Honorable Mentions:
Medicine for Meloncholy – Berry Jenkins
The Informant – Steven Soderbergh
10. The Headless Woman – Lucrecia Martel
9. Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas
8. Taking Woodstock – Ang Lee
7. The Class – Laurent Cantet
6. The Hurt Locker – Katheryn Bigalow
5. A Serious Man – Coen Brothers
4. Hunger – Steve McQueen
3. Up – Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
2. Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze
1. The White Ribbon – Michael Haneke












3 Comments
Weren’t “The Headless Woman”, “Summer Hours”, “The Class”, and “Hunger” all 2008 releases Mr. Sanchez?
My criteria is that the film be realized in the US in 2009. Personal preference I guess.
Released theartrically rather…not realized.