FAVORITE FILMS BY YEAR: 2009

By: George O. Kaplan

(Work in progress)

THE BEST:

1. Fantastic Mr. Fox
(Wes Anderson)
Stop-motion animated comedy, USA

2. Vincere
(Marco Bellocchio)
Biographical, historical and political drama, Italy/France

3. Taking Woodstock
(Ang Lee)
Comedy, USA

OTHER GOOD FILMS THAT YEAR:
Ruhr (James Benning) Avant-garde documentary, Germany
Un prophète (A Prophet) (Jacques Audiard) Crime, France/Italy
True Blood (Season 2) (Alan Ball) Television fantasy series, USA
Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer) Zombie comedy, USA
Coraline (Henry Selick) Stop-motion animated fantasy, USA
Alle Anderen (Everyone Else) (Maren Ade) Drama, Germany
Lost (Season 5) (J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber & Damon Lindelof) Television mystery drama series, USA
Chloe (Atom Egoyan) Erotic thriller, Canada/USA/France

ALSO INTERESTING:
A Christmas Carol (Robert Zemeckis) Motion capture animated parable, USA
Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold) Coming-of-age drama, UK/Netherlands
Fringe (Season 1) (J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci) Science fiction television series, USA/Canada

POOR:
Avatar (James Cameron) Epic science fiction fantasy, USA
Agora (Alejandro Amenábar) Historical drama, Spain
Confessions of a Shopaholic (P.J. Hogan) Romantic comedy, USA
La isla interior (The Island Inside) (Dunia Ayaso & Félix Sabroso) Drama, Spain

WTF???
Luna caliente (Vicente Aranda) Erotic thriller, Spain

• 01
  Fantastic Mr. Fox
  Wes Anderson
• 02
  Vincere
  Marco Bellocchio
• 03
  Taking Woodstock
  Ang Lee