fan

Didn't care for:

Paranormal Activity
The Imaginarium of Dr.Parnassus
In the Loop
Brothers
Away We Go
The Men Who Stare at Goats
The Hangover
Terminator: Salvation
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Didn't see:

Bronson
The Cove
The Road
A Single Man
An Education
Summer Hours
A Prophet
Precious
Crazy Heart