The Best Films of 2010

Already did my reactions to the Oscars, so you have an idea of what I thought was the best in acting, directing, and the best picture of the year.  Here's a list to show you where they all fall.

Films that I enjoyed and would recommend, but fell short of making the list: Agora, Dogtooth, Greenberg, I Am Love, Mother and Child, Please Give, Rabbit Hole, and The Red Riding Trilogy. 

Rather than wax poetic on each, I'll let the marketing teams for the respective films do the work for me.  Some of the trailers do a good job on capturing the mood of the film.  Others go out of their way to obscure what the film is and make it more appealing.  

And now, the top 10 of 2010…

10.  Exit Through the Gift Shop (s: Banksy, Thierry Guetta; narration by Rhys Ifans; d: Banksy)

9.  True Grit (s: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld; d: Joel and Ethan Coen)

8.  Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (s: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin; d: Edgar Wright)

7.  127 Hours (s: James Franco; d: Danny Boyle)

6.  Toy Story 3 (s: voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack; d: Lee Unkrich)

5.  Blue Valentine (s: Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams; d: Derek Cianfrance)

4.  Carlos (s: Edgar Ramirez; d: Olivier Assayas)

3.  Inception (s: Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page; d: Christopher Nolan)

2.  Black Swan (s: Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey; d: Darren Aronofsky)

1.  The Social Network (s: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer; d: David Fincher)