Among the nearly 2,000 new films I saw this past decade, I found these the freshest in concept, richest in ambition, craftiest in execution, or plain hardest to forget. Joint citations are for movies that share artists or themes, and for which I feel nearly equal awe. Honorable mentions, scattered throughout, are for films that would miss this list on their own but merit a warm shout. I hope you hunt down titles new to you, or rewatch those you know, and share your reactions. Back / Twitter / Email Best of the 2010s by Rank 1 Arabian Nights, Vol. 1: The Restless One 1 Arabian Nights, Vol. 2: The Desolate One 1 Arabian Nights, Vol. 3: The Enchanted One 2 The Tree of Life 3 Western 4 If Beale Street Could Talk 5 Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait 6 Atlantics 7 20th Century Women 8 At Berkeley 9 Sleeping Beauty 10 Tabu 11 Amour 12 The Act of Killing 12 The Look of Silence 13 Margaret 14 Moonlight 15 Things to Come 16 Life and Nothing More 17 Son of Saul 18 Carol 19 Zama 20 The Day He Arrives 20 Right Now, Wrong Then 21 El mar la mar 22 Norte, the End of History 23 The Cave 23 Last Men in Aleppo 24 Beasts of the Southern Wild 25 Araby 26 The Interrupters 27 My Joy 28 Court 28 A Separation 29 The Work 30 Elena 31 Mysteries of Lisbon 32 Southwest 33 The Lobster 34 Aquarius 34 Neighboring Sounds 35 Graves without a Name 35 The Missing Picture 36 Edge of Tomorrow 37 Birds Are Singing in Kigali 38 Toni Erdmann 39 12 Years a Slave 40 Good Time 41 Nostalgia for the Light 42 Donbass 42 The President 43 Shoplifters 44 Ixcanul 45 Toy Story 3 46 Melancholia 46 The Turin Horse 47 Summer 1993 48 Isle of Dogs 49 Holy Motors 49 Under the Skin 50 Félicité 51 The Orphanage 52 Dawson City: Frozen Time 52 What We Left Unfinished 53 Bisbee '17 54 Raising Bertie 55 The Selfish Giant 56 End of the Century 56 Weekend 57 How to Survive a Plague 58 Blue Valentine 59 Poetry 60 Black Mother 61 Happy as Lazzaro 61 The Wonders 62 Gravity 63 Fire at Sea 64 Just 6.5 65 Angelo 65 Black Venus 66 National Gallery 67 Iraqi Odyssey 68 Do Not Resist 68 Whose Streets? 69 The Last of the Unjust 70 mother! 70 Parasite 71 Rags and Tatters 72 Get Out 73 Ghost Tropic 74 The Other Side 75 24 Weeks 76 Suzanne 77 La Jaula de oro 78 Radiator 78 Ray & Liz 79 Goodbye to Language 3D 80 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood 80 Beginners 81 The Irishman 82 Certified Copy 82 Like Someone in Love 83 Much Loved 84 Timbuktu 84 We Come As Friends 85 Our People Will Be Healed 86 Lincoln 87 The Diary of a Teenage Girl 87 Valencia 88 Pina 89 Dheepan 89 The Tribe 90 Creed 91 Mr. Turner 92 First Man 92 The Wind Rises 93 El Bella Vista 94 The Wild Goose Lake 95 Ava 95 Lady Bird 96 Mad Max: Fury Road 97 Roma 98 Israfil 98 Middle of Nowhere 99 The Immigrant 100 Starlet Honorable Mentions Numbers refer to where on the main list each mention appeared. Unnumbered titles appeared in the general list of Honorable Mentions. 3 Lean on Pete 4 I Am Not Your Negro 5 For Sama 6 The Fits 6 Kati Kati 7 She's Beautiful When She's Angry 9 Cemetery of Splendor 9 Clip 9 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 9 House of Tolerance 9 Minotaur 9 The Sleeping Beauty 10 Neon Bull 11 Tomcat 12 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu 14 Pariah 14 Spa Night 15 I'll See You in My Dreams 15 Julieta 15 Woman at War 16 Free in Deed 16 Waves 16 What You Gonna Do When the World's on Fire? 18 Call Me By Your Name 18 Dark Waters 18 Lovesong 18 Wonderstruck 19 Jauja 20 The Princess of France 21 Dislocation Blues 21 Good Luck 21 The Iron Ministry 21 Leviathan (2012) 21 Two Years at Sea 22 From What Is Before 22 Ways of the Sea (Halaw) 22 The Woman Who Left 23 Of Fathers and Sons 24 We the Animals 26 America to Me 27 In the Fog 27 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 28 No Date, No Signature 30 Leviathan (2014) 30 Loveless 30 Silent Souls 31 Carlos 31 Little Women 32 The Ornithologist 33 Icebergs 34 The Fever 34 Gloria 34 Waiting for the Carnival 35 First They Killed My Father 35 Marwencol 36 Looper 36 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 36 World War Z 37 Ida 37 War Witch 38 Elle 41 Erased,__Ascent of the Invisible 41 The Pearl Button 42 How I Ended This Summer 42 My Sweet Pepper Land 42 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch, Reflecting on Existence 42 Sieranevada 43 3 Faces 43 After the Storm 43 At War 43 Capernaum 43 Our Little Sister 44 La Llorona 44 Song without a Name 44 Temblores (Tremors) 45 Big Hero 6 45 How to Train Your Dragon 45 Moana 45 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 45 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 45 World of Tomorrow 45 Your Name 46 Aniara 46 The Fall 46 Hard to Be a God 46 The Painted Bird 47 Princess Cyd 47 Too Late to Die Young 48 The Grand Budapest Hotel 48 The Master 48 Phantom Thread 49 Antiviral 49 Please Speak Continuously and Describe Your Experiences as They Come to You 51 My Life as a Zucchini 51 Starless Dreams 52 Shirkers 53 Casting JonBenet 53 I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians 53 Kate Plays Christine 56 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 57 5B 57 BPM (Beats Per Minute) 57 We Were Here 58 Clemency 58 Higher Ground 58 Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter 58 The Last Black Man in San Francisco 58 Mother of George 58 Songs My Brothers Taught Me 59 Diane 59 Fatima 59 The Kindergarten Teacher 59 A Simple Life 60 Hale County This Morning, This Evening 60 Shakedown 61 Corpo Celeste 63 A Ciambra 63 Mediterranea 63 Sacro GRA 64 Ma' Rosa 64 A Man of Integrity 66 Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 66 Francofonia 66 In Jackson Heights 66 The Square 68 Dark Money 68 Trapped 71 3000 Nights 71 Ladder to Damascus 71 Story of Judas 72 It Follows 72 Sorry to Bother You 74 The Gospel of Eureka 74 Uncertain 75 A Sort of Family 75 Tully 76 Asako I & II 76 Love Like Poison 77 Heli 77 Miss Bala 77 Una noche 78 45 Years 78 God's Own Country 79 Heart of a Dog 79 The Image Book 80 Can You Ever Forgive Me? 81 Ash Is Purest White 81 Silence 82 The Salesman 83 Horses of God 83 Hustlers 83 Joy 83 On Tour (Tournée) 84 Girls Don't Fly 86 Selma 86 War Horse 87 We Are the Best! 89 American Sniper 89 The Student 90 Black Panther 91 Birdman 91 Peterloo 92 High Life 93 Honeyland 94 Angels Wear White 94 Black Coal, Thin Ice 94 An Elephant Sitting Still 94 A Touch of Sin 95 As I Open My Eyes 95 Girlhood 95 Patti Cake$ 96 Victoria 97 The Chambermaid 97 Leap Year 98 Beyond the Lights 99 Ad Astra 99 The Lost City of Z 100 Magic Mike 101 American Factory 000 Babyteeth 000 Dogtooth 000 Eighth Grade 000 Everyone Else 000 Faust 000 Fish Tank 000 The Homesman 000 Li'l Quinquin 000 A Long and Happy Life 000 Only Lovers Left Alive 000 Panamerican Machinery 000 Paradise: Love 000 Spring Breakers 000 White Material