Year-End Lists

Lena Wilson: Best Films of the Decade, as submitted to the Seventh Row Critics Survey

1. Beach Rats
   Eliza Hittman
2. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
3. The Lion's Mouth Opens
   Lucy Walker
4. Pariah
   Dee Rees
5. The Invitation
   Karyn Kusama

Seventh Row: 50 Favourite Films of the Decade

1. Oslo, August 31st
   Joachim Trier
2. Certain Women
   Kelly Reichardt
3. Mouthpiece
   Patricia Rozema
4. Leave No Trace
   Debra Granik
5. Weekend
   Andrew Haigh
6. Call Me by Your Name
   Luca Guadagnino
7. Rhymes for Young Ghouls
   Jeff Barnaby
8. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
   Céline Sciamma
9. Sergio and Sergei
   Ernesto Daranas
10. Stories We Tell
    Sarah Polley
11. You Were Never Really Here
    Lynne Ramsay
12. The Burden
    Niki Lindroth von Bahr
13. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
14. Proxima
    Alice Winocour
15. Louder Than Bombs
    Joachim Trier
16. Personal Shopper
    Olivier Assayas
17. Charlie's Country
    Rolf de Heer
18. Raw
    Julia Ducournau
19. Coriolanus
    Ralph Fiennes
20. Unsane
    Steven Soderbergh
21. Aquarius
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
22. Archipelago
    Joanna Hogg
23. The Look of Silence
    Joshua Oppenheimer
24. Transit
    Christian Petzold
25. We Are the Best!
    Lukas Moodysson
26. At Berkeley
    Frederick Wiseman
27. Selma
    Ava DuVernay
28. Wild Nights with Emily
    Madeleine Olnek
29. Paddington 2
    Paul King
30. Timbuktu
    Abderrahmane Sissako
31. Their Finest
    Lone Scherfig
32. Angels Wear White
    Vivian Qu
33. Hail, Caesar!
    Joel & Ethan Coen
34. Lean On Pete
    Andrew Haigh
35. Our Loved Ones
    Anne Émond
36. The Levelling
    Hope Dickson Leach
37. Wadjda
    Haifaa al-Mansour
38. Neruda
    Pablo Larraín
39. Ninth Floor
    Mina Shum
40. Tomboy
    Céline Sciamma
41. Support the Girls
    Andrew Bujalski
42. The Miseducation of Cameron Post
    Desiree Akhavan
43. Our Little Sister
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
44. Enough Said
    Nicole Holofcener
45. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
46. No Home Movie
    Chantal Akerman
47. Clouds of Sils Maria
    Olivier Assayas
48. Private Life
    Tamara Jenkins
49. Dreams of a Life
    Carol Morley
50. The Riot Club
    Lone Scherfig

Esquire: The Best Books of the 2010s

[see also The 20 Best Books of 2023 • The Best Books of 2022 • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 • The 50 Best Books of 2021 • The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019]

1. Between the World and Me
   Ta-Nehisi Coates
2. My Brilliant Friend
   Elena Ferrante
2. The Story of a New Name
   Elena Ferrante
2. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
   Elena Ferrante
2. The Story of the Lost Child
   Elena Ferrante
3. Less
   Andrew Sean Greer
4. Lincoln in the Bardo
   George Saunders
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
   Rebecca Skloot
6. There There
   Tommy Orange
7. These Truths

   A History of the United States
   Jill Lepore
8. Swamplandia!
   Karen Russell
9. Concussion
   Jeanne Marie Laskas
10. The Sympathizer
    Viet Thanh Nguyen
11. Just Kids
    Patti Smith

Matt Goldberg: Top 25 Films of the 2010s, as published by Collider

1. The Social Network
   David Fincher
2. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
3. 21 Jump Street
   Phil Lord and Chris Miller
4. Exit Through the Gift Shop
   Banksy
5. Her
   Spike Jonze
6. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
7. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
8. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
   Brad Bird
8. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
   Christopher McQuarrie
8. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
   Christopher McQuarrie
9. 13th
   Ava DuVernay
10. The Lego Movie
    Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
11. Short Term 12
    Destin Cretton
12. Inside Llewyn Davis
    Joel & Ethan Coen
13. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
14. The Act of Killing
    Joshua Oppenheimer
15. Paddington 2
    Paul King
16. MacGruber
    Jorma Taccone
17. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
18. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Rupert Wyatt
18. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
18. War for the Planet of the Apes
    Matt Reeves
19. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    Rian Johnson
20. The World’s End
    Edgar Wright
21. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
    Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone
22. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
23. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
24. Marvel Cinematic Universe
25. Inception
    Christopher Nolan

Honorable Mentions

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  Edgar Wright
• Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes
• The Cabin in the Woods
  Drew Goddard
• The Grey
  Joe Carnahan
• 12 Years a Slave
  Steve McQueen
• Boyhood
  Richard Linklater
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
  Wes Anderson
• Nightcrawler
  Dan Gilroy
• Spotlight
  Tom McCarthy
• The Witch
  Robert Eggers
• Baby Driver
  Edgar Wright
• Mudbound
  Dee Rees
• Logan
  James Mangold

NME: Greatest Albums of the Decade

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

1. AM
   Arctic Monkeys
2. Melodrama
   Lorde
3. Yeezus
   Kanye West
4. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
5. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
6. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It
   The 1975
7. Channel Orange
   Frank Ocean
8. Visions
   Grimes
9. The Suburbs
   Arcade Fire
10. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
11. Lonerism
    Tame Impala
12. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    Kanye West
13. Blackstar
    David Bowie
14. High Violet
    The National
15. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
16. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    The 1975
17. Lemonade
    Beyoncé
18. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
19. Total Life Forever
    Foals
20. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
21. To Pimp A Butterfly
    Kendrick Lamar
22. Visions of a Life
    Wolf Alice
23. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
24. The English Riviera
    Metronomy
25. 2
    Mac DeMarco
26. Take Care
    Drake
27. In Colour
    Jamie xx
28. Body Talk
    Robyn
29. Holy Fire
    Foals
30. Konnichiwa
    Skepta
31. 1989
    Taylor Swift
32. Art Angels
    Grimes
33. Suck It and See
    Arctic Monkeys
34. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
35. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
36. Joy as an Act of Resistance
    Idles
37. Settle
    Disclosure
38. Made in the Manor
    Kano
39. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
40. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
41. The Life of Pablo
    Kanye West
42. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
43. Days Are Gone
    Haim
44. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
45. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
46. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
47. Pure Comedy
    Father John Misty
48. Post Pop Depression
    Iggy Pop
49. We Are Not Your Kind
    Slipknot
50. Twentytwo in Blue
    Sunflower Bean
51. Wide Awake!
    Parquet Courts
52. After Laughter
    Paramore
53. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
    Arctic Monkeys
54. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
55. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
56. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
57. Landlord
    Giggs
58. Are You Satisfied?
    Slaves
59. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
60. 48:13
    Kasabian
61. Royal Blood
    Royal Blood
62. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
63. I See You
    The xx
64. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
65. My Love Is Cool
    Wolf Alice
66. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
67. Gang Signs & Prayer
    Stormzy
68. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
69. Nothing Great About Britain
    slowthai
70. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
71. Currents
    Tame Impala
72. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
73. …Like Clockwork
    Queens of the Stone Age
74. Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1
    Lil Peep
75. Brothers
    The Black Keys
76. Love In the 4th Dimension
    The Big Moon
77. Plastic Beach
    Gorillaz
78. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
79. Unknown Mortal Orchestra
    Unknown Mortal Orchestra
80. Long.Live.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
81. Chaleur Humaine
    Christine and the Queens
82. Daytona
    Pusha T
83. Anti
    Rihanna
84. James Blake
    James Blake
85. Is the Is Are
    DIIV
86. Awaken, My Love!
    Childish Gambino
87. An Awesome Wave
    alt-J
88. Go Tell Fire to the Mountain
    WU LYF
89. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
90. Common Sense
    J Hus
91. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
92. Matangi
    M.I.A.
93. What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?
    The Vaccines
94. Skying
    The Horrors
95. The Magic Whip
    Blur
96. Drones
    Muse
97. Ctrl
    SZA
98. Angles
    The Strokes
99. amo
    Bring Me the Horizon
100. Opposites
     Biffy Clyro

For Reading Addicts: The 20 Best Books of the Decade 2010-2019

• All the Light We Cannot See
  Anthony Doerr
• Ready Player One
  Ernest Cline
• The Underground Railroad
  Colson Whitehead
• Americanah
  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• My Brilliant Friend
  Elena Ferrante
• Killers of the Flower Moon

  The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
  David Grann
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
  Rebecca Skloot
• The Light Between Oceans
  M.L. Stedman
• A Man Called Ove
  Fredrik Backman
• Citizen

  An American Lyric
  Claudia Rankine
• Between the World and Me
  Ta-Nehisi Coates
• There There
  Tommy Orange
• The Martian
  Andy Weir
• The Overstory
  Richard Powers
• The Nightingale
  Kristin Hannah
• The Invention of Wings
  Sue Monk Kidd
• A Monster Calls
  Patrick Ness
• Vox
  Christina Dalcher
• The Circle
  Dave Eggers
• Salt to the Sea
  Ruta Sepetys

Sonia Saraiya: 10 Best TV Shows of the 2010s, as published by Vanity Fair along with a list of 15 standout episodes from none of the shows listed in the other categories

[see also 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. BoJack Horseman
2. Twin Peaks: The Return
3. Enlightened
4. Steven Universe
5. Better Call Saul
6. Atlanta
7. Rectify
8. Fleabag
9. Broad City
10. The Great British Bake Off

Honorable Mention — Drama

1. Halt and Catch Fire
2. The Leftovers
3. Game of Thrones

Honorable Mention — Comedy

1. Girls
2. Kroll Show
3. High Maintenance
4. Veep
5. Better Things
6. Schitt's Creek
7. Rick and Morty
8. The Good Place

Honorable Mention — Limited Series

1. When They See Us
2. Alias Grace
3. American Crime Story
4. Sharp Objects
5. Top of the Lake

Dan Sallitt: Top 35 Films of the Decade, as posted to Twitter with the caveat that "I think it's 1.5 to 2 years too early to make a decade list, but a lot of my favorites could use a little more attention...." Ordered by director's last name.

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2012]

• The Seen and Unseen
  Kamila Andini
• Bad at Dancing
  Joanna Arnow
• Fail to Appear
  Antoine Bourges
• The Sleeping Beauty
  Catherine Breillat
• Ben Zaken
  Efrat Corem
• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Young Ahmed
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• Love Battles
  Jacques Doillon
• Classical Period
  Ted Fendt
• Western
  Valeska Grisebach
• Things to Come
  Mia Hansen-Løve
• Something, Anything
  Paul Harrill
• I Wasn’t There
  Sky Hirschkron
• Exhibition
  Joanna Hogg
• Hahaha
  Hong Sang-soo
• The Day He Arrives
  Hong Sang-soo
• The Day After
  Hong Sang-soo
• L for Leisure
  Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn
• On the Edge
  Leila Kilani
• Sleeping Beauty
  Julia Leigh
• The Mend
  John Magary
• Of Women and Horses
  Patricia Mazuy
• A Month in Thailand
  Paul Negoescu
• John From
  João Nicolau
• Scaffold
  Kazik Radwanski
• Michael
  Markus Schleinzer
• About 12
  Martín Shanly
• Alms for a Blind Horse
  Gurvinder Singh
• The Whispering Star
  Sion Sono
• Uncle Kent
  Joe Swanberg
• All the Light in the Sky
  Joe Swanberg
• Easy, episode "Package Thief"
  Joe Swanberg
• Old Dog
  Pema Tseden
• Radio Mary
  Gary Walkow
• Be My Baby
  Gary Walkow

TIFF Cinematheque: The Best of the Decade: An Alternative View, a poll of film curators, archivists and historians from Canada and abroad

1. Zama
   Lucrecia Martel
2. Toni Erdmann
   Maren Ade
3. Goodbye to Language
   Jean-Luc Godard
4. Moonlight
   Barry Jenkins
5. Sieranevada
   Cristi Puiu
6. The Assassin
   Hou Hsiao-Hsien
6. Transit
   Christian Petzold
7. Film Socialisme
   Jean-Luc Godard
8. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
8. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
9. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Ida
   Pawel Pawlikowski
9. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
9. Neighboring Sounds
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
9. Faces Places
   Agnès Varda and JR
9. Vitalina Varela
   Pedro Costa
10. The Turin Horse
    Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
10. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
10. The Strange Case of Angelica
    Manoel de Oliveira

Chris Ryan: Top 10 Movies of the 2010s, as as discussed on The Ringer's podcast The Big Picture

1. The Social Network
   David Fincher
2. The Wolf of Wall Street
   Martin Scorsese
3. Lady Bird
   Greta Gerwig
4. Arrival
   Denis Villeneuve
5. Before Midnight
   Richard Linklater
6. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
7. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
8. Minding the Gap
   Bing Liu
9. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
10. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino