Leave it to the American Film Institute to come out with the most entertaining top-10 list so far. The group, which is known for putting crowd-pleasing comedies next to more prestigious dramas, did the same this year with its list of the 10 best of the year. Their 10 is below:
Coraline
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
The Messenger
Precious
A Serious Man
A Single Man
Sugar
Up
Up in the Air
First: YAYY first commenter!!!
Secondly: Good for them!
“Sugar” was SO good! Glad to see it get some recognition!
go hangover!
loved that movie. also love the nod to the messenger.
but, i loved many more films more than a serious man. oh well.
Go Meryl!! Go Precious!! Go UP!!
I’m glad Coraline, the Hangover and Up, three movies I saw and loved last summer made the list.
Where is INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS on this list?
not on the list!
Maybe because a portion of it was subtitled.
well you haven’t seen Sugar then, most of it was in Spanish.
Agreed! This movie should be here!!
Happy for Precious! Sad that 500 Days of Summer didn’t make it. I’d put that film second behind Precious. And…the Hangover was good…but there were better comedies that came out this year. Overall, very nice list!
I agree!! 500 Days of Summer is definitely one of the year’s best. Fingers crossed for a Golden Globe nom and possibly more!
i agree, i loved 500 days of summer. i wish more people went to go see it. i predict it will be appreciated more in a few years. much like eternal sunshine.
I did not know anything about 500 Days of Summer until you mentioned it in some post. I was so disappointed that it is not out on DVD yet. Can’t wait to see it.
out 12/22 on dvd
So far for me it’s simply the best movie I’ve seen this year. At the time it was in theaters, a lot of critics said it was one of the best this year. Now, its no where on anyone’s list for best of the year.
Great for A Serious Man and A Single Man. Don’t confuse the two.
A few years ago, both The Good Sheperd and The Good German were released at the same time. But they weren’t serious awards contenders.
Star Trek was the best movie of the year.
Im not sure if you are serious or joking
it will interesting this year to see 10 movies nominated for best picture at the oscars. maybe the academy did this to include some blockbusters and comedies.
the messenger
the hurt locker
500 days of summer
avatar
star trek
a single man
up in the air
invictus
up
I loved 500 Days of Summer. I haven’t seen all the movies on this list yet, but I enjoyed it more than the ones on here that I have.
Good list overall. I can’t help but think that maybe The Hangover got in on popularity more than anything, but no complaints.
Such a great movie – not just because it was funny, but it was really well done. I’m happy for director Todd Phillips and the cast, and I’m glad to see it included.
Why is Avatar not included on the list?
most likely due to the plot, or so I hear
They should bump The Hangover and put Avatar on the list.
I wonder why Where the Wild Things Are is being consistently shut out. It’s a breath of fresh air, gorgeous film, really different for the genre, so much better than the stream monotony that Pixar and Disney has been churning out. It was better than Up by a long shot.
No, I would say Up should be on the list. It was easily one of the best films of the year.
Up was good. Where The Wild Things Are was just way better.
BTW, I’m sure you don’t mean for your moniker to sound creepy, but it kinda does.
“LittleKidLover” is likely a reference to The Office.
It hasn’t been completely shut out. For what it’s worth, the NBR recognized it.
Obviously each one has a version of their top 10 of the year — to search for your fave film in every critics’ list is understandable but to insist that your fave should be in every list is misguided — no critics’ association think alike. Glad that “Sugar”, “Coraline”, Precious” and “The Hurt Locker” got deserved nods. I have not seen the other films in the list yet so I cannot just hail just because they are in every list. But great and interesting list as always.
his moniker is actually from “The Office” when Michael Scott registers for a dating website. He says that he wants people to know that he hopes to have a family, so he chooses the screenname “LittleKidLover”
Ohhh…damn, I’ve seen every episode and I didn’t get the joke. For shame. My bad.
I think it didn’t register right away because we were talking about kids movies too. heh