Ranking films is like styling my hair in the morning. I keep on changing it every two minutes. This is not the ranking when I first made this list last month and I’m pretty sure this wouldn't be the ranking of 2010 films when I look back two years from now. But for the present time, this will do.
I wish I have the time to spare a few sentences for each film. Unfortunately, I’m out of time. In a week or so, this list would be completely irrelevant so let me get this out while I still can.
25. The Disappearance of Alice Creed
Director: J. Blakeson
24. The Ghost Writer
Director: Roman Polanski
23. How to Train Your Dragon
Director: Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
22. The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner
Director: Stephan Komandarev
21. Amer
Director: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani.
20. True Grit
Director: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
19. [REC] 2
Director: Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza
18. I Am Love
Director: Luca Guadagnino
17. 127 Hours
Director: Danny Boyle
16. Toy Story 3
Director: Lee Unkrich
15. Ondine
Director: Neil Jordan
14. Buried
Director: Rodrigo Cortes
13. Exit Through the Gift Shop
Director: Banksy
12. Enter the Void
Director: Gaspar Noe
11. Animal Kingdom
Director: David Michod
10. White Material
Director: Claire Denis
9. Rabbit Hole
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
8. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director: Edgar Wright
7. Never Let Me Go
Director: Mark Romanek
6. Shutter Island
Director: Martin Scorsese
5. Dogtooth
Director: Giorgos Lanthimos
4. Blue Valentine
Director: Derek Cianfrance
3. Black Swan
Director: Darren Aronofsky
2. Inception
Director: Christopher Nolan
1. The Social Network
Director: David Fincher
I try to avoid bad films as much as I can, but these are simply unavoidable. The worst part is that I have to pay to see four of them in the cinema.
Worst Foreign Films:
Eat Pray Love
Going the Distance
Charlie St. Cloud
Amphetamine
When in Rome
You’ve seen the long list here. And now let me narrow it down to the top 12 acting performances.
Best Actress:
Natalie Portman
Black Swan
Runners-up (in order of preference):
Aggeliki Papoulia
Dogtooth
Barbara Hershey
Black Swan
Nicole Kidman
Rabbit Hole
Emma Stone
Easy A
Do-Yeon Jeon
Secret Sunshine
Best Actor:
Jesse Eisenberg
The Social Network
Runners-up (in order of preference):
Ryan Gosling
Blue Valentine
Leonardo Dicaprio
Shutter Island
Andrew Garfield
The Social Network
Christian Bale
The Fighter
James Franco
127 Hours
Lastly, let me give you the top 10 films I’ve seen this year that are not from this year. Get it?
Best Films Not From This Year:
[REC]
dir. Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza
2001: A Space Odyssey
dir. Stanley Kubrick
Dogville
dir. Lars Von Trier
Fight Club
dir. David Fincher
Happy Together
dir. Wong Kar Wai
Irreversible
dir. Gaspar Noe
Reconstruction
dir. Christoffer Boe
The Pianist
dir. Roman Polanski
The Squid and the Whale
dir. Noah Baumbach
Transamerica
dir. Duncan Tucker
Hopefully, I’ll have more time writing my list next year. And more importantly, I wish I’ll have more time watching films. It’s been a great year for films–so much better than the last year. This is Fidan of Pixelated Popcorn officially saying
adios to 2010.
More lists:
List of foreign films seen in 2010. click here
Pixelated Popcorn's Top 18 Foreign Films of 2009, click here
The Year in Pixels and Kernels: Top 20 Movies of 2008, click here
