I’ll admit it’s rather late in the year to post a Top 10 list of movies. Usually most critics post their just before the year ends. The thing with me is I’m not a professional critic. I don’t have access to all the preview DVDs or special screenings. I have to wait until they’re released on the big screen and then see them, or lollygag and wait until the DVD comes out. This fact explains why I finally have my Top 10 of 2010 out. Anyways I decided to post my other Top 10’s of years past to add to my post for this year so here goes my Top 10 lists:
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2002
1)THE PIANIST
2)THE HOURS
3)ABOUT SCHMIDT
4)CHICAGO
5)FAR FROM HEAVEN
6)IGBY GOES DOWN
7)SPIRITED AWAY
8 )FRAILTY
9)ADAPTATION
10)GANGS OF NEW YORK
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2003
1)MYSTIC RIVER
2)LOTR:RETURN OF THE KING
3)LOST IN TRANSLATION
4)KILL BILL Volume 1
5)21 GRAMS
6)THE MAGDALENE SISTERS
7)CITY OF GOD
8 )WHALE RIDER
9)AMERICAN SPLENDOR
10)COLD MOUNTAIN
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2004
1)MILLION DALLAR BABY
2)CLOSER
3)ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
4)VERA DRAKE
5)HOTEL RWANDA
6)RAY
7)SIDEWAYS
8 )THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
9)THE AVIATOR
10)MARIA FULL OF GRACE
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2005
1)BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
2)CRASH
3)KING KONG
4)GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK
5)DOWNFALL
6)THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
7)TSOTSI
8 )MILLIONS
9)WALK THE LINE
10)CAPOTE
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2006
1)THE DEPARTED
2)UNITED 93
3)PAN’S LABYRINTH
4)LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
5)BABEL
6) (tie)FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS/LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
8 )CACHE
9)CHILDREN OF MEN
10)NOTES ON A SCANDAL
TOP 10 MOVIES of 2007
1)THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
2)NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
3)THERE WILL BE BLOOD
4)THE SAVAGES
5)JUNO
6)AMERICAN GANGSTER
7)GRINDHOUSE: Planet Terror and Deathproof
8 )THE LIVES OF OTHERS
9)ATONEMENT
10)AWAY FROM HER
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2008
1)SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
2)THE WRESTLER
3)MILK
4)RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
5)FROST/NIXON
6)WALL-E
7)WALTZ WITH BASHIR
8 )FROZEN RIVER
9)HAPPY-GO-LUCKY
10)THE DARK KNIGHT
TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2009
1) PRECIOUS
2) THE HURT LOCKER
3) DISTRICT 9
4) INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
5) (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
6) AVATAR
7) THE HANGOVER
8 ) WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
9) UP
10) UP IN THE AIR
Okay. Enough rambling of past years. Now here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for:
MY TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2010
1) The Social Network
2)Inception
3)True Grit
4)The King’s Speech
5)Winter’s Bone
6) Black Swan
7)Another Year
8 ) Biutiful
9)Toy Story 3
10)In A Better World
HONORABLE MENTION:
-127 Hours
-The Fighter
-Blue Valentine
-The Kids Are All Right
-Incendies
UPDATE:
It’s 2016 and I’ve noticed a lot of you are still hitting this blogpost. I have published lists of years since. Feel free to click on the links to check the lists out:
SPIRITED AWAY
LOST IN TRANSLATION
KILL BILL Volume 1
21 GRAMS
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
DISTRICT 9
AVATAR
UP
The Social Network
Black Swan as no. 6? interesting.
Believe me, it’s not easy making a Top 10 list. So many great movies but they have to be ranked in order to make this list.