The Movies I Saw in 2009

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Series: Yearly movie lists

Here’s the list of movies I saw in 2009… I saw 147 movies this year, which is just about where I was the year before. I think the number of films I can see in a year given all of my other interests and responsibilities is right in the neighborhood of 150. I haven’t really sat down and thought about my “best of” list yet, as I usually take January to try and catch up on acclaimed movies I missed, but my gut tells me it was a pretty good year for movies.

I think in 2010 I’m going to keep more data about the movies I view, but I also think I may eliminate my distinction between “Theatre” and “Video” in the list I actually publish next year. We’ll see.

The list is mostly in the order I viewed them, and I tried to italicize any films I had already seen.

Theatre:

  1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  2. Revolutionary Road
  3. Doubt
  4. The Wrestler
  5. Happy-Go-Lucky
  6. The Reader
  7. Waltz With Bashir
  8. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
  9. Coraline (3D)
  10. The Class
  11. The Dynamite Brothers (Cinematic Titanic Live)
  12. Serbis
  13. Watchmen
  14. Gomorrah
  15. Sunshine Cleaning
  16. I Love You, Man
  17. Adventureland
  18. Sin Nombre
  19. Crank: High Voltage
  20. That Evening Sun
  21. The Missing Person
  22. Winnebago Man
  23. In The Loop
  24. Pontypool
  25. Crude
  26. Automorphosis
  27. The Burning Plain
  28. The Lost Son of Havana
  29. Grace
  30. Theo (Short)
  31. O.W. Houts & Sons, Inc (Short)
  32. The Archive (Short)
  33. I Knew It Was You (Short)
  34. Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech
  35. Food, Inc.
  36. The Escapist
  37. For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
  38. Art & Copy
  39. World’s Greatest Dad
  40. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
  41. Star Trek
  42. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
  43. Terminator Salvation
  44. The Hangover
  45. Il Divo
  46. Angels & Demons
  47. Moon
  48. The Long Goodbye
  49. The Hurt Locker
  50. In The Loop _ _ 51) District 9
  51. Inglourious Basterds
  52. It Might Get Loud
  53. Extract
  54. The Baader-Meinhof Complex
  55. Pandorum
  56. Zombieland
  57. Capitalism: A Love Story
  58. Where The Wild Things Are
  59. Pirate Radio
  60. The Messenger
  61. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  62. Fantastic Mr. Fox
  63. Strange Brew
  64. Smokey and the Bandit _ _ 66) Invictus
  65. Avatar

Video:

  1. The X Files: I Want to Believe
  2. Gangs of New York
  3. Charlie Wilson’s War
  4. The Invasion
  5. The Orphanage
  6. Sleuth
  7. Death Race
  8. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
  9. Welcome to Macintosh
  10. The Trials of Ted Haggard
  11. The Darjeeling Limited
  12. Slumdog Millionaire
  13. Doomsday
  14. A Clockwork Orange
  15. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
  16. Diary of the Dead
  17. Poultry in Motion: Truth Is Stranger Than Chicken
  18. 1408
  19. Right America: Feeling Wronged - Some Voices from the Campaign Trail
  20. Summer School
  21. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
  22. Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox
  23. Crank
  24. Radiohead: Meeting People is Easy
  25. Pineapple Express
  26. Bottle Shock
  27. His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th
  28. Shooter
  29. RiP: A Remix Manifesto
  30. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
  31. I Drink Your Blood
  32. Female Trouble _ _ 33) What We Do Is Secret
  33. X-Men
  34. Wendy and Lucy
  35. Hostel II
  36. Role Models
  37. American Cannibal
  38. Hancock
  39. Letting Go of God
  40. Devil’s Playground
  41. Grizzly Man
  42. Sneakers _ _ 44) Teddy: In His Own Words
  43. Glory
  44. Code Rush _ _ 47) Greetings from Bertrand Island
  45. Modify
  46. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off _ _ 50) The Bourne Supremacy _ _ 51) The Bourne Ultimatium _ _ 52) Lars and the Real Girl _ _ 53) BASEketball _ _ 54) The Lives of Others
  47. Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
  48. The Happening
  49. Friday the 13th (2009)
  50. Valkyrie
  51. God Said, Ha!
  52. Eagle Eye
  53. Ghostbusters
  54. Star Trek
  55. A Mighty Wind _ _ 64) Gran Torino
  56. The Godfather _ _ 66) Observe and Report
  57. The Ruins
  58. Day of the Dead (2008)
  59. Rambo (2008)
  60. Toy Story 2 _ _ 71) Brüno
  61. The Prophecy
  62. Classic Albums: Pink Floyd - The Making of “The Dark Side of the Moon”
  63. Rescue Dawn
  64. The Guru
  65. The Hangover _ _ 77) Star Trek _ _ 78) Inglourious Basterds _ _ 79) National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation _ _ 80) Bad Santa _ _

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