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1 January 2010 10:46 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

While many critics are rolling out or have rolled out their Top 10 movies of the year or even the decade, I found myself devising my own and realizing that they seem to be more or less similar to others'. Where the Wild Things Are, Inglourious Basterds, Up, The Hurt Locker, A Serious Man... These are great, great movies that have gotten their dose of attention, thanks to the names behind them. So what are the ones left in the dust?

The following movies are all considered 2009 movies by their Us theatrical date. All of them, however, received only limited releases and never went wide. These are my favorites of the year that, if you haven't heard of them or was never given the chance to see them, I highly recommend hunting down on DVD. They are absolutely worth it.

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Top Ten:

1. Medicine for Melancholy

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- Arya Ponto

1 January 2010 9:59 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

One more round of nominations have been released, this time from the Online Film Critics Society. I am surprised that Avatar is not in the group's Best Picture finalists, simply because online critics tend to be a little younger and a little more into sci-fi and fantasy as genres and more into new technology, as well. In fact, even though the Ofcs makes a lot of picks more independent-minded moviegoers would celebrate (Mélanie Laurent for Inglourious Basterds, In the Loop), it still seems strange that Avatar could only manage three nominations total.

There are also some selections from earlier in the year that you could argue didn't get their due late in the year. Particularly, I'm thinking of Jackie Earle Haley from Watchmen. He was actually terrific in the film, but this is the first time I've seen his name come up in awards consideration. Joaquin Phoenix is also singled »

- Colin Boyd

2 articles from 2010