QUAD Derby

Its that time of year when everyone starts reviewing the past year, so we thought we'd jump on the bandwagon and look at the best films of 2009.

Obviously we asked the QUAD Film Programmer Adam Marsh first, and he should know what he''s talking about!

Top Ten Films of 2009 (in no particular order):

35 Shots Of Rum– France 2009 Dir: Claire Denis
Katalin Varga – UK / Romania 2009 Dir: Peter Strickland
Let The Right One In – Sweden 2009 Dir: Tomas Alfredson
The White Ribbon – Austria 2009 Dir: Michael Haneke
Fish Tank – UK 2009 Dir: Andrea Arnold
Fantastic Mr Fox – UK / USA  2009 Dir: Wes Anderson
Broken Embraces – Spain 2009 Dir: Pedro Almodovar
O’Horton – Norway 2007 (released this year) Dir: Bent Hamer
Moon – UK 2009 Dir: Duncan Jones
The Beaches Of Agnes France 2009 Dir: Agnes Varda

But then Adam realised it is also nearly the end of the decade, so he went one step further and wrote another list...

Top Ten Films of the Decade (in no particular order):

35 Shots Of Rum – France 2009 Dir: Claire Denis
The Death Of Mr Lazarescu – Romania 2005 Dir: Cristi Puiu
Amelie France 2001 Dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Requiem For A Dream USA 2000 Dir: Darren Aronofsky
Mullholland Drive  USA/France   2001 Dir: David Lynch
Dancer In The Dark Denmark 2000 Dir: Lars Von Trier
Donnie Darko USA 2001 Dir: Richard Kelly
In The Mood For Love Hong Kong 2000 Dir Wong Kar-Wai
The Dark Knight USA 2008 Dir: Christopher Nolan
The Incredibles USA 2004 Dir: Brad Bird

A decade is a long time isn't it - seems like ages ago that Amelie was released!