So many films that I really liked and admired this year, but only a few that I really loved. And I'm sure I've pole-vaulted over the thin line between film-raving and overindulgence but here goes ...
Honorable Mentions: Toy Story 3, Mary and Max, The Chaser, Last Train Home, Tiny Furniture, True Grit, I Am Love, Monsters, The Fighter, Black Swan,
Notable Oversights: Somewhere, Another Year, Blue Valentine, The Illusionist, Buried, A Film Unfinished, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Ajami, Everyone Else, Let Me In, Valhalla Rising, The Secret in their Eyes, Jackass 3D, Alamar, Red Cliff: International Version, and the Red Riding Trilogy