2009 Movies

Last year, for the first time, I decided to log the movies I watched. The end total (166) is somewhat depressing (2008 would've had a higher result, I think). If you want to see what things grabbed my attention in 2009, take a peak.

While I was getting the list ready, I compiled a list of my personal top 10 films I saw last year (for the first time, anyway, so Star Wars, etc. doesn't make the list). These aren't ranked in order of preference, cuz I don't think I could make that call. Instead, they're in order I saw them.

• Tropic Thunder - Ben Stiller
  
• Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father - Kurt Kuenne
  
• Rachel Getting Married - Jonathan Demme
  
• The Visitor - Thomas McCarthy
  
• Slumdog Millionaire - Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
  
• Sunshine Cleaning - Christine Jeffs
  
• Phoebe in Wonderland - Daniel Barnz
  
• Whip It - Drew Barrymore
  
• Up - Pete Docter & Bob Peterson
  
• (500) Days of Summer - Marc Webb

Runners-Up (many of which would be tied for 11th, the rest are somewhere in the top 20 or so), again, in order I saw them:

• The Wackness - Jonathan Levine
  
• Pride and Glory - Gavin O'Connor
  
• Il y a longtemps que je t'aime - Philippe Claudel
  
• Marley & Me - David Frankel
  
• Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
  
• The Wrestler - Robert Harmon
  
• Wendy and Lucy - Kelly Reichardt
  
• The Go-Getter - Martin Hynes
  
• Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood
  
• Fanboys - Kyle Newman
  
• The Soloist - Joe Wright
  
• SherryBaby - Laurie Collyer
  
• Away We Go - Sam Mendes
  
• Funny People - Judd Apatow
  
• Paper Heart - Nicholas Jasenovec
  
• Julie & Julia - Norah Ephron