Best of 2009

Films
1 The Hurt Locker
2 Up in the Air
3 Inglourious Basterds
4 The Damned United
5 An Education
6 A Single Man
7 Tetro
8 A Serious Man
9 State of Play
10 Star Trek


11 Trucker
12 In the Loop
13 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
14 Two Lovers
15 Bright Star
16 Crazy Heart
17 Avatar
18 Sunshine Cleaning
19 The Burning Plain
20 Precious


Directors
1 Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
2 Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
3 Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
4 Tom Hooper, The Damned United
5 Tom Ford, A Single Man

Actors
1 Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
2 George Clooney, Up in the Air
3 Colin Firth, A Single Man
4 Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
5 Michael Sheen, The Damned United


Actresses
1 Carey Mulligan, An Education
2 Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated
3 Amy Adams, Sunshine Cleaning
4 Michelle Monaghan, Trucker
5 Abbie Cornish, Bright Star


Supporting Actors
1 Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
2 Timothy Spall, The Damned United
3 Matt Damon, Invictus
4 Alfred Molina, An Education
5 Christopher Plummer, The Last Station


Supporting Actresses
1 Mo’Nique, Precious
2 Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
3 Charlize Theron, The Burning Plain
4 Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
5 Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air


Screenwriters
1 Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
2 Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
3 Mark Boal, The Hurt Locker
4 Nick Hornby, An Education
5 Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man

Cinematography
1 Mauro Fiore, Avatar
2 Christian Berger, The White Ribbon
3 Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
4 Eduard Grau, A Single Man
5 Ben Smithard, The Damned United

Foreign-Language Films
1 The White Ribbon (Austria)
2 Lorna’s Silence (Belgium)
3 Red Cliff (China)
4 The Maid (Chile)
5 Broken Embraces (Spain)