The Official Box Office Theory's Favorite Movies of 2009 List!

[Gopher]

Here we go again... again. City Island- 1 Perrier's Bounty- 1 The Lovely Bones- 2 Summer Wars- 2 Drag Me to Hell- 3 It's Complicated- 3 Bruno- 4 An Education- 4 Julie & Julia- 4Just Another Love Story- 4 The Proposal- 4 The Blind Side- 5 The Damned United- 5 Tormented- 5 Adventureland- 6 Get Low- 6 Bad Lieutenant- 8 Brothers- 8Best Worst Movie- 10 Knowing- 10 Law Abiding Citizen- 10 Mary and Max- 10Saw VI- 10 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- 11 The Hangover- 11 Sin Nombre- 11 The Road- 12 Sherlock Holmes- 12 Adam- 13 Where the Wild Things Are- 13 The White Ribbon- 13 Bronson- 14 The Brothers Bloom- 14 A Town Called Panic- 16 Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire- 19 Black Dynamite- 21 I Love You, Man- 21 The Cove- 24 Taken- 24 Zombieland- 27 The Messenger- 28

[Gopher]

15 (tie). A Serious Man / A Single Man (30 points, 3 lists each)

Two similarly titled films not only tied with BOT users, but they were two of the best movies of 2009- Single Man for its inspired visuals and terrific lead performance in Colin Firth, and Serious Man for its brilliant, unique Coen wit.

[Noctis]

You picked an awful picture for DH1. Hopefully you pick a better one for HBP.

[Gopher]

14. Coraline (34 points, 4 lists)

Henry Selick's creepy stop-motion pic lost a lot of steam in its second half, when the ominous, delightful little movie's narrative fell apart. But it's still worth a watch- I love how in stop motion you can literally see the fingerprints of the animators, and this movie definitely feels like a labor of love.

[Gopher]

13. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (34 points, 3 lists)

Whatever.

[rockNrollaDIM]

LOL

[ddddeeee]

Amazing.

[rockNrollaDIM]

Half Blood Prince doesn't really deserve a blurb anyway.And @ the list so far.... it looks like only 5 of my picks made the top 15! Ahhhh well.

[Gopher]

12. Star Trek (35 points, 6 lists)

Sure, the screenplay isn't outstanding- what do you expect from the guys responsible for Transformers 2?- but this is a very fun action adventure with a terrific ensemble. Plus, it made Star Trek cool again. I hope Abrams lets the cast play off each other in next year's sequel as well as they did here.

[Gopher]

11. Avatar (36 points, 5 lists)

Look, blue person!

I'd bet money if we tried this two years ago, James Cameron would have made it to the top of this list. But Avatar, even more so than Titanic, hasn't held up that well. I blame 3D, because I'm not about to go into the film's story problems.

[Gopher]

10. In the Loop (40 points, 5 lists)

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SUCH A FUNNY MOVIE. I'll say no more.

Edited February 11, 2012 by Gopher

[Gopher]

9. Watchmen (58 points, 9 lists)

Plenty of people didn't like this movie (just look at its box office legs), but as a fan of the graphic novel and a closet fan of 300, I kind of loved Snyder's visual take on Watchmen. The first 15 minutes and Dr. Manhattan's origin story are two of my favorite scenes of 2009.

[Gopher]

8. Up in the Air (73 points, 9 lists)

We don't get many movies like Up in the Air. It's a dark, poignant, funny, and tragic movie that feels so relevant to its time. It's a real gem.

Edited February 11, 2012 by Gopher

[Gopher]

7. District 9 (75 points, 9 lists)

I was blown away by this movie. Not only is it a terrific action movie (produced for only 30 million!), but its inter-species conflict provides a brilliant social satire.

[Gopher]

6. Moon (77 points, 9 lists)

In a year of some really terrific sci-fi movies, Duncan Jones pulled his weight with Moon, a beautiful, haunting movie with one (or more) great performance(s) by Sam Rockwell.

[Gopher]

5. The Hurt Locker (77 points, 8 lists)

Intense, gripping and kind of heartbreaking, The Hurt Locker is an incredibly well made film. Awarding this over Avatar is one of the best recent decisions the Academy has made.

[Gopher]

4. Up (84 points, 10 lists)

Up isn't Pixar's best movie- it's probably midway through my list- but it's funny, heartfelt, and the first 15 minutes tell a better love story that most feature-length movies do at all.

[Gopher]

3. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER (84 points, 9 lists)

I have equally massive crushes on Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon Levitt, so this movie would have been an obvious go from the start for me. But what makes (500) Days of Summer memorable is how Marc Webb plays around with the romantic comedy genre. Its originality create the sense that this movie really knows what it's like to be in 'love'.

[Gopher]

2. FANTASTIC MR. FOX (115 points, 10 lists)

BOT, congratulations. Fantastic Mr. Fox is an unbelievably fun movie, and you rewarded it so.

Edited February 11, 2012 by Gopher

[Gopher]

1. Inglourious Basterds (128 points, 10 lists)

Does Inglourious Basterds really have a point? Beyond proving how much we love war movies, not really. Maybe that's the point itself. This is a really big movie, in scope and ambition, and Quentin Tarantino's masterful, brilliant composition of genres makes for a rollicking good time. The middle hour and a half is terrific, but the first and last half hour include some of my favorite moments in all of film.