Living in Bangkok, I wasn’t able to see many films that would most likely make there way onto my top 10 list this year, so it doesn’t make any sense to put together a proper 2009 “Best of” list. I have decided to pick the top 20 films I watched this year. The criteria includes films released anytime, anywhere but I had to have seen them for the first time in 2009. No previously viewed film prior to 09′ could make it onto the list, which excluded many great films I watched for a 2nd or third time this year. Out of the 276 total films I watched (see full list on under DAILY FILM LOG) in 2009, my top 20 are:
1. Tokyo Sonata (2009) – K. Kurosawa
2. The Hurt Locker (2009) – K. Bigelow
3. Up (2009) – B. Peterson
4. The White Ribbon (2009) – M. Haneke
5. Revanche (2008) – G. Spielmann
6. The Banishment (2007) – A. Zvyagintsev
7. The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) – D. Richards
8. When We Were Kings (1966) – L. Gast
9. The Red Shoes (1948) – Powell and Pressburger
10. Wagon Master (1950)- J. Ford
11. Singing In the Rain (1952) – S. Donen
12. Lonely Are the Brave (1962) – D. Miller
13. In This World (2002) – M. Winterbottom
14. An Autumn Afternoon – Ozu
15. Avatar (2009) 3D – J. Cameron
16.Time Crimes (2007)- N. Vigalondo
17. Wake In Fright (1971) – T. Kotcheff
18. AdventureLand (2009) – G. Mottola
19. Inglorious Basterds (2009) – Q. Tarantino
20. Public Enemies (2009) – M. Mann
NEAR MISSES: Still Walking (2009) – H. Koreeda, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) – M. LeRoy, Long Weekend (1978) – C. Eggleston, Star Trek (2009) – JJ. Abrams
Filed under: TOP 10's
Here is my Top 10 List of films released in 08′ either in the US or here in Bangkok.
1. Wall*E
2. Let the Right One In
3. The Wrestler
4. Happy-Go-Lucky
5.Man on Wire
6. Summer Hours
7. XXY
8. Milk
9. You, the Living
10. Gran Torino
Near Misses:
SlumDog Millionaire
In Bruges
Katyn
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
CHE
