All films voted for in Sight & Sound magazine's critics' poll of the films of 2009

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Not all of the films are described by IMDb as 2009 as many voters were voting for films going by release dates in their own territories, or general release dates as opposed to festival release dates. This IMDb list ignores the mentions of revivals and best dvd releases in the Sight & Sound ballots, excepting Thomas Heise's Material, which seems to have been listed as a revival in order to get another name on the submitter's list (stated reason was "My favourite ‘revival release’ of 2009 is actually a new film, but it took 20 years to become what it is."). The Sight & Sound list also contains En Attendant Godard (William Brown), which according to IMDb wasn't released anywhere in the world until 2010, though we will give Jonathan Rosenbaum the benefit of the doubt and assume he saw it in 2009.

The Ferroni Brigade voted for Contact High and in their description also praised Das Vaterspiel in their blurb about Contact High, "A stoner comedy cum Glawoggerian magnum opus. One of the richest films of the decade, and even more astonishing as the yang to Glawogger’s great yin, Der Vaterspiel (Kill Daddy Good Night)." I have taken the liberty of considering them a pair and given the Ferronis six movies given both were released in 2009.

The Sight & Sound poll for the year 2010 also contained some films listed by IMDb as 2009, and not on this list including:

The Red Riding Trilogy (2009 - Julian Jarrold, James Marsh & Anand Tucker)
1 (2009 - Pater Sparrow)
Amer (2009 - Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani)
Compline (2009 - Nathaniel Dorsky)
La bocca del lupo / The Mouth of the Wolf (2009 - Pietro Marcello)
Man on a Motorcycle (2009 - John Maclean)
Tetro (2009 - Francis Ford Coppola)
Down Terrace (2009 - Ben Wheatley)
Panique au village / A Town Called Panic (2009 - Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar)
Final Flesh (2009 - Ike Sanders)
The Pickers (2009 - Adam Chodzko)
Wei wen / Condolences (2009 - Liang Ying)
La vie au ranch / Chicks (2009 - Sophie Letourneur)
Gentlemen Broncos (2009 - Jared Hess)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009 - Werner Herzog)
Trash Humpers (2009 - Harmony Korine)
Pouta / Walking Too Fast (2009 - Radim Spacek)
Oil City Confidential (2009 - Julien Temple)
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009 - Michael Moore)
Agora (2009 - Alejandro Amenábar)
The Secret of Kells (2009 - Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey)
Medeni mesec / Honeymoons (2009 - Goran Paskaljevic)
My Queen Karo (2009 - Dorothée Van Den Berghe)
Ajami (2009 - Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani)
Budrus (2009 - Julia Bacha)
Double Tide (2009 - Sharon Lockhart)
Kawasakiho ruze / Kawasaki's Rose (2009 - Jan Hrebejk)
El secreto de sus ojos / The Secret in Their Eyes (2009 - Juan José Campanella)
Shed Your Tears and Walk Away (2009 - Jez Lewis)
Mavro livadi / Black Field (2009 - Vardis Marinakis)
Whatever Works (2009 - Woody Allen)
9:06 (2009 - Igor Sterk)
Voodoo Science Park (2009 - Steve Beard, Victoria Halford)
Napoli, Napoli, Napoli (2009 - Abel Ferrara)
Persécution (2009 - Patrice Chéreau)
Videocracy (2009 - Erik Gandini)
Mother and Child (2009 - Rodrigo García)
Ivul (2009 - Andrew Kotting)
Ruhr (2009 - James Benning)
Alamar (2009 - Pedro González-Rubio)

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    Un prophète

    2009 — a.k.a. A Prophet, in 10 top lists Check
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    Eid milad Laila

    2008 — a.k.a. Laila's Birthday, in 0 top lists Check
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    Zha lai nuo er

    2008 — a.k.a. Jalainur, in 0 top lists Check
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    Gagma napiri

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kynodontas

    2009 — a.k.a. Dogtooth, in 8 top lists Check
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    Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte

    2009 — a.k.a. The White Ribbon, in 10 top lists Check
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    Politist, adjectiv

    2009 — a.k.a. Police, Adjective, in 1 top list Check
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    A Serious Man

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    Vincere

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
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    Shirin

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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    Wendy and Lucy

    2008, in 5 top lists Check
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    La mujer sin cabeza

    2008 — a.k.a. The Headless Woman, in 8 top lists Check
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    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
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    The Wrestler

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
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    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
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    35 rhums

    2008 — a.k.a. 35 Shots of Rum, in 4 top lists Check
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    Madeo

    2009 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

    2009 — a.k.a. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, in 2 top lists Check
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    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
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    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
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    Dans la ville de Sylvia

    2007 — a.k.a. In the City of Sylvia, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
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    Wojna polsko-ruska

    2009 — a.k.a. Snow White and Russian Red, in 1 top list Check
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    Katalin Varga

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Morrer Como Um Homem

    2009 — a.k.a. To Die Like a Man, in 1 top list Check
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    Gake no ue no Ponyo

    2008 — a.k.a. Ponyo, in 3 top lists Check
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    Coraline

    2009, in 3 top lists Check
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    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Antichrist

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    Sleep Furiously

    2008, in 1 top list Check
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    Wake Up, Freak Out: Then Get a Grip

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Los abrazos rotos

    2009 — a.k.a. Broken Embraces, in 0 top lists Check
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    Gran Torino

    2008, in 8 top lists Check
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    Les herbes folles

    2009 — a.k.a. Wild Grass, in 4 top lists Check
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    Import Export

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    Irène

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    White Material

    2009, in 6 top lists Check
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    Historias extraordinarias

    2008 — a.k.a. Extraordinary Stories, in 6 top lists Check
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    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    2009, in 9 top lists Check
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    A Religiosa Portuguesa

    2009 — a.k.a. The Portuguese Nun, in 1 top list Check
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    Ruínas

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Totò

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Karaoke

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Visage

    2009 — a.k.a. Face, in 0 top lists Check
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    Zanan-e bedun-e mardan

    2009 — a.k.a. Women Without Men, in 0 top lists Check
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    Public Enemies

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    Plastic Bag

    2009, in 1 top list Check
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    The Taking of Pelham 123

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lebanon

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
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