Final 2010 Movie List

Along the lines of my reading list which I posted yesterday, here are the films I saw in 2010. This is primarily based on Netflix ratings so I may be missing some stuff I saw in the theater...

1. Withnail and I
2. Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel
3. Jennifer's Body
4. District 9*
5. Extract
6. The Hurt Locker*
7. Taking Woodstock
8. Volver
9. Whatever Works
10. Zombieland*
11. New York, I Love You
12. Dear Zachary*
13. Girl on a Motorcycle
14. Mitch Hedberg: Mitch All Together
15. (500)Days of Summer
16. Moon*
17. Down By Law*
18. The Squid and The Whale*
19. Neil Young: Heart of Gold
20. Good Hair
21. Paranormal Activity
22. Where The Wild Things Are
23. Broken Embraces
24. The Men Who Stare at Goats
25. Grizzly Man*
26. Black Dynamite
27. Fantastic Mr. Fox*
28. Crazy Heart
29. The Informant
30. Gentleman Broncos
31. The Guatemalen Handshake
32. Shutter Island*
33. My Effortless Brilliance
34. Public Enemies
35. A Serious Man
36. The Road
37. Greenberg*
38. Hot Tub Time Machine
39. Capitalism: A Love Story
40. In The Loop
41. The Room*
42. Youth In Revolt
43. The Vice Guide To Travel
44. Happy Go-Lucky*
45. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
46. The White Ribbon*
47. Big Fan
48. Beyond The Valley of Dolls
49. Apocalypse Now Redux*
50. Get Him To The Greek
51. Burden of Dreams*
52. The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
53. Winter's Bone*
54. Red Cliff
55. City of God*
56. Exit Through The Gift Shop*
57. Stranger Than Paradise*
58. The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
59. Coffy
60. Knife in the Water
61. Hannah Takes The Stairs
62. My Winnipeg
63. The Girlfriend Experience
64. Following
65. Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
66. Stroszek
67. Ong Bak: The Thai Warrior
68. In Cold Blood
69. The Book of Eli
70. Alice in Wonderland
71. Inception*

* - Highly recommended

2009 movie list
2008 movie list
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Final 2009 Movie List

With work getting busier and the emergence of Facebook as my primary means of communication, I haven't been posting here lately. Don't know if that'll change in the new year, but at least over the next few days I hope to post my normal year-end wrap ups on music, books and movies. With no further adieu here are the 87 movies I've seen this year (blowing away my old 2007 record):

Best new movie I saw: Away We Go or Inglourious Basterds (relatively weak year)
Best 2008 movie I saw this year: The Wrester (honorable mention to Ballast and Wendy & Lucy)
Best old movie I'd never seen: Coal Miner's Daughter
Best TV Series on DVD: Twin Peaks

1. The Lives of Others*
2. Factory Girl
3. Brazil*
4. Pineapple Express
5. Notorious
6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona*
9. The Wrestler*
10. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
11. Forgetting Sarah Marshall*
12. Man on Wire*
13. Choke
14. The Notorious Bettie Page
15. Slam
16. Shotgun Stories*
17. Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan
18. The Watchmen*
19. The Visitor*
20. I Love You Man
21. Synecdoche, New York*
22. Rachel Getting Married
23. Religulous
24. Milk
25. Snow Angels
26. The Gits
27. Factotum
28. Old Joy*
29. Doubt*
30. Observe & Report
31. The Hawk Is Dying
32. Foot Fist Way*
33. Interview
34. Frost/Nixon
35. Reign Over Me
36. All The Real Girls
37. The Spirit
38. Tropic Thunder
39. Wendy & Lucy*
40. Vanishing Point
41. Eastern Promises
42. American Teen
43. Tell No One
44. A Woman Is A Woman
45. The Yes Men Fix The World
46. Summer Breakdown
47. Gotta Dance
48. Zombie
49. Facing Ali
50. Know Your Mushrooms
51. Teeth
52. Art & Copy
53. The Hangover
54. Wild At Heart*
55. Year One
56. Everything Is Illuminated
57. Let The Right One In*
58. The Comedians of Comedy
59. Bruno
60. The Spanish Prisoner
61. Julie & Julia
62. Inglourious Basterds*
63. Gore Gore Girls
64. Fire Walk With Me
65. Junebug*
66. Amores Perros*
67. Tyson*
68. Visioneers
69. Away We Go*
70. Donkey Punch
71. Adventureland
72. Coal Miner's Daughter*
73. Breathless
74. Undertow*
75. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
76. Senator Obama Goes to Africa
77. The Beatles: Help!
78. Precious
79. Humpday*
80. Paper Heart*
81. Sugar*
82. One Fast Move Or I'm Gone*
83. Bourne Identity
84. Cthulhu
85. Man In The Sand
86. Ballast*
87. Repulsion*

Previously:
2008 movie list
2007 movie list

* - Highly recommended

Observe & Report

Film #30 for me in '09 was Observe and Report.

My NetFlix rating: 2.5 stars
Jamie says: Amusing at times, but pretty much the same ol' film with a less likeable main character.
RIYL: Any of the slew of Seth Rogan films from the last couple years

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Doubt

Film #29 for me in '09 was Doubt.

My NetFlix rating: 4.5 stars
Jamie says: Another jewel in the crown of great movies I've seen so far this year. Loved it. How can it only have a 78 on Rotten Tomatoes? For shame.
RIYL: Great acting + a stirring script

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Old Joy

Film #28 for me in '09 was Old Joy.

My NetFlix rating: 4.5 stars
Jamie says: Fantabolous subtle goodness.
RIYL: Bonnie Prince Billy, Oregon, Raymond Carver

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Factotum

If you think I'm behind on my movie blogging, what 'til you see my book blogging. Sigh.

Film #27 for me in '09 was Factotum.

My NetFlix rating: 2.5 stars
Jamie says: Who knew you could make Bukowski boring?
RIYL: Lili Taylor, Matt Dillon

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

The Gits

Film #26 for me in '09 was The Gits.

My NetFlix rating: 3 stars
Jamie says: So-so documentary about an icon of the Seattle music scene.
RIYL: Hype

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Snow Angels

Film #25 for me in '09 was Snow Angels.

My NetFlix rating: 4 stars
Jamie says: Another stunning tragedy from David Gordon Green.
RIYL: Shotgun Stories, George Washington

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Milk

Film #24 for me in '09 was Milk.

My NetFlix rating: 4 stars
Jamie says: Still not convinced that Sean Penn should've beat out Mickey Rourke for the Oscar, but I'm at least more zen with it now.
RIYL: Malcolm X, Into the Wild

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Religulous

Film #23 for me in '09 was Religulous.

My NetFlix rating: 3 stars
Jamie says: At times hilarious, at times annoyingly self righteous. Basically exactly what you'd expect from a Bill Maher film.
RIYL: Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchins

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Rachel Getting Married

Film #22 for me in '09 was Rachel Getting Married.

My NetFlix rating: 4 stars
Jamie says: Dear Anne Hathaway, I am sorry I wrote you off based on The Princess Diaries. I now see the error of my ways.
RIYL: Girl Interrupted, Robyn Hitchcock, Neil Young

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Synecdoche, New York

Film #21 for me in '09 was Synecdoche, New York.

My NetFlix rating: 3.5 stars
Jamie says: Always good when your biggest complaint about a film is that it's too ambitious
RIYL: The Truman Show, Being John Malkovich

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Films #1-20

Here's a quick recap of the 20 films I've seen so far this year.

1. The Lives of Others*
2. Factory Girl
3. Brazil*
4. Pineapple Express
5. Notorious
6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
7. Bright Lights, Big City
8. Vicky Cristina Barcelona*
9. The Wrestler*
10. Zack & Miri Make a Porno
11. Forgetting Sarah Marshall*
12. Man on Wire*
13. Choke
14. The Notorious Bettie Page
15. Slam
16. Shotgun Stories*
17. Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan
18. The Watchmen*
19. The Visitor*
20. I Love You Man

* - Highly recommended

I Love You Man

Film #20 for me in '09 was I Love You Man.

My NetFlix rating: 3.75 stars
Jamie says: Paul Rudd & Jason Segal are some funny dudes.
RIYL: Role Models. Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

The Visitor

Film #19 for me in '09 was The Visitor.

My NetFlix rating: 4.5 stars
Jamie says: This is going to be a strong contender for best film I see this year.
RIYL: Indie films, Richard Jenkins, Babel

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

The Watchmen

Film #18 for me in '09 was Watchmen.

My NetFlix rating: 3.75 stars
Jamie says: I waited far too long and was far too excited that this was coming out to be a fair judge. I do think that the movie did a reasonable job of adapting the book, but the book is still way better :-)
RIYL: Comics, The Dark Knight

Official site
Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan

Film #17 for me in '09 was Shakespeare Was A Big George Jones Fan.

My NetFlix rating: 3.75 stars
Jamie says: Like watching your Grandparents old home videos...if your Grandparents were June and Johnny Cash.
RIYL: Real country, Cowboy Jack Clement, Johnny Cash, George Jones, Dolly Parton...

Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Shotgun Stories

Film #16 for me in '09 was Shotgun Stories.

My NetFlix rating: 4 stars
Jamie says: Shakespearean tragedy meets Faulkner
RIYL: Southern Gothic, Deliverance, George Washington, Lucero

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Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

Slam

Film #15 for me in '09 was Slam.

My NetFlix rating: 3.75 stars
Jamie says: Saul Williams could just read his poems for the whole film and it'd still be awesome, but we get Saul and Sonja Sohn too?!
RIYL: Amethyst Rock Star

Rotten Tomatoes reviews
Wikipedia

The Notorious Bettie Page

Film #14 for me in '09 was The Notorious Bettie Page.

My NetFlix rating: 1.5 stars
Jamie says: Gouge your eyes out boring. The casting & acting save it from being a total wreck.
RIYL: The Notorious P-A-Ge.

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Wikipedia