My favorite films of the 2010s.
Rated 10/10
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Canada/US/France/Germany, 2010) Dir: Werner Herzog
The Tree of Life (US, 2011) Dir: Terrence Malick
Moonrise Kingdom (US, 2012) Dir: Wes Anderson
The Act of Killing (Denmark/Norway/UK, 2012) Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer
Boyhood (US, 2014) Dir: Richard Linklater
Anomalisa (US, 2015) Dir: Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson
Moonlight (US, 2016) Dir: Barry Jenkins
O.J.: Made in America (US, 2016) Dir: Ezra Edelman
The Florida Project (US, 2017) Dir: Sean Baker
The Favourite (Ireland/UK/US, 2018) Dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
The Souvenir (US/UK, 2019) Dir: Joanna Hogg
The Irishman (US, 2019) Dir: Martin Scorsese
Rated 9/10
Carlos (France/Germany, 2010) Dir: Olivier Assayas
The Kids Are All Right (US, 2010) Dir: Lisa Cholodenko
Marwencol (US, 2010) Dir: Jeff Malmberg
Inside Job (US, 2010) Dir: Charles Ferguson
Poetry (South Korea, 2010) Dir: Chang-dong Lee
Of Gods and Men (France, 2010) Dir: Xavier Beauvois
Into the Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life (US/UK/Germany, 2011) Dir: Werner Herzog
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium/France, 2011) Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Beginners (US, 2011) Dir: Mike Mills
A Separation (Iran, 2011) Dir: Asghar Farhadi
Beasts of the Southern Wild (US, 2012) Dir: Benh Zeitlin
Amour (Austria/France/Germany, 2012) Dir: Michael Haneke
Museum Hours (Austria/US, 2012) Dir: Jem Cohen
Frances Ha (US, 2012) Dir: Noah Baumbach
Barbara (Germany, 2012) Dir: Christian Petzold
The Master (US, 2012) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Her (US, 2013) Dir: Spike Jonze
Inside Llewyn Davis (US, 2013) Dir: Joel & Ethan Coen
Before Midnight (US, 2013) Dir: Richard Linklater
Nebraska (US, 2013) Dir: Alexander Payne
Blue Jasmine (US, 2013) Dir: Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club (US, 2013) Dir: Jean-Marc Vallée
The Great Beauty (Italy, 2013) Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Under the Skin (UK/US/Switzerland, 2013) Director: Jonathan Glazer
Ida (Poland, 2013) Director: Pawel Pawilkowski
Inherent Vice (US, 2014) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Goodbye to Language (France/Switzerland, 2014) Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
Mr. Turner (2014) Dir: Mike Leigh
Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (US, 2014) Dir: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Clouds of Sils Maria (France/Germany/Switzerland, 2014) Dir: Olivier Assayas
Two Days, One Night (Belgium/France/Italy, 2014) Dir: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
Happy Christmas (US, 2014) Dir: Joe Swanberg
45 Years (UK, 2015) Dir: Andrew Haigh
The Big Short (US, 2015) Dir: Adam McKay
Spotlight (US, 2015) Dir: Tom McCarthy
Son of Saul (Hungary, 2015) Dir: László Nemes
Tangerine (US, 2015) Dir: Sean Baker
Brooklyn (UK/Canada/Ireland, 2015) Dir: John Crowley
Room (Canada/Ireland/UK/US, 2015) Dir: Lenny Abrahamson
Mustang (Turkey/France/Germany, 2015) Dir: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
The End of the Tour (US, 2015) Dir: James Ponsoldt
Heart of a Dog (US, 2015) Dir: Laurie Anderson
Manchester by the Sea (US, 2016) Dir: Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women (US, 2016) Dir: Mike Mills
American Honey (UK/US, 2016) Dir: Andrea Arnold
Lady Bird (US, 2017) Dir: Greta Gerwig
First Reformed (US, 2017) Dir: Paul Schrader
Phantom Thread (US, 2017) Dir: Paul Thomas Anderson
Eighth Grade (US, 2018) Dir: Bo Burnham
Roma (Mexico, 2018) Dir: Alfonso Cuarón
Burning (South Korea, 2018) Dir: Lee Chang-dong
Shirkers (US, 2018) Dir: Sandi Tan
At Eternity’s Gate (France/UK/US, 2018) Dir: Julian Schnabel
Marriage Story (US, 2019) Dir: Noah Baumbach
Parasite (South Korea, 2019) Dir: Bong Joon-ho
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (US, 2019) Dir: Quentin Tarantino
Atlantics (Senegal/France/Belgium, 2019) Dir: Mati Diop
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (US, 2019) Dir: Joe Talbot
Little Women (US, 2019) Dir: Greta Gerwig