An Already Revised Top 15 of 2009

By: Sam Unsted

We named our top ten of 2009 on our podcast not long ago, but my mind shifts far too quickly for any of that to remain true for any longer than a few months. So, herein lies my favourite fifteen films of 2009, revised already.

For history’s sake, my original top ten, as outlined on the podcast, was (note UK release dates):
1. The Hurt Locker
2. The Wrestler
3. Where the Wild Things Are
4. Synecdoche, New York
5. Fantastic Mr Fox
6. Funny People
7. Let the Right One In
8. Up
9. Star Trek
10. Fish Tank

• 01
  The Hurt Locker
  Kathryn Bigelow
• 02
  Where the Wild Things Are
  Spike Jonze
• 03
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 04
  The Wrestler
  Darren Aronofsky
• 05
  Fantastic Mr. Fox
  Wes Anderson
• 06
  Funny People
  Judd Apatow
• 07
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 08
  Up
  Pete Docter
• 09
  Synecdoche, New York
  Charlie Kaufman
• 10
  Fish Tank
  Andrea Arnold
• 11
  Star Trek
  J.J. Abrams
• 12
  District 9
  Neill Blomkamp
• 13
  In the Loop
  Armando Iannucci
• 14
  Milk
  Gus Van Sant
• 15
  Moon
  Duncan Jones