Top 25 Films of 2009

(short and sweet and to the point; culled from watching 153 releases. constantly updated as i catch up to those i missed. click poster for review if applicable)

#25: An Education directed by Lone Scherfig	#24: The Box directed by Richard Kelly	#23: Sunshine Cleaning directed by Christine Jeffs
#22: The Road directed by John Hillcoat	#21: District 9 directed by Neill Blomkamp	#20: Fantastic Mr. Fox directed by Wes Anderson
#19: Lebanon directed by Samuel Maoz .	#18: The Hurt Locker directed by Kathryn Bigelow .	#17: Los abrazos rotos [Broken Embraces] directed by Pedro Almodóvar
#16: Where the Wild Things Are directed by Spike Jonze .	#15: Män som hatar kvinnor [The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo] directed by Niels Arden Oplev	#14: A Serious Man directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen .
#13: 35 Rhums [35 Shots of Rum] directed by Claire Denis	#12: (500) Days of Summer directed by Marc Webb .	#11: Inglourious Basterds directed by Quentin Tarantino
#10: Up in the Air directed by Jason Reitman .	#09: The Limits of Control directed by Jim Jarmusch .	#08: Kynodontas [Dogtooth] directed by Giorgos Lanthimos
#07: Avatar directed by James Cameron	#06: Moon directed by Duncan Jones	#05: Sin Nombre directed by Cary Fukunaga
#04: Up directed by Pete Docter & Bob Peterson	#03: Celda 211 [Cell 211] directed by Daniel Monzón .	#02: weiße Band, Das [The White Ribbon] directed by Michael Haneke

#01: A Single Man directed by Tom Ford