Top 100 of the decade: 51-60

The 2010s have produced some great films, excellent actors, and exciting directors. As the decade comes to a close, I find it fitting to take a look back at the best movies that have come out in the past 10 years. The best part about lists such as this is it provides a baseline for you to start thinking about how your list would differ and might just inspire you to check some of the movies out that I mention you may have never seen.

Today's post will focus on films ranked 51 to 60.

60. The Wolf of Wall Street

One of the best directors working with one of the best actors leads to a three-hour epic looking at the extravagance of wealth.

59. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Tom Cruise climbing the side of a skyscraper may be the best thing action-wise I saw all decade. 

58. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Visually inventive and clever storytelling.

57. X-Men: First Class

A superhero movie that rewrites history.

56. 12 Years a Slave

Shows that evil can be a sum of a lot of peoples' apathy. Incredible determination and grit and a worthy best picture winner.

55. Source Code

A fun, science-fiction fest that takes the ground hog day model and puts a technological spin on it.

54. Birdman and 1917 (tied)

The "one-take" movies that showcase some incredibly athletic filmmaking.

53. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

A high school story that emotionally resonated with me. I love the homemade movies within the movie itself.

52. Coco

One of Pixar's most visually stunning movies to date and showcases a side of culture that I knew very little about going in.

51. Enemy

The director of the decade, Denis Villeneuve, shows an original idea with another master performance from Jake Gyllenhaal.

Stay tuned for movies 41-50 coming soon.