Best Films of 2009 – Dynamic List

The concept of the Dynamic List is pretty simple.  As I see films, they are placed onto the list.  The list is rank ordered from best to worst.  So, films are placed onto the list based on how I liked that film in comparison to others that came out the same year.  Just because a film enters the list at #10 doesn't mean it will stay there… as films enter the list, others will be pushed down to lower rankings, which is why the list is dynamic.  The list is ever changing.  Sure, my focus may be on the films of this year; however that doesn’t mean I’ve stopped watching films from previous years.  And as I do… my previous lists continue to be dynamic!

1.       Crazy Heart

2.      The Hurt Locker

3.      Funny People

4.      Julie & Julia

5.      Inglourious Basterds

6.      The Lovely Bones

7.      Avatar

8.      Invictus

9.      An Education

10.   Up in the Air

11.    The Hangover

12.   Up

13.   District 9

14.   The Informant!

15.   The Blind Side

16.   Zombieland

17.   Precious

18.   State of Play

19.   The Men Who Stare at Goats

20.  Taken

21.   Away We Go

22.  The Time Traveler’s Wife

23.  Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

24.  Fanboys

25.  Anvil!  The Story of Anvil (Documentary)

26.  It’s Complicated

27.  Astro Boy

28.  (500) Days of Summer

29.  The Princess and the Frog

30.  Where the Wild Things Are

31.   Angels & Demons

32.  Food, Inc. (Documentary)

33.  Star Trek

34.  Earth (Documentary)

35.  Brothers

36.  The Invention of Lying

37.  The Great Buck Howard

38.  Sherlock Holmes

39.  Duplicity

40. Monsters vs. Aliens

41.   Terminator Salvation

42.  Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

43.  Couples Retreat

44. The Box

45.  I Love You, Man

46. The International

47.  Bruno

48. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

49. A Serious Man

50.  Land of the Lost

51.   The Proposal

52.  Knowing

53.  I Love You Beth Cooper

54.  The Boat that Rocked aka Pirate Radio

55.  Paul Blart: Mall Cop

56.  X-Men Origins: Wolverine

57.  Ponyo

58.  The Last House on the Left

59.  Inkheart

60. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

61.   Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

62.  New Moon

63.  Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

64. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

65.  Confessions of a Shopaholic