By Andrew Buckner
The 2010s have been a terrific decade for films of all genres. Blockbusters. Award-winning dramas and critically acclaimed documentaries. Thought-provoking and spine-tingling horror films. They can all be found here in my list of the fifty-five greatest films from 2010-2019.
55. Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Director: Alexandre O. Philippe.
54. Bridge of Spies (2015)
Director: Steven Spielberg.
53. Blue Valentine (2010)
Director: Derek Cianfrance.
52. Pasolini (2014)
Director: Abel Ferrara.
51. Drive (2011)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn.
50. Shame (2011)
Director: Steve McQueen.
49. Cosmopolis (2012)
Director: David Cronenberg.
48. Love (2015)
Director: Gaspar Noe.
47. Long Night in a Dead City (2017)
Director: Richard Griffin.
46. The Neon Demon (2016)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
45. Annihilation (2018)
Director: Alex Garland.
44. The Witch (2015)
Director: Robert Eggers.
43. The Babadook (2014)
Director: Jennifer Kent
42. Bodied (2017)
Director: Joseph Kahn.
41. Super 8 (2011)
Director: J.J. Abrams.
40. Ad Astra (2019)
Director: James Gray.
39. The Handmaiden (2016)
Director: Chan-wook Park.
38. The Post (2017)
Director: Steven Spielberg.
37. Crimson Peak (2015)
Director: Guillermo del Toro.
36. The Hateful Eight (2015)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
35. Capernaum (2018)
Director: Nadine Labaki.
34. Filmworker (2017)
Director: Tony Zierra.
33. Us (2019)
Director: Jordan Peele.
32. The House That Jack Built (2018)
Director: Lars von Trier.
31. Boyhood (2014)
Director: Richard Linklater.
30. The Black Swan (2010)
Director: Darren Aronofsky.
29. The Artist (2011)
Director: Michel Hazanavicius.
28. The King’s Speech (2010)
Director: Tom Hooper.
27. Moonlight (2016)
Director: Barry Jenkins.
26. Django Unchained (2012)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
25. Call Me by Your Name (2017)
Director: Luca Guadagnino.
24. Lincoln (2012)
Director: Steven Spielberg.
23. The Image Book (2019)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard.
22. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018)
Director: Michael Moore.
21. The Master (2012)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.
20. Selma (2014)
Director: Ava DuVernay.
19. Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood (2019)
Director: Quentin Tarantino.
18. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Director: Tomas Alfredson.
17. Interstellar (2014)
Director: Christopher Nolan.
16.The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Director: Martin Scorsese.
15. mother! (2017)
Director: Darren Aronofsky.
14. Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
13. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
Director: Peter Jackson
12. Amour (2012)
Director: Michael Haneke.
11. Roma (2018)
Director: Alfonso Cuaron.
10. A Ghost Story (2017)
Director: David Lowery.
9. A Separation (2011)
Director: Asghar Farhadi.
8. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen.
7. The Revenant (2015)
Director: Alejandro G. Inarritu.
6. Silence (2016)
Director: Martin Scorsese.
5. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
4. Life Itself (2014)
Director: Steve James.
3. Nightcrawler (2014)
Director: Dan Gilroy.
2. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Director: Steve McQueen.
1. The Tree of Life (2011)
Director: Terrence Malick.