2009 lists
Films in 2009
All are films I hadn't seen before. Rating is out of 10. * = at the cinema.
01. Northanger Abbey - 8 (Jan 3)
02. Robots - 7 (Jan 4)
03. Australia - 7 (Jan 9) *
04. Gone With the Wind - 8 (Jan 10)
05. The Cider House Rules - 6.5 (Jan 10)
06. Slumdog Millionaire - 9 (Jan 11)
07. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging - 6 (Jan 11)
08. Milk - 9 (Jan 12)
09. Seven Pounds - 7 (Feb 4) *
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 7.5 (Feb 8) *
11. How To Lose Friends & Alienate People - 6 (Feb 14)
12. The Reader - 7 (Feb 14)
13. Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis - 8 (Feb 18) *
14. The Pink Panther (1963) - 7 (Feb 22)
15. Watchmen - 8 (March 6) *
16. Persuasion - 7 (March 11)
17. What Happens in Vegas - 7 (March 25)
18. Brideshead Revisited - 6 (March 27)
19. I Am Legend - 6 (March 27)
20. Pineapple Express - 7 (March 28)
21. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - 6.5 (April 4)
22. In Bruges - 8 (April 5)
23. Funny Face - 6 (April 6)
24. My Fair Lady - 7 (April 10)
25. Anne of Green Gables - 7 (April 10)
26. Austin Powers 2 - 5 (April 10)
27. Miss Austen Regrets - 7.5 (April 10)
28. The House Bunny - 4 (April 11)
29. Gosford Park - 7 (April 13)
30. Monsters vs Aliens - 8 (May 1)
31. Singin' in the Rain - 8 (May 3)
32. Easy Virtue - 7 (May 8)
33. Star Trek - 9.5 (May 12) *
34. Angels & Demons - 6 (May 15) *
35. Role Models - 7 (May 23)
36. Rachel Getting Married - 8 (May 24)
37. Sabrina - 6.5 (May 25)
38. Definitely, Maybe - 7 (May 30)
39. Coraline - 8 (May 31)
40. Charlie Bartlett - 7.5 (June 1)
41. Arsenic and Old Lace - 6.5 (June 16)
42. Stranger Than Fiction - 8 (June 19)
43. Sex and the City - 5 (June 19)
44. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 7 (July 15) *
45. Pride and Prejudice (1944) - 5.5 (July 30)
46. Doubt - 6.5 (July 30)
47. Tropic Thunder - 6 (July 30)
48. The Chronicles of Riddick - 5 (July 31)
49. The Philadelphia Story - 8 (Aug 1)
50. L'Auberge Espagnole - 7 (Aug 5)
51. The Proposal - 8 (Aug 8) *
52. Zoolander - 6 (Aug 11)
53. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - 8.5 (Sept 13)
54. Bringing Up Baby - 7 (Sept 15)
55. District 9 - 8 (Sept 17) *
56. Cashback - 8.5 (Sept 19)
57. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 7 (Sept 20)
58. Silk - 5.5 (Sept 20)
59. Next - 6 (Sept 20)
60. I Love You, Man - 7.5 (Oct 3)
61. Poseidon - 6 (Oct 11)
62. (500) Days of Summer - 8 (Oct 17)
63. Away We Go - 7 (Oct 18)
64. Inglorious Basterds - 7 (Oct 19) *
65. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - 6.5 (Oct 28) *
66. Agora - 7 (Nov 1) *
67. All About Eve - 7.5 (Nov 2)
68. Made of Honor - 5 (Nov 6)
69. Kate and Leopold - 6 (Nov 14)
70. The Young Victoria - 7.5 (Nov 14)
71. Up - 9.5 (Nov 15)
72. X-men Origins: Wolverine - 6 (Nov 15)
73. New York, I Love You - 7 (Nov 20) *
74. The Mummy: The Curse of the Dragon Emperor - 5 (Nov 27)
75. The Other Boleyn Girl - 6.5 (Nov 28)
76. Get Smart - 7 (Dec 11)
77. Journey to the Center of the Earth - 4 (Dec 11)
78. Zombieland - 8.5 (Dec 15)
79. The Hurt Locker - 8 (Dec 16)
80. I Figli Strappati - 7 (Dec 19)
81. Yours, Mine and Ours - 4 (Dec 20)
82. Sunshine Cleaning - 7 (Dec 21)
Films I had already seen
01. Death at a Funeral (Jan 5)
02. Pride & Prejudice (Jan 25)
03. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Feb 1)
04. Becoming Jane (Feb 7)
05. Northanger Abbey (Feb 15)
06. The Duchess (April 6)
07. Sense and Sensibility (April 26)
08. Star Trek (May 19) *
09. The Fellowship of the Ring (June 30)
10. The Two Towers (June 30)
11. The Return of the King (July 1)
12. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 18) *
13. Miss Pettigrew lives for a Day (July 26)
14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Aug 3) *
15. The Notebook (Aug 13)
16. Amélie (Aug 25)
17. Mamma Mia! (Aug 28)
18. Shrek (Sept 10)
19. Billy Elliot (Sept 12)
20. Wanted (Sept 18)
21. Star Trek (Sept 24)
22. Hancock (Oct 30)
23. Burn After Reading (Nov 13)
24. Moulin Rouge (Nov 14)
25. Pride & Prejudice (Nov 26)
26. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Dec 9)
27. Star Trek (Dec 12)
28. Love Actually (Dec 18)
29. Finding Nemo (Dec 19)
30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Dec 24)
31. Ratatouille (Dec 29)
32. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dec 31)
24 books in 2009
E = English | S = Spanish | C = Catalan | * = re-reads
01. Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett [E] (Jan 1 - Jan 18)
02. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen [E] (Jan 3 - Feb 1)
03. Persuasion, by Jane Austen [E] (Feb 7 - March 10)
04. Tales of the Unexpected, by Roald Dahl [E] (Feb 3 - Sept 11)
05. The Bro Code, by Barney Stinson and Matt Kuhn [E]
06. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides [E] (March 18 - June 8)
07. Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier [E] (April 14 - April 20)
08. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by JK Rowling [E] (May 11 - July 29) *
09. The Way I Found Her, by Rose Tremain [E] (May 20 - July 2)
10. The Middleman: The Collected Series Indispensability!, by Javier Grillo-Marxuach [E] (June 9 - June 11)
11. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley [E] (June 24 - June 28)
12. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby [E] (June 28 - July 9)
13. The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger [S] (July 9 - July 15)
14. North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell [E] (July 18 - Aug 16)
15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by JK Rowling [E] (July 30 - Sept 16) *
16. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne [C] (Aug 18 - Aug 20)
17. Crackòvia [C] (Aug 22)
18. On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan [C] (Aug 27 - Sept 1)
19. The Comfort of Strangers, by Ian McEwan [C] (Sept 1 - Sept 3)
20. Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh [E] (Sept 16 - Oct 4)
21. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen [E] (Sept 22 - Nov 25) *
22. Els Hereus de la Força, by Maria Alaminos [C] (Oct 4 - Oct 11)
23. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling [E] (Oct 18 - Nov 30) *
24. The Little Londoner, by R. Kron [E] (Dec 7 - Dec 20)
All are films I hadn't seen before. Rating is out of 10. * = at the cinema.
01. Northanger Abbey - 8 (Jan 3)
02. Robots - 7 (Jan 4)
03. Australia - 7 (Jan 9) *
04. Gone With the Wind - 8 (Jan 10)
05. The Cider House Rules - 6.5 (Jan 10)
06. Slumdog Millionaire - 9 (Jan 11)
07. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging - 6 (Jan 11)
08. Milk - 9 (Jan 12)
09. Seven Pounds - 7 (Feb 4) *
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - 7.5 (Feb 8) *
11. How To Lose Friends & Alienate People - 6 (Feb 14)
12. The Reader - 7 (Feb 14)
13. Bienvenue Chez les Ch'tis - 8 (Feb 18) *
14. The Pink Panther (1963) - 7 (Feb 22)
15. Watchmen - 8 (March 6) *
16. Persuasion - 7 (March 11)
17. What Happens in Vegas - 7 (March 25)
18. Brideshead Revisited - 6 (March 27)
19. I Am Legend - 6 (March 27)
20. Pineapple Express - 7 (March 28)
21. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - 6.5 (April 4)
22. In Bruges - 8 (April 5)
23. Funny Face - 6 (April 6)
24. My Fair Lady - 7 (April 10)
25. Anne of Green Gables - 7 (April 10)
26. Austin Powers 2 - 5 (April 10)
27. Miss Austen Regrets - 7.5 (April 10)
28. The House Bunny - 4 (April 11)
29. Gosford Park - 7 (April 13)
30. Monsters vs Aliens - 8 (May 1)
31. Singin' in the Rain - 8 (May 3)
32. Easy Virtue - 7 (May 8)
33. Star Trek - 9.5 (May 12) *
34. Angels & Demons - 6 (May 15) *
35. Role Models - 7 (May 23)
36. Rachel Getting Married - 8 (May 24)
37. Sabrina - 6.5 (May 25)
38. Definitely, Maybe - 7 (May 30)
39. Coraline - 8 (May 31)
40. Charlie Bartlett - 7.5 (June 1)
41. Arsenic and Old Lace - 6.5 (June 16)
42. Stranger Than Fiction - 8 (June 19)
43. Sex and the City - 5 (June 19)
44. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 7 (July 15) *
45. Pride and Prejudice (1944) - 5.5 (July 30)
46. Doubt - 6.5 (July 30)
47. Tropic Thunder - 6 (July 30)
48. The Chronicles of Riddick - 5 (July 31)
49. The Philadelphia Story - 8 (Aug 1)
50. L'Auberge Espagnole - 7 (Aug 5)
51. The Proposal - 8 (Aug 8) *
52. Zoolander - 6 (Aug 11)
53. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - 8.5 (Sept 13)
54. Bringing Up Baby - 7 (Sept 15)
55. District 9 - 8 (Sept 17) *
56. Cashback - 8.5 (Sept 19)
57. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - 7 (Sept 20)
58. Silk - 5.5 (Sept 20)
59. Next - 6 (Sept 20)
60. I Love You, Man - 7.5 (Oct 3)
61. Poseidon - 6 (Oct 11)
62. (500) Days of Summer - 8 (Oct 17)
63. Away We Go - 7 (Oct 18)
64. Inglorious Basterds - 7 (Oct 19) *
65. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - 6.5 (Oct 28) *
66. Agora - 7 (Nov 1) *
67. All About Eve - 7.5 (Nov 2)
68. Made of Honor - 5 (Nov 6)
69. Kate and Leopold - 6 (Nov 14)
70. The Young Victoria - 7.5 (Nov 14)
71. Up - 9.5 (Nov 15)
72. X-men Origins: Wolverine - 6 (Nov 15)
73. New York, I Love You - 7 (Nov 20) *
74. The Mummy: The Curse of the Dragon Emperor - 5 (Nov 27)
75. The Other Boleyn Girl - 6.5 (Nov 28)
76. Get Smart - 7 (Dec 11)
77. Journey to the Center of the Earth - 4 (Dec 11)
78. Zombieland - 8.5 (Dec 15)
79. The Hurt Locker - 8 (Dec 16)
80. I Figli Strappati - 7 (Dec 19)
81. Yours, Mine and Ours - 4 (Dec 20)
82. Sunshine Cleaning - 7 (Dec 21)
Films I had already seen
01. Death at a Funeral (Jan 5)
02. Pride & Prejudice (Jan 25)
03. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Feb 1)
04. Becoming Jane (Feb 7)
05. Northanger Abbey (Feb 15)
06. The Duchess (April 6)
07. Sense and Sensibility (April 26)
08. Star Trek (May 19) *
09. The Fellowship of the Ring (June 30)
10. The Two Towers (June 30)
11. The Return of the King (July 1)
12. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 18) *
13. Miss Pettigrew lives for a Day (July 26)
14. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Aug 3) *
15. The Notebook (Aug 13)
16. Amélie (Aug 25)
17. Mamma Mia! (Aug 28)
18. Shrek (Sept 10)
19. Billy Elliot (Sept 12)
20. Wanted (Sept 18)
21. Star Trek (Sept 24)
22. Hancock (Oct 30)
23. Burn After Reading (Nov 13)
24. Moulin Rouge (Nov 14)
25. Pride & Prejudice (Nov 26)
26. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Dec 9)
27. Star Trek (Dec 12)
28. Love Actually (Dec 18)
29. Finding Nemo (Dec 19)
30. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Dec 24)
31. Ratatouille (Dec 29)
32. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dec 31)
24 books in 2009
E = English | S = Spanish | C = Catalan | * = re-reads
01. Good Omens, by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett [E] (Jan 1 - Jan 18)
02. Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen [E] (Jan 3 - Feb 1)
03. Persuasion, by Jane Austen [E] (Feb 7 - March 10)
04. Tales of the Unexpected, by Roald Dahl [E] (Feb 3 - Sept 11)
05. The Bro Code, by Barney Stinson and Matt Kuhn [E]
06. Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides [E] (March 18 - June 8)
07. Girl With a Pearl Earring, by Tracy Chevalier [E] (April 14 - April 20)
08. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by JK Rowling [E] (May 11 - July 29) *
09. The Way I Found Her, by Rose Tremain [E] (May 20 - July 2)
10. The Middleman: The Collected Series Indispensability!, by Javier Grillo-Marxuach [E] (June 9 - June 11)
11. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley [E] (June 24 - June 28)
12. A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby [E] (June 28 - July 9)
13. The Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger [S] (July 9 - July 15)
14. North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell [E] (July 18 - Aug 16)
15. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by JK Rowling [E] (July 30 - Sept 16) *
16. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne [C] (Aug 18 - Aug 20)
17. Crackòvia [C] (Aug 22)
18. On Chesil Beach, by Ian McEwan [C] (Aug 27 - Sept 1)
19. The Comfort of Strangers, by Ian McEwan [C] (Sept 1 - Sept 3)
20. Brideshead Revisited, by Evelyn Waugh [E] (Sept 16 - Oct 4)
21. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen [E] (Sept 22 - Nov 25) *
22. Els Hereus de la Força, by Maria Alaminos [C] (Oct 4 - Oct 11)
23. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by JK Rowling [E] (Oct 18 - Nov 30) *
24. The Little Londoner, by R. Kron [E] (Dec 7 - Dec 20)