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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Inglourious Basterds
2009, in 17 top lists Check -
15 new
Up
2009, in 16 top lists Check -
69 new
Låt den rätte komma in
2008 — a.k.a. Let the Right One In, in 14 top lists Check -
22 new
The Hurt Locker
2008, in 13 top lists Check -
6 new
Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
2009 — a.k.a. The White Ribbon, in 10 top lists Check -
82 new
District 9
2009, in 10 top lists Check -
1 new
Un prophète
2009 — a.k.a. A Prophet, in 10 top lists Check -
40 new
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009, in 9 top lists Check -
17 new
Madeo
2009 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check -
104 new
Synecdoche, New York
2008, in 9 top lists Check -
30 new
Antichrist
2009, in 8 top lists Check -
28 new
Fish Tank
2009, in 8 top lists Check -
34 new
Gran Torino
2008, in 8 top lists Check -
5 new
Kynodontas
2009 — a.k.a. Dogtooth, in 8 top lists Check -
12 new
La mujer sin cabeza
2008 — a.k.a. The Headless Woman, in 8 top lists Check -
8 new
A Serious Man
2009, in 8 top lists Check -
56 new
Enter the Void
2009, in 7 top lists Check -
39 new
Historias extraordinarias
2008 — a.k.a. Extraordinary Stories, in 6 top lists Check -
131 new
Mary and Max.
2009 — a.k.a. Mary and Max, in 6 top lists Check -
19 new
Les plages d'Agnès
2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check -
38 new
White Material
2009, in 6 top lists Check -
11 new
Wendy and Lucy
2008, in 5 top lists Check -
16 new
35 rhums
2008 — a.k.a. 35 Shots of Rum, in 4 top lists Check -
20 new
Bright Star
2009, in 4 top lists Check -
130 new
Entre les murs
2008 — a.k.a. The Class, in 4 top lists Check -
35 new
Les herbes folles
2009 — a.k.a. Wild Grass, in 4 top lists Check -
66 new
Precious
2009, in 4 top lists Check -
9 new
Vincere
2009, in 4 top lists Check -
133 new
(500) Days of Summer
2009 — a.k.a. 500 Days of Summer, in 3 top lists Check -
128 new
Ai no mukidashi
2008 — a.k.a. Love Exposure, in 3 top lists Check -
27 new
Coraline
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
21 new
Dans la ville de Sylvia
2007 — a.k.a. In the City of Sylvia, in 3 top lists Check -
51 new
Il divo
2008 — a.k.a. Il Divo, in 3 top lists Check -
26 new
Gake no ue no Ponyo
2008 — a.k.a. Ponyo, in 3 top lists Check -
105 new
Pontypool
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
71 new
The Time that Remains
2009, in 3 top lists Check -
94 new
Two Lovers
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
14 new
The Wrestler
2008, in 3 top lists Check -
78 new
Alle Anderen
2009 — a.k.a. Everyone Else, in 2 top lists Check -
67 new
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
2008, in 2 top lists Check -
18 new
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans
2009 — a.k.a. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, in 2 top lists Check -
121 new
The Cove
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
129 new
In the Loop
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
50 new
Lebanon
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
81 new
Lourdes
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
148 new
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick
2008 — a.k.a. Everlasting Moments, in 2 top lists Check -
103 new
Monsters vs. Aliens
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
53 new
La nana
2009 — a.k.a. The Maid, in 2 top lists Check -
76 new
Samson & Delilah
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
84 new
Singularidades de uma Rapariga Loura
2009 — a.k.a. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl, in 2 top lists Check
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