Year-End Lists

Jordan Ruimy: The 25 Best Movies of the 2010s, as posted at World of Reel

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
2. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
4. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Dogtooth
   Yorgos Lanthimos
7. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
8. O.J.: Made in America
   Ezra Edelman
9. Carol
   Todd Haynes
10. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
11. Her
    Spike Jonze
12. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
13. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
14. Son of Saul
    László Nemes
15. The Social Network
    David Fincher
16. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
17. Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky
18. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
19. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
20. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
21. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
22. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
23. Nocturama
    Bertrand Bonello
24. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
25. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax

Matt Patches: The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade, as published by Polygon

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2019]

1. The Comedy
   Rick Alverson
2. Minding the Gap
   Bing Liu
3. Kill List
   Ben Wheatley
4. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
5. Uncut Gems
   Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
7. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
   Isao Takahata
8. 45 Years
   Andrew Haigh
9. The Arbor
   Clio Barnard
10. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine

Ty Burr: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade, as published by The Boston Globe with insightful capsules for the top ten

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. The Clock
   Christian Marclay
4. The Social Network
   David Fincher
5. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. Le quattro volte
   Michelangelo Frammartino
9. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
10. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
11. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
12. Amour
    Michael Haneke
13. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
14. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
15. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
16. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
17. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
18. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
19. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
20. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
21. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
22. Her
    Spike Jonze
23. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
24. Paterson
    Jim Jarmusch
25. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
26. Fruitvale Station
    Ryan Coogler
27. The Immigrant
    James Gray
28. MANAKAMANA
    Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
29. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
30. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
31. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
32. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
33. Toy Story 3
    Lee Unkrich
34. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
35. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
36. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
37. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
38. Hugo
    Martin Scorsese
39. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
40. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
41. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
42. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
43. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
44. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
45. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
46. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
47. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
48. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
49. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
50. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine

Time Out New York: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s

1. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
3. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
4. The Social Network
   David Fincher
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
7. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
8. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
9. The Grand Budapest Hotel
   Wes Anderson
10. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
11. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
12. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
13. Midsommar
    Ari Aster
14. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
15. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
16. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay
17. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
18. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
19. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
20. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
21. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
22. Her
    Spike Jonze
23. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
24. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
25. Carol
    Todd Haynes
26. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig
27. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
28. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
29. Son of Saul
    László Nemes
30. Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Banksy
31. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
32. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
33. The Great Beauty
    Paolo Sorrentino
34. Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
35. The Raid: Redemption
    Gareth Evans
36. Young Adult
    Jason Reitman
37. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
38. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
39. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
    Roy Andersson
40. Another Year
    Mike Leigh
41. Sightseers
    Ben Wheatley
42. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
43. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
44. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
45. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
46. God’s Own Country
    Francis Lee
47. Leviathan
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
48. The Duke of Burgundy
    Peter Strickland
49. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
50. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler

Hyperallergic: The Best Films of the Decade

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019]

1. No Home Movie
   Chantal Akerman
2. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
3. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
4. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
4. The Look of Silence
   Joshua Oppenheimer
5. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. Under the Skin
   Jonathan Glazer
8. Cameraperson
   Kirsten Johnson
9. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
10. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
11. Lemonade
    Beyoncé Knowles Carter and Kahlil Joseph with Jonas Åkerlund, Melina Matsoukas, Dikayl Rimmasch, Mark Romanek and Tod Tourso
12. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
13. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
14. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
15. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
    Isao Takahata
16. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
17. HyperNormalisation
    Adam Curtis
18. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
19. High Life
    Claire Denis
20. Love is the Message, the Message is Death
    Arthur Jafa
21. Citizenfour
    Laura Poitras
22. Certain Women
    Kelly Reichardt
23. The Grand Bizarre
    Jodie Mack
24. On the Beach at Night Alone
    Hong Sang-soo
25. Shirkers
    Sandi Tan

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Best Films of the Decade (2010-2019), as submitted to Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

1. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
2. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. The Other Side of the Wind
   Orson Welles
4. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
5. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
6. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
7. Bernie
   Richard Linklater
8. A Bread Factory
   Patrick Wang
9. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
10. I, Dalio (or the Rules of the Game)
    Mark Rappaport

Michael Sicinski: The 30 Best Avant-Garde Feature Films of the 2010s, as published by Mubi, "the selection of which presents a challenge of access, sensibility, and privilege"

[see also 25 Great Experimental Films of 2023 • The Best Experimental Films (That I Saw) in 2022 • Top 50 Films of 2018 • Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018 • Top 25 Films of 2017 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 12 Films of 2014 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 12 Films of 2012]

1. The Extravagant Shadows
   David Gatten
2. The Grand Bizarre
   Jodie Mack
3. The Giverny Document (Single Channel)
   Ja’Tovia Gary
4. PROTOTYPE
   Blake Williams
5. Differently, Molussia
   Nicolas Rey
6. Streetscapes [Dialogue]
   Heinz Emigholz
7. Sixty Six
   Lewis Klahr
8. Park Lanes
   Kevin Jerome Everson
9. American Colour
   Joshua Bonnetta
10. Episode of the Sea
    Van Brummelen & De Haan and the inhabitants of Urk, Netherlands
11. Field Niggas
    Khalik Allah
12. The Realist
    Scott Stark
13. Watching the Detectives
    Chris Kennedy
14. Terror Nullius
    Soda_Jerk
15. American Falls
    Phil Solomon
16. Daredevils
    Stephanie Barber
17. The Lanthanide Series
    Erin Espelie
18. The Illinois Parables
    Deborah Stratman
19. Tondal's Vision
    Stephen Broomer
20. Seeking the Monkey King
    Ken Jacobs
21. Easy Rider
    James Benning
22. Science Without Substance
    Daniel Barnett
23. Two Years at Sea
    Ben Rivers
24. Invention
    Mark Lewis
25. Three Landscapes
    Peter Hutton
26. 88:88
    Isiah Medina
27. The Royal Road
    Jenni Olson
28. Circle in the Sand
    Michael Robinson
29. Ouroboros
    Basma Alsharif
30. Where the Chocolate Mountains
    Pat O'Neill

Jordan Cronk: The 50 Best Films of the 2010s, posted publicly to Patreon

[see also The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2022 • Top Ten Films of 2021 • Top Ten Films of 2020 • Top 20 Films of 2019 • Top 20 Films of 2018 • Top Ten Films of 2017]

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
   David Lynch
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
3. The Strange Case of Angelica
   Manoel de Oliveira
4. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
5. No Home Movie
   Chantal Akerman
6. House of Pleasures
   Bertrand Bonello
7. Horse Money
   Pedro Costa
8. Mysteries of Lisbon
   Raoul Ruiz
9. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
10. The Turin Horse
    Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
11. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
12. Li’l Quinquin
    Bruno Dumont
13. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
14. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
15. Stray Dogs
    Tsai Ming-liang
16. Jauja
    Lisandro Alonso
17. Liberty
    Albert Serra
18. The Assassin
    Hou Hsiao-Hsien
19. Sieranevada
    Cristi Puiu
20. Leviathan
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
21. The Day He Arrives
    Hong Sang-soo
22. Differently, Molussia
    Nicolas Rey
23. Hard to Be a God
    Aleksey German
24. Let Your Light Shine
    Jodie Mack
25. Norte, the End of History
    Lav Diaz
26. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
27. The Extravagant Shadows
    David Gatten
28. Winter Vacation
    Li Hongqi
29. Slow Action
    Ben Rivers
30. La Flor
    Mariano Llinás
31. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
32. Stranger by the Lake
    Alain Guiraudie
33. Dead Souls
    Wang Bing
34. Episode of the Sea
    Van Brummelen & De Haan and the inhabitants of Urk, Netherlands
35. I Was at Home, But
    Angela Schanelec
36. Knight of Cups
    Terrence Malick
37. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
38. The Last of the Unjust
    Claude Lanzmann
39. Arabian Nights
    Miguel Gomes
40. High Life
    Claire Denis
41. A Touch of Sin
    Jia Zhang-ke
42. Maps to the Stars
    David Cronenberg
43. Jealousy
    Philippe Garrel
44. Le Havre
    Aki Kaurismäki
45. 4:44 Last Day on Earth
    Abel Ferrara
46. The Last Time I Saw Macao
    João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
47. Amour fou
    Jessica Hausner
48. L. Cohen
    James Benning
49. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
    Alain Resnais
50. Lost and Beautiful
    Pietro Marcello

Rolling Stone: The 50 Best Movies of the 2010s

1. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
2. The Social Network
   David Fincher
3. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
4. Boyhood
   Richard Linklater
5. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
6. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
7. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
8. Roma
   Alfonso Cuaron
9. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
10. Carol
    Todd Haynes
11. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
12. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
13. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
14. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
15. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
16. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
17. Winter's Bone
    Debra Granik
18. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
19. Anomalisa
    Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
20. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
21. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
22. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
23. Dunkirk
    Christopher Nolan
24. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
25. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
26. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
27. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
28. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
29. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
30. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
31. Meek’s Cutoff
    Kelly Reichardt
32. No
    Pablo Larraín
33. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
34. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
35. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
36. We Are the Best!
    Lukas Moodysson
37. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
38. Zama
    Lucrecia Martel
39. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
40. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
41. I Am Not Your Negro
    Raoul Peck
42. Elena
    Andrey Zvyagintsev
43. Amour
    Michael Haneke
44. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
45. Black Coal, Thin Ice
    Diao Yinan
46. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
47. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
48. The Tribe
    Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
49. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
50. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler

Associated Press: Best 10 Films of the 2010s, compiled by Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr

1. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
4. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
5. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
6. Somewhere
   Sofia Coppola
7. Cold War
   Pawel Pawlikowski
8. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
9. Inside Llewyn Davis
   Joel & Ethan Coen
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson

Also

• Dawson City: Frozen Time
  Bill Morrison
• Melancholia
  Lars von Trier
• The Florida Project
  Sean Baker
• The Social Network
  David Fincher
• Timbuktu
  Abderrahmane Sissako
• Cameraperson
  Kirsten Johnson
• The Immigrant
  James Gray
• A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• I Am Love
  Luca Guadagnino
• Burning
  Lee Chang-dong
• Senna
  Asif Kapadia
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
  Quentin Tarantino
• Phoenix
  Christian Petzold
• Mad Max: Fury Road
  George Miller
• Faces Places
  Agnès Varda and JR
• At Berkeley
  Frederick Wiseman
• The Deep Blue Sea
  Terence Davies