Best of 2009

By: Jake Cole

Having finally seen all the movies I wanted to see released in the U.S. last year, I think I can finally come up with a list of my favorite films of 2009.

• 01
  Inglourious Basterds
  Quentin Tarantino
• 02
  Summer Hours
  Olivier Assayas
• 03
  The White Ribbon
  Michael Haneke
• 04
  Phantoms of Nabua
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• 05
  Bright Star
  Jane Campion
• 06
  The Hurt Locker
  Kathryn Bigelow
• 07
  Two Lovers
  James Gray
• 08
  Adventureland
  Greg Mottola
• 09
  35 Shots of Rum
  Claire Denis
• 10
  Goodbye Solo
  Ramin Bahrani
• 11
  A Serious Man
  Ethan Coen
• 12
  Public Enemies
  Michael Mann
• 13
  Thirst
  Park Chan-wook
• 14
  The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  Werner Herzog
• 15
  Coraline
  Henry Selick
• 16
  Fantastic Mr. Fox
  Wes Anderson
• 17
  The Limits of Control
  Jim Jarmusch
• 18
  The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
  Terry Gilliam
• 19
  The Girlfriend Experience
  Steven Soderbergh
• 20
  Crank: High Voltage
  Mark Neveldine