2009 Films: Ranked

Submitted by hinterland on Tue, 04/14/2009 - 05:56
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  3. Moon (Duncan Jones, US) Sci-fi/Mystery

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  5. Castaway on the Moon (Hae-joon Lee, S. Korea) Comedy/Drama
  6. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, US) Sci-fi/Action/Drama
  7. Mother (Joon-ho Bong, S. Korea) Drama/Murder Mystery
  8. An Education (Lone Scherfig, UK) Coming-of-age Drama
  9. The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan José Campanella, Argentina) Murder Drama
  10. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, US) Animation/Adventure/Comedy
  11. Agora (Alejandro Amenábar, Spain) Religion/Science/Politics

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  13. Up (Pete Docter/Bob Peterson, US) Animation/Adventure
  14. Watchmen (Zack Snyder, US) Superhero/Comic Book
  15. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, US) Sci-fi/Drama
  16. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, UK) Wizard Adventure
  17. Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, US) Zombie Adventure/Comedy
  18. Graphic Sexual Horror (Barbara Bell/Anna Lorentzon, US) Bondage Documentary
  19. Antichrist (Lars von Trier, Denmark/EU) Sex and Violence
  20. Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain) Drama
  21. Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé, France/Japan) Drugs/Reincarnation
  22. Extract (Mike Judge, US) Suburban Comedy
  23. The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson, US) Pros and Cons
  24. Thirst (Chan-wook Park, S. Korea) Vampire Morality
  25. The Road (John Hillcoat, US) Post-Apocalyptic
  26. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (Gareth Carrivick, UK) Time Travel Comedy
  27. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, US) Quirky Romance/Comedy
  28. Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie, UK/US) Detective/Crime
  29. Searching for the Elephant (S.K. Jhung, S. Korea) Drama
  30. Away We Go (Sam Mendes, US) Parenting Road Trip
  31. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog, US) Crime Drama
  32. Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, US) Blaxploitation
  33. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, US) Drama/Comedy/Romance
  34. The Breath (Levent Semerci, Turkey) War/Drama
  35. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, Austria) Period Drama/Mystery
  36. Triangle (Christopher Smith, UK/Australia) Mystery/Suspense

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  38. The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, US/Spain) Arthouse Crime/Drama
  39. Crank: High Voltage (Mark Neveldine/Brian Taylor, US) Action/Comedy
  40. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (Masayuki/Kazuya Tsurumaki, Japan) Anime
  41. Tidal Wave (Je-gyun Yun, S. Korea) Disaster/Comedy/Melodrama
  42. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (Werner Herzog, US) Unusual Drama
  43. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Terry Gilliam, UK/Canada) Fantasy/Adventure
  44. Chloe (Atom Egoyan, US/Canada) Adultery Drama
  45. Youth in Revolt (Miguel Arteta, US) Indie Comedy/Romance
  46. The Double Hour (Giuseppe Capotondi, Italy) Mystery/Suspense
  47. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, US) Fuzzy Adventure
  48. Harry Brown (Daniel Barber, UK) Pensioner Revenge
  49. Vengeance (Johnnie To, China/HK) Hitman Revenge
  50. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, UK) Political Comedy
  51. Brüno (Larry Charles, US) Gay
  52. City of Damnation (Dong-won Kim, S. Korea) Infernal Affairs/Comedy
  53. Coraline (Henry Selick, US) Animation/Adventure
  54. Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, US) Corporate Spy Romance
  55. Private Eye (Dae-min Park, S. Korea) Period Drama/Detectives
  56. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, US) Killing Nazis
  57. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden) Mystery/Thriller
  58. The Hangover (Todd Phillips, US) Dude, Where's Our Friend
  59. Cell 211 (Daniel Monzón, Spain) Prison Action/Drama
  60. Yatterman (Takashi Miike, Japan) Live Action Anime
  61. Avatar (James Cameron, US/UK) 3D Adventure
  62. Coco Before Chanel (Anne Fontaine, France) Biopic
  63. Today and the Other Day (Wi-ahn Choi, S. Korea) Family Drama
  64. Red Cliff: Part II (John Woo, China) Period Drama/Action
  65. The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh, US) Crime Drama/Comedy
  66. The Reverse (Borys Lankosz, Poland) Drama/Noir
  67. Observe and Report (Jody Hill, US) Mall Cop Comedy
  68. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Gavin Hood, US) Comic Book
  69. The International (Tom Tykwer, US/Ger/UK) Thriller/Action

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  71. Surrogates (Jonathan Mostow, US) Sci-fi/Thriller
  72. Pandorum (Christian Alvart, US) Sci-fi/Thriller
  73. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Phil Lord/Chris Miller, US) Food Comedy
  74. A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (Yimou Zhang, China) Period Drama
  75. Land of the Lost (Brad Silberling, US) Will Ferrell Comedy
  76. Whatever Works (Woody Allen, US) Woody Allen Comedy
  77. A Serious Man (Ethan Coen/Joel Coen, US) Comedy/Drama
  78. I Love You, Man (John Hamburg, US) Bromance/Comedy
  79. Fair Love (Yeon-Shick Shin, S. Korea) Drama/Romance
  80. Micmacs (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, France) Whimsical Adventure
  81. Good Morning President (Jin Jang, S. Korea) Comedy/Politics
  82. Fortune Salon (Jin-yeong Kim, S. Korea) Romance/Comedy
  83. The Maiden Heist (Peter Hewitt, US) Heist Comedy
  84. Law Abiding Citizen (F. Gary Gray, US) Thriller
  85. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Tony Scott, US) Heist/Suspense
  86. Banlieue 13 - Ultimatum (Patrick Alessandrin, France) Action
  87. Woochi: The Taoist Wizard (Dong-hun Choi, S. Korea) Wizards and Goblins
  88. Magadheera (S.S. Rajamouli, India) Drama/Musical
  89. The Scam (Ho-jae Lee, S. Korea) Stocks and Robbers
  90. He's Just Not That Into You (Ken Kwapis, US) Romance/Comedy
  91. Orphan (Jaume Collet-Serra, US/Canada) Horror
  92. My Geeky Girlfriend (Atsushi Kaneshige, Japan) Romance/Comedy/Drama

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  94. The Invention of Lying (Ricky Gervais/Matthew Robinson, US) Romance/Comedy
  95. Angels & Demons (Ron Howard, US) Thriller/Mystery
  96. New York, I Love You (Various, US/International) Shorts about NY
  97. 19-Nineteen (Yong-woo Jang, S. Korea) Murder Mystery
  98. Post Grad (Vicky Jenson, US) Meh Comedy
  99. Adventureland (Greg Mottola, US) Rollercoaster Romance
  100. Dead Snow (Tommy Wirkola, Norway) Nazi Zombies
  101. The Fourth Kind (Olatunde Osunsanmi, US) Supernatural Thriller
  102. New Moon (Chris Weitz, US) Vampires & Werewolves

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  104. Don't Look Up (Fruit Chan, US) Japanese Horror Remake
  105. Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, US) Cursed Buttons

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  107. Face (Ming-liang Tsai, France/Taiwan) Zzzzzzz
  108. Trash Humpers (Harmony Korine, US) Trash

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Author Comments: 

Another year, another set of movies to be ranked. This follows the same format. The higher up on the list, the better I think it is.

Cloned From: 
2008 Films: Ranked
Agag11/19/2009

... reasons for why this or that movie is better or worse ... ?

hinterland11/20/2009

I'm afraid there's no set guidelines for my ratings other than my own subjective views. I'd be happy to elaborate my views on certain films if there's something you're interested in hearing my opinion on though. :D