I only had one real goal this year; to watch a 100 movies at the cinemas. Sadly [sadder than the fact that that was my one real goal of the year [and year before too]], I’m stuck on 99, and I don’t know if I’m going to squeeze in a screening of The Lovely Bones tomorrow.

w00t! Scratch all that. I found a ticket stub for a Japanese Film Festival movie I missed that wasn’t in the IMDB database / my IMDB list [and people shake their head when I mention that I collect all my movie ticket stubs – this has saved me from another year of pain and guilt!]

Anyway, here’s the list, ranked, without explanation, as always [the list was completed 2 hours after I wrote this…I really need to do it as a dynamic, weekly list next year].

1. Okuribito [Departures]
2. Up
3. Avatar
4. Revolutionary Road
5. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex [The Baader Meinhof Complex]
6. Beautiful Kate
7. Star Trek
8. I Love You, Man
9. The Girlfriend Experience
10. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

11. The Cove
12. District 9
13. Balibo
14. Whatever Works
15. This Is It
16. Samson and Delilah
17. Changeling
18. Inglourious Basterds
19. Doubt
20. The Informant!
21. A Serious Man
22. Låt Den Rätte Komma In [Let The Right One In]
23. Los abrazos rotos [Broken Embraces]
24. The Wrestler
25. Sunshine Cleaning
26. Gran Torino
27. The Reader
28. Disgrace
29. Moon
30. It Might Get Loud
31. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
32. Seppun [The Kiss]
33. Che: Part One
34. Che: Part Two
35. (500) Days of Summer
36. Julie & Julia
37. Genova
38. Drag Me to Hell
39. Funny People
40. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
41. Brüno
42. An Education
43. Whip It
44. Mary and Max
45. The September Issue
46. Hansamu sûtsu [The Handsome Suit]
47. Coraline
48. State of Play
49. Yes Man
50. Anvil! The Story of Anvil
51. Watchmen
52. Amreeka
53. Zack and Miri Make a Porno
54. Adam
55. Fast & Furious
56. Paper Heart
57. Mao’s Last Dancer
58. Rachel Getting Married
59. The Boys Are Back
60. Sherlock Holmes
61. The Invention of Lying
62. Is Anybody There?
63. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
64. Milk
65. Ghost Town
66. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
67. The Soloist
68. Synecdoche, New York
69. Gomorra [Gomorrah]
70. Chi Bi [Red Cliff]
71. Role Models
72. 9
73. Duplicity
74. Terminator Salvation
75. Gravity’s Clowns
76. Seven Pounds
77. Gururi No Koto [All Around Us]
78. A Christmas Carol
79. Monsters vs Aliens
80. Flammen & Citronen [Flame + Citron]
81. Angels & Demons
82. X-Men Origins: Wolverine
83. Bronson
84. Year One
85. Blindness
86. Surrogates
87. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
88. Valkyrie
89. Transporter 3
90. The International
91. Séraphine
92. Zombieland
93. Gake no ue no Ponyo [Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea]
94. Public Enemies
95. Where the Wild Things Are
96. The Hangover
97. Capitalism: A Love Story
98. Push
99. Kei hei hup [Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg]
100. 2012 [I seriously stand by my tweet on this. Just, please stop, Mr. Emmerich]

Ok, a line of analysis… #1 – #50 are all pretty darn good and worthy of a second viewing. #73 onwards is where I go from like to dislike, and #98, #99 and #100; I do not wish the type of punishment I endured during them upon anyone.