YEAR-BY-YEAR RANKING: 2009

 

1. RED RIDING:  THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1974
2. IN SEARCH OF BEETHOVEN
3. RED RIDING:  THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1980
4. MARY AND MAX
5. RED RIDING:  THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1983
6. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
7. TRIANGLE
8. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
9. IN THE LOOP
10. SUMMER WARS
11. DEAD SNOW
12. CORALINE
13. DORIAN GRAY
14. BLACK DYNAMITE
15. ART OF WAR
16. NIGHTMARES IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE
17. JULIE & JULIA
18. DOGTOOTH
19. GET LOW
20. THE HORDE
21. REEL INJUN
22. HAMLET
23. OIL CITY CONFIDENTIAL
24. I KNEW IT WAS YOU:  REDISCOVERING JOHN CAZALE
25. DISTRICT 9
26. THE LOVED ONES
27. ZOMBIELAND
28. SOUL KITCHEN
29. DRAG ME TO HELL
30. OSS 117:  LOST IN RIO
31. DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
32. WATCHMEN
33. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT TIME TRAVEL
34. AGORA
35. THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
36. MOON
37. MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE?
38. SUPERMAN/BATMAN:  PUBLIC ENEMIES
39. EVERY OTHER DAY IS HALLOWEEN
40. CINEMA'S EXILES:  FROM HITLER TO HOLLYWOOD
41. THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA:  DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS
42. THE HOLE
43. ONE PIECE FILM:  STRONG WORLD
44. STAR TREK
45. JOHNNY MERCER:  THE DREAM'S ON ME
46. 1939:  HOLLYWOOD'S GREATEST YEAR
47. THE WARS OF THE ROSES:  A BLOODY CROWN
48. HULK VS.
49. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
50. WYVERN
51. THE REAL WOLFMAN
52. FAWLTY TOWERS:  RE-OPENED
53. KRAUTROCK:  THE REBIRTH OF GERMANY
54. SYNTH BRITANNIA
55. 9/11:  PHONE CALLS FROM THE TOWERS
56. WEREWOLF FEVER
57. THE THREE INVESTIGATORS AND THE SECRET OF TERROR CASTLE
58. THE BOONDOCK SAINTS II:  ALL SAINTS DAY
59. THE SECRET OF KELLS
60. THE HANGOVER
61. VALHALLA RISING
62. THE COUNTESS
63. THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT
64. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
65. COLD SOULS
66. COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY
67. MUCKMAN
68. THE REVENANT
69. ANGELS & DEMONS
70. WONDER WOMAN
71. GIALLO
72. DARK HOUSE
73. THE SIX DEGREES OF HELTER SKELTER
74. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3
75. THE SECRET BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA'S BEGINNINGS VOL. 3:  EYE OF THE PHOENIX
76. LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS
77. 2012
78. THE HOLY GRAIL IN AMERICA
79. GREAT DIRECTORS
80. GREEN LANTERN:  FIRST FLIGHT
81. ROCK PROHECIES
82. THE SHOCK DOCTRINE
83. GOEMON
84. MY BLOODY VALENTINE
85. THE YOUNG VICTORIA
86. CROPSEY
87. KIDS GO TO THE WOODS . . . KIDS GET DEAD
88. DAYBREAKERS
89. GREY GARDENS
90. HIGH PLAINS INVADERS
91. SAND SERPENTS
92. SKULL HEADS
93. INTO THE STORM
94. THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
95. UNDER THE MOUNTAIN
96. THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
97. LAND OF THE LOST
98. THIS IS IT
99. THE LAST LOVECRAFT:  RELIC OF CTHULHU
100. THE HAUNTED WORLD OF EL SUPERBEASTO
101. A CHRISTMAS CAROL
102. PUBLIC ENEMIES
103. SHERLOCK HOLMES
104. FUTURAMA:  INTO THE WILD GREEN YONDER
105. G.I. JOE:  THE RISE OF COBRA
106. SOLOMON KANE
107. SAW VI
108. AVATAR