Time has changed my initial views of some of these. Films from particular years have fallen or dropped completely off my radar, while others that were low or not on my lists at all have climbed to the top as they've stuck with me through the years.
Ultimately, a list like this is personal and subject to time and change. I'm sure it would look different on another day and many of the distinctions amongst the order are arbitrary. But when I think back on the last ten years, these are the films that stood out to me and impacted me the hardest.
These are the top 100, and for good measure, another 100 that I loved only slightly less but would give a full-throated recommendation any day. I saw about ~1200 releases from the last decade, so even with a list as long as the one below, the films included are just the top percent of what I liked the most.
Take a look below and enjoy!
99. Song of the Sea
dir. Tomm Moore (2014)
98. Manchester by the Sea
dir. Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
97. Brooklyn
dir. John Crowley (2015)
96. Animal Kingdom
dir. David Michôd (2010)
95. The Master
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
94. A Ghost Story
dir. David Lowery (2017)
93. Take This Waltz
dir. Sarah Polley (2012)
92. (tie) Planet of the Apes trilogy
dirs. Rupert Wyatt, Matt Reeves (2011, 2014, 2017)
91. The Wind Rises
dir. Hayao Miyazaki (2013)
90. Things To Come
dir. Mia Hansen-Løve (2016)
89. Eighth Grade
dir. Bo Burnham (2018)
88. Ex Machina
dir. Alex Garland (2015)
87. Faces Places
dir. Agnès Varda (2017)
86. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2010)
85. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2012)
84. Jackie
dir. Pablo Larraín (2016)
83. 45 Years
dir. Andrew Haigh (2015)
82. A Fantastic Woman
dir. Sebastián Lelio (2017)
81. Take Shelter
dir. Jeff Nichols (2011)
80. mother!
dir. Darren Aronofsky (2017)
79. Oslo, August 31st
dir. Joachim Trier (2012)
78. Get Out
dir. Jordan Peele (2017)
77. Leviathan
dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev (2014)
76. American Honey
dir. Andrea Arnold (2016)
75. Martha Marcy May Marlene
dir. Sean Durkin (2011)
74. Love & Friendship
dir. Whit Stillman (2016)
73. Gone Girl
dir. David Fincher (2014)
72. Hanna
dir. Joe Wright (2011)
71. The Babadook
dir. Jennifer Kent (2014)
70. Certified Copy
dir. Abbas Kiarostami (2011)
69. Nocturama
dir. Bertrand Bonello (2017)
68. Support the Girls
dir. Andrew Bujalski (2018)
67. Ida
dir. Pawel Pawlikowski (2014)
66. The Witch
dir. Robert Eggers (2016)
65. Winter’s Bone
dir. Debra Granik (2010)
64. Mustang
dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven (2015)
63. Tangerine
dir. Sean Baker (2015)
62. Toni Erdmann
dir. Maren Ade (2016)
61. The Farewell
dir. Lulu Wang (2019)
60. Shoplifters
dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018)
59. You Were Never Really Here
dir. Lynne Ramsay (2018)
58. Gravity
dir. Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
57. First Reformed
dir. Paul Schrader (2018)
56. Force Majeure
dir. Ruben Östlund (2014)
55. Good Time
dir. Josh & Benny Safdie (2017)
54. The Handmaiden
dir. Park Chan-wook (2016)
53. Arrival
Denis Villeneuve (2016)
52. Elle
dir. Paul Verhoeven (2016)
51. Mommy
dir. Xavier Dolan (2014)
50. Bridesmaids
dir. Paul Feig (2011)
49. Phoenix
dir. Christian Petzold (2015)
48. Somewhere
dir. Sofia Coppola (2010)
47. Aquarius
dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho (2016)
46. Weekend
dir. Andrew Haigh (2011)
45. Toy Story 3
dir. Lee Unkrich (2010)
44. Spring Breakers
dir. Harmony Korine (2013)
43. Poetry
dir. Lee Chang-dong (2010)
42. Annihilation
dir. Alex Garland (2018)
41. Phantom Thread
dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
40. The Favourite
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2018)
39. Beginners
dir. Mike Mills (2011)
38. Before Midnight
dir. Richard Linklater (2013)
37. Loveless
dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev (2017)
36. It Follows
dir. David Robert Mitchell (2015)
35. Pain and Glory
dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2019)
34. Moonrise Kingdom
dir. Wes Anderson (2012)
33. Another Year
dir. Mike Leigh (2010)
32. Young Adult
dir. Jason Reitman (2011)
31. Stories We Tell
dir. Sarah Polley (2013)
30. Hereditary
dir. Ari Aster (2018)
29. Boyhood
dir. Richard Linklater (2014)
28. Burning
dir. Lee Chang-dong (2018)
27. Two Days, One Night
dir. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (2014)
26. Dogtooth
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos (2010)
25. Her
dir. Spike Jonze (2013)
24. Inside Llewyn Davis
dir. Joel & Ethan Coen (2013)
23. World of Tomorrow
dir. Don Hertzfeldt (2015)
22. Fish Tank
dir. Andrea Arnold (2010)
21. Margaret
dir. Kenneth Lonergan (2011)
20. The Florida Project
dir. Sean Baker (2017)
19. 20th Century Women
dir. Mike Mills (2016)
18. The Act of Killing
dir. Joshua Oppenheimer (2013)
17. Inside Out
dir. Pete Docter (2015)
16. Carol
dir. Todd Haynes (2015)
15. Parasite
dir. Bong Joon-ho (2019)
14. Drive
dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
13. Call Me By Your Name
dir. Luca Guadagnino (2017)
12. Roma
dir. Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
11. Black Swan
dir. Darren Aronofsky (2010)
10. Mad Max: Fury Road
dir. George Miller (2015)
09. A Separation
dir. Asghar Farhadi (2011)
08. Lady Bird
dir. Greta Gerwig (2017)
07. Moonlight
dir. Barry Jenkins (2016)
06. The Social Network
dir. David Fincher (2010)
dir. Jonathan Glazer (2014)
04. Frances Ha
dir. Noah Baumbach (2013)
03. Holy Motors
dir. Leos Carax (2012)
02. Melancholia
dir. Lars von Trier (2011)
01. Amour
dir. Michael Haneke (2012)
Honorable Mentions:
101. Meek’s Cutoff, dir. Kelly Reichardt (2010)
102. Enough Said, dir. Nicole Holofcener (2013)
103. Personal Shopper, dir. Olivier Assayas (2016)
104. Zero Dark Thirty, dir. Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
105. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, dir. Celine Sciamma (2019)
106. The Lobster, dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
107. Exit Through the Gift Shop, dir. Banksy (2010)
108. Mother, dir. Bong Joon-ho (2010)
109. Damsels in Distress, dir. Whit Stillman (2012)
110. This Is Not a Film, dir. Jafar Panahi (2012)
111. Lady Macbeth, dir. William Oldroyd (2016)
112. The Tree of Life, dir. Terrence Malick (2011)
113. The Look of Silence, dir. Joshua Oppenheimer (2015)
114. Son of Saul, dir. László Nemes (2015)
115. 12 Years a Slave, dir. Steve McQueen (2013)
116. Love is Strange, dir. Ira Sachs (2014)
117. The Rider, dir. Chloé Zhao (2018)
118. The Selfish Giant, dir. Clio Barnard (2013)
119. Paranorman, dir. Sam Fell & Chris Butler (2012)
120. The Queen of Versailles, dir. Lauren Greenfield (2012)
121. Obvious Child, dir. Gillian Robespierre (2014)
122. Enter the Void, dir. Gaspar Noé (2010)
123. Blue Valentine, dir. Derek Cianfrance (2010)
124. The Grey, dir. Joe Carnahan (2012)
125. Private Life, dir. Tamara Jenkins (2018)
126. Minding the Gap, dir. Bing Liu (2018)
127. A Touch of Sin, dir. Jia Zhangke (2013)
128. The Lighthouse, dir. Robert Eggers (2019)
129. About Elly, dir. Asghar Farhadi (2015)
130. Little Women, dir. Greta Gerwig (2019)
131. The Kids Are All Right, dir. Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
132. We Need to Talk About Kevin, dir. Lynne Ramsay (2011)
133. The Skin I Live In, dir. Pedro Almodóvar (2011)
134. Uncut Gems, dir. Josh & Benny Safdie (2019)
135. If Beale Street Could Talk, dir. Barry Jenkins (2018)
136. Hale County This Morning, This Evening, dir. RaMell Ross (2018)
137. High Life, dir. Claire Denis (2019)
138. The Loneliest Planet, dir. Julia Loktev (2012)
139. All Is Lost, dir. J. C. Chandor (2013)
140. The Arbor, dir. Clio Barnard (2011)
141. The Diary of a Teenage Girl, dir. Marielle Heller (2015)
142. Amy, dir. Asif Kapadia (2015)
143. How To Train Your Dragon, dir. Chris Sanders (2010)
144. Like Someone In Love, dir. Abbas Kiarostami (2013)
145. BPM (Beats Per Minute), dir. Robin Campillo (2017)
146. Hustlers, dir. Lorene Scafaria (2019)
147. How to Survive a Plague, dir. David France (2012)
148. Transit, dir. Christian Petzold (2019)
149. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dir. Tomas Alfredson (2011)
150. Paddington 2, dir. Paul King (2018)
151. The Great Beauty, dir. Paolo Sorrentino (2013)
152. Cold War, dir. Paweł Pawlikowski (2018)
153. The Grand Budapest Hotel, dir. Wes Anderson (2014)
154. The Assassin, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien (2015)
155. Blue is the Warmest Color, dir. Abdellatif Kechiche (2013)
156. Spotlight, dir. Tom McCarthy (2015)
157. The Kid with a Bike, dir. Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne (2012)
158. Kedi, dir. Ceyda Torun (2016)
159. Climax, dir. Gaspar Noe (2019)
160. Edge of Tomorrow, dir. Doug Liman (2014)
161. Silence, dir. Martin Scorsese (2016)
162. Kubo and the Two Strings, dir. Travis Knight (2016)
163. Pariah, dir. Dee Rees (2015)
164. Moneyball, dir. Bennet Miller (2011)
165. The Shape of Water, dir. Guillermo del Toro (2017)
166. Can You Ever Forgive Me?, dir. Marielle Heller (2018)
167. Widows, dir. Steve McQueen (2018)
168. Thoroughbreds, dir. Cory Finley (2018)
169. Krisha, dir. Trey Edward Shults (2016)
170. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, dir. Edgar Wright (2010)
171. Strong Island, dir. Yance Ford (2017)
172. Little Men, dir. Ira Sachs (2016)
173. Blade Runner 2049, dir. Denis Villeneuve (2017)
174. Sicario, dir. Denis Villeneuve (2015)
175. Molly’s Game, dir. Aaron Sorkin (2017)
176. Nightcrawler, dir. Dan Gilroy (2014)
177. The Edge of Seventeen, dir. Kelly Fremon Craig (2016)
178. White God, dir. Kornél Mundruczó (2015)
179. The Bling Ring, dir. Sofia Coppola (2013)
180. Short Term 12, dir. Destin Daniel Cretton (2013)
181. Mistress America, dir. Noah Baumbach (2015)
182. Bachelorette, dir. Leslye Headland (2012)
183. Mandy, dir. Panos Cosmatos (2018)
184. Cosmopolis, David Cronenberg (2012)
185. Beasts of the Southern Wild, dir. Benh Zeitlin (2012)
186. Anomalisa, dir. Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson (2015)
187. Wild Tales, dir. Damián Szifron (2014)
188. Splice, dir. Vincenzo Natali (2010)
189. Beyond the Hills, dir. Cristian Mungiu (2012)
190. The Place Beyond the Pines, dir. Derek Cianfrance (2013)
191. Bernie, dir. Richard Linklater (2012)
192. First Man, dir. Damien Chazelle (2018)
193. Gloria, dir. Sebastián Lelio (2013)
194. Clouds of Sils Maria, dir. Olivier Assayas (2015)
195. Ingrid Goes West, dir. Matt Spicer (2017)
196. The Invitation, dir. Karyn Kusama (2016)
197. Snowpiercer, dir. Bong Joon-ho (2014)
198. Marjorie Prime, dir. Michael Almereyda (2017)
199. The Neon Demon, dir. Nicolas Winding Refn (2016)
200. Contagion, dir. Steven Soderbergh (2011)
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