Best Films of the Decade (So Far) !

[Ultra_Violence]

Well we're half way through this decade and I haven't been able to find any threads like this on a search so thought I'd start one up as I'm a sucker for a list and I'm bored so, here you go: *based on RT's release dates, as they are usually when it hits wide, but it all depends on what year you go with. I usually go with when it hits the festivals and that will probably draw the most criticism rather than the actual lists themselves!*

2010:

1. Enter the Void
2. Animal Kingdom
3. The Social Network
4. Dogtooth
5. A Prophet
6. Black Swan
7. Inception
8. 127 Hours
9. The Loved Ones
10. Shutter Island

Honourable mentions: Four Lions, The Town, Hesher, Exit Through the Gift Shop


2011:

1. Drive
2. The Tree of Life
3. Incendies
4. Shame
5. Cold Fish
6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
7. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
8. I Saw the Devil
9. Kill List
10. 13 Asssassins

Honourable mentions: The Guard, Hugo, Confessions, Melancholia, Moneyball

2012:

1. The Master
2. Moonrise Kingdom
3. Holy Motors
4. Headhunters
5. Django Unchained
6. The House I Live In
7. Sightseers
8. Loopers
9. Argo
10. Side by Side

2013:

1. The Place Beyond the Pines
2. Spring Breakers
3. Maniac
4. Only God Forgives
5. Her
6. A Field in England
7. Upstream Color
8. Prisoners
9. Sightseers
10. Gravity

Honourable mentions: Trance, The Wolf of Wall Street, Side Effects, Inside Llewyn Davis, Room 237, The World's End, Don Jon, Stoker

2014:

1. Birdman
2. Nightcrawler
3. Whiplash
4. Coherence
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Nymphomaniac
7. Gone Girl
8. Only Lovers Left Alive
9. Why Don't You Play in Hell?
10. Maps to the Stars

Honourable mentions: Frank, Starred Up, Starry Eyes, The World of Kanako, The Guest

2015: (so far, in no order yet)

Kumiko, the treasure Hunter
Tokyo Tribe
Ex Machina
What We Do in the Shadows
Slow West
It Follows
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Duke of Burgundy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spring
Inherent Vice (in need of a watch ASAP)
Lost River

[spanky87]

I'm only doing this because I've always wanted to ninja jscoggins.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=217831

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=229493

I don't actually care that there's already other threads though.

[Kevin Holly]

2010
I Saw the Devil
Harry Brown
The Killer Inside Me
Edge of Darkness
The Town
The Social Network
Animal Kingdom
Shutter Island
Black Swan
The Ghost Writer

2011
Killer Joe
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Kill List
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Shame
The Raid: Redemption
Drive Angry
Kill the Irishman
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Drive

2012
Killing Them Softly
End of Watch
Django Unchained
The Master
Dredd
A Royal Affair
Lawless
Passion
Skyfall
Amour

2013
The Counsellor
Side Effects
Prisoners
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle
Jagten (The Hunt)
The Wolf of Wall Street
Dallas Buyers Club
Pain & Gain
Spring Breakers

2014
Inherent Vice
Nightcralwer
Cold in July
Gone Girl
Fury
Nymphomaniac
The Raid 2: Berandal
John Wick
Citizenfour
A Walk Among the Tombstones

2015
Too many I haven't seen to justify making a list

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by spanky87

I'm only doing this because I've always wanted to ninja jscoggins.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=217831

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=229493

I don't actually care that there's already other threads though.

Don't do it, spanky!

[Mrdamron]

2010
1. Inception
2. Black Swan
3. The Town
4. The Fighter
5. Winter's Bone
6. Blue Valentine
7. Animal Kingdom
8. 127 Hours
9. OSS 117: Lost in Rio
10. Kick-Ass
Honorable Mention: Harry Brown, Mesrine


2011
1. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2. Shame
3. Drive
4. Midnight in Paris
5. The Artist
6. X-Men: First Class
7. Carnage
8. Killer Joe
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10. 50/50
Honorable Mention: Captain America: The First Avenger, The Guard, The Rum Diary, Take Shelter


2012
1. Silver Linings Playbook
2. Skyfall
3. Les Miserables
4. Seven Psychopaths
5. The Avengers
6. Lincoln
7. Looper
8. The Dark Knight Rises
9. Zero Dark Thirty
10. Killing Them Softly
Honorable Mention: Django Unchained, End of Watch, The Master, Moonrise Kingdom


2013
1. The Dallas Buyers Club
2. Prisoners
3. American Hustle
4. 12 Years a Slave
5. The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Iron Man 3
7. Enough Said
8. Under the Skin
9. Enemy
10. Out of the Furnace
Honorable Mention: All is Lost, Before Midnight, Fruitvale Station, Her


2014
1. Birdman
2. Nightcrawler
3. Interstellar
4. The Imitation Game
5. Captain America; The Winter Soldier
6. American Sniper
7. Guardians of the Galaxy
8. The Lego Movie
9. X-Men: Days of Future Past
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
Honorable Mention: Edge of Tomorrow, Frank

*I still have several critically acclaimed films from last year to see, so if there are some glaring absences it is because I have yet to check them out for myself. As an exercise, I have attempted to rank the films from each year (not including the honorable mentions) in a 1-50 format below:

Top 50 of the Decade (Through 2014)
1. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
2. The Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
3. Inception (2010)
4. Skyfall (2012)
5. Birdman (2014)
6. Prisoners (2013)
7. American Hustle (2013)
8. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
9. Les Miserables (2012)
10. Black Swan (2010)
11. Shame (2011)
12. Nightcrawler (2014)
13. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
14. Drive (2011)
15. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
16. Interstellar (2014)
17. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
18. The Avengers (2012)
19. The imitation Game (2014)
20. The Town (2010)
21. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
22. The Fighter (2010)
23. Winter's Bone (2010)
24. Midnight in Paris (2011)
25. American Sniper (2014)
26. Iron Man 3 (2013)
27. Lincoln (2012)
28. Blue Valentine (2010)
29. Looper (2012)
30. Enough Said (2013)
31. Under the Skin (2013)
32. The Artist (2011)
33. Animal Kingdom (2010)
34. X-Men: First Class (2011)
35. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
36. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
37. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
38. Enemy (2013)
39. The Lego Movie (2014)
40. Carnage (2011)
41. 127 Hours (2010)
42. Killer Joe (2011)
43. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
44. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
45. Killing them Softly (2012)
46. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
47. Out of the Furnace (2013)
48. 50/50 (2011)
49. OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2010)
50. Kick-Ass (2010)

[imsounoriginal]

Top 10s:

2010
The Social Network
127 Hours
The Fighter
Inception
True Grit
Black Swan
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Shutter Island
The Ghost Writer
The Town

2011
Drive
The Tree of Life
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Ides of March
The Adventures of Tintin
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
J. Edgar
The Artist

2012
Skyfall
Silver Linings Playbook
Argo
Life of Pi
Django Unchained
Flight
Looper
The Place Beyond the Pines
Jack Reacher
Killing Them Softly

2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
Prisoners
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
American Hustle
Gravity
12 Years A Slave
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Man of Steel
The Counselor

2014
Whiplash
Interstellar
Gone Girl
The Imitation Game
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Foxcatcher
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
American Sniper
A Most Violent Year
Nightcrawler

[GorillaGuy]

2010
Animal Kingdom
The Social Network
Kick-Ass
Black Swan
How to Train Your Dragon

2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Shame
The Tree of Life
Drive
Source Code

2012
The Master
Cloud Atlas
Flight
Seven Psychopaths
Zero Dark Thirty

2013
The Place Beyond the Pines
Inside Llewyn Davis
Spring Breakers
The Counselor
12 Years a Slave

2014
Mommy
Birdman
The Rover
Gone Girl
A Most Wanted Man
Whiplash
Calvary
Foxcatcher
Enemy
A Most Violent Year

2015
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Clouds of Sils Maria
Mad Max: Fury Road
Dope
Predestination

[chris_sc77]

Django Unchained
CLoud Atlas
WOlf OF Wall Street
Nymphomaniac
Tree of Life
Inherent Vice
I Saw the Devil
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Mr. Nobody
Dark Knight Rises

[The Debts]

Just going to do the top five of each year. No top tens.

2010 (Micmacs and The Good The Bad and The Weird were here but those came out in 2000's, so they wouldn't count) :

1. Inception.
2. Toy Story 3.
3. Black Swan.
4. The A-Team.
5. The Ghost Writer.

2011:
1. 13 Assassins.
2. I Saw The Devil.
3. Super 8
4. Tucker and Dale vs Evil.
5. The Muppets.

2012:
1. Cloud Atlas.
2. Seven Psychopaths.
3. Killer Joe.
4. Prometheus.
5. DREDD.

2013:
1. Gravity.
2. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.
3. Prisoners.
4. Stoker.
5. This Is The End / Pain and Gain.

2014:
1. Gone Girl.
2. The Babadook.
3. American Sniper.
4. Whiplash.
5. X-Men Days of Future Past.

[ebpham4]

2010
Animal Kingdom
True Grit
Inception
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Never Let Me Go
The Social Network
Kick-Ass
Black Swan
Hot Tub Time Machine
The Town

2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Drive
Incendies
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
50/50
The Raid
Super 8
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Source Code
The Guard

2012
Seven Psychopaths
Django Unchained
The Master
Safety Not Guaranteed
End of Watch
Killing them Softly
Moonrise Kingdom
Looper
Argo
The Avengers

2013
Her
The Wolf of Wall Street
Prisoners
Mud
The World's End
The Way Way Back
The Place Beyond the Pines
Inside Llewyn Davis
All is Lost
The Conjuring

2014
Nightcrawler
Whiplash
Starred Up
Birdman
Why Don't You Play in Hell
Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
The Raid 2
Interstellar
Guardians of the Galaxy

2015
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
Ex Machina
Kingsman: The Secret Service
Inside Out
Slow West
'71
Wild Tales
A Most Violent Year

[Gizz]

2010

1. The A-Team
2. Made in Dagenham
3. Inception
4. Easy A
5. You Again

2011

1. The Muppets
2. Cowboys & Aliens
3. Fast 5
4.Real Steel
5. Margin Call

2012

1.The Avengers
2. Frankenweenie
3.Pitch Perfect
4.SkyFall
5.Lincoln

2013

1. Star Trek into Darkness
2. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
3. Man of Steel
4.Frozen
5. Fast 6

2014

1. Godzilla
2. The Lego Movie
3.Guardians of the Galaxy
4.Veronica Mars
5.Exodus: Gods and Kings

[Astro Zombie]

2010

01. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
02. The Social Network
03. The Town
04. True Grit
05. Shutter Island
06. How to Train Your Dragon
07. Inception
08. The A-Team
09. Hot Tub Time Machine
10. Easy A

2011

01. Super 8
01. The Artist
03. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
04. Hugo
05. Fast Five
06. Captain America: The First Avenger
07. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
08. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
09. Insidious
10. Moneyball

2012

01. The Avengers
02. Silver Linings Playbook
03. The Dark Knight Rises
04. Django Unchained
05. Dredd
06. Argo
07. The Cabin in the Woods
08. Skyfall
09. The Raid: Redemption
10. Your Sister's Sister

2013

01. The Wolf of Wall Street
02. 12 Years a Slave
03. American Hustle
04. The World's End
05. Before Midnight
06. Gravity
07. Captain Phillips
08. The Hunt
09. Pacific Rim
10. Rush

2014

01. Whiplash
02. Guardians of the Galaxy
03. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
04. Boyhood
05. Interstellar
06. Gone Girl
07. Birdman
08. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
09. The Raid 2
10. John Wick

2015

01. Mad Max: Fury Road
02. Inside Out
03. Avengers: Age of Ultron
04. Jurassic World
05. Furious 7
06. Kingsman: The Secret Service
07. Ex Machina
08. It Follows
09. Ant-Man
10. Jupiter Ascending

[Ultra_Violence]

Originally Posted by The Debts

Just going to do the top five of each year. No top tens.

2010 (Micmacs and The Good The Bad and The Weird were here but those came out in 2000's, so they wouldn't count)

Yeah its a pain in the neck. I wish they would just agree on a release date rather than having to look up two or three sites to find the actual release date.

[Coenskubrick]

2010
-Inception
-True Grit
-Black Swan

2011
-Les Intouchables
-The Raid

2012
-Moonrise Kingdom
-Looper
-Coherence

2013
-The Double
-Inside Llewyn Davis
-The World's End
-Tracks

2014
-Nightcrawler
-Grand Budapest Hotel
-The Babadook
-Interstellar
-Gone Girl

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by Gizz

1. The A-Team
5. You Again
2. Cowboys Aliens
2. The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Might want to check your post. Some of the worst movies of the decade so far snuck in.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Might want to check your post. Some of the worst movies of the decade so far snuck in.

That's not cool man, at least he's honest about what he likes. I find it way more refreshing to see a list like this rather than one containing all the usual, predictable choices. You shouldn't make fun of others just because they don't like exactly the same stuff as you.

[Foggy]

2010

[Show spoiler]127 Hours
Animal Kingdom
A Prophet
Black Swan
Blue Valantine
Dogtooth
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Four Lions
Inception
Kick-Ass
Marwencol
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Shutter Island
The Social Network

2011

[Show spoiler]50/50
Attack the Block
Carnage
Drive
Hugo
Killer Joe
Kill List
Limitless
Melancholia
Rango
Source Code
Submarine
Super 8
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Guard
The Skin I Live In
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Tyrannosaur
We Need To Talk About Kevin

2012

[Show spoiler]Amour
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Killing Them Softly
Looper
Moonrise Kingdom
ParaNorman
Rust and Bone
Searching for Sugarman
Seven Psychopaths
Skyfall
The Cabin in the Woods
The Imposter
The Master
The Raid
Zero Dark Thirty

2013

[Show spoiler]12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Before Midnight
Blue is the Warmest Colour
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
Don Jon
Frances Ha
Gravity
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lore
Nebraska
Pain & Gain
Prisoners
Sightseers
Stoker
The Act of Killing
The Hunt
The Place Beyond The Pines
The Wolf of Wall Street
The World's End
Upstream Colour

2014

[Show spoiler]A Field in England
A Most Wanted Man
A Most Violent Year
Birdman: of (the unexpected virtue of ignorance)
Blue Ruin
Boyhood
Calvary
CitizenFour
Frank
Foxcatcher
Gone Girl
Guardians of the Galaxy
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Locke
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
Selma
Starred Up
The Babadook
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Guest
The LEGO Movie
The Raid 2
The Rover
Under The Skin
Whiplash

2015

[Show spoiler]'71
Ex Machina
Force Majeure
Inside Out
It Follows
Kingsmen: The Secret Service
Mad Max Fury Road
Mommy
Wild Tales

[Tony208]

2010 was a weak year for me
Black Swan

2011
Drive

2012
Cloud Atlas

2013
Zero Dark Thirty

2014
X-men DoFP

2015
Predestination

[Ray Jackson]

Of the ones I've seen:

-Tree of Life
-Interstellar
-Gone Girl
-Ex Machina
-The Master
-Dark Knight Rises
-Drive

[Gizz]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

Might want to check your post. Some of the worst movies of the decade so far snuck in.

It's each to there own. Film is subjective.