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Includes films in U.S. commercial release between Jan. 1, 2010, and Dec. 31, 2010.
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127 Hours Dir. Danny Boyle. With James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Treat Williams C+
Accomplices Dir. Frédéric Mermoud. With Cyril Descours, Nina Meurisse, Gilbert Melki, Emmanuelle Devos B
Air Doll Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda. With Bae Du-na, Arata, Itsuji Itao, Joe Odagiri, Sumiko Fuji C
Alice in Wonderland Dir. Tim Burton. With Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Depp D+
The American Dir. Anton Corbijn. With George Clooney, Johan Leysen, Violante Placido, Paolo Bonacelli B
American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein Dirs. David Ridgen & Nicolas Rossier. Documentary C+
Animal Kingdom Dir. David Michôd. With James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton B+
Another Year Dir. Mike Leigh. With Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Oliver Maltman B
Biutiful Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu. With Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib B+
Black Swan Dir. Darren Aronofsky. With Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey B–
Blue Valentine Dir. Derek Cianfrance. With Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Mike Vogel, Faith Wladyka A
Buried Dir. Rodrigo Cortés. With Ryan Reynolds, José Luis García Pérez, Robert Paterson, Warner Loughlin C–
Burlesque Dir. Steve Antin. With Christina Aguilera, Cher, Cam Gigandet, Stanley Tucci, Eric Dane B–
Cairo Time Dir. Ruba Nadda. With Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig, Amina Annabi, Elena Anaya B
Carlos Dir. Olivier Assayas. With Édgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer, Nora von Waldstätten B+
Case 39 Dir. Christian Alvart. With Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Bradley Cooper D
Catfish Dirs. Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost. Documentary about an odd internet-based correspondence B+
Chloe Dir. Atom Egoyan. With Julianne Moore, Amanda Seyfried, Liam Neeson, Max Thieriot, R.H. Thomson D+
City Island Dir. Raymond De Felitta. With Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer C+
The Company Men Dir. John Wells. With Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Rosemarie DeWitt C
Conviction Dir. Tony Goldwyn. With Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Minnie Driver, Melissa Leo C+
Cropsey Dirs. Joshua Zeman & Barbara Brancaccio. Documentary about child abductions on Staten Island C
Cyrus Dirs. Mark Duplass & Jay Duplass. With John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener D
Delta Dir. Kornél Mundruczó. With Félix Lajkó, Orsolya Tóth, Lili Monori, Sándor Gáspár C+
The Disappearance of Alice Creed Dir. J Blakeson. With Martin Compston, Eddie Marsan, Gemma Arterton C
Dogtooth Dir. Giorgos Lanthimos. With Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Christos Stergioglou A–
Easy A Dir. Will Gluck. With Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Alyson Michalka, Amanda Bynes, Patricia Clarkson C+
The Eclipse Dir. Conor McPherson. With Ciarán Hinds, Iben Hjejle, Aidan Quinn, Jim Norton, Hannah Lynch C–
Everyone Else Dir. Maren Ade. With Lars Eidinger, Birgit Minichmayr, Hans-Jochen Wagner A–
Exit Through the Gift Shop Dir. Banksy. Documentary about aspiring street artist Thierry Guetta B
Fair Game Dir. Doug Liman. With Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Michael Kelly, Noah Emmerich, David Andrews B
The Father of My Children Dir. Mia Hansen-Løve. With Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli B+
The Fighter Dir. David O. Russell. With Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams B+
Fish Tank Dir. Andrea Arnold. With Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths A–
For Colored Girls Dir. Tyler Perry. With Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Whoopi Goldberg, Janet Jackson C+
Frankie & Alice Dir. Geoffrey Sax. With Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad, Chandra Wilson D+
Frozen Dir. Adam Green. With Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell, Kevin Zegers, Ed Ackerman B–
Get Low Dir. Aaron Schneider. With Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Bill Murray, Sissy Spacek, Bill Cobbs C–
The Ghost Writer Dir. Roman Polanski. With Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall B
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Dir. Niels Arden Oplev. With Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace D+
Going the Distance Dir. Nanette Burstein. With Justin Long, Drew Barrymore, Christina Applegate B–
Green Zone Dir. Paul Greengrass. With Matt Damon, Brendan Gleeson, Greg Kinnear, Igal Naor, Khalid Abdalla B+
©Greenberg Dir. Noah Baumbach. With Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh B+
Hereafter Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Frankie McLaren, George McLaren C–
How To Train Your Dragon Dirs. Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders. Animated. Voice of Jay Baruchel B+
Howl Dirs. Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. With James Franco, David Strathairn, Jon Hamm, Bob Balaban C
The Human Centipede Dir. Tom Six. With Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie D+
I Am Love Dir. Luca Guadagnino. With Tilda Swinton, Edoardo Gabriellini, Flavio Parenti, Pippo Delbono B
I Love You Phillip Morris Dirs. Glenn Ficarra & John Requa. With Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor, Leslie Mann C
The Illusionist Dir. Sylvain Chomet. Animated. Voices of Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin B
Inception Dir. Christopher Nolan. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt C+
Inside Job Dir. Charles Ferguson. Documentary about 2008 global financial crisis, centered in U.S. market B+
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work Dirs. Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg. Documentary about the comedienne B
Johnny Mad Dog Dir. Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire. With Christophe Minie, Daisy Victoria Vandy B+
The Kids Are All Right Dir. Lisa Cholodenko. With Julianne Moore, Annette Bening, Mark Ruffalo B
The Killer Inside Me Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson D+
The King's Speech Dir. Tom Hooper. With Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter C–
The Last Exorcism Dir. Daniel Stamm. With Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Louis Herthum, Iris Bahr B–
Lebanon Dir. Samuel Maoz. With Yoav Donat, Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Michael Moshonov, Zohar Strauss B
Legendary Dir. Mel Damski. With Devon Graye, John Cena, Patricia Clarkson, Madeleine Martin C–
Let It Rain Dir. Agnès Jaoui. With Jean-Pierre Bacri, Agnès Jaoui, Jamel Debbouze, Pascale Arbillot C+
Let Me In Dir. Matt Reeves. With Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elias Koteas, Richard Jenkins B+
Life During Wartime Dir. Todd Solondz. With Shirley Henderson, Dylan Riley Snyder, Allison Janney B–
Lourdes Dir. Jessica Hausner. With Sylvie Testud, Léa Seydoux, Gilette Barbier, Elina Löwensohn B+
Love & Other Drugs Dir. Edward Zwick. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Josh Gad, Hank Azaria D+
Lovely, Still Dir. Nik Fackler. With Martin Landau, Ellen Burstyn, Adam Scott, Elizabeth Banks D
Made in Dagenham Dir. Nigel Cole. With Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Geraldine James, Daniel Mays C+
Make-Out with Violence Dirs. The Deagol Brothers. With Eric Lehning, Cody DeVos, Brett Miller B
Monsters Dir. Gareth Edwards. With Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides B–
Morning Glory Dir. Roger Michell. With Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Patrick Wilson, Diane Keaton D
Mother Dir. Bong Joon-ho. With Kim Hye-ja, Won Bin, Jin Goo, Yun Je-moon, Lee Yeong-seok, Cheon U-hui B+
Mother and Child Dir. Rodrigo García. With Annette Bening, Naomi Watts, Kerry Washington, Jimmy Smits C+
Mugabe and the White African Dirs. Lucy Bailey & Andrew Thompson. Documentary set in Zimbabwe C+
My Neighbor, My Killer Dir. Anne Aghion. Documentary about Rwandan civilian trials of accused murderers B+
Never Let Me Go Dir. Mark Romanek. With Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley C+
The Next Three Days Dir. Paul Haggis. With Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Ty Simpkins, Lennie James C
Night Catches Us Dir. Tanya Hamilton. With Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Amari Cheatom B–
Nowhere Boy Dir. Sam Taylor-Wood. With Aaron Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff C
October Country Dirs. Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher. Documentary about an upstate New York family B
Only When I Dance Dir. Beadie Finzi. Documentary about young Brazilian ballet dancers and their families C
Paranormal Activity 2 Dir. Tod Williams. With Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Molly Ephraim B
Please Give Dir. Nicole Holofcener. With Catherine Keener, Rebecca Hall, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet C+
Prodigal Sons Dir. Kimberly Reed. Documentary about a transgender woman's difficult tie to her adopted brother A–
A Prophet Dir. Jacques Audiard. With Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb B+
Rabbit Hole Dir. John Cameron Mitchell. With Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Tammy Blanchard B–
Red Riding: 1974 Dir. Julian Jarrold. With Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Hall, Anthony Flanagan, John Henshaw B–
Restrepo Dirs. Sebastian Junger & Tim Hetherington. Documentary about U.S. platoon in Afghanistan B–
The Runaways Dir. Floria Sigismondi. With Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve B–
©Salt Dir. Phillip Noyce. With Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, August Diehl, Daniel Olbrychski C+
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Dir. Edgar Wright. With Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ellen Wong B–
The Secret in Their Eyes Dir. Juan José Campanella. With Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella B–
The Secret of Kells Dir. Tomm Moore. Animated. Voices of Evan McGuire, Christen Mooney, Mick Lally B
Secret Sunshine Dir. Lee Chang-dong. With Jeon Do-yeon, Song Kang-ho, Seon Jung-yeop, Kim Mi-kyung B+
Sex Magic: Manifesting Maya Dirs. Jonathan Schell & Eric Liebman. Documentary B
©Shutter Island Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams D+
The Social Network Dir. David Fincher. With Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer B+
Somewhere Dir. Sofia Coppola. With Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Lala Sloatman C
Splice Dir. Vincenzo Natali. With Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon C–
The Square Dir. Nash Edgerton. With David Roberts, Claire van der Boom, Anthony Hayes, Joel Edgerton C
Summer in Genoa [Genova] Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Colin Firth, Willa Holland, Perla Haney-Jardine C
Sweetgrass Dirs. Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Documentary about U.S. sheep-herders B
Tangled Dirs. Nathan Greno & Byron Howard. Animated. Voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi B–
The Tillman Story Dir. Amir Bar-Lev. Documentary about NFL football player killed in Iraq War B
Tiny Furniture Dir. Lena Dunham. With Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Jemima Kirke C–
The Town Dir. Ben Affleck. With Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively B+
Toy Story 3 Dir. Lee Unkrich. Animated. Voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ned Beatty, Joan Cusack A–
Trash Humpers Dir. Harmony Korine. With Rachel Korine, Brian Kotzur, Travis Nicholson, Harmony Korine C+
True Grit Dirs. Joel & Ethan Coen. With Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin B–
Unstoppable Dir. Tony Scott. With Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Dunn B–
Valhalla Rising Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn. With Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Gordon Brown C+
Vincere Dir. Marco Bellocchio. With Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Francesca Picozza D+
Waiting for 'Superman' Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Documentary about the crisis of U.S. public education B–
The Way Back Dir. Peter Weir. With Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris, Dragos Bucur, Colin Farrell, Saoirse Ronan B–
White Material Dir. Claire Denis. With Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lambert, William Nadylam A–
©Wild Grass Dir. Alain Resnais. With André Dussollier, Sabine Azéma, Anne Consigny, Emmanuelle Devos B
Winter's Bone Dir. Debra Granik. With Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser B
Women Without Men Dir. Shirin Neshat. With Shabnam Toloui, Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Orsolya Tóth C+


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