Like all my lists, this should be taken simply as a judging of the movies I enjoyed most, without any pretense that "best" references technical merit, depth of meaning or other specific criteria.
To date, my pool for purposes of this list is 36 movies released in 2010 (27 seen in theaters; 9 at home). There are a number more I hope to see soon that I've heard or read good things about, and will cite some of these below my list. But in looking at my 2009 list, there are relatively few changes I would now make with the additional films seen after my blog post.
I was originally going to post my Top 10 plus honorable mentions, but then decided to rank the Top 25 like I did last year. But in considering all the movies that I gave at least @@@@ out of 5 (or 8 of 10 on IMDB; you can see my Vote History here, though it's not quite comprehensive), I got stuck at just 22 films. So I'll leave 3 slots unaccounted for and hope that some of the movies not yet seen will deserve berths.
The Best English-language Feature Films of 2010
2. Inception
3. The Fighter
4. The Town
5. It’s Kind of a Funny Story
6. Fair Game
7. Unstoppable
8. Mao’s Last Dancer
9. The King’s Speech
10. Salt
11. Easy A
12. 127 Hours
13. Nowhere Boy
14. Four Lions
15. True Grit
16. Toy Story 3
17. Greenberg
18. Winter’s Bone
19. The Kids Are All Right
20. Green Zone
21. Made in Dagenham
22. The Book of Eli
Notable Among Those Not Yet Seen
The Ghost Writer
Somewhere
Rabbit Hole
Animal Kingdom
Blue Valentine
Another Year
Please Give
Barney's Version
The Company Men
Biutiful
All Good Things
Others Loved These But I Didn't
Black Swan
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Shutter Island
Outstanding Performances
Jesse Eisenberg & Justin Timberlake, The Social Network; Christian Bale & Amy Adams, The Fighter; Naomi Watts, Fair Game; Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe & Cillian Murphy, Inception; Natalie Portman, Black Swan; James Franco, 127 Hours; Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone; Emma Stone, Easy A; Colin Firth & Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech; Kerr Gilchrist, It's Kind of a Funny Story
Although this might seem to do it for "Best Of" movie rankings for 2010, I will soon post a list of the Best Films I Watched in 2010 (of any Vintage, Language, Country of Origin, etc.). I also hope to share the differing opinions of a friend or two on the list above.
Good list. I am glad you included UNSTOPPABLE. I am so behind in my end-of-2010 viewing because I was out of town. I must see TRUE GRIT.
ReplyDelete"The Social Network": easily the best film of 2010. And "Inception" at #2, got to agree. After that... well, I can't really agree or disagree since I haven't seen "127 Hours" yet (or "The King's Speech"). Still, "Toy Story 3" is way too low in my estimation. As is "True Grit".
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