Best films of 2009

By: Craig B

Twenty favourites from ’09.

• 01
  35 Shots of Rum
  Claire Denis
• 02
  Katalin Varga
  Peter Strickland
• 03
  Timecrimes
  Nacho Vigalondo
• 04
  Wendy and Lucy
  Kelly Reichardt
• 05
  Two Lovers
  James Gray
• 06
  The Invisible Frame
  Cynthia Beatt
• 07
  Martyrs
  Pascal Laugier
• 08
  Sleep Furiously
  Gideon Koppel
• 09
  Sugar
  Anna Boden
• 10
  Bright Star
  Jane Campion
• 11
  In the Loop
  Armando Iannucci
• 12
  Tokyo Sonata
  Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 13
  Inside
  Alexandre Bustillo
• 14
  Let the Right One In
  Tomas Alfredson
• 15
  Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
  Anders Østergaard
• 16
  Synecdoche, New York
  Charlie Kaufman
• 17
  The International
  Tom Tykwer
• 18
  Fish Tank
  Andrea Arnold
• 19
  The Class
  Laurent Cantet
• 20
  Triangle
  Christopher Smith