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 1 to 10.
10. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
A great lesson in turning comic books turning into a movie without losing the style of an actual comic book. The soundtrack slaps and the humor hits.
9. Moneyball
As a big fan of baseball, this movie does a great job exploring what happens behind the scenes of the sporting world. A sneakily great cast helps to make the best sports movie of the decade.
8. Mad Max: Fury Road
Simplicity is sometimes best in action movies. Max says little as he slays his way across the hellish landscape beautifully brought to the screen by George Miller.
7. Blade Runner 2049
Beautifully crafted story. Enthralling mystery. I find this sequel to be incredibly more compelling than the original story.
6. The Lego Movie
What should have been the biggest cash grab of the decade turned into one of the decade's most thoughtful movies. Everything truly was awesome. Feels like a kid's toy box actually brought to life in the best way possible.
5. Inception
A dream within a dream. Miraculous that a movie like this can even exist. Tightly edited in order to ensure you can follow along with the story, no matter how complicated it gets.
4. Prisoners
How far would you go to save the ones you love? My introduction to Denis Villeneuve happens to be my favorite of his filmography. Dark and intense that I found compelling.
3. Drive
A hard boiled drama with spurts of intense violence. Showcases some impeccable performances and a soundtrack nearly impossible to beat.
2. Boyhood
A literal time capsule into the 2000s and an astonishing filmmaking feat. The movie plays as a memory.
1. The Social Network
The best writer-director pairing of the decade. The best performance of the decade. I can no longer think of Eisenberg or Zuckerberg without thinking of the other. It moves with incredible pace. There is not one false note the entire runtime.
Here's to the 2020s in film!
