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Bet's Movie List 2009 |
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| *****
Not a thing wrong with it |
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| **** Not perfect, but still
a great time |
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| ***
Not bad |
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| **
Not Much |
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| *
Not anything |
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Seen |
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Month |
Title |
Year |
Rating |
Director |
Stars |
Before? |
| 1 |
Jan |
Le Samourai |
1967 |
* * * |
Melville |
Alain Delon, Francois Perier, Nathalie Delon |
no |
| 2 |
Jan |
To Be Or Not To Be |
1942 |
* * * * * |
Lubitsch |
Jack Benny, Carole Lombard, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart |
yes |
| 3 |
Jan |
Rocco And His Brothers |
1960 |
* * * * |
Visconti |
Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Giardot, Max Cartier |
no |
| 4 |
Jan |
In Bruges |
2008 |
* * * * ½ |
McDonagh |
Colin Ferrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes |
no |
| 5 |
Jan |
The Naked Spur |
1953 |
* * * |
Mann |
Jimmy Stewart, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh |
no |
| 6 |
Jan |
Out Of Sight |
1998 |
* * * * |
Soderbergh |
George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Ving Rhames, Steve Zahn |
no |
| 7 |
Jan |
The Russians Are Coming² |
1966 |
* * * * |
Jewison |
Alan F Arkin, Carl Reiner, Brian Keith, John Phillip Law |
yes |
| 8 |
Jan |
Burn After Reading |
2008 |
* * * * |
Coen/Coen |
George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand |
no |
| 9 |
Feb |
Auntie Mame |
1958 |
* * * * * |
DaCosta |
Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Peggy Cass, Jan Handzlik |
yes |
| 10 |
Feb |
I Love You, Alice B Toklas! |
1968 |
zero |
Averback |
Peter Sellers, Jo Van Fleet, Leigh Taylor-Young |
no |
| 11 |
Feb |
No End In Sight |
2007 |
* * * * |
Ferguson |
The Usual Gang of Idiots
(documentary) |
no |
| 12 |
Feb |
The Killing |
1956 |
* * * * ½ |
Kubrick |
Sterling Hayden, Elisa Cook, Jr, Timothy Carey, Coleen Gray |
no |
| 13 |
Feb |
Singin' In The Rain |
1952 |
* * * * * |
Donen/Kelly |
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen |
yes |
| 14 |
Feb |
My Darling Clementine |
1946 |
* * * * |
Ford |
Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell |
no |
| 15 |
Mar |
After Life |
1998 |
* * * * |
Koreeda |
Arata, Taketoshi Naitô, Erika Oda |
no |
| 16 |
Mar |
Bottle Rocket |
1996 |
* * ½ |
Anderson |
Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Andrew Wilson, Lumi Cavazos |
no |
| 17 |
Mar |
West Side Story |
1961 |
* * * * * |
Wise/Robbins |
Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno, George Chakiris |
yes |
| 18 |
Mar |
Wall E |
2008 |
* * * * * |
Stanton |
Wall E, Eve |
yes |
| 19 |
Apr |
Gonzo:The Life & Work of Hunter S Thompson |
2008 |
* * * |
Gibney |
Documentary |
no |
| 20 |
Apr |
Man On Wire |
2008 |
* * * * |
Marsh |
Documentary |
no |
| 21 |
Apr |
Marley & Me |
2008 |
* * * |
Frankel |
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Anniston, Alan F Arkin, a doggie |
no |
| 22 |
Apr |
Slumdog Millionaire |
2008 |
* * * * |
Boyle |
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan |
no |
| 23 |
Apr |
Enchanted |
2007 |
* * * |
Lima |
Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Timothy Spall |
no |
| 24 |
Apr |
The Visitor |
2007 |
* * * * |
McCarthy |
Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass |
no |
| 25 |
May |
Bolt |
2008 |
* * * * |
Howard/Williams |
Bolt, Mittens, Rhino, Penny |
no |
| 26 |
May |
Sunshine Cleaning |
2008 |
* * * |
Jeffs |
Alan F Arkin, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Steve Zahn |
no |
| 27 |
May |
Man Push Cart |
2005 |
* * ½ |
Bahrani |
Ahmad Ravzi, Leticia Dolera, Charles Daniel Sandoval |
no |
| 28 |
May |
Somersault |
2004 |
* |
Shortland |
Abbie Cornish, Damian de Montemas |
no |
| 29 |
May |
Odd Man Out |
1947 |
* * * |
Reed |
James Mason, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan |
no |
| 30 |
May |
That Thing You Do! |
1996 |
* * * * * |
Hanks |
Tom Hanks, Tom Everett Scott, Steve Zahn |
yes |
| 31 |
May |
Grindhouse |
2007 |
* * * * ½ |
Rodriguez, et al |
Freddy Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Rose McGowan |
no |
| 32 |
May |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
1968 |
* * * |
Kubrick |
Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, HAL |
yes |
| 33 |
Jun |
Up |
2009 |
* * * * |
Docter/Peterson |
Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, Kevin, Dug |
no |
| 34 |
Jun |
Please Vote For Me |
2007 |
* * * ½ |
Chen |
Documentary |
no |
| 35 |
Jun |
Religulous |
2008 |
* * * ½ |
David |
Bill Maher (Documentary) |
no |
| 36 |
Jun |
Nights of Cabiria |
1957 |
* * * * * |
Fellini |
Giulietta Masina, Franca Marzi |
yes |
| 37 |
Jul |
The Killing of John Lennon |
2006 |
* * ½ |
Piddington |
Jonas Ball, Krisha Fairchild, Mie Omori |
no |
| 38 |
Jul |
This Is England |
2006 |
* * * * * |
Meadows |
Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Joseph Gilgun |
yes |
| 39 |
Jul |
The Adventures Of Robin Hood |
1938 |
* * * * |
Curtiz/Keighly |
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Patric
Knowles |
no |
| 40 |
Jul |
Captain Blood |
1935 |
* * |
Curtiz
|
Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone |
no |
| 41 |
Aug |
The Great Escape |
1963 |
* * * * |
Sturges |
Steve McQueen, Everyone Acting in 1963 |
no |
| 42 |
Aug |
Fierce Creatures |
1997 |
* * * ½ |
Schepisi/Young |
John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin |
no |
| 43 |
Aug |
Wise Blood |
1979 |
* * * |
Huston |
Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, Amy Wright, Harry Dean Stanton |
no |
| 44 |
Sep |
Henry V |
1989 |
* * * * * |
Brannagh |
Kenneth Brannagh, Emma Thompson, Judi Dench, Ian Holm |
yes |
| 45 |
Sep |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? |
2000 |
* * * * * |
Coen/Coen |
George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson |
yes |
| 46 |
Sep |
The Culpepper Cattle Co |
1972 |
* * ½ |
Richards |
Gary Grimes, Luke Askew, Geoffrey Lewis, Bo Hopkins |
no |
| 47 |
Sep |
Nobody's Fool |
1994 |
* * * |
Benton |
Paul Newman, Bruce Willis, Jessica Tandy, Dylan Walsh |
yes |
| 48 |
Sep |
Our Winning Season |
1978 |
* |
Ruben |
Scott Jacoby, Joe Penny, Jan Smithers, Dennis Quaid |
no |
| 49 |
Sep |
Saturday Night And Sunday Morning |
1960 |
* * ½ |
Reisz |
Albert Finney, Rachel Roberts, Shirley Anne Field |
no |
| 50 |
Sep |
Dare Mo Shiranai (Nobody Knows) |
2004 |
* * * |
Koreeda |
Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hanae Kan, Momoko Shimizu |
no |
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