My Fave Films of 2009

Here are my 10 favourite movies of 2009:

1. Up (see above)
2. The Blindside (see below)
3. Zombieland
4. State of Play
5. The Hangover
6. The Hurt Locker
7. Avatar
8. The Damned United*
9. The Proposal*
10. Is Anybody There?

* denotes I have now seen that film since I first wrote this.

These are the films that just missed out on my top ten:
Fantastic Mr Fox*, (500) Days of Summer, The Class, The Soloist, [REC]*, More Than A Game*, Whip It*, Inglorious Basterds, Invictus, Star Trek, The Road, Funny People, Earth, Sherlock Holmes, Dead Snow*, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Terminator: Salvation, Up in the Air*, District 9*, Worlds Greatest Dad*, The Princess and the Frog*, Toy Story 1 & 2 (3D), Adventureland, The Informant and Taken.

Films from 2009 that I haven't seen yet:
Public Enemies, This Is It, Tyson and Precious.

The Worst Movies of 2009:
Bruno, Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen, Where the Wild Things Are*, Watchmen, X-Men: Wolverine, Bunny and the Bull*, I Love You Man, Pandorum, Friday the 13th (3D) and Ice Age 3: The Meltdown.

My Fave Films of 2008

Here are my favourite 10 movies of 2008:

1. Gran Torino (see above)
2. The Dark Knight

3. Wall-e (see below)
4. Step Brothers
5. Tropic Thunder
6. Forgetting sarah Marshall
7. Slumdog Millionaire

8. The King of Kong
9. The Wrestler
10. Australia

Films that just missed out on my top ten list include:

Quantum of Solace, Son of Rambow, Iron Man, Prince Caspian, Rambo, Man on Wire, Valkyrie, Horton, hears a Who, Defiance, My Bloody Valentine (3D), Changeling, Happy Go Lucky, Bolt and In Bruges.

These are the films i missed in 2008 but really want to see:

The Orphanage.

And finally the worst films i saw in 2008:

Burn after Reading, Kung Fu Panda*, Hancock, Hellboy II, There will be blood, Star Wars 2.5, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Wanted, Doomsday, Smart People, Appaloosa and Body of Lies.