Quentin Tarantino surprised authoritative edition The Hollywood Reporter, naming only 8, in his opinion, of the best films of 2009.

1. J. J. Abrams (“Star Trek”)
2. Sam Raimi (“Drag Me to Hell”)
3. Judd Appatow (“Funny People”)
4. Jason Reitman (“Up in the air”)
5. Prachya Pinkaew (“Chokolade”)
6. Jodie Hill (“Observe and Report”)
7. Lee Daniels (“Treasure”)
8. Lone Sherfig (“An Education”)

But it is not known still for whom Tarantino left 2 last places among 10 best films. Perhaps, he left them for some significant works of James Cameron (“Avatar”), Peter Jackson (“The Lovely Bones”) or Clint Eastwood (“Invictus”), which he hasn’t seen yet because of him being busy.

For ethics and modesty reasons, Tarantino did not mention his own film “Inglorious Bastards” in this rating.