# Top movie of the decade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466 "2019-11-15T02:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/1 "2019-11-15T02:34:08Z")
Amazingly, we are exiting another decade in about 50 days or so. Has me thinking about what the best movies of the decade were. Feel free to list multiple movies, but perhaps bold your top pick for the best movie. My quick list is: \*\*Mad Max Fury Road \*\* Hereditary Inception Avengers: Endgame What We Do In the Shadows ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/2 "2019-11-15T03:26:37Z")
My favorite movies of past decade: **Logan** (The best movie of the X-Men franchise.) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Deadpool Captain America: The Winter Soldier Winter’s Bone War Horse Inside Out Frozen ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/3 "2019-11-15T06:35:00Z")
**The Grand Budapest Hotel** Blade Runner 2049 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Inception Mad Max: Fury Road Moonrise Kingdom Rogue One True Grit The Witch ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/4 "2019-11-15T07:43:20Z")
**The World’s End** Stuff I really liked, not mentioned before: Only Lovers Left Alive Byzantium Easy A Spotlight Kingsman: The Secret Service Paul The Wind Rises ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/5 "2019-11-15T08:17:06Z")
Avengers: Endgame Deadpool The Grand Budapest Hotel Inception Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Scott Pilgrim vs. The World The Social Network The Wolf of Wall Street Zootopia ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/6 "2019-11-15T18:20:46Z")
**Mad Max: Fury Road** Beyond the Black Rainbow Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/7 "2019-11-15T19:03:43Z")
**Mad Max: Fury Road** It’s the only movie listed so far that I’ve seen more than once. In fact I’ve probably watched it a few dozen times by now. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/8 "2019-11-15T19:15:18Z")
I’d like to add Dr Sleep. This film is brilliant. I saw it again 2 days later and it held up perfectly. Sadly, it seems like the crap that was It 2 is dragging this much better film down with it. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/9 "2019-11-15T19:43:18Z")
> [@blue\_infinity](#): > > **The Grand Budapest Hotel** > Blade Runner 2049 > The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo > Inception > Mad Max: Fury Road > Moonrise Kingdom > Rogue One > True Grit > The Witch +1 Damn, that’s almost entirely my own list, Blue. Except I put BR 2049 at the top, and haven’t yet seen The Witch. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/10 "2019-11-15T19:58:11Z")
Ex Machina Arrival Paterson (It’s brilliant! Rent it!) Carol Only Lovers Left Alive Scott Pilgrim vs the World Under the Skin Mad Max: Fury Road ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/11 "2019-11-15T20:04:47Z")
In order of release date: Inception The King’s Speech Midnight in Paris Lincoln Les Miserables The Grand Budapest Hotel The Monuments Men The Imitation Game Inside Out Hail, Caesar! Dunkirk Darkest Hour ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/12 "2019-11-15T21:03:51Z")
Since 2010, I’m assuming? Get Out Boyhood Birdman Whiplash Joker Rogue One It Follows ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/13 "2019-11-15T21:10:02Z")
+1: Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu Dunkirk (2017) Christopher Nolan Hail, Caesar! (2016) Joel and Ethan Coen Inside Out (2015) Pete Docter Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) Jim Jarmusch The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Wes Anderson Winter’s Bone (2010) Debra Granik New to the proceedings: Amour (2012) Michel Haneke An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) Bo Hu (as Qian Hu) A Separation (2011) Asghar Farhadi Bibliotheque Pascal (2010) Szabolcs Hajdu Capharnaum (2018) Nadine Labaki Gräns (Border)(2018) Ali Abbasi Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) Joel and Ethan Coen Jagten (2012) Thomas Vinterberg Lazzaro felice (Happy As Lazzaro) (2018) Alice Rohrwacher Leave No Trace (2018) Debra Granik Melancholia (2011) Lars Von Trier Manbiki kazoku (Shoplifters) (2018) Hirokazu Kore-eda Sengire (The Ancient Woods) (2017) Shi (Poetry) (2010) Chang-Dong Lee Take Shelter (2011) Jeff Nichols Tangerine (2015) Sean Baker The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) Joel and Ethan Coen Zama (2017) Lucrecia Martel ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/14 "2019-11-15T21:55:59Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > For me, Spotlight was not just the best picture of the year, but probably the best picture of the decade. My opinion hasn’t changed since [2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=19183027&postcount=10). ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/15 "2019-11-15T22:18:45Z")
The Hurt Locker Inglorious Basterds The Social Network Silver Linings Playbook The Big Short 10 Cloverfield Lane Get Out The Martian Hidden Figures Star Wars: The Force Awakens There’s a few I still need to see: Hacksaw Ridge Dunkirk The Grand Budapest Hotel ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/16 "2019-11-15T23:32:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > **Mad Max: Fury Road** > > Beyond the Black Rainbow Loved Black Rainbow, but would put **Mandy** over it. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/17 "2019-11-16T01:22:42Z")
Arrival The Martian Ex Machina Winter’s Bone was good, it’s been long enough since I’ve seen it that I can’t really remember it well enough to rate it in the “best” category. I liked “Her” ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/18 "2019-11-16T02:08:22Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Loved Black Rainbow, but would put **Mandy** over it. The list of possibly-great movies from the last decade that I have yet to see is fairly long and includes _Mandy_. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/19 "2019-11-16T02:11:11Z")
These are just the ones that I’ve seen that I would put on this list. 2010: How to Train Your Dragon Toy Story 3 Knight and Day Despicable Me Inception Easy A The Social Network Megamind Tangled Black Swan 2011: Rio Winnie the Pooh X-Men: First Class Captain America: The First Avenger In Time 2012: Man on a Ledge A Thousand Words (I know it got 0% on Rotten Tomatoes, but _I_ liked it quite a bit.) The Hunger Games The Avengers Brave The Dark Knight Rises Looper Argo (fuck yourself) Skyfall Wreck-It Ralph Lincoln 2013: 42 Iron Man 3 Gravity Frozen 2014: Whiplash Boyhood The Lego Movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier Big Hero 6 2015: Inside Out Mr. Holmes The Martian Bridge of Spies Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2016: Zootopia Captain America: Civil War Moana Rogue One: A Star Wars Story 2017: The Lego Batman Movie Spider-Man: Homecoming Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle 2018: Avengers: Infinity War Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Incredibles 2 Ralph Breaks The Internet ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466/20 "2019-11-16T02:35:49Z")
Lots of terrific choices so far, but how can you leave out [The Master](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-master/critic-reviews). While I’m here, I’ll add my support to: Boyhood Grand Budapest Hotel Ex Machina Darkest Hour ETA: And Bridge of Spies [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-movie-of-the-decade/843466.md?page=2)