Eric's 2010 Movie List

This year was pretty solid for flicks -- especially the top dozen or so on my list, but there was no single movie that stood out for me like in recent years. There may be no Lebron James, but the starters are really good role players and the bench is very deep. It's remarkable that I can honestly recommend the top fifty or so on my list. If you never see the bottom ten, you're missing nothing. As per usual, you'll see films that have appeared on previous lists. I likely saw those at some festival but it was only this year distributed for release in theaters.


1 Winter's Bone
2 True Grit
3 Black Swan
4 Rabbit Hole
5 Toy Story 3
6 Never Let Me Go
7 Inception
8 Un Prophète
9 Animal Kingdom
10 The Red Riding Trilogy: 1983
11 Blue Valentine
12 Exit Through the Gift Shop
13 Welcome to the Rileys
14 The King's Speech
15 The Two Escobars
16 Best Worst Movie
17 The Fighter
18 The Red Riding Trilogy: 1980
19 Shutter Island
20 Hello Lonesome
21 Winnebago Man
22 Dogtooth
23 The Social Network
24 The Secret in Their Eyes
25 Greenberg
26 Fair* Game
27 The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
28 The Red Riding Trilogy: 1974
29 Restrepo
30 Temple Grandin
31 Waking Sleeping Beauty
32 The Town
33 Rainbows End
34 127 Hours
35 45365
36 Exporting Raymond
37 Biutiful
38 The Kids Are All Right
39 Catfish
40 The Parking Lot Movie
41 Breaking Upwards
42 Kisses
43 GasLand
44 Cyrus
45 Casino Jack and the United States of Money
46 Youth In Revolt
47 American: The Bill Hicks Story
48 Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
49 Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
50 The Lottery
51 Somewhere
52 Freakonomics
53 My Name is Smith
54 Get Low
55 The Ghost Writer
56 Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story
57 Dig
58 Sons of Perdition
59 Jack Goes Boating
60 Elvis and Annabelle
61 Please Give
62 Weakness
63 The Square
64 Miss Nobody
65 Reel Injun
66 Date Night
67 Solitary Man
68 I'm Still Here
69 Tiny Furniture
70 Main Street
71 I am Love
72 Phantom Punch