The 3rd Annual LION Awards: The Top Ten Films of 2009

by Fletch · March 7, 2010 · LIONs for LAMB · 6 Comments


Without further ado:

There were 49 voters for this award, and the results were tallied with the usual points scoring system used for the Top 10s done previously. First place votes in parentheses:

10. District 9 – 79 points (1)
9. Moon – 81 points (2)
8. Precious – 83 points (2)
6. (tie) A Serious Man – 109 points (4)
6. (tie) (500) Days of Summer – 109 points (2)
5. Avatar – 111 points (1)
4. Up In the Air – 113 points (1)
3. Up – 146 points (4)
2. The Hurt Locker – 262 points (9)
1. Inglourious Basterds – 271 points (9)

Other films receiving first-place votes: A Single Man, An Education (2), Antichrist, Goodbye Solo, Hunger, The Informant!, Let the Right One In, Public Enemies, Star Trek, The Messenger, The White Ribbon (2), Zombieland.

Thanks again to all that voted!

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6 Responses to The 3rd Annual LION Awards: The Top Ten Films of 2009

  1. J.D. says:

    Ugh. SO FREAKING HETERO.

  2. Chase Kahn says:

    I’d love to see all of the separate Top Ten lists…

  3. Fletch says:

    Chase – I do typically post all those, I just didn’t have them all available to me. I can and should post them tomorrow.

  4. Mike Lippert says:

    A good list but no real suprises. I guess 2009 was just a year when everyone agreed on what the good movies were. Or maybe there were just so few to choose from? Who knows.

  5. I agree with Mike boring list: and by boring I mean unlike mine :) Only one film from my top 5 is here. MY #5 choice actually – Avatar. I was NOT anticipating the love for Moon, but it could have gone to worse films.

  6. Fletch says:

    If anything, I think it more or less validates the Academy’s choices. There’s just the two differences, subbing out An Education for 500 Days, and The Blind Side for Moon (big improvement there). I like it, though that might be largely influenced by Basterds being #1.

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