Quentin Tarantino Picks His Top 8 Films of 2009

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted:December 14th, 2009 at 4:30 pm


quentin_tarantino_image__2_.jpgQuentin Tarantino recently did an interview with The Hollywood Reporter and he told them his favorite films of 2009.  But he did his list with an asterisk, as he admitted to not having seen Avatar, Invictus, or The Lovely Bones.  As of right now, his top eight films are:

1. Star Trek (JJ Abrams)
2. Drag Me To Hell (Sam Raimi)
3. Funny People (Judd Apatow)
4. Up in the Air (Jason Reitman)
5. Chocolate (Prachya Pinkaew)
6. Observe and Report (Jody Hill)
7. Precious (Lee Daniels)
8. An Education (Lone Scherfig)

If you’d like to watch him say his list and explain how things might change, hit the jump:


Of course when anyone makes a best of the year list, you will always wonder why certain great films never made the cut.  Quickly looking over his top eight, you immediately wonder where is Pixar’s Up.  But, at the same time, how many are going to say Drag Me To Hell is their number two film of the year.  I’m curious what his final list will look like.







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  1. Richard of Norway @

    Good list!
    Frosty, although I love your journalism and writing I have to strongly disagree with your praise and raving about Pixar’s UP. Yes, it was good but why does it always have to end on people’s ‘best of’ lists? It is SOOOO over rated to the point of me wondering if it’s not Pixar’s weakest film to date. You probably say Cars is but honestly, for me Up is a strong contender. Parts of it were brilliant but too much of it was cliché after cliché with the “bad guy” being almost an act of desperation. Why did he have to be “bad” and why need a “bad guy” at all? And so many other problems it had. Up does not deserve all the praise it is getting. Sorry!
    But Avatar on the other hand…

  2. Richard of Norway @

    Good list!
    Frosty, although I love your journalism and writing I have to strongly disagree with your praise and raving about Pixar’s UP. Yes, it was good but why does it always have to end on people’s ‘best of’ lists? It is SOOOO over rated to the point of me wondering if it’s not Pixar’s weakest film to date. You probably say Cars is but honestly, for me Up is a strong contender. Parts of it were brilliant but too much of it was cliché after cliché with the “bad guy” being almost an act of desperation. Why did he have to be “bad” and why need a “bad guy” at all? And so many other problems it had. Up does not deserve all the praise it is getting. Sorry!
    But Avatar on the other hand…


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