2009 Year in Review

It was a good year in movies, one of the better ones of the decade. Here are my top films of 2009, and some of my favourite performances of this year.


Top Movies of 2009

1

An Education

2

Up In The Air

3

The Hurt Locker

4

Up!

5

Star Trek

6

Avatar

7

Precious

8

Fantastic Mr. Fox

9

Revanche

10

Inglorious Basterds

Honourable Mentions

11

Hunger

12

Capitalism: A Love Story

13

The Hangover

14

District 9

15

Crazy Heart

16

Ponyo

17

White Ribbon

18

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

19

A Single Man

20

The Girlfriend Experience



The Most Overrated Film I Saw This Year

Duplicity



Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actress

Anna Kendrick

Up In The Air

Carey Milligan

An Education

Gabourey Sidibe

Precious



Outstanding Performance from a Lead Actor

Jeff Bridges

Crazy Heart

George Clooney

Up In The Air

Colin Firth

A Single Man

Jeremy Renner

The Hurt Locker

Michael Fassbender

Hunger

Matt Damon

The Informant!



Outstanding Performance from a Supporting Actress

Vera Farmiga

Up In The Air

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Crazy Heart

Melanie Laurent

Inglorious Basterds

Mo'Nique

Precious

Julianne Moore

A Single Man

Sigourney Weaver

Avatar

Olivia Williams

An Education



Outstanding Performance from a Supporting Actor

Liam Cunningham

Hunger

Zach Galifianakis

The Hangover

Anthony Mackie

The Hurt Locker

Alfred Molina

An Education

J, K, Simmons

Up In The Air

Karl Urban

Star Trek

Christoph Waltz

Inglorious Basterds