Top 10 of 2009 so far

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't see a thread for this when I searched "2009" under keywords. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough...?

Anyways, here's mine...

01. TETRO ... Francis Ford Coppola


02. ANTICHRIST ... Lars von Trier



03. SHRINK ... Jonas Pate



04. A SERIOUS MAN ... Joel Coen & Ethan Coen



05. WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE ... Spike Jonze



06. AN EDUCATION ... Lone Scherfig




07. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE ... Lee Daniels



08. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER ... Marc Webb



09. BROTHERS ... Jim Sheridan



10. MOON ... Duncan Jones

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I haven't seen too many from this year, but of the films I've seen these could be on a top ten list:

District 9
Up
Moon
The Hurt Locker

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If someone were to ask me to define the word “overrated”, I would list those two titles, along with Inglourious Basterds and Star Trek. I thought 2009 was a bad year for everyone going crazy over mediocre movies.

Moon is really good. Still need to see The Hurt Locker.

I strongly disagree.

Well, we'll politely agree to disagree.

Hey lets not forget Zombieland? Hilarious situations mixed with zombies, action, and gore? what more? Might have lacked in plot depth but made up for it every scene...

Can I get in on this strongly disagreeing action? I actually won't quibble with District 9. I liked it very much, but I can kinda-sorta see why someone might merely find it good. Really wouldn't try to talk anyone out of that. But I'll defend Inglourious Basterds, Up and Star Trek to the very end. The first two, moreso.

Inglourious Basterds and Up were amazing in their own respects. I agree that District 9 was good but not spectacular. If you want spectacular, see The Hurt Locker and stay away from Funny People

you forgot the Public Enemies. that's a good movie i think.

And "funny people" is and mediocre overrated film ? It`s not only mediocre, it`s bad mediocre. Oh yeah, from all great European film`s this year that make almost all of your top 10 from this year overrated, you did not mention even one of them. Sorry if I sounded a little arrogant, but it just does not get into my head.

What are they?

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The only problem with a list like this (as you imply in its title) is that this is the time when Hollywood releases its 'best' films, that is, those they think are Oscar worthy/possible. Although that's not reason enough to delay posting this list (IMO) I will ask whether there's any more films for release this year that you think could make this top 10?

What if he remembered the movie and decided it wasn't worth putting on the list?

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I'm guessing that was the case.

Honestly, you sound more incoherent than arrogant. I'm not entirely sure what you're asking/telling me. And which European films are you referring to? As for Funny People being "bad", I'm sure you could make an argument for that. In fact, I acknowledge that it is a very flawed film. However, on a personal basis I enjoy it very much and I think it has a lot of positive components to it. For example, I think all the characters and relationships are given the right amount of screen time. I think it combines comedy and drama successfully, and analyzes the damage that fame does to people. It's also a great performance by Sandler.

I think there are plenty, and that's a very good point.

Unseen Movies That Could Make This List
Bright Star
The Hurt Locker
Antichrist
A Single Man
I Killed My Mother
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Road
Broken Embraces
The Informant!
Whatever Works
Up in the Air
The Last Station
Me & Orson Welles
Avatar
Brooklyn's Finest
It's Complicated
Invictus
Nine
The Lovely Bones
The White Ribbon
In the Loop

Of course, I probably won't see all of those, but I think all of them would potentially have a spot on this list. And there are probably even more that I'm forgetting about.

That's quite a list MM. Actually, it's a lot more than I'd considered (as it contains lots of films that've already come out) but I was thinking of The Road, The Lovely Bones, Me And Orson Welles, Nine and Avatar.

I'll be interested to see how many (if any) of them make it and what they'll displace. I assumed that they were in order (given the numbering and Tetro being at the top) but I know from experience that when you decide that something has to be in a top 10, it's not always the #10 choice that makes way.

I wouldn't put District 9 on the top 10 list, decent but not great. Also agree with the thumbs down on Funny People. I would agree with the prior poster who listed An Education and 500 Days of Summer. Also liked Bright Star and would add Red Cliffs, the Chinese war movie from John Wu.

Well, some of them I just haven't gotten around to yet, and others we haven't gotten where I live. I'm going to a preview screening for Nine in a couple weeks.

I'm sure some of them will make the list. It's just a question of which ones. My ordering is pretty exact right now, I think, but you're right in saying that the bottom one isn't always the first to go. I do think Funny People will be the next one to get the boot, though.

I know Tetro is going to stay number 1, because films like that only come out very rarely.

Off the top my head would have:

Black Dynamite
In the Loop
Moon
The Hurt Locker
Crank 2
Let the Right One In
Watchmen
Gomorrah
Zombieland
Inglorious Basterds

Last one be pretty replaceable once seen more releases, i'd say

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Maybe it`s a problem with me, because I distinguish personal favorites and objective best films, and when I see best films of 2009, I expect to see an objective list, and not personal favorites, but it`s your oppinion and I can`t change it. I was referring to your comment that "Up!" and "Inglorious basterds" as mediocre. I agree about "Tetro" and "A serious man", not that much about "Shrink"

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Well for starters, von Triers "Antichrist", Cannes 2009 winner "The White ribbon", which I really enjoyed, "Mammoth", "The Milk of Sorrow" Serbian "St. George slays the Dragon", "Honeymoons" and "Life and death of a porno gang" (but I know except me, nobody else saw them).