Top Tens (New York Edition)

A collection of NY based film critics top film picks of 2009:

A.O. SCOTT (The New York Times)

1. Where the Wild Things Are
2. The Hurt Locker \ In the Loop
3. Summer Hours \ Of Time & City
4. Up in the Air \ Funny People
5. Bright Star \ Medicine for Melancholy
6. Precious \ Coraline
7. Avatar \ District 9
8. A Serious Man \ Anvil! The Story of Anvil
9. Goodbye, Solo \ Sugar
10. Gomirrah \ The Baader Meinoff Complex

Sneaky New Yorker putting 19 films on a 10 best list, I suppose there's a comparative relation to the films listed, but perhaps only Mr. Scott knows what they are.

MANOHLA DARGIS (The New York Times)
(unranked)

• Gomorrah
• Tulpan
• The Hurt Locker
• The Beaches of Agnes
• Public Enemies
• Beeswax
• Ponyo
• The Informant!
• Where the Wild Things Are
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Sun
• Avatar

STEPHEN HOLDEN (The New York Times)

1. Up in the Air
2. The White Ribbon
3. Still Walking
4. The Messenger
5. 35 Shots of Rum
6. The Hurt Locker
7. The Headless Woman
8. An Education
9. Summer Hours
10. Disgrace

LISA SCHWARTBAUM (Entertainment Weekly

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Up
3. Coraline
4. Up in the Air
5. Where the Wild Things Are
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. A Serious Man
8. Big Fan
9. District 9
10. Everlasting Moments

OWEN GLIEBERMAN (Entertainment Weekly)

1. Up in the Air
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
4. I Love You, Man
5. Food, Inc.
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. Fantastic Mr. Fox
8. The Girlfriend Experience
9. The Hurt Locker
10. Adventureland