As every year, Fotogramas magazine has summoned a group of film critics to vote on which ones were for them. the best foreign films of the year 2009 And, here, I leave you the result:
1. 'Gran Torino', by Clint Eastwood.
2. 'Let me in', by Tomas Alfredson.
3. 'Damn Bastards', by Quentin Tarantino.
4. 'Still Walking', by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
5. 'Up' by Pete Docter.
6. 'The class', by Laurent Cantet.
7. 'The curious case of Benjamin Button', by David Fincher.
8. 'Public Enemies', by Michael Mann
9. 'A Christmas Carol', by Arnaud Desplechin.
10. 'Antichrist', by Lars von Trier
11. 'Paranoid Park', by Gus Van Sant.
12. 'Ponyo on the cliff', by Hayao Miyazaki.
13. '(500) Days Together', by Marc Webb
14. 'Slumdog Millionaire' by Danny Boyle
15. 'Waltz with Bashir', by Ari Folman
As usual, film critics have voted for risky films such as Waltz with Bashir, The Class and Antichrist but, for them, la best film of the year 2009 was Gran Torino, directed by Clint Eastwood.