2009 gets a bit short-changed with everyone focussing on their “best of the decade” lists, but these are my picks for the best movies and albums of 2009. I haven’t heard nearly as many albums as I’d like to, and it’ll probably take me until half way through ’10 to catch up on all of the movies that I want to see from last year on DVD. But from what I’ve seen/heard, here are my lists:
Favourite Movies of 2009
- (500) Days of Summer
- Where the Wild Things Are
- Adventureland
- Sunshine Cleaning
- Star Trek
- The Hangover
- Avatar
- I Love You, Man
- Away We Go
- The Princess and the Frog
Favourite Albums of 2009
- I and Love and You – The Avett Brothers
- Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
- It’s Blitz! – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Wilco (The Album) – Wilco
- My Old, Familiar Friend – Brendan Benson
- Fortress ‘Round My Heart – Ida Maria
- Territory – Two Hours Traffic
- It’s Not Me, It’s You – Lily Allen
- Backspacer – Pearl Jam
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Times Like Those 