Film Comment’s 50 Best Films of 2010

RELEASED 2010

1. Carlos Director: Olivier Assayas

2. The Social Network Director: David Fincher

3. White Material Director: Claire Denis

4. The Ghost Writer Director: Roman Polanski

5. A Prophet Director: Jacques Audiard

6. Winter’s Bone Director: Debra Granik

7. Inside Job Director: Charles Ferguson

8. Wild Grass Director: Alain Resnais

9. Everyone Else Director: Maren Ade

10. Greenberg Director: Noah Baumbach

Rankings #11 – #50, after the cut, as well as the Film Society’s Top 20 titles as unreleased in the US.

Rankings #11 – #20

11. Mother Director: Bong Joon-ho

12. Toy Story 3 Director: Lee Unkrich

13. Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl Director: Manoel de Oliveira

14. Another Year Director: Mike Leigh

15. The Strange Case of Angelica Director: Manoel de Oliveira

16. The Kids Are All Right Director: Lisa Cholodenko

17. Shutter Island Director: Martin Scorsese

18. Around a Small Mountain Director: Jacques Rivette

19. Our Beloved Month of August Director: Miguel Gomes

20. Ne change rien Director: Pedro Costa

Rankings #21 – #30

21. Dogtooth Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

22. I Am Love Director: Luca Guadagnino

23. Sweetgrass Director: Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Ilisa Barbash

24. Black Swan Director: Darren Aronofsky

25. The Father of My Children Director: Mia Hansen-L√∏ve

26. Boxing Gym Director: Frederick Wiseman

27. Secret Sunshine Director: Lee Chang-dong

28. Bluebeard Director: Catherine Breillat

29. Enter the Void Director: Gaspar Noé

30. Inception Director: Christopher Nolan

Rankings #31 – #40

31. Alamar Director: Pedro Gonz√°lez-Rubio

32. The Oath Director: Laura Poitras

33. Exit Through the Gift Shop Director: Banksy

34. World on a Wire Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

35. Animal Kingdom Director: David Michôd

36. Vincere Director: Marco Bellocchio

37. Daddy Longlegs Directors: Ben & Joshua Safdie

38. Lourdes Director: Jessica Hausner

39. Life During Wartime Director: Todd Solondz

40. Fish Tank Director: Andrea Arnold

Rankings #41 – #50

41. Please Give Director: Nicole Holofcener

42. True Grit Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen

43. Lebanon Director: Samuel Maoz

44. The King’s Speech Director: Tom Hooper

45. I Love You Phillip Morris Directors: Glenn Ficarra & John Requa

46. Last Train Home Director: Lixin Fan

47. Blue Valentine Director: Derek Cianfrance

48. Hadewijch Director: Bruno Dumont

49. The Anchorage Directors: Anders Edström & C.W. Winter

50. Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno Directors: Serge Bromberg & Ruxandra Medrea

UNRELEASED 2010

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

2. Film Socialisme Director: Jean-Luc Godard

3. Poetry Director: Lee Chang-dong

4. Meek’s Cutoff Director: Kelly Reichardt

5. Aurora Director: Cristi Puiu

6. Mysteries of Lisbon Director: Ra√∫l Ruiz

7. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu Director: Andrei Ujica

8. The Four Times Director: Michelangelo Frammartino

9. Certified Copy Director: Abbas Kiarostami

10. Tuesday, After Christmas Director: Radu Muntean

11. Oki’s Movie Director: Hong Sang-soo

12. Ruhr Director: James Benning

13. I Wish I Knew Director: Jia Zhangke

14. My Joy Director: Sergei Loznitsa

15. Nostalgia for the Light Director: Patricio Guzm√°n,

16. Robinson in Ruins Director: Patrick Keiller

17. Black Venus Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

18. Of Gods and Men Director: Xavier Beauvois

19. Tabloid Director: Errol Morris

20. The Robber Director: Benjamin Heisenberg