2009 was a great year in film. There were enourmously huge blockbusters, quiet indie films, a Tarantino flick, some great comedies, and some amazing animation. Unfortunately, I’m once again catching up before the Oscars air. There were a lot of films that had limited releases that I just didn’t get to see yet, and several of those films are nominated.

This year’s Oscars are also quite interesting. There are ten best picture nominees, though it’s sort of easy to tell which five are the “gimmes” and which would’ve been the top five. That said, it’s going to be one of the most difficult set of predictions that I’ve done yet… Enough Oscar talk, though. Here are some movies I enjoyed in 2009:

My favourite films, in alphatbetical order, are:

(500) Days of Summer
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Avatar
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air

Movies worth noting:

Adventureland
Away We Go
The Cove
District 9
Food, Inc.
I Love You, Man
It Might Get Loud
Julie & Julia
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Sherlock Holmes
Zombieland

Films I have yet to see:

Crazy Heart
An Education
Invictus
Knowing
The Messenger
Moon
The Road
A Serious Man
A Single Man
White Ribbon