Top Cinematic Masterpieces Of The 2010s You Have To Rewatch

Although the latter half of the past decade was marked by the rise of global on-demand streaming media platforms that changed our viewing experience, cinema has maintained its foothold on the entertainment industry. We've witnessed top-grossing blockbuster films one after the other in the last decade as well as compelling dramas, thrillers, comedies, and musicals lauded for technical achievements. As we look forward to the films we'll see on the silver screen this new decade, we rounded up a list of the movies we loved from 2010 to 2019 that you definitely have to rewatch.

1. The King's Speech (2010)

Director: Tom Hooper
Producers: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Screenplay: David Seidler

2. The Social Network (2010)

Director: David Fincher
Producers: Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin
Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin
Based on: Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires

3. Black Swan (2010)

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Producers: Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
Screenplay: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin
Story: Andres Heinz

4. The Artist (2011)

Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Producer: Thomas Langmann
Screenplay: Michel Hazanavicius

5. The Descendants (2011)

Director: Alexander Payne
Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Based on: Kaui Hart Hemmings' The Descendants

6. The Tree of Life (2011)

Director: Terrence Malick
Producers: Sarah Green, Bill Pohlad, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill
Screenplay: Terrence Malick

7. Argo (2012)

Director: Ben Affleck
Producer: Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Screenplay: Chris Terrio

8. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Director: Benh Zeitlin
Producers: Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
Screenplay: Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin

9. 12 Years A Slave (2013)

Director: Steve McQueen
Producers: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Bill Pohlad, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Anthony Katagas
Screenplay: John Ridley

10. Her (2013)

Director: Spike Jonze
Producers: Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze, Vincent Landay
Screenplay: Spike Jonze

11. Gravity (2013)

Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Producers: Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Screenplay: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuaron

12. Whiplash (2014)

Director: Damien Chazelle
Producers: Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, Michel Litvak, David Lancaster
Screenplay: Damien Chazelle
Based on: Damien Chazelle's Whiplash

13. Birdman (2014)

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Producer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
Screenplay: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jnr, Amando Bo

14. Boyhood (2014)

Director: Richard Linklater
Producers: Richard Linklater, Cathleen Sutherland, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss
Screenplay: Richard Linklater

15. Spotlight (2015)

Director: Tom McCarthy
Producers: Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar
Screenplay: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer

16. The Revenant (2015)

Director: Alejandro G. Iñarritu
Producers: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñarritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole
Screenplay: Mark L. Smith, Alejandro G. Iñarritu
Based on: Michael Punke's The Revenant

17. I, Daniel Blake (2016)

Director: Ken Loach
Producer: Rebecca O'Brien
Screenplay: Paul Laverty

18. Moonlight (2016)

Director: Barry Jenkins
Producer: Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
Screenplay: Barry Jenkins
Based on: Tarell Alvin McCraney's In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue

19. Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Producers: Matt Damon, Kimberly Steward, Chris Moore, Lauren Beck, Kevin J. Walsh
Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan

20. La La Land (2016)

Director: Damien Chazelle
Producers: Fred Berger, Jordan Horowitz, Gary Gilbert, Marc Platt
Screenplay: Damien Chazelle

21. The Shape of Water (2017)

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Producers: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor

22. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Director: Martin McDonagh
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh
Screenplay: Martin McDonagh

23. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Producers: Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenplay: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymius Filippou

24. Get Out (2017)

Director: Jordan Peele
Producers: Sean McKittrick, Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jnr, Jordan Peele
Screenplay: Jordan Peele

25. Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Director: Luca Guadagnino
Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman
Screenplay: James Ivory
Based on: André Aciman's Call Me by Your Name

26. Green Book (2018)

Director: Peter Farrelly
Producers: Jim Burke, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Charles B. Wessler
Screenplay: Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly

27. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)

Director: Bryan Singer
Producers: Graham King, Jim Beach
Screenplay: Anthony McCarten
Story by: Anthony McCarten, Peter Morgan

28. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Director: Quentin Tarantino
Producers: Davin Heyman, Shannon McIntosh, Quentin Tarantino
Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino

29. 1917 (2019)

Director: Sam Mendes
Producers: Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougall
Screenplay: Sam Mendes, Krysty Wilson-Cairns

30. Joker (2019)

Director: Todd Phillips
Producers: Todd Phillips, Bradley Cooper, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Screenplay: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
Based on characters by: DC Comics

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