Thursday, May 19, 2016

Best Films of the Decade So Far (2010-15)

Now that I've officially seen all of awards-bait and other noteworthy movies from 2015, the time has finally come to release the annual update of my favorite films of the decade. While there was a handful of films that I absolutely loved, the year of 2015 on the whole was the weakest of this decade so far by a pretty considerable margin. Here's hoping that 2016 will offer up more high quality projects(it hasn't through four and a half months) and get this mostly excellent six-year stretch of cinema back on track. Below you'll find my picks for the best of the 2010's up to this point in time on both a year-by-year and full decade basis. Hope you enjoy! 

2010:
1.Kick-Ass
2.Inception
3.Black Swan
4.The Fighter
5.The Book of Eli
6.The Town
7.Hot Tub Time Machine
8.True Grit
9.Toy Story 3
10.Get Him to the Greek
Honorable Mentions: The Social Network, The Other Guys, The Expendables, Shutter Island, Machete

2011:
1.50/50
2.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3.Fast Five
4.Super 8
5.Warrior
6.Source Code
7.Attack the Block 
8.Moneyball
9.Horrible Bosses
10.X-Men: First Class
Honorable Mentions: Hobo with a Shotgun, Drive, Sucker Punch, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Descendants

2012:
1.Django Unchained
2.Silver Linings Playbook
3.The Dark Knight Rises
4.21 Jump Street
5.End of Watch
6.The Expendables 2
7.Ted
8.The Raid: Redemption
9.The Avengers
10.Chronicle
Honorable Mentions: American Reunion, The Dictator, Looper, The Cabin in the Woods, Dredd

2013:
1.Frutivale Station
2.This is the End
3.American Hustle
4.The Spectacular Now
5.Short Term 12
6.Pain & Gain
7.Blue Jasmine
8.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
9.Iron Man 3
10.Inside Llewyn Davis
Honorable Mentions: The Last Stand, Fast and Furious 6, Rush, Bad Grandpa, Prisoners

2014:
1.Gone Girl
2.Whiplash
3.22 Jump Street
4.Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
5.Nightcrawler
6.Top Five
7.Draft Day
8.The Raid 2
9.Guardians of the Galaxy
10.Boyhood
Honorable Mentions: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Kill the Messenger, The Skeleton Twins, The Imitation Game, Selma

2015:
1.Straight Outta Compton
2.Room
3.The Hateful Eight
4.Dope
5.Furious 7
6.Creed
7.Trainwreck
8.The Night Before
9.Concussion
10.Kingsman: The Secret Service
Honorable Mentions: Ex Machina, Sicario, Steve Jobs, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Spotlight

Entire Decade So Far:
1.Django Unchained
2.Gone Girl
3.Fruitvale Station
4.Kick-Ass
5.50/50
6.Whiplash
7.Inception
8.Straight Outta Compton
9.Black Swan
10.Silver Linings Playbook
Honorable Mentions: This is the End, Room, 22 Jump Street, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Fighter

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