2009

I have a serious complex about trying to categorize and list my top movies of the year, therefore I refuse to do so. Lists are arbitrary and mean next to nothing to anyone but the one who makes them, so if the list means nothing to me, then it becomes worthless. I’ve tried to figure out a good way to do this so that films I truly enjoyed could get a year-end nod without me having to break anything down and decide any sort of order. The list is completely subjective and I purposefully called this “Favorite Films” so that the focus is on my enjoyment and not simply filmmaking quality. So with that said, here’s a quick glance at my favorite and least favorite films of 2009. This is by no means definitive.

Favorites:

Inglourious Basterds
Easily my favorite film of the year.

Taken
District 9
Ponyo
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
A Serious Man
Broken Embraces
The Lovely Bones
Up
Whatever Works
Capitalism: A Love Story
Evil Bong 2: King Bong
Star Trek

Honorable Mentions:

Shorts
The Invention of Lying
Good Hair
Crazy Heart
Red Cliff Part 1 & 2
The Cove
Moon
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up in the Air
Invictus
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Girlfriend Experience
The Secret in Their Eyes
Shinjuku Incident

Worst:

The Unborn
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Terminator: Salvation
Zombieland
Where the Wild Things Are
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (but I have a strange desire to re-watch this)
Jennifer’s Body
Thankskilling
Dark Nature

2009 Movies I still plan to see that might be good:

Sin Nombre
Powder Blue
Dead Snow
Taking Woodstock
Bronson
Black Dynamite
Antichrist
Ong Bak 2: The Beginning
A Single Man
The White Ribbon
Kung Fu Chefs
Big Fan
The Informant!

Think I got it wrong? Wondering why a certain favorite film isn’t on the list? Drop a comment below!