Favorite Movies of 2009

updated 1/3/2010:

Kid-free this week, so got to see a couple movies. Updated list (original below):

1. A Serious Man
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Ponyo
4. Broken Embraces
5. The Hangover
6. I Love You, Man
7. Adventureland
8. Avatar
   
9. Up
10. The Informant!
11. Funny People
12. Crazy Heart
13. Where the Wild Things Are
    
14. Let the Right One In
15. The Class
    
16. Up in the Air
17. Whip It!
    
18. Cold Souls
19. Coraline
20. (500) Days of Summer
21. Two Lovers
22. Monsters Vs. Aliens
23. District 9

original post:

As usual, I didn't get out to see as many movies as I'd have liked, there are some I think would make this list in retrospect once I see them, but, until then. For my tastes this was both a very strong and very weak year for movies. Probably my three favorite filmmakers all had potentially "career best" showings and "The Hangover" might just have been the funniest movies I've seen in quite some time. There's a pretty serious drop-off after that and all told I couldn't come up with much more than these that I really "liked." For better or worse, half the movies I saw in the theaters were with a 7 and 5 year old, which may reflect in the list.

1. A Serious Man
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Ponyo
4. The Hangover
5. I Love You, Man
6. Adventureland
7. Up
8. The Informant!
9. Where the Wild Things Are
   
10. Let the Right One In
11. The Class
    
12. Whip It!
    
13. Cold Souls
14. Coraline
15. (500) Days of Summer
16. Two Lovers
17. Monsters Vs. Aliens
18. District 9