The 30 best films of the decade, ranked

This story is part of The 2010s: a decade in review, a series about memes, people, products, films and much more that influenced the 2010s.

When you run out of the latest movies to watch in one night CurfewThere is a simple solution. Now is the time to do yourself a favor and get out the older gems that you may have missed in the past decade.

The 2010s featured large, bright, and colorful glasses and several tidbits that put us in a familiar, happy place. But we also had a lot of love for the smaller indies, the gemstones that open windows into the lives of others and change for the better.

So what films are we talking about exactly? We talk about that best Ones. A gathering of CNET employees voted on the best films of the 2010s. You probably won’t quite agree with the results, but at least Boyhood beats Birdman on this occasion.

Here are our 30 best films of the decade.

1.Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

We start with a movie above that did it Not Win the Oscar for the best picture, as many had thought in 2016. But listen, George Miller Fourth in Mad Max The series is considered one of the best action films of all time. Tom Hardy replaces Mel Gibson as the enigmatic Max in addition to the clear appearance and heart of the film: Charlize Theron as one-armed imperator Furiosa. In Miller’s visionary post-apocalyptic Oz, they try to save “the women”, women selected for breeding, from the tyrannical Immortan Joe. The entire film takes place in an absolutely crazy chase. The cinematic statistics are stunning: Miller used 3,500 storyboards and took 480 hours of raw material. He overcame a decade of roadblocks – rewriting, relocations, and creative resetting (exploring the possibility of a 3D live-action version) – before he achieved imaginative, high-octane madness.

2.Spider-Man: In the Spider-Verse (2018)

There was no question which film would win the “Best Animated Feature” category at the 2018 Oscars. In the spider verse We stole our hearts by courageously ignoring the fact that we had three Peter Parkers on film and introducing ourselves five More. They come from Marvel’s multiverse, which was deliberately made less complicated by producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who focus on graffiti artist Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), a hip-hop version of Spidey. Morales teams up with versions from other universes – including a bizarre and totally funny cartoon pig named Peter Porker – to fight Kingpin super villains. Over 140 animators combined computer animation with a hand-drawn style to mimic a comic look. Inventive imagery, fresh storytelling, and the craziness of comics have helped make the first non-white Spider-Man one of the best.

3rd childhood (2014)

childhood is logistically a little miracle. To tell a story about growing up, Richard Linklater sporadically filmed a young Ellar Coltrane between the ages of 6 and 18 every year for 12 years. His character Mason lived in Texas between his divorced parents (Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette). The project flirted with potential pitfalls at the end of the film: what if a youthful Coltrane deviated from acting? But Linklater delivered his best film ever. It won BAFTAs, Golden Globes and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Arquette in 2014. Still, some still feel a little salty about Boyhood’s award season. Boyhood lost the Oscar for best picture to Birdman, a less warm, familiar story, more of a technical and existential tour de force. On this occasion, people spoke.

4. Out (2017)

Go out is the modern horror movie. It is the perfect encounter of horror, comedy and satire about racism. The setup for the punch line – or fear of jumping in the case of horror – requires precise timing. Jordan Peele, as one half of the comedy duo Key & Peele, is extremely well equipped to achieve both. His directorial debut has a frighteningly loaded setup: a young black man (Daniel Kaluuya) meets the middle-class liberal parents of his white girlfriend (Alison Williams). Their comments on how well they can deal with their daughter’s friend are comedy gold … with a delayed wind. Peele’s exciting new voice brought horror, laughter and deeply unsettling self-reflection.

5. Lady Bird (2017)

On paper, Lady Bird reads like a conventional coming-of-age story. It covers the usual milestones: losing virginity, going to the prom, graduation. But between these lines lies a raw, specific relationship between 17-year-old Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), who insists that everyone calls her Lady Bird, and her hard-working and little-appreciated mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf). The first solo director Greta Gerwig wrote a love letter to her hometown Sacramento and gave it a brilliant comedy. “I wish I could go through something,” said Lady Bird with the narcissism of a 17-year-old. She is titled herself, as in, she says Lady Bird is the name “given to me”. The warmth, serenity, and sometimes confronting revelations of teenage flow through Gerwig’s unique lens.

6. The Favorite (2018)

Olivia Coleman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone bring the acting caliber you expect into this adversity by Yorgos Lanthimos. With The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the Greek director has well established his distinctive, strange, experimental style. He loves to cross a border and does this in several times The favourite, a historical piece that became a cat-and-mouse psychological thriller with the characters Wanking Man and Nude Pomegranate Tory. You will even find a melancholy love story under politics and corsets.

7. Roma (2018)

Watch Alfonso Cuaron Roma is almost like leafing through a beautifully recorded 1970s album in Mexico. Cuaron tells a semi-autobiographical story about a middle-class family through the lens of a young housekeeper. It is a story about people who were brought to life by Cuaron’s skillful magic.

8.Black panther (2018)

Marvel films have proven that they can evolve with Ryan Coogler Black Panther. The film from 2018 defied the superhero formula with its afro-futuristic backdrop, the family saga and James Bond’s gadgets. An author’s bold claws can be seen everywhere in this comic blockbuster.

9.Ex Machina (2015)

The walls meticulously join the programmer, his boss, and the iRobot with whom they interact in Alex Garlands Ex Machina. The tense, thoughtful science fiction set in a state-of-the-art cabin raises big questions and has made Alicia Vikander an even bigger star.

10. The Master (2012)

The master wasn’t the deep dive into the origins of Scientology that many expected. Paul Thomas Anderson sews the fictional life of Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), leader of a religious movement called “The Cause”, and his tension with the yin to his yang, Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix). The 2012 character drama, which deals with a world recovering from the Second World War, is a poetic epic.

11. You (2013)

Spike Jonzes Romance 2013 between a lonely man and his Siri-like AI is even more terrifying today. Samantha (Scarlet Johansson) is the soothing, intimate voice in Theodore Twombly’s (Joaquin Phoenix) ear, but the limits of her programming soon go beyond the precise organization of his life. Jonze’s future is both alive and always rooted in the complexity of the human heart.

12.Moonlight (2016)

Barry Jenkins’ three-part story about a physically and emotionally abused black man has been described as genealogical. From childhood to adulthood three actors (Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders and Alex Hibbert) play Chiron with soulful naturalness. When dealing with difficult issues, from the drug underworld to sexual identity, Moonlight runs deep. The Oscar winner for the best picture 2016 is beautiful to look at and is accompanied by an exquisite soundtrack.

13. The social network (2010)

David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin made friends to make one powerful nerdy, talkative film about Mark Zuckerberg and the foundation of Facebook. The topics of friendship and loyalty in a small politics playground are just as exciting. A great Jesse Eisenberg as an insensitive, conflict-ridden genius was an insightful match for Fincher’s technical talent.

14th Drive (2011)

Ryan Gosling’s strong, quiet Hollywood stunt driver shines as an escape driver in the moonlight. In order to journey is basically the coolest movie ever. His dreamy, electronic soundtrack – perfect for night trips – inserts meaningful messages into a violent fairy tale about an unconventional hero.

15. The shape of the water (2017)

Guillermo del Toros 2017 Best picture Oscar winner is a more than unconventional horror romance between a silent woman and a fish man with dead eyes. It balances a harsh 1960s environment with fairy tale magic painted in its large, beautifully detailed sets. Only del Toro was able to pull through this madness.

16. Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

The sheer size of this blockbuster with its sky-high budget, the A-listeners and the starved fandom make it out Anthony and Joe Russo’s film all the more impressive. To culminate 20 Marvel films in a two-part show stopper is experimental madness in itself. But to end the first of these parts (spoiler) where almost all of your heroes lose … who says that all superhero films are predictable?

17th Inception (2010)

This is Christopher Nolan’s crazy, original concept: a professional thief, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, steals information by infiltration of the Subconscious. Excuse me, Mr. Nolan, how are you doing this? The answer is incredibly exciting. Somehow, Nolan made one Movie about substantial and visceral dreams with an exciting dose of physically inappropriate action.

18. Birdman (2014)

Vogelmann or (The unexpected virtue of ignorance) uses a stunning burst to literally follow a blinded film star leading up to his latest role on a Broadway show. As you can imagine, reason, narcissism and basically everything related to the human condition bleed through this showbiz satire. The Oscar winner for the best picture in 2014 was a creative tour de force for Alejandro González Iñárritu and a comeback for Michael Keaton.

19. Spotlight (2015)

Headlights illuminates the real investigative team of journalists named “Spotlight” from the Boston Globe. In the early 2000s, they helped uncover child abuse by Catholic priests in the Boston region. The Oscar winner for the best picture in 2015 brought tension to the inconspicuous footwork of journalists, played by a perfectly balanced ensemble from Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams.

20.Toy story 3 (2010)

The third in Pixar’s Toy Story series summarized the stories of Woody, Buzz and their owner Andy in the most poignant and heartbreaking way – until a fourth film followed 10 years later. Still, Toy Story 3 is an example of how to combine family health with playful torture horror. One of the best children’s films for adults out there.

21. Hereditary (2018)

When your grandma dies, there is no cult-based ordeal after another. But in Hereditary, it does! Not to mention the slowly revolting insecurity that Annie Graham (a better Toni Collette than ever before) feels in her relationship with her children. Ari Aster’s directorial debut constructs his shock-horror moments with the tender hand of someone building a miniature house. He treats his characters with the same attention to detail, and when everything collapses, the impact is traumatic. One of the greats of the horror genre.

22. What we do in the shade (2015)

A Mockumentary Through idiotic vampires sharing an apartment in Wellington, New Zealand, we expect content from director, writer, and actress Taika Waititi. After delivering the best vampire comedy ever and brilliant pursuit of the Wilderpeople, Marvel snapped him up to lead Thor: Ragnarok.

23. 12 years a slave (2013)

Steve McQueen doesn’t give up telling the incredible brutally true story of Solomon Northup, a talented violinist who had the rug underlaid when it was sold into slavery. His 12 years of need is described here in a story about the darkest niches in Louisiana in the 1840s. It is more than just a prestigious, historical film, it is a difficult but necessary viewing experience.

24. Whiplash (2014)

What is essentially one Thriller about jazz introduced the world to the rare talents of Damien Chazelle, who later made La La Land and First Man. Whiplash Andrew (Miles Teller), an ambitious drum student, against abusive Fletcher (J.K. Simmons). This tense, exhausting journey into the perils of the drums deserves a standing ovation.

25. Annihilation (2018)

Alex Garlands follow up to Ex Machina leads us into a mysterious, body-horror-inducing quarantine zone of mutating plants and animals. With five female actors, including Natalie Portman, this intelligent story with a bear scene as memorable as The Revenant’s is unique in several ways.

26.Call me by your name (2017)

Based on André Aciman’s novel, this profound romance The 17 year old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and the 24 year old Oliver (Armie Hammer) are not surprisingly beautiful to look at. From the idyllic Italian landscape of the 1980s to the slowly burning romance, Luca Guadagnino stages a fascinatingly dreamy summer experience.

27. The Witch (2016)

Robert Eggers’ directorial debut is an exercise in restraint. This is his most terrible asset and it pays off if the religious family is in the heart of The witch descends into madness. In the 1630s in New England, a bleak, distant world where you deserve an award for understanding accents, supernatural horrors conglomerate for horrific purposes. You will never look at the edge of a forest the same way.

28. Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

The Movie Before Taika Waititi competed against Thor: Ragnarok follows the strange mismatch between the disturbing Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) and the grizzled uncle Hec (Sam Neill). A series of sad, absurd and touching events make them the subject of a national manhunt. The balance between humanity and comedy is what Taika Waititi does best.

29. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

J.J. Abrams restarted one of the largest franchise companies of all time, lovingly combining familiar parts with fresh new faces and even cuter helpful droids. With Daisy Ridley and John Boyega, this is a welcome recording of funny space adventure led us back to the opera war between darkness and light.

30.Wonder woman (2017)

A turning point in the DC Extended Universe came when Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman climbed out of the trenches. The genesis of World War I introduced Gal Gadot to the world for which she was born in a role. Her shining beacon of hope fills this serious, good, old-fashioned story of heroine against Greek god of war.