BOT's Top 100 Films of the 2010s | Still accepting last-minute lists

[Blankments]

not gonna post my list for ridicule, but will post how many times the directors show up, for fun!

 

3x:

 

Phil Lord

Christopher Miller

 

2x:

 

Sean Baker

Bong Joon-ho

Damien Chazelle

Ethan Coen

Joel Coen

Ryan Coogler

Alfonso Cuaron

Kenneth Lonergan

Christopher McQuarrie

Steve McQueen

Jeff Nichols

Christopher Nolan

Jordan Peele

Martin Scorsese

Lee Unkrich

Denis Villeneuve

Taika Waititi

Edgar Wright

 

1x:

 

 

Lenny Abrahamson
J. J. Abrams
Paul Thomas Anderson
Wes Anderson
Andrea Arnold
Noah Baumbach
Kathryn Bigelow
Brad Bird
James Bobin
John Carney
Aneesh Chaganty
Stephen Chbosky
Bradley Cooper
Destin Daniel Cretton
John Crowley
Dean DeBlois
Josephine Decker
Pete Docter
Ava DuVernay
Ezra Edelman
David Fincher
Dexter Fletcher
Greta Gerwig
Debra Granik
James Gray
Paul Greengrass
Luca Guadagnino
James Gunn
Marielle Heller
Byron Howard
Jim Jarmusch
Barry Jenkins
Duke Johnson
Rian Johnson
Joe Johnston
Spike Jonze
Charlie Kaufman
Steven Knight
Daniel Kwan
Francis Lawrence
Justin Lin
Richard Linklater
Bing Liu
Terence Malick
Adam McKay
Bennett Miller
George Miller
Mike Mitchell
Rich Moore
Morgan Neville
Bob Persichetti
Lynne Ramsay
Peter Ramsey
Dee Rees
Rodney Rothman
David O. Russell
Benny Safdie
Josh Safdie
Chris Sanders
Daniel Sheinert
Michael Showalter
Bryan Singer
Todd Solondz
Quentin Tarantino
Greg Tiernan
Conrad Vernon
James Wan
Lulu Wang
Joss Whedon
Olivia Wilde

 

Edited March 30, 2020 by Blankments

[Joel M]

4 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:

FWIW I think this is mine.

 

65. The Invitation (Kusama, 2015)
66. Upgrade (Whannel, 2018)

 

Great picks. 

 

Gonna drop a FYC for both in honor of Tom Hardy's long lost twin brother. He's really good in both of those movies.

[Ethan Hunt]

8 hours ago, Plain Old Tele said:

FWIW I think this is mine.

 

 

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1. Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015)
2. The Handmaiden (Park, 2016)
3. Roma (Cuaron, 2018)
4. Boyhood (Linklater, 2014)
5. The Social Network (Fincher, 2010)
6. Under the Skin (Glazer, 2013)
7. Leave No Trace (Granik, 2018)
8. Get Out (Peele, 2017)
9. Steve Jobs (Boyle, (2015)
10. Annihilation (Garland, 2018)
11. The Grey (Carnahan, 2011)
12. A Separation (Farhadi, 2011)
13. Dunkirk (Nolan, 2017)
14. The Rider (Zhao, 2017)
15. Locke (Knight, 2013)
16. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Anderson, 2014)
17. Knives Out (Johnson, 2019)
18. Inception (Nolan, 2010)
19. Hell or High Water (Mackenzie, 2016)
20. You Were Never Really Here (Ramsay, 2017)
22. The Tree of Life (Malick, 2011)
22. Arrival (Villeneuve, 2016)
23. Mudbound (Rees, 2017)
24. The Master (Anderson, 2012)
25. The Wolf of Wall Street (Scorsese, 2013)
26. Carlos (Assayas, 2010)
27. Logan (Mangold, 2017)
28. Silence (Scorsese, 2016)
29. Gravity (Cuaron, 2013)
30. The Act of Killing (Oppenheimer, 2014)
31. Paterson (Jarmusch, 2016)
32. The Florida Project (Baker, 2017)
33. The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012)
34. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy, 2010)
35. Parasite (Bong, 2019)
36. Ida (Pawlikowski, 2013)
37. Room (Abrahamson, 2015)
38. All is Lost (Chandor, 2013)
39. Apollo 11 (Miller, 2019)
40. Train to Busan (Yeon, 2016)
41. Everybody Wants Some!! (Linklater, 2016)
42. The Lobster (Lanthimos, 2015)
43. Black Swan (Aronofsky, 2010)
44. War for the Planet of the Apes (Reeves, 2017)
45. Baahubali: The Conclusion (Rajamouli, 2017)
46. Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013)
47. Phoenix (Petzold, 2014)
48. Moneyball (Miller, 2011)
49. Eye in the Sky (Hood, 2015)
50. Her (Jonze, 2013)
51. The Lost City of Z (Gray, 2016)
52. Baahubali: The Beginning (Rajamouli, 2015)
53. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Talbot, 2019)
54. Little Women (Gerwig, 2019)
55. The Martian (Scott, 2015)
56. Amour (Haneke, 2012)
57. Phantom Thread (Anderson, 2017)
58. Beasts of the Southern Wild (Zeitlin, 2012)
59. The Farewell (Wang, 2019)
60. Ex Machina (Garland, 2014)
61. Sorry to Bother You (Riley, 2018)
62. The Wave (Uthaug, 2015)
63. Lion (Davis, 2016)
64. Leviathan (Zvyagintsev, 2014)
65. The Invitation (Kusama, 2015)
66. Upgrade (Whannel, 2018)
67. The Salesman (Farhadi, 2016)
68. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (Amirpour, 2014)
69. Gone Girl (Fincher, 2014)
70. The Big Short (McKay, 2015)
71. Hail, Caesar! (Coen Brothers, 2016)
72. The Life of Pi (Lee, 2012)
73. Moonlight (Jenkins, 2016)
74. Snowpiercer (Bong, 2013)
75. Sicario (Villeneuve, 2015)
76. The Raid (Evans, 2012)
77. The Look of Silence (Oppenheimer, 2014)
78. Coherence (Byrkit, 2013)
79. Magic Mike XXL (Jacobs, 2015)
80. If Beale Street Could Talk (Jenkins, 2018)
81. The Nightingale (Kent, 2018)
82. Elle (Verhoeven, 2016)
83. 10 Cloverfield Lane (Trachtenberg, 2016)
84. Hacksaw Ridge (Gibson, 2016)
85. Destroyer (Kusama, 2018)
86. A Most Violent Year (Chandor, 2014)
87. Four Lions (Morris, 2010)
88. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Ramsay/Persichetti/Rothman, 2018)
89. In Transit (Usui/Walker/True/Wu/Maysles, 2015)
90. Drug War (To, 2012)
91. The Wailing (Na, 2016)
92. 12 Years A Slave (McQueen, 2013)
93. The Edge of Tomorrow (Liman, 2014)
94. The Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Waititi, 2016)
95. Captain Phillips (Greengrass, 2013)
96. 127 Hours (Boyle, 2010)
97. Cameraperson (Johnson, 2016)
98. Tangerine (Baker, 2015)
99. Rango (Verbinksi, 2011)
100. Mandy (Cosmatos, 2018)
 

 

 

Suprisingly not trash

[RealLyre]

The severe lack of Prisoners (2013) from most people’s lists here is odd.  I thought it was more well known among movie circles.

 

I know Arrival is Denis Villeneuve most popular film but Prisoners and Incendies are just as good if not better imo 

[Ethan Hunt]

5 minutes ago, RealLyre said:

The severe lack of Prisoners (2013) from most people’s lists here is odd.  I thought it was more well known among movie circles.

 

I know Arrival is Denis Villeneuve most popular film but Prisoners and Incendies are just as good if not better imo 

I don't think It has anything to do with a lack of being well known 

[lorddemaxus]

25 minutes ago, RealLyre said:

The severe lack of Prisoners (2013) from most people’s lists here is odd.  I thought it was more well known among movie circles.

 

I know Arrival is Denis Villeneuve most popular film but Prisoners and Incendies are just as good if not better imo 

Incendies, Prisoners, Sicario, and Enemy are in my list. Arrival and BR 2049 (easily his worst film imo) aren't.

Edited March 30, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[CoolioD1]

prisoners is goofy.

[RealLyre]

16 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

I don't think It has anything to do with a lack of being well known 

yeah I guess but more well known movies tend to be on most people's lists like Mad Max, Parasite, A Separation, Nolan, Arrival, Gone Girl etc. 

 

I just found it a bit odd that it's rarely on most people's top 100 of the decade. (like from 60-100).

 

 

 

[4815162342]

My 100:

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

1. Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Bigelow)

2. Little Women (2019, Gerwig)

3. Carlos (2010, Assayas)

4. BlacKkKlansman (2018, Lee)

5. The Social Network (2010, Fincher)

6. OJ: Made in America (2016, Edelman)

7. Parasite (2019, Bong Joon-ho)

8. Nightcrawler (2014, Gilroy)

9. The Wind Rises (2013, Miyazaki)

10. Steve Jobs (2015, Boyle)

11. Mad Max Fury Road (2015, Miller)

12. Four Lions (2010, Morris)

13. Hell or High Water (2016, Mackenzie)

14. Killer Joe (2012, Friedkin)

15. Locke (2014, Knight)

16. Nebraska (2013, Payne)

17. The Guest (2014, Wingard)

18. The Grey (2012, Carnahan)

19. Killing Them Softly (2012, Dominik)

20. Moneyball (2011, Miller)

21. Sicario (2015, Villeneuve)

22. High Flying Bird (2019, Soderbergh)

23. Ex Machina (2015, Garland)

24. Margin Call (2011, Chandor)

25. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, Anderson)

26. Bridge of Spies (2015, Spielberg)

27. Inside Out (2015, Docter)

28. Django Unchained (2012, Tarantino)

29. Arrival (2016, Villeneuve)

30. Hostiles (2017, Cooper)

31. Manchester by the Sea (2016, Lonergan)

32. Ford v Ferrari (2019, Mangold)

33. Her (2013, Jonze)

34. Gravity (2013, Cuaron)

35. Leave No Trace (2018, Granik)

36. Ida (2013, Pawlikowski)

37. What We Do in the Shadows (2014, Clement and Waititi)

38. 12 Years a Slave (2013, McQueen)

39. 1917 (2019, Mendes)

40. Lincoln (2012, Spielberg)

41. The Raid (2011, Evans)/The Raid 2 (2014, Evans)

43. Inherent Vice (2014, Anderson)

44. Logan Lucky (2017, Soderbergh)

45. Meek’s Cutoff (2010, Reichardt)

46. The Double (2014, Ayoade)

47. Five Came Back (2017, Bouzereau)

48. Rush (2013, Howard)

49. Midsommar (2019, Aster)

50. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015, McQuarrie)

51. Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy (2011, Alfredson)

52. A Prophet (2010, Audiard)

53. Blade Runner 2049 (2017, Villeneuve)

54. Nocturnal Animals (2016, Ford)

55. Creed (2015, Coogler)

56. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010, Banksy)

57. The Lobster (2016, Lanthimos)

58. Eye in the Sky (2015, Hood)

59. Silver Linings Playbook (2012, Russell)

60. Captain Phillips (2013, Greengrass)

61. Inception (2010, Nolan)

62. Apollo 11 (2019, Douglas Miller)

63. Take Shelter (2011, Nichols)

64. Upstream Color (2013, Carruth)

65. The Wolf of Wall Street (2013, Scorsese)

66. Gone Girl (2014, Fincher)

67. Inside Job (2010, Ferguson)

68. Toy Story 3 (2010, Unkrich)

69. Side Effects (2013, Soderbergh)

70. Amy (2015, Kapadia)

71. Everybody Wants Some! (2016, Linklater)

72. The Ghost Writer (2010, Polanski)

73. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, Howard)

74. Pain & Gain (2013, Bay)

75. The Ides of March (2011, Clooney)

76. The Act of Killing (2013, Oppenheimer and Cynn)

77. Calvary (2014, Michael McDonagh)

78. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, Persichetti, Ramsey, and Rothman)

79. The Hunt (2012, Vinterberg)

80. A Monster Calls (2016, Bayona)

81. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011, Durkin)

82. Booksmart (2019, Wilde)

83. Before Midnight (2013, Linklater)

84. Zootopia (Howard and Moore)

85. Short Term 12 (2013, Daniel Cretton)

86. The Immigrant (2013, Gray)

87. A Most Violent Year (2014, Chandor)

88. Stoker (2013, Park Chan-wook)

89. Waiting for "Superman" (2010, Guggenheim)

90. Far from the Madding Crowd (2015, Vinterberg)

91. Jodorowsky's Dune (2014, Pavich)

91. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017, Stahelski)

92. High-Rise (2016, Wheatley)

93. Bone Tomahawk (2015, Craig Zahler)

94. Annihilation (2018, Garland)

95. Animal Kingdom (2010, Michod)

96. Jane Eyre (2011, Fukunaga)

97. Argo (2012, Affleck)

98. Spotlight (2015, McCarthy)

99. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011, Fincher)

100. Enemy (2015, Villeneuve)

 

 

 

[Jake Gittes]

I'm more surprised anyone still remembers/cares about Prisoners.

[4815162342]

Prisoners made my initial longlist of about 220-230 films, but it did not get much closer than that

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, Jake Gittes said:

I'm more surprised anyone still remembers/cares about Prisoners.

I think the last 20 minutes of the movie are pretty solid lol. a shame there's a whole bunch of shit that came before it

[Joel M]

Yeah. Prisoners is easily his "worst" english speaking film. 

 

Biggest surprise for me based on the lists posted is Gravity showing up that much and in high places. It's a good movie but didn't expect it to be that strong.

[lorddemaxus]

I watched Prisoners all the way back in 2014 when I only started to watch a lot of movies (espescially R-rated ones) and it amazed me back then. Maybe I won't like it as much now, Have a few films like that in my list (like Birdman) and a few others I would have had in my list if I hadn't rewatched them more recently (for example Life of Pi was a 10/10 back in 2012, became a 7/10 when I rewatched it 2-3 years back). 

Edited March 30, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[RealLyre]

6 minutes ago, Joel M said:

Yeah. Prisoners is easily his "worst" english speaking film. 

 

Biggest surprise for me based on the lists posted is Gravity showing up that much and in high places. It's a good movie but didn't expect it to be that strong.

biggest surprise for me is someone calling Prisoners Denis's worst film.never really seen this take before.

 

 for me his weakest is either Sicario or Enemy (Enemy was more of a puzzle)  but even those are still solid 8/10s imo.

 

this is probably unpopular opinion but Gravity is my 2nd fav Cuaron movie after Children of Men, it's p much a masterclass in  cinematography (as per his usual) in addition to being a great survival thriller. 

 

 

 

 

 

[lorddemaxus]

16 minutes ago, Joel M said:

Biggest surprise for me based on the lists posted is Gravity showing up that much and in high places. It's a good movie but didn't expect it to be that strong.

I think the movie is similar to 1917 in a lot of ways. Technically impressive and contains some amazing spectacle but the writing is also conventional and repetitive. Cuaron's worst film (even his Harry Potter film is much better) imo.

Edited March 30, 2020 by lorddemaxus

[RealLyre]

3 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

I watched Prisoners all the way back in 2014 when I only started to watch a lot of movies (espescially R-rated ones) and it amazed me back then. Maybe I won't like it as much now, Have a few films like that in my list (like Birdman) and a few others I would have had in my list if I hadn't rewatched them more recently (for example Life of Pi was a 10/10 back in 2012, became a 7/10 when I rewatched it 2-3 years back). 

I found it just as good on rewatch, it's a great mystery thriller with brilliant foreshadowings all along. I guess some people might be put off by the runtime or the pacing but I found it just as intense for the entirety of its 2H33M length.

[RealLyre]

2 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

I think the movie is similar to 1917 in a lot of ways. Technically impressive and contains some amazing spectacle but the writing is also conventional and repetitive. Cuaron's worst film (even his Harry Potter film is much better) imo.

the comps to 1917 are fair i guess but Sandra Bullock delivers a solid performance and it was not as self-indulgent as the Revenant (besides being only 90minutes long is a plus) 

[Ethan Hunt]

I think Gravity is Alfonso's best lol

 

Y Tu Mama Tambien is not far behind tho

[Fancyarcher]

My final list.

 

Spoiler

1. Boyhood 
2. Parasite 
3. Inside Out
4. Toy Story 3 
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel 
6. Leave No Trace 
7. Blade Runner 2049 
8. O.J. Made in America 
9. Bridge of Spies 
10. I Saw The Devil 
11. La La Land 
12. Before Midnight 
13. The Social Network 
14. Birdman 
15. The Raid 2 
16. Marriage Story 
17. Get Out 
18. Burning
19. Arrival 
20. The Act of Killing
21. Phoenix 
22. The Tale of Princess Kaguya 
23. Snowpiercer 
24. The Wolf of Wall Street
25. Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse 
26. Phantom Thread
27. The Wind Rises 
28. Django Unchained 

29. Ex Machina 
30. A Separation 
31. Hugo
32. Argo 
33. Star Wars: The Last Jedi 
34. The Favorite 
35. Shoplifters 
36. Gravity
37. Paddington 2 
38. 12 Years A Slave 
39. Lincoln 
40. Logan
41. The Duke of Burgundy 
42. Your Name 
43. Baahubali The Conclusion
44. Black Panther 
45. Whiplash 
46. Gone Girl 
47. Uncut Gems
48. Portrait of a Lady on a Fire 
49. Dunkirk
50. Inside Llewyn Davis 
51. Support The Girls
52. The Handmaiden 
53. Hunt For The Wilderpeople 
54. Rango 
55. First Man
56. Mother (2010)
57. Avengers Endgame 
58. The Edge of Seventeen
59. Sorry To Bother You
60. Silence 
61. The Florida Project
62. Exit Through The Gift Shop  
63. Annihilation 
64. Steve Jobs 
65. Manchester By The Sea
66. Zootopia 
67. American Honey 
68. The Irishman 
69. In Transit 
70. Beasts of The Southern Wild
71. Coco 
72. Holy Motors 
73. The Farewell 
74. They Shall Not Grow Old 
75. How to Train Your Dragon
76. Dredd 
77. Mission Impossible: Fallout 
78. Bone Tomahawk 
79. Minding The Gap 
80. First Reformed 
81. This is The End 
82. Good Time 
83. Shutter Island 
84. Elle 
85. Spotlight 
86. Avengers: Infinity War
87. The End of The Tour 
88. Short Term 12 
89. Game Night 
90. Meek’s Cutoff 
91. The Hunt (2012)
92. Black Swan 
93. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 2 
94. True Grit 
95. Paranorman 
96. Interstellar
97. I Lost My Body 
98. Upgrade 
99. The Ghost Writer
100. Unstoppable

 

Edited April 7, 2020 by Fancyarcher