I am significantly less proud of this list—not because it's not a good list or basically a reflection of my opinion, but just because there are films on this list that would normally be on a runner's up list. Not driven to abandon by sequels, youth dystopia, vampires, preachy animated films, or franchises, 2010-2019 were lean years for me and the people who like the kind of movies I like. Still, I was surprised at the quality of the top twenty or so on the list. Happy reading!
100. Macgruber
When I first saw this, I thought it was a cinematic travesty.
A few years go by and it's a classic.
99. Ted
98. Trainwreck
97. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
96. Blue Jasmine
95. Blockers
94. Lady Bird
93. About Time
92. Man of Steel
91. Evil Dead
90. The People vs. George Lucas
A movie with good arguments and big heart for its subject.
89. Woody Allen: A Documentary
88. J. Edgar
87. Stonewall Uprising
86. Pacific Rim
85. The Heat
84. 21 Jump Street
83. August: Osage County
82. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
81. Joker
80. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Easily the funniest movie of the decade.
79. The Other Guys
78. Wonder Woman
77. Real Steel
76. RED
75. Horrible Bosses
74. Spectre
73. The Judge
72. Richard Jewell
71. Beasts of the Southern Wild
70. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
My propensity for documentaries aside, a great one.
69. Mission: Impossible—Fallout
68. Dolemite is My Name
67. Creed
66. The Martian
65. Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation
64. Ruby Sparks
63. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Parts 1 and 2
62. True Grit
61. My Week with Marilyn
60. Whiplash
A movie only a critic could love, but at least it's watchable unlike something like American Hustle.
59. Amy
58. Nebraska
57. The Edge of Seventeen
56. Zero Dark Thirty
55. The Dark Knight Rises
54. BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
53. And Everything is Going Fine
52. Death at a Funeral
51. The King’s Speech
50. Despicable Me
A movie that justly spawned a successful franchise. Fresh and funny.
49. Life Itself
48. Yes, God, Yes
47. Easy A
46. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
45. Blue is the Warmest Color
44. Wagner & Me
43. Fences
42. Toy Story 3
41. Abducted in Plain Sight
40. Noah
When they look back over the decade, they'll discover this one got short shrift all around.
39. Iron Man 3
38. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
37. The Other Side of the Wind
36. Isle of Dogs
35. Knives Out
34. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
33. Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol
32. The Fighter
31. Argo
30. Spring Breakers
An extended joke on a generation that wouldn't get it, it still is endlessly funny satire.
29. Boyhood
28. Les Misérables
27. Midsommar
26. Lincoln
25. Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
24. The Master
23. Nymphomaniac
22. 12 Years a Slave
21. Red State
20. Tabloid
A mini-masterpiece by the great Errol Morris.
19. West of Memphis
18. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
17. Tangled
16. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
15. Hidden Figures
14. Silver Linings Playbook
13. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
12. Melancholia
11. The Tree of Life
10. Killer Joe
Exploitative, ultraviolent, remarkable. William Friedkin's greatest achievement.
9. The Social Network
8. Inception
7. Gravity
6. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Moonrise Kingdom
4. Spotlight
3. Her
2. Django Unchained
1. O. J.: Made in America
Not only the best documentary ever made, one of the great films ever made.
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