CORY’S TOP 100 MOVIES OF THE 2010s
During the pandemic, when we all had ample time keeping ourselves free from dying from a virus, I should’ve done this list.
The 2010s were the first decade I was an adult and could enjoy movies as an adult, so this list is curated from the many, many, many, many movies I watched from the years 2010–19. There are a lot of great movies on this list, and a lot that aren’t. I didn’t see all the essentials; I am sorry, I am married and have a dog now. I just go with my gut. I know Mad Max: Fury Road is low, just go with it and have a great time reading.
My top pick shocked me when I picked it, but it’s become one of my favorite movies of all time, and the one movie on this list I could literally put on at any time of any day and watch. It’s tied into my soul now; it’s the greatest friendship movie not called The Shawshank Redemption.
So, we’ll do the 1–100, then the honorable mentions. Thanks for reading this. I would write out little blurbs for each, but I’m tired. Picture in your mind what you might think I’d say. It might be more fun that way.
1. Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
2. Get Out
3. The Social Network
4. Boyhood
5. La La Land
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
7. 10 Cloverfield Lane
8. Short Term 12
9. Toy Story 3
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
11. Inception
12. Creed
13. Minding the Gap
14. Zero Dark Thirty
15. Lincoln
16. Drive
17. If Beale Street Could Talk
18. Steve Jobs
19. Gravity
20. Beasts of the Southern Wild
21. 21 Jump Street/22 Jump Street
22. Interstellar
23. Guardians of the Galaxy
24. The Lego Movie
25. The Muppets
26. Wreck-It Ralph
27. Fast Five
28. The Florida Project
29. Win Win
30. Knives Out
31. You Were Never Really Here
32. Mandy
33. The Big Sick
34. The Descendants
35. Spring Breakers
36. Good Time
37. Silence
38. Skyfall
39. Lady Bird
40. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
41. The Irishman
42. Shaun the Sheep Movie
43. Crazy Rich Asians
44. 127 Hours
45. Moana
46. Sorry to Bother You
47. Us
48. Uncut Gems
49. Spotlight
50. Mission: Impossible — Fallout
51. Thunder Road
52. Nebraska
53. Nightcrawler
54. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
55. The World’s End
56. Selma
57. Inside Out
58. Mommy
59. The End of the Tour
60. 1917
61. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
62. Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse
63. First Reformed
64. Black Panther
65. Kubo and the Two Strings
66. BlacKkKlansman
67. Columbus
68. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
69. Django Unchained
70. The Hateful Eight
71. The Lobster
72. The Invitation
73. Warrior
74. Marriage Story
75. Shoplifters
76. Baby Driver
77. Pacific Rim
78. The Grand Budapest Hotel
79. Phantom Thread
80. Moonlight
81. Little Women
82. A Ghost Story
83. Blade Runner: 2049
84. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
85. Sing Street
86. Arrival
87. Hail, Caesar!
88. Monsters University
89. The Other Guys
90. Whiplash
91. A Star is Born
92. Mad Max: Fury Road
93. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
94. Annihilation
95. The Edge of Seventeen
96. The Revenant
97. Gone Girl
98. This is the End/The Interview
99. The Dark Knight Rises
100. Waves
Honorable Mentions: Bridesmaids, Pick of the Litter (for Cooper), Exit Through the Gift Shop, A Prophet, Monsters, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, Moneyball, Silver Linings Playbook, Killing Them Softly, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Wolf of Wall Street, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Edge of Tomorrow, Green Rook, The Fits, Dunkirk, The Disaster Artist, mother!, Logan, I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore, Eighth Grade, Bathtubs Over Broadway, The Incredibles 2, Parasite, The Lighthouse, Midsommar, The Farewell, Ford v, Ferrari, Dolemite is My Name, Jackie, Shirkers, One Cut of the Dead, Frankenweenie, First Man, Roma, Sicario, It’s Such a Beautiful Day, World of Tomorrow, World of Tomorrow 2, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Foxtrot, Fruitvale Station, Burning, The Martian, The Big Short, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Inherent Vice, The Adventures of Tintin, No, Inside Lleywn Davis, Kick-Ass, Avengers: Endgame, John Wick, Widows, Cloud Atlas, 12 Years a Slave, Toy Story 4, Paddington 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Paddleton, Birdman, Blue Jay, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Parts 1&2, Bisbee ’17, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Under African Skies, Kon-Tiki, A Hijacking, Saving Mr. Banks, War for the Planet of the Apes, Scream 4, The Tree of Life, more…
This list is dedicated for all who suffered through movies with me during this time, but especially Logan. A Most Wanted Man, always, literally and figuratively.
