Back in March of this year, I posted my picks for the best films of 2009. At the time, I chose eleven films to represent the year. Now, I have augmented the list with two films from '09 that I have only recently viewed. I highly recommend all of the films listed.
The list:
Wai Ka-fai's Written by
Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker
Park Chan-wook's Thirst
Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death
Hong Sangsoo's Like You Know It All
Herman Yau's Split Second Murders
Hur Jin-ho's A Good Rain Knows
Corneliu Porumboiu's Police, adjective
Boo Ji-young's Sisters On the Road
John Woo's Red Cliff
Sam Raimi's Drag Me To Hell
Lone Scherfig's An Education
Nicolas Winding Refn's Bronson