The Top 100 Movies of the 2010's (in my opinion)

The 2010’s was a decade of constant change. Politics changed. Mass communication changed. Barriers were broken down. Technology and new mediums that were once the stuff of science fiction became mainstream. Filmmaking as an art form has always been in a state of flux, but in the past ten years it has evolved and mutated faster and more aggressively than ever before. Despite outcries of creative drought, there was no shortage of original, interesting, evocative and mind-blowing films out there, with a plethora of fascinating experimentation happening both in the mainstream and the underground. And as the decade comes to a close, I’d like to take a look back at some of the best films the 2010’s had to offer. This list is a mixture of examples that reflect what I see as emblematic of the best the medium had to offer and laid the groundwork for where cinema is going, as well as personal favorites that meant a lot to me personally. What movie belongs in which category I’m leaving to interpretation. And since this list is 100 films long, I will be listing them alphabetically to avoid favoritism. They are as follows:

The Gentlemen: Guy Ritchie’s Return to the Boy’s Club

1917: Dropping the Audience Into the Trenches

The Top 10 Worst Movies of 2019 (in my opinion)

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The Top 10 Movies of 2019 (in my opinion)

The end of a decade always feels like a changing of the guard, and 2019 is no exception. The 2010’s was a decade of constant turmoil and uncertainty, and that was reflected in how much film has changed in those years. (I’m currently working on a top 100 movies of the decade list, which you can expect to see sometime around February.) Funnily enough, the year for movies was lopsided, with most of the best films not coming out until after September, with the first half being such a drought of noteworthy content that for the first time, I forewent making a mid-year list. I had to make a lot of painful cuts, and that’s not even accounting for the stuff I missed like Ford v Ferrari, Doctor Sleep, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Dolemite is My Name, Waves, A Hidden Life, Richard Jewell, 1917, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, just to name a few. But once Oscar season rolled in, I was graced with not just some of the best movies of the year, but a few of my favorites this decade. Needless to say, this list is built largely on movies that dropped within the last three months. With all that said, these are the top 10 movies of 2019 (in my opinion).

Little Women: A Timely Adaptation of a Timeless Tale

Uncut Gems: Addicted to the Rush