Note: These lists are unchanged from their final form the year they were compiled… in many cases, they don’t reflect my current opinions of the films and albums listed.
Movies:
1. A Serious Man
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Up in the Air
4. Up
5. Star Trek
6. Fantastic Mr. Fox
7. Where the Wild Things Are
8. Avatar
9. The Blind Side
10. Sherlock Holmes
• Reviews of every 2009 film I saw
Music:
1. Brad Paisley – American Saturday Night
2. Rihanna – Rated R
3. Miranda Lambert – Revolution
4. Monsters of Folk – Monsters of Folk
5. Shakira – She Wolf
6. Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You
7. Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream
8. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
9. John Mayer – Battle Studies
10. Bob Dylan – Together Through Life
Meet Me In Montauk 
Daniel just said (in shock and disbelief), “Up is only ranked 4th?!?!?!?”
I’m just surprised that you have Up in the Air ranked higher than Up (though I think you recently said you’d change that in your “Ghosts” post); I also don’t remember you having Sherlock Holmes ranked so high. I don’t think I ever went back to rank that film, but I can’t imagine that it would have cracked the top ten. Hmmmm…..
I think it was a pretty weak year as a whole. I did say I’d move Up in the Air down several spots if I were revisiting the list this year, so Up would more appropriately be in third place. But it wouldn’t crack the top two.