The Year's Best Films
1. Waltz with Bashir Waltz with Bashir works equally well as a potent anti-war film and as a creative examination of the nature of memory. Mature and possessed with significant psychological depth, Ari Folman’s animated film is an autobiographical documentary as much as it is anything else. Folman, unable to recon... 
The Year's Best Narrative Films 1. Sita Sings the Blues Notice a theme here? 2009 was a banner year for animated films, and the most creative was this little charmer written, directed, produced, and animated by Nina Paley (it’s legally available for free online, but don’t be a cheapskate: make a donation or buy the DVD). Paley app... 
The Year's Best Films
1. Blue Valentine This master class in acting from the next generation of top talent (Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams) takes the pulse of modern love. With American divorce rates still hovering near 50%, few stories could be more wistfully relevant than this intimate look at the birth and death of love. First-time di... 
The Year's Best Films
1. The Tree of Life No studio release this year was more ambitious, emotional, or elegant than The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick's searching epic about our place in a family, a town, a galaxy, the universe. Emmanuel Lubezki's innovative cinematography beautifully painted with light and shadow and color, while boy lead H... 
The Year's Best Films 1. Away from Her 2. Brand Upon the Brain! 3. 3:10 to Yuma 4. Forever 5. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 7. No Country for Old Men 8. Ratatouille 9. Persepolis 10. Syndromes and a Century
Runners-up: Into the Wild, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, I'm Not There, The Savage... 
The Year's Best Films 1. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu 2. Lady Vengeance 3. Inland Empire 4. Deliver Us From Evil 5. The Queen 6. The Departed 7. L'Enfant 8. Half Nelson 9. Three Times 10. Brick
Honorable mention: Army of Shadows.
Runners-up: Curse of the Golden Flower, The History Boys, A Scanner Darkly, Pan's Labyrinth, Old Joy, Borat: Cultural Le... 
The Year's Best Films 1. Yes 2. Brokeback Mountain 3. Saraband 4. Syriana 5. Good Night, and Good Luck. 6. Asylum 7. Ballets Russes 8. Nobody Knows 9. Caché 10. Mysterious Skin
Runners-up: 2046, The Aristocrats, Batman Begins, The Constant Gardener, Downfall, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, A History of Violence, Kung Fu Hustle, Gus V... 
The Year's Best Films 1. Hero 2. Vera Drake 3. Dogville 4. Spartan 5. Kinsey 6. Sideways 7. Crimson Gold 8. Touching the Void 9. The Five Obstructions 10. Goodbye Dragon Inn
Runners-up: Bad Education, The Aviator, Million Dollar Baby, Before Sunset, Shaun of the Dead, House of Flying Daggers, The Mother, The Motorcycle Diaries, Spider-Man 2, Alexa... 
The Year's Best Films 1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 3. The Magdalene Sisters 4. Hulk 5. Cidade de Deus (City of God) 6. Mystic River 7. American Splendor 8. Lost in Translation 9. The Station Agent 10. The Fog of War
Runners-up: House of Sand and Fog, Thirteen, Raising Victor Va... 
The Year's Best Films 1. Bloody Sunday 2. Adaptation 3. Spirited Away 4. The Hours 5. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 6. The Pianist 7. Daughter From Danang 8. Rivers and Tides 9. Late Marriage 10. About a Boy
Runners-up: 25th Hour, Spider, Minority Report, About Schmidt, The Believer, Y tu Mamá También (And Your Mom Too), Tal... 
The Year's Best Films 1. Mulholland Drive 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3. In the Mood for Love (China) 4. Djomeh (Iran) 5. Memento 6. Hedwig and the Angry Inch 7. Ghost World 8. Startup.com 9. Tape 10. In the Bedroom
Runners-up: The Pledge, Series 7: The Contenders, Waking Life, Thomas in Love, Iris, Faithless, Cure, The Ma... 
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