The obligatory top ten show

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What’s the point of film critics’ end of year cannons? Solipsistic, ego-wanking lists that give the listers kudos among their peers, while simultaneously they shame the movie-going hoi polloi for not having seen the latest Bella Tar bore-fest...the bastards. But who are we at Screen Shrapnel to break with this reductive and hackney tradition. So here it is, the greatest films released in the UK in the last 12 months according to your favourite ill informed film-tits, Jamie Dunn, Graham Fulton and Nicholas Green.

So what do our top tens reveal about the Screen Shrapnel team? Well, firstly, we have quite eclectic tastes. Nick, for example, like some schizophrenic Barry Norman, has both a worthy costume drama and a straight-to-video assault on the senses vying for his top spot. Graham, meanwhile, finds space for both a crack-pot Bavarian maverick and an animated family adventure movie.

Also, contrary to our innuendo filled geezer antics in the studio, we’re quite a sensitive trio. Not only did we all plump for sensual studies of passion for our year's best, but our favourites were all filmed by the fairer sex. New age men or what?

What might not surprise you, however, is that there’s little agreement between us, with only two films making all three of our lists: The White Ribbon and Let the Right One In. All in all we have chosen twenty-two films, which include Bright Star, Vinyan, A Serious Man, The White Ribbon, Let the Right One In, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Anti-christ, Moon, 35 Shots of Rum, The Cove, After School, Fish Tank, The Wrestler, Zombieland, Synecdoche NY, District 9, Sleep Furiously, Frozen River, Encounters at the End of the World, Il Divo and UP!.

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Posted at 00:19, 18th December 2009