Well, I started on this so-called awards show with 2010 and then realized I've actually seen more films from 2009, so it made sense to go back and start with that year first. For each award I'll give a top 5 or 10 as well as the winner. For the specific genre awards (like Best Drama), a movie is not eligible if it is already nominated for Film of the Year. Any films in that category are automatically better than any of the genre winners. If I haven't seen at least three decent films from a genre, I'm not giving an award. Runner-ups are listed alphabetically. For my favorite scenes, if a Youtube clip is available, I've linked to it. Now let's start this retrospective look at awards from 2009!
Film of the Year
(500) Days of Summer, directed by Marc Webb.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, directed by Werner Herzog.
Black Dynamite, directed by Scott Sanders.
Fantastic Mr. Fox, directed by Wes Anderson.
Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino.
The Messenger, directed by Oren Moverman.
The Secret in Their Eyes, directed by Juan Jose Campanella.
A Single Man, directed by Tom Ford.
Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman.
You, the Living, directed by Roy Andersson.
Best Action Film
Star Trek, directed by J.J. Abrams.
Avatar, directed by James Cameron.
District 9, directed by Neill Blomkamp.
Sherlock Holmes, directed by Guy Ritchie.
Watchmen, directed by Zack Snyder.
Best Adventure Film
The Road, directed by John Hillcoat.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam.
Sin Nombre, directed by Cary Fukanaga.
Best Animated Film
A Town Called Panic, directed by Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, directed by Chris Miller and Phil Lord.
Coraline, directed by Henry Selick.
Mary and Max, directed by Adam Elliot.
Up, directed by Pete Docter and Bob Peterson.
Best Comedy
I Love You, Man, directed by Ivan Reitman and John Hamburg.
The Hangover, directed by Todd Phillips.
Humpday, directed by Lynn Shelton.
A Serious Man, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
Zombieland, directed by Ruben Fleischer.
Best Crime Film
A Prophet, directed by Jacques Audiard.
Ajami, directed by Scandar Copti and Yaron Shani.
Bronson, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
Best Drama
Moon, directed by Duncan Jones.
Crazy Heart, directed by Scott Cooper.
Goodbye Solo, directed by Ramin Bahrani.
Silent Light, directed by Carlos Reygadas.
Trucker, directed by James Mottern.
Best Romance/Romantic Comedy
Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes.
35 Shots of Rum, directed by Claire Denis.
Adventureland, directed by Greg Mottola.
An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig.
Everlasting Moments, directed by Jan Troell.
Best Thriller
Just Another Love Story, directed by Ole Bornedal.
Drag Me To Hell, directed by Sam Raimi.
Taken, directed by Pierre Morel.
Best War Film
The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan.
The Men Who Stare at Goats, directed by Grant Heslov.
Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker.
Tom Ford for A Single Man.
Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon.
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air.
Marc Webb for (500) Days of Summer.
Best Directorial Debut
Tom Ford for A Single Man.
Cary Fukunaga for Sin Nombre.
Duncan Jones for Moon.
Oren Moverman for The Messenger.
Marc Webb for (500) Days of Summer.
Best Actor
Viggo Mortensen as The Man in The Road.
George Clooney as Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air.
Colin Firth as George Falconer in A Single Man.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen in (500) Days of Summer.
Tom Hardy as Charles Bronson in Bronson.
Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell in Moon.
Best Actress
Melanie Laurent as Shosanna Dreyfus in Inglourious Basterds.
Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn in (500) Days of Summer.
Alison Lohman as Christine Brown in Drag Me To Hell.
Michelle Monaghan as Diane Ford in Trucker.
Carey Mulligan as Jenny Mellor in An Education.
Soledad Villamil as Irene Menendez Hastings in The Secret in Their Eyes.
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.
Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell as Imaginarium Tony 1, 2, and 3 in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Jake Gyllenhaal as Tommy Cahill in Brothers.
Woody Harrelson as Tony Stone in The Messenger and Tallahassee in Zombieland.
Anthony Mackie as J.T. Sanborn in The Hurt Locker.
Kodi Smit-McPhee as The Boy in The Road.
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt as Norah Norkowski in Sunshine Cleaning.
Vera Farmiga as Alex Goran in Up in the Air.
Julianne Moore as Charley in A Single Man.
Natalie Portman as Grace Cahill in Brothers.
Charlize Theron as Wife in The Road.
Best Comedic Performance
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen in (500) Days of Summer.
George Clooney as Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air.
Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn in (500) Days of Summer.
John Krasinski as Burt Farlander in Away We Go.
Michael Stuhlbarg as Larry Gopnik in A Serious Man.
Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite in Black Dynamite.
Best Supporting Comedic Performance
Vera Farmiga as Alex Goran in Up in the Air.
Emily Blunt as Norah Norkowski in Sunshine Cleaning.
Bill Hader as Bobby in Adventureland.
Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee in Zombieland.
Richard Kind as Arthur Gopnik in A Serious Man.
Jude Law as Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes.
Best Cast
The Road: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Michael K. Williams.
Inglourious Basterds: Brad Pitt, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, B.J. Novak, Mike Myers.
The Messenger: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Steve Buscemi, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker.
The Secret in Their Eyes: Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Carla Quevedo, Barbara Palladino.
A Single Man: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori, Ginnifer Goodwin.
Up in the Air: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Zach Galifianakis.
Best Original Screenplay
(500) Days of Summer, written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber.
The Hurt Locker, written by Mark Boal.
Inglourious Basterds, written by Quentin Tarantino.
The Messenger, written by Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman.
Moon, written by Nathan Parker and Duncan Jones.
A Prophet, written by Jacques Audiard et al.
Best Adapted Screenplay
Fantastic Mr. Fox, written by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, adapted from Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl.
Coraline, written by Henry Selick, adapted from Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
The Road, written by Joe Penhall, adapted from The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
The Secret in Their Eyes, written by Eduardo Sacheri and Juan Jose Campanella, adapted from The Question in Their Eyes by Eduardo Sacheri.
A Single Man, written by Tom Ford and David Scearce, adapted from A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood.
Up in the Air, written by Sheldon Turner and Jason Reitman, adapted from Up in the Air by Walter Kirn.
Best Cinematography
Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker.
Christian Berger for The White Ribbon.
Mauro Fiore for Avatar.
Eduard Grau for A Single Man.
Robert Richardson for Inglourious Basterds.
Biggest Surprise
Coraline: Henry Selick finally returned with some of the best stop-motion animation of all time.
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans: Xzibit, Eva Mendes, lizards, and Nic Cage being batshit insane. And it's good!
Black Dynamite: A film making fun of 70s racial stereotypes ended up being the funniest pure comedy of the year.
Drag Me To Hell: Sam Raimi's follow-up to the terrible Spider-Man 3 is a camp horror flick? Give me more!
Paranormal Activity: Apparently less is more when it comes to horror films.
A Single Man: Far less gay-centric than you'd think, and great enough so it doesn't matter.
Biggest Disappointment
Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood.
Avatar, directed by James Cameron.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, directed by Carlos Saldanha.
The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson.
Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann.
Where the Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze.
Most Underrated
Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes.
Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam.
The Road, directed by John Hillcoat.
Taken, directed by Pierre Morel.
Watchmen, directed by Zack Snyder.
Most Overrated
In the Loop, directed by Armando Iannucci.
Bruno, directed by Larry Charles and Dan Mazer.
The Informant!, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Monsters vs. Aliens, directed by Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman.
Public Enemies, directed by Michael Mann.
World's Greatest Dad, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.
Best Back-to-Back Films
Jason Reitman, for following Juno with Up in the Air.
Pete Docter, for following Monsters, Inc. with Up.
John Hillcoat, for following The Proposition with The Road.
Greg Mottola, for following Superbad with Adventureland.
Zack Snyder, for following 300 with Watchmen.
Worst Follow-Up
Werner Herzog, for following Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans with My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done.
Peter Jackson, for following King Kong with The Lovely Bones.
Spike Jonze, for following Adaptation with Where the Wild Things Are.
Carlos Saldanha, for following Ice Age 2: The Meltdown with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Best Scene
Carl & Ellie - Up.
Reality vs. Expectations - (500) Days of Summer.
His Soul Is Still Dancing - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Anaconda Malt Liquor - Black Dynamite.
The Goat Scene - Drag Me To Hell.
Are You Cussin' With Me? - Fantastic Mr. Fox.
That's Why They Call It A Suicide Bomb - The Hurt Locker.
Cannibal House - The Road.
Soccer Chase Scene - The Secret in Their Eyes.
Starry Night - Silent Light.
The Times Are A-Changing - Watchmen.
Best Poster
Worst Film of the Year
Year One, directed by Harold Ramis.
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, directed by Troy Duffy.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, directed by John Krasinski.
Bruno, directed by Larry Charles and Dan Mazer.
Dead Snow, directed by Tommy Wirkola.
Extract, directed by Mike Judge.
The Girlfriend Experience, directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Monsters vs. Aliens, directed by Conrad Vernon.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop, directed by Steve Carr.
A Perfect Getaway, directed by David Twohy.
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