Critics Top 100 of 2009
A listing of the top 100 films of 2009, according to MCN.
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Created by aptpastichecycle on Jan 23, 2010.
2009 Update — 2 years ago
Like I posted above, any films that repeat on past/future years I add up the points collectively to finalize the films total for the one particular year of its US release. Therefore, because of some films repeating on 2010 lists there have been some more updates made.
Liverpool has moved up to number 52. Gaining enough points to enter in the top 100 are A Town Called Panic and Ricky, knocking out Treeless Mountain and Every Little Step.
Untitled — 3 years ago
To avoid repeated films from showing in multiple years I have personally re-adjusted the lists 2005-2009 (you can view them all on my page). The way it works is this site uses a point system of giving a voted number 1 film 10 points, voted number 2 film 9 points and so forth until voted number 10 receives 1 point. The highest pointed film is number 1 of the year and so forth, but for films that appear on previous or future years lists of their release date, they usually appear low on each year, so instead of allowing something like Silent Light to be on 2007, 2008 and 2009 I have added up the accumlative points (138) to place it as number 22 for 2009 (its release date in the US). This system also allows more films that would normally not make the 100 to get in. So if any films look like they appear higher than they should it is because some critics included them on 2008 lists. The Sun was actually included on a 2006 list because it was made in 2005, someone saw it in 2006 at a festival and included it, but was finally released theatrically in 2009. Sometimes the added points do not make the films budge (The Headless Woman), but in a lot of cases they do. Hope this makes sense. This is also why films like Gomorrah and Hunger are not on here. I added their points from 2009 to their 2008 to move them higher in 2008. Also, A Prophet will be in 2010 with whatever points it earns from 2009 and 2010. Hope this makes sense!
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