Critic Noah Forrest Top 10 list of 2009

10. Fantastic Mr. Fox (Dir. Wes Anderson)
9. Two Lovers (Dir. James Gray)
8. In the Loop (Dir. Armando Iannucci)
7. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (Dir. Rebecca Miller)
6. A Serious Man (Dir. The Coen Brothers)
5. The White Ribbon (Dir. Michael Haneke)
4. Tetro (Dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
3. Mammoth (Dir. Lukas Moodysson)
2. The Hurt Locker (Dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
1. Inglourious Basterds (Dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Stephen Holden New York Times

1 Up in the Air
2 The White Ribbon
3 Still Walking
4 The Messenger
5 35 Shots of Rum
6 The Hurt Locker
7 The Headless Woman
8 An Education
9 Summer Hours
10 Disgrace
Peter Travers Rolling Stone

1 Precious
2 Up in the Air
3 The Hurt Locker
4 An Education
5 Up
6 Where the Wild Things Are
7 A Serious Man
8 District 9
9 (500) Days of Summer
10 The Messenger
Richard Corliss Time Magazine

1 Princess and the Frog
2 Up
3 Fantastic Mr. Fox
4 The Hurt Locker
5 Up in the Air
6 The White Ribbon
7 A Single Man
8 Of Time and the City
9 District 9
10 Thirst
Sight & Sound

1 A Prophet
2 The Hurt Locker
2 35 Shots of Rum
4 The White Ribbon
5 Let the Right One In
6 Up
6 White Material
8 Bright Star
8 Antichrist
10 Inglourious Basterds