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Film School Rejects: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

13 November 2019

Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller

Film School Rejects: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

[see also 2018 • 2017]

  1. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
  2. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
  3. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  4. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
  6. The Social Network
    David Fincher
  7. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  8. What We Do in the Shadows
    Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
  9. The Lobster
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  10. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  11. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
  12. Gone Girl
    David Fincher
  13. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  14. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  15. Annihilation
    Alex Garland
  16. Paddington 2
    Paul King
  17. The Florida Project
    Sean Baker
  18. The Witch
    Robert Eggers
  19. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
  20. Logan
    James Mangold
  21. Let the Sunshine In
    Claire Denis
  22. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
  23. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
  24. Phoenix
    Christian Petzold
  25. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
  26. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
  27. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
  28. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
  29. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
  30. True Grit
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  31. 20th Century Women
    Mike Mills
  32. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
    Brad Bird
  33. Nightcrawler
    Dan Gilroy
  34. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
  35. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
    Taika Waititi
  36. Ex Machina
    Alex Garland
  37. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
  38. Green Room
    Jeremy Saulnier
  39. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  40. Eighth Grade
    Bo Burnham
  41. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
  42. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
  43. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
  44. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
  45. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
  46. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
  47. The Nice Guys
    Shane Black
  48. Mandy
    Panos Cosmatos
  49. Foxtrot
    Samuel Maoz
  50. Upstream Color
    Shane Carruth
  51. The Cabin in the Woods
    Drew Goddard
  52. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
  53. Wonder Woman
    Patty Jenkins
  54. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
  55. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
  56. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
  57. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
  58. Swiss Army Man
    Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
  59. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
  60. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  61. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  62. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
  63. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
    Anthony and Joe Russo
  64. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
  65. Young Adult
    Jason Reitman
  66. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
  67. The Grey
    Joe Carnahan
  68. Goodbye First Love
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  69. Carol
    Todd Haynes
  70. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  71. Attack the Block
    Joe Cornish
  72. Blue Valentine
    Derek Cianfrance
  73. The Raid: Redemption
    Gareth Evans
  74. Thelma
    Joachim Trier
  75. Her
    Spike Jonze
  76. Gravity
    Alfonso Cuaron
  77. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
  78. Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Banksy
  79. Blindspotting
    Carlos López Estrada
  80. Blade Runner 2049
    Denis Villeneuve
  81. John Wick
    Chad Stahelski
  82. I Saw the Devil
    Kim Ji-woon
  83. Interstellar
    Christopher Nolan
  84. Magic Mike XXL
    Gregory Jacobs
  85. Revenge
    Coralie Fargeat
  86. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
  87. Goodnight Mommy
    Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala
  88. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
  89. Shin Godzilla
    Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi
  90. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  91. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
  92. The Invitation
    Karyn Kusama
  93. Kill List
    Ben Wheatley
  94. High Life
    Claire Denis
  95. Mustang
    Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  96. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Edgar Wright
  97. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
  98. Silence
    Martin Scorsese
  99. Borg vs. McEnroe
    Janus Metz
  100. Bone Tomahawk
    S. Craig Zahler

The Young Folks: Top 50 Films of the 2010s

08 November 2019

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

The Young Folks: Top 50 Films of the 2010s

  1. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  2. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
  3. The Social Network
    David Fincher
  4. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
  5. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
  6. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
  7. Her
    Spike Jonze
  8. Mudbound
    Dee Rees
  9. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
  10. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  11. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  12. Obvious Child
    Gillian Robespierre
  13. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
  14. Snowpiercer
    Bong Joon-ho
  15. What We Do in the Shadows
    Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
  16. Annihilation
    Alex Garland
  17. Mustang
    Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  18. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
  19. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
  20. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik
  21. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
    Isao Takahata
  22. Ex Machina
    Alex Garland
  23. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
  24. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
  25. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
  26. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  27. Arrival
    Denis Villeneuve
  28. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
    Edgar Wright
  29. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
  30. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
  31. Your Name
    Makoto Shinkai
  32. Beyond the Lights
    Gina Prince-Bythewood
  33. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
  34. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  35. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
  36. Weekend
    Andrew Haigh
  37. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
  38. Columbus
    Kogonada
  39. American Honey
    Andrea Arnold
  40. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig
  41. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
  42. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
  43. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  44. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
  45. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  46. Prisoners
    Denis Villeneuve
  47. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  48. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
  49. Attack the Block
    Joe Cornish
  50. Hell or High Water
    David Mackenzie

Polygon: Karen Han: The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade

05 November 2019

Karen Han: The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade, as published by Polygon

[see also 2019]

  1. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  2. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
  3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tomas Alfredson
  4. True Grit
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  5. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  6. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
  7. The Hateful Eight
    Quentin Tarantino
  8. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  9. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  10. Paddington 2
    Paul King
  11. A Cure for Wellness
    Gore Verbinski

RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s

05 November 2019

The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick

RogerEbert.com: The Best Films of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016]

  1. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  2. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  3. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  4. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
  5. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  6. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
  7. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
  8. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
  9. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
  10. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  11. The Social Network
    David Fincher
  12. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
  13. Silence
    Martin Scorsese
  14. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
  15. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  16. If Beale Street Could Talk
    Barry Jenkins
  17. 12 Years a Slave
    Steve McQueen
  18. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  19. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
  20. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  21. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
  22. The Look of Silence
    Joshua Oppenheimer
  23. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  24. Manchester by the Sea
    Kenneth Lonergan
  25. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
  26. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater

Honorable Mentions

ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of the 2010s

22 October 2019

Boyhood - Richard Linklater

Matt Singer: The Best Movies of the 2010s, as published by ScreenCrush

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011]

  1. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
  2. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
  3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
  4. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
  5. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
  6. The Favourite
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  7. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
  8. The Social Network
    David Fincher
  9. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  10. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  11. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  12. Short Term 12
    Destin Cretton
  13. Exit Through the Gift Shop
    Banksy
  14. Bad Black
    Nabwana I.G.G.
  15. Sing Street
    John Carney
  16. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
  17. The Duke of Burgundy
    Peter Strickland
  18. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
  19. Uncut Gems
    Ben Safdie and Joshua Safdie
  20. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone

Honorable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order)

IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

23 July 2019

Moonlight - Barry Jenkins

IndieWire: The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2015]

  1. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
  2. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
  3. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
  4. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
  5. The Look of Silence
    Joshua Oppenheimer
  6. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  7. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  8. Carol
    Todd Haynes
  9. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  10. Mad Max: Fury Road
    George Miller
  11. Lady Bird
    Greta Gerwig
  12. The Wolf of Wall Street
    Martin Scorsese
  13. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
  14. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  15. Leviathan
    Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
  16. Dogtooth
    Yorgos Lanthimos
  17. The Social Network
    David Fincher
  18. World of Tomorrow
    Don Hertzfeldt
  19. Call Me by Your Name
    Luca Guadagnino
  20. Toni Erdmann
    Maren Ade
  21. Phantom Thread
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  22. Get Out
    Jordan Peele
  23. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
  24. O.J.: Made in America
    Ezra Edelman
  25. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
  26. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  27. Magic Mike XXL
    Gregory Jacobs
  28. The Wind Rises
    Hayao Miyazaki
  29. Paddington 2
    Paul King
  30. First Reformed
    Paul Schrader
  31. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  32. Somewhere
    Sofia Coppola
  33. The Grand Budapest Hotel
    Wes Anderson
  34. Madeline’s Madeline
    Josephine Decker
  35. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
  36. Only Lovers Left Alive
    Jim Jarmusch
  37. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine
  38. Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron
  39. Timbuktu
    Abderrahmane Sissako
  40. The Babadook
    Jennifer Kent
  41. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
  42. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
  43. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  44. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
  45. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
  46. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
  47. Hereditary
    Ari Aster
  48. The Lost City of Z
    James Gray
  49. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
  50. Before Midnight
    Richard Linklater
  51. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
    Isao Takahata
  52. Elle
    Paul Verhoeven
  53. Eden
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  54. A Ghost Story
    David Lowery
  55. Cold War
    Pawel Pawlikowski
  56. Frances Ha
    Noah Baumbach
  57. Happy as Lazzaro
    Alice Rohrwacher
  58. Tangerine
    Sean Baker
  59. The Turin Horse
    Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
  60. The Farewell
    Lulu Wang
  61. Black Panther
    Ryan Coogler
  62. Faces Places
    Agnès Varda and JR
  63. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
  64. Inception
    Christopher Nolan
  65. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
    Christopher McQuarrie
  66. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
  67. Force Majeure
    Ruben Östlund
  68. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
  69. Jackie
    Pablo Larraín
  70. The Duke of Burgundy
    Peter Strickland
  71. Pariah
    Dee Rees
  72. Goodbye to Language
    Jean-Luc Godard
  73. The Handmaiden
    Park Chan-wook
  74. La La Land
    Damien Chazelle
  75. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
  76. A Star Is Born
    Bradley Cooper
  77. Leave No Trace
    Debra Granik
  78. The Souvenir
    Joanna Hogg
  79. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
  80. Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
    David Zellner
  81. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
  82. High Life
    Claire Denis
  83. Sunset Song
    Terence Davies
  84. Synonyms
    Nadav Lapid
  85. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  86. The Illusionist
    Sylvain Chomet
  87. Kate Plays Christine
    Robert Greene
  88. Her Smell
    Alex Ross Perry
  89. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay
  90. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
  91. Private Life
    Tamara Jenkins
  92. Fire at Sea
    Gianfranco Rosi
  93. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
  94. Mother of George
    Andrew Dosunmu
  95. Happy Hour
    Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
  96. The Arbor
    Clio Barnard
  97. Girl Walk // All Day
    Jacob Krupnick
  98. All These Sleepless Nights
    Michal Marczak
  99. The Great Gatsby
    Baz Luhrmann
  100. The Loneliest Planet
    Julia Loktev
  101. Inherent Vice
    Paul Thomas Anderson

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