Welcome to my countdown of the top 20 movies of the 2010's! This past decade produced a ton of spectacular films and there's no possible way to recognize to all of them on a list of this size. Titles like Get Out, Jojo Rabbit, Ingrid Goes West, The Spectacular Now and Nightcrawler that all made a significant impact on me didn't even finish in the top 30-which speaks volumes about the abundance of great art that was released during this time period. Below you'll find the first two films that made the list along with the final five that I cut from consideration in alphabetical order. My current intention is to do at least two entries in this countdown per week, which seems attainable considering the relative lack of new releases hitting theaters and streaming services during this stretch of the calendar. Hope you enjoy this trip through the past decade in cinema and please feel free to leave your own picks in the comments section.
Just Missed the Cut:
21 Jump Street (2012)
American Hustle (2013)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)
Wind River (2017)
20.The Fighter (2010): The simply unreal hot streak David O. Russell went on in the early part of the 2010's got started with a biopic about boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward (Mark Wahlberg) and his loving yet overbearing family that keeps meddling in his career. Russell's knack for packing his films with energy and raw emotion along with some tremendous performances from its primary cast (Wahlberg Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo) elevated this above a traditional sports underdog drama.
19.Straight Outta Compton (2015): Having a group with huge personalities that had a history of inciting controversy with their incendiary lyrics and dealing with internal conflict laid down a very solid base for a film adaptation of N.W.A's career. Straight Outta Compton fully realized that potential and went onto become an electrifying standout in the crapshoot music biopic subgenre. The casting choices (Jason Mitchell as Eazy-E, O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Ice Cube, Corey Hawkins as Dr. Dre, Paul Giamatti as Jerry Heller) were nothing short of perfect, it covers a remarkable amount of ground (Ice Cube's ugly exit, the group's personal experience with police brutality, Eazy-E's AIDS diagnosis) without ever feeling overwhelming or losing focus and above all, it displays the level of tangible passion for its subject that isn't nearly as common as it should be on a project like this.
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