John’s Top 10 of 2009

Here is my list of the top 10 films of 2009.  Spencer and I go into more detail on these films in Episode 27.  Below you will find a list of all of the films I’ve seen that were released theatrically in the U.S. in 2009.  This is followed by the top 10 and honorable mentions.

The movies of 2009 which I’ve seen:

Adventureland
An Education
Angels & Demons
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Avatar
Away We Go
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Big Fan
The Box
Brothers
The Brothers Bloom
Bruno
Capitalism: A Love Story
Coraline
Couples Retreat
Crazy Heart
Deadgirl
District 9
Don’t You Forget About Me
Drag Me to Hell
Duplicity
Extract
Fanboys
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Final Destination
(500) Days of Summer
The Fourth Kind
Friday the 13th
Funny People
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Grace
Halloween II
The Hangover
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Humpday
The Hurt Locker
The Lovely Bones
I Love You, Beth Cooper
I Love You, Man
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Informant!
Inglourious Basterds
The Invention of Lying
Invictus
Is Anybody There?
Jennifer’s Body
Killshot
The Last House on the Left
Martyrs
Me & Orson Welles
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Moon
My Bloody Valentine
9
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Observe and Report
100 Feet
Outlander
Paranormal Activity
Phoebe in Wonderland
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Public Enemies
The Road
Saw VI
A Serious Man
Sherlock Holmes
A Single Man
Star Trek
The Stepfather
Sunshine Cleaning
Taken
Taking Woodstock
Terminator: Salvation
Thirst
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Trick ‘r Treat
Up
Up in the Air
Watchmen
Whatever Works
Where the Wild Things Are
Whip It
World’s Greatest Dad
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Year One
Zombieland

My Top 10 of the year:

1. Up in the Air
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. The Hurt Locker
4. The Brothers Bloom
5. Star Trek
6. District 9
7. Up
8. Fantastic Mr. Fox
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. Adventureland

Honorable Mentions:

Observe and Report
Paranormal Activity
Funny People
Moon
Watchmen

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John is the co-host of The Macguffin Podcast, lover of 80s teen and horror films, and an independent filmmaker.

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