With December 31, 2019 bringing the 2010s to a close, it’s time to present the best movies of the 2010s as we head into the 2020s.

It’s never easy putting together these lists.  Hell, some films improve with time while other films are long forgotten.  Take a look at this year, for instance.  What films will we be talking about in a decade from now.  Will the best movies of the 2010s still be the best movies of the 2010s in ten years?  No offense but it is impossible to define a decade by any ten films.  Even 25 films are just as tough!

There are easily more than ten films from the last ten years that I’m still talking about today!  What I will do is include my fifteen favorite films from every year.  Whether they’re the best 150 films of the last ten years is hard to say.  In some instances, a film could really be 1 and A1.  Take 2011, for example,  since I loved both The Descendants and Bridesmaids!  In any event, I did decide to do my top 25 with regards to the best movies of the 2010s but it’s fluid and ever-evolving.

2010

1. The Social Network
2. Inception
3. Black Swan
4. The Fighter
5. 127 Hours
6. The Town
7. True Grit
8. Winter’s Bone
9. The Kids Are Alright
10. Easy A
11. The Other Guys
12. Toy Story 3
13. Greenberg
14. Hot Tub Time Machine
15. Iron Man 2

2011

1. Bridesmaids
2. The Descendants
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. Moneyball
5. The Muppets
6. Drive
7. Hugo
8. Young Adult
9. Crazy, Stupid, Love
10. The Ides of March
11. War Horse
12. Cedar Rapids
13. The Help
14. 50/50
15. Midnight in Paris

2012

1. The Avengers
2. Lincoln
3. Silver Linings Playbook
4. The Dark Knight Rises
5. Safety Not Guaranteed
6. Moonrise Kindom
7. Ruby Sparks
8. Pitch Perfect
9. Argo
10. Django Unchained
11. Skyfall
12. The Sessions
13. Flight
14. Friends with Kids
15. The Hunger Games

2013

1. 12 Years A Slave
2. Gravity
3. The Way Way Back
4. Frozen
5. Captain Phillips
6. Saving Mr. Banks
7. The Wolf of Wall Street
8. Philomena
9. American Hustle
10. Enough Said
11. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
12. 42
13. The Kings of Summer
14. The Spectacular Now
15. We’re The Millers

2014

1. Birdman
2. Begin Again
3. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
4. Boyhood
5. Nightcrawler
6. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1
7. The Lego Movie
8. Gone Girl
9. Whiplash
10. The Grand Budapest Hotel
11. Life Itself
12. Unbroken
13. The Imitation Game
14. Interstellar
15. They Came Together

2015

I need to preface the following list because there were a few films here in which I was very dysphoric while watching.  My first viewing of The Big Short was not in the best of circumstances.  Far from it.  I was only recently out to my parents as of early November and it was living hell.

1. Star Wars: Force Awakens
2. The Big Short
3. Spotlight
4. Jurassic World
5. Bridge of Spies
6. Brooklyn
7. Trainwreck
8. Tangerine
9. Boy Meets Girl
10. Inside Out
11. Room
12. Ant-Man
13. The Martian
14. Sisters
15. Spy

2016

1. La La Land
2. The Edge of Seventeen
3. Manchester by the Sea
4. Arrival
5. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
6. Captain America: Civil War
7. Fences
8. Hidden Figures
9. Don’t Think Twice
10. Hell or High Water
11. Moonlight
12. Sully
13. Zootopia
14. Deadpool
15. Denial

2017

1. Dunkirk
2. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
3. The Post
4. Wonder Woman
5. The Big Sick
6. Lady Bird
7. Logan
8. The Florida Project
9. Brigsby Bear
10. Blade Runner 2049
11. The Shape of Water
12. Dave Made A Maze
13. Their Finest
14. Future ’38
15. Colossal

2018

1. Hearts Beat Loud
2. First Man
3. Black Panther
4. Blockers
5. Vice
6. Mary Poppins Returns
7. Paddington 2
8. If Beale Street Could Talk
9. RBG
10. The Favourite
11. Roma
12. Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
13. Blindspotting
14. All About Nina
15. BlacKkKlansman

2019

1. Knives Out
2. Jojo Rabbit
3. Apollo 11
4. 1917
5. Booksmart
6. Avengers: Endgame
7. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
9. Long Shot
10. Bombshell
11. Ford v Ferrari
12. Marriage Story
13. Captain Marvel
14. Brittany Runs A Marathon
15. Blinded by the Light

The Best Movies of the 2010s

1. The Social Network
2. Dunkirk
3. La La Land
4. Bridesmaids
5. Birdman
6. The Descendants
7. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
8. The Edge of Seventeen
9. Knives Out
10. 12 Years a Slave
11. Captain America: The First Avenger
12. Moneyball
13. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
14. The Avengers
15. Inception
16. Gravity
17. The Post
18. Wonder Woman
19. The Big Sick
20. The Big Short
21. Black Swan
22. The Fighter
23. Hearts Beat Loud
24. First Man
25. Black Panther