(my) favorite films of 2009

Since everybody else is doing a list- here's mine

25.The Messenger-Oren Moverman- USA -Drama

24.Julie & Julia - Nora Ephron- USA- Comedy/Drama

23.Drag Me to Hell- Sam Raimi - USA- Horror

22.Food, Inc. -Robert Kenner- USA- Documentary

21.The Informant!- Stephen Soderbergh-USA - Comedy-Drama

20.In the Loop-Armando Iannucci-UK- Comedy

19. Sin Nombre-Cary Joji Fukunaga- Mexico- Drama/Crime

18. Coraline - Henry Selick- USA- Animated

17.The Hangover- Todd Phillips - USA- Comedy

16.District 9 -Neill Blomkamp - New Zealand/USA - Sci-Fi/Drama

15.Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) -Pedro Almodóvar- Spain - Drama/Romance

14.Zombieland- Ruben Fleischer-USA- Action/Comedy/Horror

13.(500) Days of Summer-Marc Webb-USA -Romance-Comedy

12.Un prophète-Jacques Audiard-France- Crime/Drama

11.Avatar- James Cameron- USA- Sci-Fi

10.Up in the Air- Jason Reitman-USA -Comedy/Drama

9.An Education- Lone Scherfig -UK- Drama

8.The Lovely Bones - Peter Jackson - New Zealand/USA/UK- Crime/Drama/Fantasy

7.A Serious Man - Ethan Coen& Joel Coen- USA- Comedy/Drama

6.Star Trek-J. J. Abrams- USA- Sci-Fi

5.Precious-Lee Daniels-USA- Drama

4.Invictus - Clint Eastwood- USA - Biography/Drama

3.Up-Pete Docter-USA - Animated

2.Inglourious Basterds-Quentin Tarantino- USA/Germany -War/Drama

1. The Hurt Locker - Kathryn Bigelow - USA- Action/War

p.s. Still to see Nine, The Last Station, The White Ribbon, A Single Man, Moon,Adeventureland Crazy Heart and Fantastic Mr. Fox

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