2009 Releases: Ranked

Submitted by P Pogo on Wed, 04/29/2009 - 11:00
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  1. 5.0

  3. Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley, 2008)
  4. The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)

  6. 4.5

  8. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson, 2009)
  9. The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, 2008)
  10. In the Loop (Armando Iannucci, 2009)
  11. Revanche (Götz Spielmann, 2008)
  12. A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2009)

  14. 4.0

  16. Afterschool (Antonio Campos, 2008)
  17. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Sasha Gervasi, 2008)
  18. The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2009)
  19. Collapse (Chris Smith, 2009)
  20. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
  21. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009)
  22. Humpday (Lynn Shelton, 2009)
  23. The Informant! (Steven Soderbergh, 2009)
  24. The Maid (Sebastián Silva, 2009)
  25. Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009)
  26. A Single Man (Tom Ford, 2009)
  27. Star Trek (J.J. Abrams, 2009)
  28. Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas, 2008)
  29. Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
  30. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)

  32. 3.5

  34. Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2009)
  35. Big Fan (Robert D. Siegel, 2009)
  36. The Damned United (Tom Hooper, 2009)
  37. Drag Me to Hell (Sam Raimi, 2009)
  38. Duplicity (Tony Gilroy, 2009)
  39. Earth (Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, 2007)
  40. An Education (Lone Scherfig, 2009)
  41. Extract (Mike Judge, 2009)
  42. Food, Inc. (Robert Kenner, 2008)
  43. Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone, 2008)
  44. Goodbye Solo (Ramin Bahrani, 2008)
  45. The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009)
  46. The Headless Woman (Lucrecia Martel, 2008)
  47. The House of the Devil (Ti West, 2009)
  48. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)
  49. Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, 2008)
  50. The Messenger (Oren Moverman, 2009)
  51. O'Horten (Bent Hamer, 2007)
  52. The September Issue (R.J. Cutler, 2009)
  53. Sugar (Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, 2008)
  54. 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
  55. Two Lovers (James Gray, 2008)
  56. Whip It (Drew Barrymore, 2009)
  57. William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe (Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler, 2009)
  58. You, the Living (Roy Andersson, 2007)

  60. 3.0

  62. Avatar (James Cameron, 2009)
  63. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (Werner Herzog, 2009)
  64. The Box (Richard Kelly, 2009)
  65. Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009)
  66. Broken Embraces (Pedro Almodóvar, 2009)
  67. Bronson (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008)
  68. The Brothers Bloom (Rian Johnson, 2008)
  69. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Phil Ford, Chris Miller, 2009)
  70. Coraline (Henry Selick, 2009)
  71. The Cove (Louie Psihoyos, 2009)
  72. Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper, 2009)
  73. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
  74. Julia (Erick Zonca, 2008)
  75. Lake Tahoe (Fernando Eimbcke, 2008)
  76. Lemon Tree (Eran Riklis, 2008)
  77. Night and Day (Hong Sang-soo, 2008)
  78. 9 (Shane Acker, 2009)
  79. Objectified (Gary Hustwit, 2009)
  80. Paranormal Activity (Oren Peli, 2007)
  81. Police, Adjective (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2009)
  82. Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki, 2008)
  83. Ricky (François Ozon, 2009)
  84. Somers Town (Shane Meadows, 2008)
  85. World's Greatest Dad (Bobcat Goldthwait, 2009)
  86. Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2009)

  88. 2.5

  90. Adoration (Atom Egoyan, 2008)
  91. Antichrist (Lars von Trier, 2009)
  92. Big Man Japan (Hitoshi Matsumoto, 2007)
  93. Black Dynamite (Scott Sanders, 2009)
  94. Canary (Alejandro Adams, 2009)
  95. Chéri (Stephen Frears, 2009)
  96. Funny People (Judd Apatow, 2009)
  97. The Girl from Monaco (Anne Fontaine, 2008)
  98. The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderbergh, 2009)
  99. I Love You, Man (John Hamburg, 2009)
  100. The Invention of Lying (Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson, 2009)
  101. Julie & Julia (Nora Ephron, 2009)
  102. Mammoth (Lukas Moodysson, 2009)
  103. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (Shawn Levy, 2009)
  104. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Lee Daniels, 2009)
  105. The Road (John Hillcoat, 2009)
  106. Sin Nombre (Cary Fukunaga, 2009)
  107. Sunshine Cleaning (Christine Jeffs, 2008)
  108. Thirst (Chan-wook Park, 2009)
  109. A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, 2009)
  110. Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim, 2008)
  111. Tyson (James Toback, 2008)
  112. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009)

  114. 2.0

  116. Away We Go (Sam Mendes, 2009)
  117. Brüno (Larry Charles, 2009)
  118. The International (Tom Tykwer, 2009)
  119. Jennifer's Body (Karyn Kusama, 2009)
  120. The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch, 2009)
  121. Nine (Rob Marshall, 2009)
  122. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (Tony Scott, 2009)
  123. Tokyo! (Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Joon-ho Bong, 2008)
  124. Watchmen (Zach Snyder, 2009)

  126. 1.5

  129. 1.0

  131. The Blind Side (John Lee Hancock, 2009)
  132. Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie, 2009)

  134. 0.5

  137. Worse than 0.5