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(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 ...

best Movies in french of the 21st century

30. Le Pacte des loups( Brotherhood of the Wolf )-2001-Christophe Gans -France 29 . Bon Voyage -2003- Jean-Paul Rappeneau- France 28.La graine et le mulet (the Secret of The Grain) -2007-Abdellatif Kechiche- France/Tunisia 27.8 femmes(8 Women) -2002-Francois Ozon-France 26.Maelstrom-2000-Denis Villeneuve -Canada 25.Rachida -2002-Yamina Bachir -Algeria 24.Paris Je T'aime- 2006- Various- France 23.Inch'Allah Dimanche -2001-Yamina Benguigu- Algeria 22. Je rentre à la maison (I'm Going Home)-2001- Manoel de Oliveira- France/Portugal 21.Un long dimanche de fiancailles( A Very Long Engagement) - 2004-Jean-Pierre Jeunet-France/USA 20.. Le Fils ( The Son)- 2002- Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne-Belgium 19. De battre mon cœur s'est arrete(The Beat that My Heart Skipped) - 2005-Jacques Audiard-France 18.La Mome (La Vie en Rose)- 2007-Olivier Dahan - France/UK 17.Joyeux Noel-2005-Christian Carion- France 16.Rois et reine ( Kings and Queen) -2004-Arnaud Desplechin -France 15. ...

best films by directors under 30

21.Director:Richard Kelly Film: Donnie Darko (2001) Age : 26 since then : Southland Tales (2007), The Box (2009) 20.Director:Amy Heckerling Film: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Age : 28 since then : Johnny Dangerously (1984),Look Who's Talking(1989),Clueless (1995), 19.Director:Rainer Werner Fassbinder Film: Handler der vier Jahreszeiten ( The Merchant of Four Seasons) - 1972 Age : 27 since then : Angst essen Seele auf(1974),Effi Briest (1974),Mutter Küsters' Fahrt zum Himmel(1975)Despair(1978),Lola (1981) 18.Director:Baz Luhrmann Film: Stricly Ballroom (1992) Age : 29 since then : Romeo+Juliet (1996), Moulin Rouge (2001), Australia (2008) 17.Director:Spike Jonze Film: Being John Malkovich (1999) Age : 29 since then : Adaptation (2002), Where the Wild Things Are (2009) 16.Director:Alejandro Amenabar ...

best biographical films (post 1990)

in no particular order 35.The Pianist- Roman Polanski -2002 34. Elizabeth-Shekhar Kapur -1998 33. JFK - Oliver STone -1991 32. Chaplin- Richard Attenborough-1992 31.t he People vs. Larry Flynt - Milos Forman -1996 30. American Splendor- Shari Springer Berman& Robert Pulcini -2003 29. Che- Steven Soderbergh- 2008 28.Ray - Taylor Hackford -2004 27. The Pursuit of Happyness - Gabriele Muccino-2006 26. Schindler's List - Steven Speilberg -1993 25. What's Love Got to Do with It - Brian Gibson -1993 24.Milk _ Gus Van Sant - 2008 23.Walk the Line - James Mangold - 2005 22.The world's Fastest Indian - Roger Donaldson - 2005 21.The Insider -1999-Micheal Mann 20. Monster - Patty Jenkins - 2003 19. Ali -Micheal Mann- 2001 18. Man on the Moon -Milos Foreman- 1999 17. Shine - Scott Hicks -1996 16. Frida - Julie Taymor - 2002 15.The Aviator - Martin Scorsese - 2004 14.A beautiful Mind - Ron Howard -2001 13.Malcolm X - Spike Lee -1992 12.Before Night Falls- Julian Schnabel- 2000 11...

a list of the best directors.who aren't dead yet.

1.David Lynch - USA important films : Mullholland Drive (2001), Blue Velvet (1986), The Elephant man(1980) 2. Martin Scorsese - USA important films : Taxi Driver(1974), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), The Aviator (2006) 3.The Coen Brothers - USA important films : Rasining Arizona (1987), Fargo (1996), The Big Lebowski (1998), No Country for Old Men (2007) 4. Hayao Miyazaki - Japan important films: My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997), Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004) 5. Wong Kar - wai - Hong Kong important films : Happy Together (1997), Chungking Express (1994), In the Mood for Love(2000), 2046( 2004) 6. Pedro Almodovar - Spain important films: Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) -(1988), Todo sobre mi madre (All About my Mother) -(1999), Hable Con Ella ( Talke to her) -(2002), La Mala Educacion (Bad education) - (2004) 7. Quentin Tarantino - USA important films: ...

a list about romance movies that are actually watchable. (post 1990)

(not all of these follow the conventional romance format). 32. Shakespeare in Love - 1998 - John Madden iconic couple : Joseph Fiennes & Gwyneth Paltrow 31. Hors de Prix (priceless) - 2006 - Pierre Salvadori iconic couple: Audrey Tautou & Gad Elmaleh 30.True Romance -1993 - Quentin Tarantino iconic couple: Christian Slater & Patricia Arquette 29. Knocked up -2007 - Judd Apatow iconic couple : Seth Rogen & Katherine Heigel 28. Quand j'étais chanteur (when i was a singer) - 2006- Xavier Giannoli iconic couple: Gerard Depardieu & Cecile de France 27. (500) Days of Summer - 2009 - Mark Webb iconic couple: Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Zooey Deschanel 26. The Wedding Singer - 1998 - Tim Herlihy iconic couple - Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore 25. Punch-Drunk Love - 2002 - Paul Thomas Anderson iconic couple : Adam Sandler and Emily Watson 24. Vicky Cristina Barcelona - 2008 - Woody Allen iconic couple: Javier Bardem & Penelope Cruz/Scarlett Johanssen/Rebecca Hall 23...

a list about cartoons/animated films.(21st century)

24. Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003) - Virgin Music - Kazuhisa Takenouchi 23. Metropolis (2001) -Toho -Rintaro 22. Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust ( 2001) - U rban Vision Entertainment- Yoshiaki Kawajiri 21. A Scanner Darkly (2006) - Warner Independent Pictures - Richard Linklater 20. Ice Age (2002) - 20th century Fox- Chris Wedge 19. Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) - Warner Bros. - Tim Burton 18. Happy Feet (2006) - Warner Bros. - George Miller 17. Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)- Tri-Star Pictures- Shinichiro Watanabe 16. Monsters, Inc. (2001) - Pixar - Peter Doctor, Lee Unkrich & David Silverman 15. The Incredibles -(2004) - Pixar -Brad Bird 14. Chicken Run (2000) - Aardman Studios - Nick Park &Peter Lord 13. Coraline (2009) -Focus Features - Henry Selick 12. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)- Studi Ghibli - Hayao Miyazaki 11. Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003) - Diaphana Films - Sylvain Chomet 10. Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Wer...

a list of documentaries.made in the 21st century.that you should see.

People don't watch a lot of documentaries.Maybe that's because everyone associates then with boring, drawn out chronicles of something they have no interest in. and unfortunately a lot are exactly like that.but some are good, really good. here's a list (in no order), with a quick line summary of why you should watch it: 22. Capturing the Friedmans (2003) - Andrew Jarecki why: a film about how mysterious every person is, while documenting the very disturbing topic of child abuse.throughout the film everyone seems both clearly guilty and then completely innocent. makes you realize facts are subjective. 21 . Spellbound (2002) - Jeffrey Blitz why: a film about setting goals and achieving dreams, even when that dream is to be a national spelling bee champion. more than that, it's about the 8 competitors who manage to be appealing and completely enthralling. 20. To Be and To Have ( etre at avoir )- (2003) -Nicolas Philibert why: this one has the slow parts, teaching in a...