Best of the 2010s (ranking in progress)
by Samuel_L_Bronkowitz | created - 10 Dec 2016 | updated - 24 Nov 2019 | Public(2010-2019)
Loose ranking, decade still in progress
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1. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
R | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper and a drifter named Max.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz
Votes: 1,087,093 | Gross: $154.06M
Best film of 2015
[Seen @ Cinemark Monroeville, 3D XD Cinema (#5), 5/15/2015]
2. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 990,289 | Gross: $13.09M
Best film of 2014
[Seen @ AMC Waterfront (#9), 11/16/2014]
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
R | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody
Votes: 887,205 | Gross: $59.10M
#2 film 2014
[Seen @ Cinemark Theaters Pittsburgh Mills (#12), 4/12/2014]
4. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 759,095 | Gross: $96.96M
Best film of 2010
[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#6), 10/1/2010?]
5. Moonlight (I) (2016)
R | 111 min | Drama
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes, Alex R. Hibbert
Votes: 332,020 | Gross: $27.85M
6. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
R | 180 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stock-broker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Votes: 1,584,315 | Gross: $116.90M
[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#1), 1/2/2014]
7. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,164 | Gross: $13.30M
Best film of 2011
[Seen @ Blu-ray home video, date unknown]
8. The Raid 2 (2014)
R | 150 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara
Votes: 131,311 | Gross: $2.63M
[Seen @ Cinemark Theaters Pittsburgh Mills (#7), 4/12/2014]
9. Nightcrawler (2014)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.
Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 604,876 | Gross: $32.38M
[Seen @ Waterworks Cinemas (#6), 11/1/2014]
10. The Avengers (2012)
PG-13 | 143 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are going to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner
Votes: 1,459,855 | Gross: $623.28M
Best film of 2012
[Seen @ Mulone Theaters, South Pike Cinemas (#10), 5/04/2012]
11. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
TV-MA | 467 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
Director: Ezra Edelman | Stars: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali, Marcus Allen
Votes: 21,918
Note: Because of the way this tv documentary was slipped into the Academy's conversation for 2016, it can be technically be considered a film release; however, it has not earned placement in many other lists. For my purposes, I will single it out for the achievement it is, but excluded it from the top ten where it would have fit easily.
[Seen @ 720p home video, 7/2016 date unknown]
12. Manchester by the Sea (2016)
R | 137 min | Drama
A depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
Director: Kenneth Lonergan | Stars: Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges
Votes: 313,967 | Gross: $47.70M
13. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Teen Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his universe and must join with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali
Votes: 672,155 | Gross: $190.24M
14. Creed (II) (2015)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Drama, Sport
The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.
Director: Ryan Coogler | Stars: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad
Votes: 310,973 | Gross: $109.77M
[Seen @ Cinemark Theaters, Monroeville (#1), 11/25/2015]
15. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need.
Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 669,941 | Gross: $25.57M
[Seen on Blu-Ray home video, 2014 date unknown]
16. The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five college friends head out to a remote cabin for a getaway, but things don't go as planned when they start getting killed. They soon discover that there is more to the cabin than it seems.
Director: Drew Goddard | Stars: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz
Votes: 450,941 | Gross: $42.07M
Strong contender
[Seen @ Mulone Theaters, South Pike Cinemas (#1), 3/2012 date unknown]
17. Get Out (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener
Votes: 697,452 | Gross: $176.04M
18. Hell or High Water (II) (2016)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Toby is a divorced father who's trying to make a better life. His brother is an ex-con with a short temper and a loose trigger finger. Together, they plan a series of heists against the bank that's about to foreclose on their family ranch.
Director: David Mackenzie | Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Gil Birmingham
Votes: 252,655 | Gross: $27.01M
19. Inception (2010)
PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe
Votes: 2,552,258 | Gross: $292.58M
[Seen @ Mulone Theaters (#8), South Pike Cinemas, 7/8/2010]
20. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
R | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime
Following the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
Director: Banksy | Stars: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Space Invader, Debora Guetta
Votes: 68,835 | Gross: $3.29M
Honorable mentions - Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) How To Train Your Dragon (2010) The Kings Speech (2010) Winter's Bone (2010) Melancholia (2011) The Grey (2012) Life of Pi (2012) Lincoln (2012) Skyfall (2012) Zero Dark Thirty (2012) 12 Years A Slave (2013) Before Midnight (2013) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Under the Skin (2013) Boyhood (2014) The Babadook (2014) The Lego Movie (2014) Anomalisa (2015) Brooklyn (2015) The Hateful Eight (2015) Inside Out (2015) The Martian (2015) Sicario (2015) Spotlight (2015) 20th Century Women (2016) Captain America Civil War (2016) The Edge of Seventeen (2016) The Handmaiden (2016) First Reformed (2017) Lady Bird (2017) Star Wars The Last Jedi (2017) Eighth Grade (2018) Hereditary (2018)
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