5 Jun, 2010
Seattle International Film Festival - Personal Movie Rankings
All the other folks lists inspired me to make an attempt. Boy is it hard, I spent a few hours on this so far and still question each rank. Hats off to everyone else publishing lists.
I like movies that take me away to another place or time, make me feel for the characters, or teach me about something I didn't know.
Simply brilliant, definitely would see more than once
Ranking Title
1 Winter's Bone, directed by Debra Granik (USA, 2010) 95 min
2 City of Life and Death
3 Prince of Tears, directed by Yonfan (Hong Kong, 2009) 122 min
4 The Hedgehog, directed by Mona Achache (France, 2009) 98 min
5 Mao's Last Dancer, directed by Bruce Beresford (Australia, 2009) 117 min
6 Tucker & Dale vs Evil
7 Hipsters, directed by Valery Todorovsky (Russia, 2009) 125 min
Time very well spent - wouldn't mind seeing again later
8 Au Revoir Taipei
9 Secret #3
10 Castaway on the Moon
11 Cargo
12 Disco and Automic War
13 The Concert, directed by Radu Mihaileanu (France, 2009) 119 min
14 Skeletons, directed by Nick Whitfield (United Kingdom, 2009) 95 min
15 Me Too, directed by Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro (Spain, 2009)
16 Crossing Hennessy, directed by Ivy Ho (Hong Kong, 2010) 105 min
17 When We Leave, directed by Feo Aladag (Germany, 2009) 119 min
18 Cell 211
19 Little Big Soldier
20 Cairo Time, directed by Ruba Nadda (Canada, 2009) 88 min
21 Stolen, directed by Violeta Ayala and Dan Fallshaw (Australia, 2009) 75 min
22 Southern District, directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia (Bolivia, 2009) 109 min
23 Vortex
24 Katalin Varga
25 The Reverse
26 Trotsky
27 Henry of Navarre
28 The Dancer and the Thief
29 The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, directed by Leanne Pooley (New Zealand, 2009) 84 min
30 Run If You Can, directed by Dietrich Brüggemann (USA, 2010) 100 min
31 Hugh Hefner
32 Blessed, directed by Ana Kokkinos (Australia, 2009) 115 min
33 Secret #2
34 Last Train Home, directed by Lixin Fan (China, 2009) 87 min
Happy I went but pretty much like watching most mainstream movies
35 Cherry, directed by Jeffrey Fine (USA, 2010) 100 min
36 I am Love
37 Waste Land, directed by Lucy Walker (United Kingdom, 2010) 98 min
38 Farsan
39 Restrepo, directed by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington (USA, 2010) 96 min
40 Turistas, directed by Alicia Scherson (Chile, 2009) 104 min
41 Ondine, directed by Neil Jordan (USA, 2009) 111 min
42 The Tillman Story, directed by Amir Bar-Lev (USA, 2010) 94 min
43 Soul Kitchen, directed by Fatih Akin (Germany, 2009) 99 min
44 Farewell
45 Agora, directed by Alejandro Amenábar (Spain, 2009) 126 min
46 Centurion
47 Tsar
48 Reykjavik-Rotterdam
49 Loose Cannons
50 Leaves of Grass
51 Bus Palladium, directed by Christopher Thompson (France, 2010) 100 min
52 Marwencol, directed by Jeff Malmberg (USA, 2010) 82 min
53 Cane Toads: The Conquest
54 Eleanor's Secret
55 The Actresses
56 Twisted Root
57 Son of Babylon, directed by Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq, 2010) 91 min
58 Dear Lemon Limon
59 American Faust
60 Mt St Elias
61 Every Day, directed by Richard Levine (USA, 2010) 93 min
62 Skateland, directed by Anthony Burns (USA, 2010) 98 min
63 Letters to Father Jacob
64 Gerrymandering
65 Splice
66 An Ordinary Execution, directed by Marc Dugain (France, 2010) 105 min
67 Kanikosen
68 Patagonia, directed by Marc Evans (United Kingdom, 2010) 90 min
69 For the Good of Others
70 Miss Nobody, directed by Tom Cox (USA, 2010) 90 min
71 The Extra Man
72 Adult Animation
73 Northwest Connections
74 Cyrus
75 Turn It Loose
76 The River
77 Blood Relation, directed by Noa Ben-Hagai (Israel, 2009) 75 min
78 Excited
79 The French Kissers
80 3Some
81 I Miss You, directed by Fabián Hofman (Mexico, 2010) 100 min
82 Down Terrace
Wish I had seen it on TV where I can stop the pain and fast forward
83 Meet Monica Velour, directed by Keith Bearden (USA, 2010) 97 min
84 Father of My Children, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve (France, 2009) 110 min
85 The Dry Land, directed by Ryan Piers Williams (USA, 2010) 92 min
86 Hidden Diary
87 Life During Wartime, directed by Todd Solondz (USA, 2009) 96 min
88 Going South
89 The String
90 Like You Know It All
91 My Year Without Sex
92 Countdown to Zero, directed by Lucy Walker (USA, 2010) 92 min
93 Woman Without Piano
94 Father's Acre
95 Secret #1
96 The Owls
97 Imani, directed by Caroline Kamya (Uganda, 2009) 82 min
98 sex & drugs & rock & roll
99 Huacho
100 Devil's Town
101 Some Days Are Better Than Others, directed by Matt McCormick (USA, 2010) 93 min
102 The Freebie, directed by Katie Aselton (USA, 2010) 78 min
Really wish I had my life back
103 Angel at Sea, directed by Frédéric Dumont (Belgium, 2009) 86 min
104 Stigmata, directed by Adán Aliaga (Spain, 2009) 100 min
105 Amer, directed by Hélène Cattet (Belgium, 2009) 90 min
106 The Wild Hunt
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