Top 125 Movies of the Decade (2010's)

Welcome to my list of the top 125 movies of the decade. The 2010’s were a fantastic era for film, and I saw a total of 937 over the course of that time. Seeing movies is easier than ever, with theaters adding subscription models (AMC's A-List, Cinemark's Movie Club) and a wide range of streaming services that offer most of the recent releases. This list encapsulates the best-of-the-best films I witnessed. I tried to factor in personal taste, objective quality, and cultural significance/longevity to help rank them. The only restriction I placed upon this process was to limit to only one movie per series, so if there are sequels, I chose which one was best.

125) The Guilty/Den Skyldige (2018 - Drama)

124) Let Me In (2010 - Horror)

123) The Cabin in the Woods (2011 - Comedy/Horror)

122) Enemy (2013 - Horror)

121) The Florida Project (2017 - Drama)

120) If Beale Street Could Talk (2018 - Drama)

119) Rush (2013 - Action)

118) Free Solo (2018 - Documentary)

117) The World’s End (2013 - Comedy)

116) John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019 - Action)

115) The Lost City of Z (2016 - Drama)

114) Frances Ha (2012 - Comedy)

113) Cold in July (2014 - Action)

112) Bone Tomahawk (2015 - Western/Horror)

111) Columbus (2017 - Drama)

110) Diego Maradona (2019 - Documentary)

109) The Hateful Eight (2015 - Drama)

108) Searching (2018 - Drama)

107) Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011 - Drama)

106) Bill Cunningham New York (2010 - Documentary)

105) The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 - Comedy)

104) 22 Jump Street (2014 - Comedy)

103) Inside Out (2015 - Animation)

102) Dallas Buyers Club (2013 - Drama)

101) Headhunters (2011 - Action)

100) Moana (2016 - Animation)

99) Project Nim (2011 - Documentary)

98) Dolemite Is My Name (2019 - Comedy)

97) The Farewell (2019 - Drama)

96) Wild (2014 - Drama)

95) Tangled (2010 - Animation)

94) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011 - Action)

93) What We Do in the Shadows (2015 - Comedy)

92) Dredd (2012 - Action)

91) Midnight in Paris (2011 - Comedy)

90) Zootopia (2016 - Animation)

89) Call Me by Your Name (2017 - Drama)

88) The Martian (2015 - Sci-Fi)

87) Moonrise Kingdom (2012 - Comedy)

86) Inside Llewyn Davis (2013 - Drama)

85) Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016 - Comedy)

84) Mud (2012 - Drama)

83) Little Women (2019 - Drama)

82) All is Lost (2013 - Drama)

81) 50/50 (2011 - Comedy)

80) The Wolfpack (2015 - Documentary)

79) An Honest Liar (2014 - Documentary)

78) The Descendants (2011 - Drama)

77) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019 - Comedy)

76) Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017 - Action)

75) The Nice Guys (2016 - Comedy)

74) Gravity (2013 - Sci-Fi)

73) Don’t Think Twice (2016 - Drama)

72) Blindspotting (2018 - Drama)

71) The Shape of Water (2017 - Drama)

70) Marriage Story (2019 - Drama)

69) Submarine (2010 - Comedy)

68) Win/Win (2011 - Drama)

67) In a World (2013 - Comedy)

66) Philomena (2013 - Drama)

65) Sicario (2015 - Action)

64) The Hunt (2012 - Drama)

63) The Muppets (2011 - Musical)

62) The End of the Tour (2015 - Drama)

61) Bernie (2011 - Comedy)

60) Edge of Tomorrow (2014 - Action)

59) Starlet (2012 - Drama)

58) Nebraska (2013 - Drama)

57) I, Daniel Blake (2017 - Drama)

56) Brooklyn (2015 - Drama)

55) Sing Street (2016 - Musical)

54) Uncut Gems (2019 - Drama)

53) Raw (2017 - Horror)

52) 13th (2016 - Documentary)

51) Tim’s Vermeer (2013 - Documentary)

50) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015 - Action)

49) Top Five (2014 - Comedy)

48) Hereditary (2018 - Horror)

47) Drive (2011 - Action)

46) Arrival (2016 - Sci-Fi)

45) Everybody Wants Some!! (2016 - Comedy)

44) The Town (2010 - Action)

43) It Follows (2015 - Horror)

42) Ex Machina (2015 - Sci-Fi)

41) Searching for Sugar Man (2012 - Documentary)

40) La La Land (2016 - Romance)

39) Good Time (2017 - Action)

38) Parasite (2019 - Horror)

37) Hugo (2011 - Drama)

36) Annihilation (2018 - Sci-Fi)

35) Force Majeure (2014 - Drama)

34) The Barkley Marathons (2014 - Documentary)

33) Son of Saul (2015 - Drama)

32) Monsieur Lazhar (2011 - Drama)

31) Blue Ruin (2013 - Action)

30) Lady Bird (2017 - Drama)

29) Minding the Gap (2018 - Documentary)

28) Chef (2014 - Comedy)

27) Burning (2018 - Drama)

26) Room (2015 - Drama)

25) Spotlight (2015 - Drama)

24) The Big Sick (2017 - Romance)

23) Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010 - Documentary)

22) Eighth Grade (2018 - Comedy)

21) Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011 - Documentary)

20) The Irishman (2019 - Drama)

19) Phoenix (2015 - Drama)

18) Manchester by the Sea (2016 - Drama)

17) Paddington 2 (2017 - Comedy)

16) Coco (2017 - Animation)

15) 12 Years a Slave (2013 - Drama)

14) The Act of Killing (2012 - Documentary)

13) A Separation (2011 - Drama)

12) Zero Dark Thirty (2012 - Drama)

11) Short Term 12 (2013 - Drama)

10) Before Midnight (2013 - Romance)

9) Her (2013 - Romance)

8) The Master (2012 - Drama)

7) Toy Story 3 (2010 - Animation)

6) Moneyball (2011 - Drama)

5) Moonlight (2016 - Drama)

4) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018 - Animation)

3) Get Out (2017 - Horror)

2) Whiplash (2014 - Drama)

1) The Social Network (2010 - Drama)

Honorable Mentions (No Particular Order):

True Grit (2010 - Western)

Upgrade (2018 - Action)

Snowpiercer (2013 - Horror)

Lion (2016 - Drama)

I, Tonya (2017 - Comedy)

The Raid (2011 - Action)

The Wailing (2016 - Horror)

Tig (2015 - Documentary)

Enough Said (2013 - Romance)

I’ll See You in My Dreams (2015 - Drama)

Phantom Thread (2017 - Comedy)

Wild Tales (2015 - Drama)

Baby Driver (2017 - Action)

The Guest (2014 - Horror)

Don’t Breathe (2016 - Horror)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018 - Western)

Three Identical Strangers (2018 - Documentary)

Paterson (2016 - Drama)

Green Room (2016 - Horror)

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017 - Documentary)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013 - Romance)

Blackfish (2013 - Documentary)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017 - Sci-Fi)

The Intouchables (2011 - Comedy)

Train to Busan (2016 - Horror)

The Rider (2018 - Drama)

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010 - Comedy)