1. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009) *****
2. Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) ****1/2
3. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (David Fincher, 2008) ****
4. Valkyrie (Bryan Singer, 2008) ****
5. Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood, 2008) ****
6. Taken (Pierre Morel, 2008) ****
7. Religulous (Larry Charles, 2008) ****
8. Transsiberian (Brad Anderson, 2008) ****
9. Moon (Duncan Jones, 2009) ****
10. Zack and Miri Make A Porno (Kevin Smith, 2008) ****
11. Marley & Me (David Frankel, 2008) ****
12. Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008) ***1/2
13. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Michael Bay, 2009) ***1/2
14. The Reader (Stephen Daldry, 2008) ***1/2
15. My Best Friend’s Girl (Howard Deutch, 2008) ***1/2
16. Body Of Lies (Ridley Scott, 2009) ***1/2
17. Doubt (John Patrick Shanley,2008) ***1/2
18. 2012 (Roland Emmerich, 2009) ***1/2
19. Terminator Salvation (McG, 2009) ***1/2
20. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb, 2009) ***1/2
21. The Hurt Locker (Katrhyn Bigelow, 2008) ***1/2
22. The Rocker (Peter Cattaneo, 2008) ***1/2
23. The Hangover (Todd Phillips, 2009) ***1/2
24. Fanboys (Kyle Newman, 2008) ***1/2
25. I Love You, Man (John Hamburg, 2009) ***
26. Observe And Report (Jody Hill, 2009) ***
27. Bedtime Stories (Adam Shankman, 2008) ***
28. The International (Tom Tykwer, 2009) ***
29. The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (Neal Brennan, 2009) ***
30. Sex Drive (Sean Anders, 2008) ***
31. Max Payne (John Moore, 2008) ***
32. Funny People (Judd Apatow, 2009) ***
33. Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) ***
34. Angels & Demons (Ron Howard, 2009) ***
35. Miss March (Zach Cregger/Trevor Moore, 2009) **1/2
36. Slumdog Millionaire (Danny Boyle, 2008) **1/2
37. Role Models (David Wain, 2008) **1/2
38. 17 Again (Burr Steers, 2009) **1/2
39. Extract (Mike Judge, 2009) **1/2
40. Fired Up! (Will Gluck, 2009) **
41. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (Peter Sollett, 2008) **
42. Yes Man (Peyton Reed, 2008) **
43. Adventureland (Greg Mottola, 2009) **
44. Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li (Andrzej Bartkowiak,2009) **
45. Crank: High Voltage (Mark Neveldine/Brian Taylor, 2009) **
46. What Just Happened (Barry Levinson, 2008) **
47. Transporter 3 (Olivier Megaton, 2008) *1/2
48. I Love You, Beth Cooper (Chris Columbus, 2009) *1/2
49. Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Steve Carr, 2009) *1/2
50. The Promotion (Steve Conrad, 2008) *
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