Top 10 Best Movies of the 2010S

George Miller's high-octane post-apocalyptic chase film earned 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and won six Academy Awards, the most of any film that year. Starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, it grossed $374M worldwide on a $150M budget and is widely considered one of the greatest action films ever made.

David Fincher's electrifying dramatization of Facebook's founding earned 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, three Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay, and grossed $224M worldwide. Aaron Sorkin's razor-sharp script and Trent Reznor's pulsating score made it the defining film of the internet age.

Spike Jonze's visionary sci-fi romance earned 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a man who falls in love with an AI voiced by Scarlett Johansson, crafting a tender meditation on loneliness, intimacy, and technology's role in human connection.

Christopher Nolan's mind-bending heist film earned 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, four Academy Awards, and an astonishing $836M worldwide. An ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio navigates layers of shared dreams in a film whose images and spinning-top ending have permeated culture for over a decade.

Terrence Malick's lyrical meditation on existence, memory, and the cosmos won the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2011 and earned 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. Starring Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, it weaves together a 1950s Texas childhood with cosmic sequences tracing the origins of the universe.

Jordan Peele's debut feature earned an extraordinary 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and grossed $255M on a $4.5M budget. Its incisive horror-satire on systemic racism launched Peele as one of the most important directors of his generation.

Alfonso Cuaron's black-and-white semi-autobiographical drama earned 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and won three Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film. As the first Netflix film nominated for Best Picture, it marked a watershed moment in the streaming era of cinema.

Bong Joon-ho's genre-defying class satire earned 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and made history as the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, also taking Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature. It grossed $263M worldwide on a $11M budget.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's brutal survival epic earned 78% on Rotten Tomatoes and won three Academy Awards including Best Director and Leonardo DiCaprio's long-awaited Best Actor Oscar. Shot entirely in natural light across remote Canadian and Argentine locations, it grossed $533M worldwide.

George Miller's high-octane post-apocalyptic chase film earned 97% on Rotten Tomatoes and won six Academy Awards, the most of any film that year. Starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, it grossed $374M worldwide on a $150M budget and is widely considered one of the greatest action films ever made.

David Fincher's electrifying dramatization of Facebook's founding earned 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, three Academy Awards including Best Adapted Screenplay, and grossed $224M worldwide. Aaron Sorkin's razor-sharp script and Trent Reznor's pulsating score made it the defining film of the internet age.

Spike Jonze's visionary sci-fi romance earned 94% on Rotten Tomatoes and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Joaquin Phoenix stars as a man who falls in love with an AI voiced by Scarlett Johansson, crafting a tender meditation on loneliness, intimacy, and technology's role in human connection.

Christopher Nolan's mind-bending heist film earned 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, four Academy Awards, and an astonishing $836M worldwide. An ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio navigates layers of shared dreams in a film whose images and spinning-top ending have permeated culture for over a decade.

Terrence Malick's lyrical meditation on existence, memory, and the cosmos won the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2011 and earned 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. Starring Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, it weaves together a 1950s Texas childhood with cosmic sequences tracing the origins of the universe.

Jordan Peele's debut feature earned an extraordinary 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and grossed $255M on a $4.5M budget. Its incisive horror-satire on systemic racism launched Peele as one of the most important directors of his generation.

Alfonso Cuaron's black-and-white semi-autobiographical drama earned 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and won three Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film. As the first Netflix film nominated for Best Picture, it marked a watershed moment in the streaming era of cinema.

Bong Joon-ho's genre-defying class satire earned 99% on Rotten Tomatoes and made history as the first non-English-language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, also taking Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature. It grossed $263M worldwide on a $11M budget.

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's brutal survival epic earned 78% on Rotten Tomatoes and won three Academy Awards including Best Director and Leonardo DiCaprio's long-awaited Best Actor Oscar. Shot entirely in natural light across remote Canadian and Argentine locations, it grossed $533M worldwide.