On Episode 363, after thorough and lengthy deliberation, we finally discussed our Top 10 movies of the decade (2010-2019). It was a lot of fun celebrating the very best that film had to offer in the 2010s, and we hope you enjoyed it as we did. As part of the exercise, Brendan and JD decided to offer up their newly revised Top 10 lists for each year in the decade. If you listened to our Best of the Decade (so far) show on Episode 133, or any of our past awards shows, you may notice some discrepancies between these lists and what we published previously. There are many reasons for this, but mostly it comes down to cinephile maturity and careful reflection on the films that move us the most emotionally and artfully.
With that said, here are our newly updated Top 10 lists for each year in the 2010s!
JD’s Lists:
2010:
1) The Social Network
2) Inception
3) A Prophet
4) Toy Story 3
5) How to Train Your Dragon
6) True Grit
7) Scott Pilgrim vs the World
8) Winter’s Bone
9) Dogtooth
10) Rabbit Hole
11) Never Let Me Go
12) Black Swan
13) The Fighter
14) The Town
15) Let Me In
16) Mother
17) Blue Valentine
18) Harry Potter Deathly Hallows 1
19) 127 Hours
20) Exit Through the Gift Shop
2011:
1) The Tree of Life
2) Take Shelter
3) Drive
4) Warrior
5) Hugo
6) Shame
7) Meek’s Cutoff
8) Certified Copy
9) A Separation
10) We Need to Talk About Kevin
11) Moneyball
12) Midnight in Paris
13) Incendies
14) Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2
15) Senna
16) The Descendants
17) The Guard
18) Attack the Block
19) Martha Marcy May Marlene
20) Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2012:
1) The Master
2) Life of Pi
3) Beasts of the Southern Wild
4) Zero Dark Thirty
5) Moonrise Kingdom
6) Holy Motors
7) Lincoln
8) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
9) Amour
10) Skyfall
11) The Avengers
12) Wreck-It Ralph
13) Looper
14) Argo
16) Silver Linings Playbook
16) Les Misérables
17) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
18) End of Watch
19) The Grey
20) Compliance
2013:
1) Inside Llewyn Davis
2) Her
3) Spring Breakers
4) Before Midnight
5) 12 Years a Slave
6) Blue is the Warmest Color
7) The Act of Killing
8) Nebraska
9) Gravity
10) Rush
11) Short Term 12
12) Captain Phillips
13) Stories We Tell
14) About Time
15) Like Father, Like Son
16) The Spectacular Now
17) This is the End
18) American Hustle
19) Mud
20) Frances Ha
2014:
1) Boyhood
2) The Wind Rises
3) Whiplash
4) How to Train Your Dragon 2
5) Locke
6) The Grand Budapest Hotel
7) Birdman
8) Under the Skin
9) Calvary
10) Inherent Vice
11) The Tale of Princess Kaguya
12) Ida
13) Fury
14) Nightcrawler
15) The Lego Movie
16) Gone Girl
17) Selma
18) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
19) A Most Violent Year
20) Force Majeure
2015
1) Inside Out
2) Ex Machina
3) Mad Max: Fury Road
4) White God
5) Brooklyn
6) Sicario
7) Room
8) The Revenant
9) Carol
10) Mommy
11) Creed
12) Phoenix
13) The Big Short
14) The Look of Silence
15) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
16) It Follows
17) The Martian
18) The End of the Tour
19) Victoria
20) Love & Mercy
2016
1) Midnight Special
2) La La Land
3) Arrival
4) Moonlight
5) Manchester By the Sea
6) The Witch
7) Sing Street
8) The Handmaiden
9) The Lobster
10) A Monster Calls
11) Hail, Caesar
12) Paterson
13) Kubo and the Two Strings
14) Everybody Wants Some!!
15) Krisha
16) Rams
17) Certain Women
18) Captain America: Civil War
19) Tower
20) Hunt for the Wilderpeople
2017
1) Lady Bird
2) Get Out
3) The Florida Project
4) The Red Turtle
5) Dunkirk
6) A Ghost Story
7) Call Me By Your Name
8) Logan
9) Columbus
10) Phantom Thread
11) Faces Places
12) I, Tonya
13) Blade Runner 2049
14) mother!
15) The Shape of Water
16) Personal Shopper
17) War for the Planet of the Apes
18) The Beguiled
19) The Big Sick
20) A Quiet Passion
2018
1) First Man
2) Roma
3) Eighth Grade
4) You Were Never Really Here
5) The Favourite
6) Blindspotting
7) Shoplifters
8) Leave No Trace
9) First Reformed
10) Wildlife
11) If Beale Street Could Talk
12) Cold War
13) The Rider
14) Won’t You Be My Neighbor
15) Annihilation
16) Paddington 2
17) Mission: Impossible – Fallout
18) Suspiria
19) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
20) Loveless
2019
1) Little Women
2) Parasite
3) Marriage Story
4) Her Smell
5) The Last Black Man in San Francisco
6) The Farewell
7) Wild Rose
8) A Hidden Life
9) Ad Astra
10) Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
11) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
12) The Irishman
13) Us
14) Pain & Glory
15) The Lighthouse
16) Uncut Gems
17) High Life
18) The Nightingale
19) Knives Out
20) Midsommar
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Brendan’s Lists:
2010:
1) The Social Network
2) Mother
3) 127 Hours
4) Toy Story 3
5) Blue Valentine
6) Let Me In
7) Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
8) How to Train Your Dragon
9) Inception
10) Dogtooth
11) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
12) The Secret in Their Eyes
13) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
14) True Grit
15) Black Swan
16) A Prophet
17) Winter’s Bone
18) Tangled
19) Exit Through the Gift Shop
20) The Town
2011:
1) Drive
2) The Tree of Life
3) Shame
4) Certified Copy
5) Hugo
6) Take Shelter
7) Incendies
8) We Need to Talk About Kevin
9) Rango
10) Melancholia
11) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
12) Rise of the Planet of the Apes
13) Midnight in Paris
14) Warrior
15) Moneyball
16) Martha Marcy May Marlene
17) The Descendants
18) Winnie the Pooh
19) Fast Five
20) 50/50
2012:
1) The Master
2) Amour
3) Skyfall
4) Beasts of the Southern Wild
5) Zero Dark Thirty
6) Looper
7) Moonrise Kingdom
8) It’s Such a Beautiful Day
9) Lincoln
10) Life of Pi
11) Flight
12) 21 Jump Street
13) Dredd
14) American Reunion
15) Killer Joe
16) The Perks of Being a Wallflower
17) The Avengers
18) Argo
19) Cloud Atlas
20) The Grey
2013:
1) Her
2) Spring Breakers
3) Before Midnight
4) Inside Llewyn Davis
5) Nebraska
6) The World’s End
7) The Act of Killing
8) Blue is the Warmest Color
9) Fruitvale Station
10) Short Term 12
11) Frances Ha
12) The Spectacular Now
13) 12 Years a Slave
14) Captain Phillips
15) Blue Jasmine
16) 20 Feet to Stardom
17) Mud
18) The Bling Ring
19) This Is the End
20) Gravity
2014:
1) The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2) Boyhood
3) The Wind Rises
4) Inherent Vice
5) The Grand Budapest Hotel
6) Whiplash
7) How to Train Your Dragon 2
8) Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
9) The Rover
10) Snowpiercer
11) Under the Skin
12) Ida
13) Selma
14) Starred Up
15) The Lego Movie
16) Nightcrawler
17) Calvary
18) Captain America: The Winter Soldier
19) Two Days, One Night
20) Frank
2015
1) Ex Machina
2) Inside Out
3) Carol
4) Creed
5) Phoenix
6) Mad Max: Fury Road
7) Sicario
8) Cobain: Montage of Heck
9) Anomalisa
10) Magic Mike XXL
11) Room
12) Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
13) Love & Mercy
14) The End of the Tour
15) The Martian
16) Victoria
17) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
18) When Marnie Was There
19) Beasts of No Nation
20) Son of Saul
2016
1) Everybody Wants Some!!
2) The Handmaiden
3) The Witch
4) Moonlight
5) Tower
6) Sing Street
7) Pete’s Dragon
8) Green Room
9) Hail, Caesar!
10) Paterson
11) Krisha
12) La La Land
13) A Monster Calls
14) Don’t Think Twice
15) Manchester by the Sea
16) Cameraperson
17) The Lobster
18) Kubo and the Two Strings
19) Hunt for the Wilderpeople
20) Swiss Army Man
2017
1) The Florida Project
2) Faces Places
3) Wonderstruck
4) A Ghost Story
5) Phantom Thread
6) Lady Bird
7) Dunkirk
8) War for the Planet of the Apes
9) Brawl in Cell Block 99
10) Columbus
11) Call Me by Your Name
12) First They Killed My Father
13) Get Out
14) Your Name.
15) Jane
16) BPM (Beats Per Minute)
17) The Big Sick
18) Personal Shopper
19) A Quiet Passion
20) The Red Turtle
2018
1) The Rider
2) Shoplifters
3) Blindspotting
4) Paddington 2
5) Annihilation
6) The Favourite
7) Roma
8) Minding the Gap
9) We the Animals
10) Cold War
11) Leave No Trace
12) Can You Ever Forgive Me?
13) Suspiria
14) Creed II
15) Wildlife
16) First Reformed
17) Mission: Impossible – Fallout
18) If Beale Street Could Talk
19) Eighth Grade
20) Isle of Dogs
2019
1) The Last Black Man in San Francisco
2) Uncut Gems
3) Little Women
4) Pain & Glory
5) Parasite
6) Her Smell
7) A Hidden Life
8) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
9) Dragged Across Concrete
10) Midsommar
11) The Lighthouse
12) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
13) The Irishman
14) Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
15) Long Day’s Journey Into Night
16) The Nightingale
17) Apollo 11
18) The Beach Bum
19) Wild Rose
20) Paddleton
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