From New Orleans to Iraq, France to South America, we crisscross the
globe and count down our favorites of the year
By MSN Movies contributors
Welcome to the third annual MSN Movies top 10 films poll. We are continuing
our, ahem, long tradition of presenting 10 viewpoints from 10 critics that add
up to some sort of hodgepodge representing the best movies of 2009. The method
is simple: 10 critics vote for their 10 favorite films. Films are assigned
points based on their ranking, and BAM!: We have a list that no one is TOTALLY
happy about but sure causes much heated debate, at least among ourselves and
hopefully with you as well. The rub this year? Well, for the most part, we all
agreed that the top movie of the year was between two films. Wonders never
cease.
If you want to jump to the individual lists, you can do so. But we hope
you count down the top 10 with us. And then write in and let us know what we
missed. -- Dave McCoy, MSN Entertainment
See also: MSN's Decade's Dozen
More:
TimeOut New York's top 50 of the decade
Moviefone's most overrated movies of the
year
UGO's Top 11
Rotten Tomatoes' best of the decade