50 Best Movies of the 2010s

01

Inception (2010)

IMDb ★ 8.8 RT 86% Metacritic 74

A thief who steals secrets through dream infiltration is offered a chance at redemption via one impossible job.

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 2h 28m · Rated PG-13

Won 4 Oscars160 wins & 220 nominations

Where to watch

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02

Parasite (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 99% Metacritic 97

A poor family schemes its way into the lives of a wealthy household, with unforeseen consequences.

Directed by Bong Joon Ho · 2h 13m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars309 wins & 261 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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03

Whiplash (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.5 RT 94% Metacritic 89

An ambitious young drummer is pushed to his psychological limits by a ruthless, abusive music conductor.

Directed by Damien Chazelle · 1h 47m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars100 wins & 144 nominations

Where to watch

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04

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 94% Metacritic 78

The Avengers attempt a time heist to undo a universe-altering snap.

Directed by Anthony Russo & Joe Russo · 3h 01m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar71 wins & 132 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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05

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 87% Metacritic 78

Batman comes out of exile to defend Gotham from a masked revolutionary bent on destroying it.

Directed by Christopher Nolan · 2h 45m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award45 wins & 103 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, TNT, TBS, tru TV, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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06

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 97% Metacritic 87

A teenager from an alternate dimension teams up with several other Spider-People to stop a threat to the multiverse.

Directed by Bob Persichetti & Peter Ramsey · 1h 57m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar85 wins & 60 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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07

Coco (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.4 RT 97% Metacritic 81

A boy accidentally travels to the Land of the Dead to uncover his family's hidden musical history.

Directed by Lee Unkrich · 1h 45m · Rated PG

Won 2 Oscars113 wins & 42 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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08

Toy Story 3 (2010)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 98% Metacritic 92

Discarded toys plot their escape from a daycare centre after their owner leaves for college.

Directed by Lee Unkrich · 1h 43m · Rated G

Won 2 Oscars64 wins & 96 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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09

Klaus (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 95% Metacritic 65

A spoiled postal worker's unlikely friendship with a reclusive toymaker sparks the origin of the Santa Claus legend.

Directed by Sergio Pablos · 1h 37m · Rated PG

Nominated for 1 Oscar11 wins & 27 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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10

Joker (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 68% Metacritic 59

A struggling, mentally ill clown-for-hire descends into violence and chaos amid a decaying Gotham City.

Directed by Todd Phillips · 2h 02m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars120 wins & 247 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, TNT, TBS, tru TV, HBO Max · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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11

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 97% Metacritic 90

A near-wordless desert chase and a franchise reboot that somehow tops the originals.

Directed by George Miller · 2h 01m · Rated R

Won 6 Oscars246 wins & 240 nominations

Where to watch

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12

Logan (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 93% Metacritic 77

An ageing, ailing Wolverine protects a young mutant girl from the forces hunting her.

Directed by James Mangold · 2h 17m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar29 wins & 82 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, fuboTV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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13

Inside Out (2015)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 98% Metacritic 94

Personified emotions inside a young girl's mind struggle to help her adjust to a difficult move.

Directed by Pete Docter · 1h 35m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar99 wins & 118 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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14

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 99% Metacritic 75

A young Viking befriends the very dragon he was raised to hate and kill.

Directed by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders · 1h 38m · Rated PG

Nominated for 2 Oscars25 wins & 63 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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15

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 92% Metacritic 88

A legendary concierge and his loyal lobby boy become entangled in a stolen painting and a family fortune.

Directed by Wes Anderson · 1h 40m · Rated R

Won 4 Oscars137 wins & 227 nominations

Where to watch

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16

The Handmaiden (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 96% Metacritic 85

An erotic con-artist thriller told in three perspectives, each one recontextualising the last.

Directed by Park Chan-wook · 2h 25m · Rated R

Won 1 BAFTA Award72 wins & 108 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video · Rent: Fandango At Home

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17

12 Years a Slave (2013)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 95% Metacritic 96

A free Black man is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the pre-Civil War South.

Directed by Steve McQueen · 2h 14m · Rated R

Won 3 Oscars244 wins & 338 nominations

Where to watch

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18

Room (2015)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 93% Metacritic 86

A young mother and her son, raised in captivity, must adjust to life after their escape.

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson · 1h 58m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar108 wins & 143 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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19

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 90% Metacritic 88

A grieving mother rents three billboards to pressure police into solving her daughter's murder.

Directed by Martin McDonagh · 1h 55m · Rated R

Won 2 Oscars132 wins & 233 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Cinemax Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Cinemax Apple TV channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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20

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 98% Metacritic 95

A painter commissioned to secretly capture a reluctant bride-to-be falls for her instead.

Directed by Céline Sciamma · 2h 01m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award59 wins & 155 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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21

The Avengers (2012)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 91% Metacritic 69

Earth's mightiest heroes assemble for the first time to stop an alien invasion.

Directed by Joss Whedon · 2h 23m · Rated PG-13

Nominated for 1 Oscar40 wins & 81 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, Hulu · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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22

Zootopia (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 98% Metacritic 78

A rookie rabbit cop and a con-artist fox uncover a conspiracy threatening their whole city.

Directed by Byron Howard & Rich Moore · 1h 49m · Rated PG

Won 1 Oscar50 wins & 75 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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23

Deadpool (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 85% Metacritic 65

A wisecracking mercenary gets experimental powers and immediately breaks the fourth wall about it.

Directed by Tim Miller · 1h 48m · Rated R

29 wins & 78 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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24

Her (2013)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A love story about loneliness that has only got more prophetic every year since.

Directed by Spike Jonze · 2h 06m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Apple TV · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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25

The Revenant (2015)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A brutal survival drama built on Leonardo DiCaprio's most physical performance.

Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 2h 37m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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26

La La Land (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.0 RT 91% Metacritic 94

A jazz pianist and an aspiring actress's romance is tested by the very ambitions that brought them together.

Directed by Damien Chazelle · 2h 09m · Rated PG-13

Won 6 Oscars246 wins & 313 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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27

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

TMDB ★ 8.0

Proved Marvel could turn an obscure property into a global hit on charm alone.

Directed by James Gunn · 2h 01m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus, FXNow · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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28

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.9 RT 91% Metacritic 71

A soldier relives the same brutal alien-invasion battle until he can finally win it.

Directed by Doug Liman · 1h 54m · Rated PG-13

11 wins & 38 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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29

Marriage Story (2019)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A divorce drama that's somehow fair to both people falling apart.

Directed by Noah Baumbach · 2h 17m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads

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30

TMDB ★ 7.7

A doomed romance stretched across the Iron Curtain over more than a decade.

Directed by Paweł Pawlikowski · 1h 28m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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41

The Social Network (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A founding-myth drama about Facebook that plays like a genuine thriller.

Directed by David Fincher · 2h 01m · Rated PG-13

Where to watch

Stream: Apple TV, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, YouTube TV, Criterion Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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42

Get Out (2017)

IMDb ★ 7.8 RT 98% Metacritic 85

Jordan Peele's directorial debut turns a weekend meeting the girlfriend's parents into a nightmare.

Directed by Jordan Peele · 1h 44m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar154 wins & 214 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Peacock Premium, YouTube TV, FXNow, Peacock Premium Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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43

TMDB ★ 7.6

A childhood-poverty story told with warmth instead of misery.

Directed by Sean Baker · 1h 52m · Rated R

Where to watch

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49

A Star Is Born (2018)

TMDB ★ 7.6

The fourth go at this story, and it still works completely.

Directed by Bradley Cooper · 2h 16m · Rated R

Where to watch

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50

Kick-Ass (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.6

A self-aware deconstruction of the superhero genre right as it peaked.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 1h 58m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: YouTube TV, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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50 Best Movies of the 2010s

Inception (2010)

Parasite (2019)

Whiplash (2014)

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Coco (2017)

Toy Story 3 (2010)

Klaus (2019)

Joker (2019)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Logan (2017)

Inside Out (2015)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

The Handmaiden (2016)

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Room (2015)

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

The Avengers (2012)

Zootopia (2016)

Deadpool (2016)

Her (2013)

The Revenant (2015)

La La Land (2016)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Marriage Story (2019)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Dunkirk (2017)

Skyfall (2012)

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

About Time (2013)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

The Lego Movie (2014)

Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

Cold War (2018)

The Social Network (2010)

Get Out (2017)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

Baby Driver (2017)

Moana (2016)

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

The Florida Project (2017)

A Star Is Born (2018)

Kick-Ass (2010)

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