BFI Sight and Sound Top Films of 2009 - All Films Voted For

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NOTE – Also includes nominations for Best Revival

"A French resurgence and an unprecedentedly strong showing by women directors helped make 2009 an exceptional year, says Jonathan Romney

The Top Ten

1 A Prophet (Un Prophète) (Jacques Audiard, France/Italy)

=2 The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow, USA)

=2 35 Shots of Rum (35 rhums) (Claire Denis, France/Germany)

4 The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band) (Michael Haneke, Germany/Austria/France/Italy)

5 Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) (Tomas Alfredson, Sweden/Norway)

=6 Up (Pete Docter, USA)

=6 White Material (Claire Denis, France)

=8 Bright Star (Jane Campion, UK/Australia)

=8 Antichrist (Lars von Trier, Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland/Belgium)

10 Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, USA/Germany)"

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  1. 1.
    A Prophet
    by Jacques Audiard

  2. 2.
    Laila's Birthday
    by Rashid Masharawi

  3. 3.
    Kynodontas (Dogtooth)
    by Yorgos LANTHIMOS

  4. 4.
    Blindness
    by Fernando Meirelles

  5. 5.
    The White Ribbon
    by Michael Haneke

  6. 6.
    Police, Adjective
    by Corneliu Porumboiu

  7. 7.
    A Serious Man [Blu-ray]

  8. 8.
    Vincere
    by Marco Bellocchio

  9. 9.
    Shirin [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]
    by Abbas Kiarostami

  10. 10.
    Citizen Kane (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Orson Welles

  11. 11.
    Wendy and Lucy
    by Kelly Reichardt

  12. 12.
    The Headless Woman
    by Lucrecia Martel

  13. 13.
    Inglourious Basterds [Blu-ray]

  14. 14.
    The Wrestler
    by Darren Aronofsky

  15. 15.
    Up (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + BD Live) [Blu-ray]
    by Bob Peterson

  16. 18.
    Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans [Blu-ray]
    by Werner Herzog

  17. 19.
    The Beaches Of Agnes
    by Agnes Varda

  18. 20.
    Bright Star
    by Jane Campion

  19. 21.
    In the City of Sylvia (En la ciudad de Sylvia)
    by José Luis Guerín

  20. 22.
    The Young Girls Of Rochefort
    by Jacques Demy

  21. 23.
    The Hurt Locker
    by Kathryn Bigelow

  22. 24.
    Wojna Polsko-Ruska
    by Xawery Zulawski

  23. 25.
    ?
    Katalin Varga
    by Peter Strickland

  24. 26.
    Comrades (1987) (2 Disc Set) [Blu-ray]
    by Bill Douglas

  25. 27.
    Ponyo
    by Hayao Miyazaki

  26. 28.
    Coraline (Single-Disc Edition)[Anaglyph 3D]
    by Henry Selick

  27. 29.
    Ashes of Time Redux
    by Kar Wai Wong

  28. 30.
    Fish Tank [Theatrical Release]
    by Andrea Arnold

  29. 32.
    Antichrist
    by Lars von Trier

  30. 34.
    The Late Mathias Pascal (Feu Mathias Pascal)(1926)
    by Marcel L'Herbier

  31. 35.
    Broken Embraces [Blu-ray]
    by Pedro Almodóvar

  32. 36.
    Gran Torino (Widescreen Edition)

  33. 37.
    Import Export
    by Ulrich Seidl

  34. 38.
    ?
    Irene
    by Alain Cavalier

  35. 39.
    White Material
    by Claire Denis

  36. 40.
    ?
    Historias extraordinarias
    by Mariano Llinás

  37. 41.
    Fantastic Mr. Fox
    by Wes Anderson

  38. 42.
    ?
    Night of Counting the Years (1969)
    by Abdel Chadi Salam

  39. 43.
    ?
    A Religiosa Portuguesa
    by Eugène Green

  40. 44.
    ?
    Karaoke
    by Chan Fui (chris) CHONG

  41. 45.
    Herostratus [Blu-ray]
    by Don Levy

  42. 46.
    Visage (2009)
    by Tsai Ming Liang

  43. 48.
    The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [Blu-ray]
    by Tony Scott

  44. 49.
    Lebanon
    by Samuel Maoz

  45. 50.
    The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Victor Fleming

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Okay, all done! — 2 years ago

Yay. :)


There is more, but... — 2 years ago

…I can’t seem to be able to add new titles at the moment. Not sure why. Will update when I can (unless someone else wants to jump the gun).




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