2010 (using 162 different critics list)
Much in the same way that Boyhood dominated the 2014 year-end top-tens, the 2010 lists was dominated by The Social Network, the David Fincher drama about the founding of Facebook. The movie finished with 897 points, the most out of any film released from 2010-2012 and a point total that is over 350 points more than what runner-up Winter's Bone received. Black Swan, Toy Story 3 and Inception rounded out the top five. What's interesting to note about this list is how this film poll, more than any of the other aggregate film polls this website has ever released, mirrored the eventual movies that were celebrated at the Oscars. Nine of the films that placed in the top twelve were eventually nominated for Best Picture by the Academy, while top 25 films Exit Through the Gift Shop and Inside Job each earned Best Documentary nominations and top-fifteen film Dogtooth earned a Best Foreign Language film nomination (A Prophet also earned a nomination in the same category a year before Dogtooth).
1. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (dir: David Fincher) 897 points
2. WINTER'S BONE (dir: Debra Granik) 522.5 points
3. BLACK SWAN (dir: Darren Aronofsky) 471 points
4. TOY STORY 3 (dir: Lee Unkrich) 428.5 points
5. INCEPTION (dir: Christopher Nolan) 421 points
6. THE KING'S SPEECH (dir: Tom Hooper) 314.5 points
7. CARLOS (dir: Olivier Assayas) 275 points
8. THE GHOST WRITER (dir: Roman Polanski) 257 points
9. THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (dir: Lisa Cholodenko) 255 points
10. TRUE GRIT (dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen) 230.5 points
11. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (dir: Banksy) 230 points
12. 127 HOURS (dir: Danny Boyle) 217.5 points
13. ANOTHER YEAR (dir: Mike Leigh) 216.5 points
14. A PROPHET (dir: Jacques Audiard) 193.5 points
15. DOGTOOTH (dir: Giorgos Lanthimos) 179.5 points
16. I AM LOVE (dir: Luca Guadagnino) 177.5 points
17. THE FIGHTER (dir: David O. Russell) 174 points
18. BLUE VALENTINE (dir: Derek Cianfrance) 146 points
19. MOTHER (dir: Bong Joon-ho) 125 points
20. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (dir: Edgar Wright) 117 points
21. INSIDE JOB (dir: Charles H. Ferguson) 115 points
22. ANIMAL KINGDOM (dir: David Michod) 102 points
23. PLEASE GIVE (dir: Nicole Holofcener) 98.5 points
24. ALLE ANDEREN (EVERYONE ELSE) (dir: Maren Ade) 98 points
25. LET ME IN (dir: Matt Reeves) 92 points
26. SHUTTER ISLAND (dir: Martin Scorsese) 90 points
27. RED RIDING TRILOGY (dir: Julian Jarrold, James Marsh, Anand Tucker) 84.5 points
28. GREENBERG (dir: Noah Baumbach) 78.5 points
29. WHITE MATERIAL (dir: Claire Denis) 67.5 points
30. RABBIT HOLE (dir: John Cameron Mitchell) 65 points
31. FISH TANK (dir: Andrea Arnold): 57 points
32. VINCERE (dir: Marco Bellocchio): 55.5 points
33. LAST TRAIN HOME (dir: Lixin Fan): 55 points
34. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (dir: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders): 53 points
35. SWEETGRASS (dir: Lucien Castaing-Taylor): 51.5 points
36. SOMEWHERE (dir: Sofia Coppola): 51 points
37. MARWENCOL (dir: Jeff Malmberg): 50.5 points
38. FOUR LIONS (dir: Chris Morris): 50 points
39. RESTREPO (dir: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger): 49.5 points
40. THE TOWN (dir: Ben Affleck): 49 points
41. ENTER THE VOID (dir: Gaspar Noe): 45 points
42. WILD GRASS (dir: Alan Resnais): 44 points
43. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL LIST PAST LIVES (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul): 43 points
44. ALAMAR (dir: Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio): 41 points
45. THE ILLUSIONIST (dir: Sylvian Chomet): 36.5 points
46(tie). NEVER LET ME GO (dir: Mark Romanek): 32.5 points
46(tie). THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (dir: Juan J. Campanella): 32.5 points
48. LOURDES (dir: Jessica Hausner): 32 points
49. BOXING GYM (dir: Frederick Wiseman): 31 points
50. THE TILLMAN STORY (dir: Amir Bar-Lev): 29 points
51. LIFE DURING WARTIME (dir: Todd Solondz): 27.5 points
52. DADDY LONGLEGS (dir: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie): 27 points
53(tie). THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (dir: Mia Hansen-Love): 25.5 points
53(tie). KICK-ASS (dir: Matthew Vaughn): 25.5 points
55. LEBANON (dir: Samuel Maoz): 24 points
56(tie). AMER (dir: Helene Cattet, Bruno Forzani): 23 points
56(tie). THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (dir: Manoel de Oliviera): 23 points
58(tie). AJAMI (dir: Scandar Copti, Yaron Shani): 22 points
58(tie). MONSTERS (dir: Gareth Edwards): 22 points
60. OF GODS AND MEN (dir: Xavier Beauvois): 21 points
61. WORLD ON A WIRE* (dir: Rainier Werner Fassbinder): 20.5 points
62. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (dir: David Yates): 20 points
63. HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT'S INFERNO (dir: Serge Bromberg, Ruxandra Medrea): 18.5 points
64(tie). FILM SOCIALISME (dir: Jean-Luc Godard): 18 points
64(tie). I LOVE YOU, PHILLIP MORRIS (dir: Glenn Ficara, John Requa): 18 points
66(tie). MOTHER AND CHILD (dir: Rodrigo Garcia): 17.5 points
66(tie). TINY FURNITURE (dir: Lena Dunham): 17.5 points
68(tie). BLUEBEARD (dir: Catherine Breillat): 17 points
68(tie). SECRET SUNSHINE (dir: Lee Chang-dong): 17 points
70. NIGHT CATCHES US (dir: Tanya Hamilton): 16.5 points
71. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU (dir: Andrei Ujica): 16 points
72(tie). NOWHERE BOY (dir: Sam Taylor-Wood): 15.5 points
72(tie). UP IN THE AIR (dir: Jason Reitman): 15.5 points
74. OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST (dir: Miguel Gomes): 15 points
75(tie). BURIED (dir: Rodrigo Cortes): 14.5 points
75(tie). THE SQUARE (dir: Nash Edgerton): 14.5 points
77(tie). A TOWN CALLED PANIC (dir: Stephane Aubier, Vincent Pata): 14 points
77(tie). GET LOW (dir: Aaron Schneider): 14 points
77(tie). TANGLED (dir: Nathan Greno, Bryan Howard): 14 points
80. MY DOG TULIP (dir: Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger): 13.5 points
81(tie). BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL-NEW ORLEANS (dir: Werner Herzog): 13 points
81(tie). GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH (dir: Damien Chazelle): 13 points
81(tie). THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (dir: Niels Arden Oplev): 13 points
81(tie). THE OATH (dir: Laura Poitras): 13 points
85(tie). I'M STILL HERE (dir: Casey Affleck): 12.5 points
85(tie). WAITING FOR 'SUPERMAN' (dir: Davis Guggenheim): 12.5 points
2011 (using 161 different year-end top tens)
2011 belonged to Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life which earned itself 572.5 points to win the year's aggregate film poll (a smaller number than any of the three aggregate film polls on this column, but still high enough to beat everyone else). The Artist finished second (making it the highest-placing Best Picture winner from 2010-2012), with Drive and The Descendants not far behind. Hugo, A Separation, Melancholia, Certified Copt, Take Shelter and Martha Marcy May Marlene can also be seen in the list's top ten for a year that was light on representation from blockbusters (only one of 2011's ten highest grossing films, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made it onto the list at all) but heavy on independent cinema.
1. THE TREE OF LIFE (dir: Terrence Malick) 572.5 points
2. THE ARTIST (dir: Michael Hazanavicius) 395 points
3. DRIVE (dir: Nicolas Winding Refn) 382 points
4. THE DESCENDANTS (dir: Alexander Payne) 370 points
5. HUGO (dir: Martin Scorsese) 335 points
6. A SEPARATION (dir: Asghar Farhadi) 323.5 points
7. MELANCHOLIA (dir: Lars Von Trier) 303.5 points
8. CERTIFIED COPY (dir: Abbas Kiarostami) 277.5 points
9. TAKE SHELTER (dir: Jeff Nichols) 256.5 points
10. MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (dir: Sean Durkin) 214.5 points
11. MARGARET (dir: Kenneth Lonergan) 196 points
12. MONEYBALL (dir: Bennett Miller) 194.5 points
13. SHAME (dir: Steve McQueen) 181 points
14. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (dir: Tomas Alfredson) 175.5 points
15. MEEK'S CUTOFF (dir: Kelly Reichardt) 174 points
16. BEGINNERS (dir: Mike Mills) 162.5 points
17. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (dir: Woody Allen) 153 points
18. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul) 140.5 points
19. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (dir: Lynne Ramsay) 131 points
20. BRIDESMAIDS (dir: Paul Feig) 130.5 points
21. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (dir: Pedro Almodovar) 108.5 points
22. THE INTERRUPTERS (dir: Steve James) 107 points
23. POETRY (dir: Lee Chang-dong) 106.5 points
24. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (dir: Raul Ruiz) 104.5 points
25. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2 (dir: David Yates) 91.5 points
26. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (dir: David Fincher) 85.5 points
27(tie). A DANGEROUS METHOD (dir: David Cronenberg) 84 points
27(tie). WAR HORSE (dir: Steven Spielberg) 84 points
29. MARGIN CALL (dir: J.C. Chandor) 79.5 points
30. WEEKEND (dir: Andrew Haigh) 74 points
31. OF GODS AND MEN (dir: Xavier Beavois): 73 points
32. RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES) (dir:Rupert Wyatt): 70.5 points
33. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (dir: Werner Herzog): 66.5 points
34(tie). A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY* (dir: Edward Yang): 65 points
34(tie). BELLFLOWER (dir: Evan Glodell): 65 points
36. 50/50 (dir: Jonathan Levine): 64.5 points
37(tie). LE QUATTRO VOLTE (dir: Michelangelo Frammartino): 63.5 points
37(tie). THE TRIP (dir: Michael Winterbottom): 63.5 points
37(tie). YOUNG ADULT (dir: Jason Reitman): 63.5 points
40. LE HAVRE (dir: Aki Kaurismaki): 61 points
41. ATTACK THE BLOCK (dir: Joe Cornish): 56 points
42. WIN WIN (dir: Thomas McCarthy): 53 points
43. THE FUTURE (dir: Miranda July): 51.5 points
44. THE ARBOR (dir: Clio Barnard): 50.5 points
45. 13 ASSASSINS (dir: Takashi Miike): 50 points
46. PROJECT NIM (dir: James Marsh): 49.5 points
47. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (dir: Patricio Guzman): 47 points
48. CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (dir: Lu Chuan): 45 points
49. SUPER 8 (dir: J.J. Abrams): 44.5 points
50(tie). LIKE CRAZY (dir: Drake Doremus): 40 points
50(tie). RANGO (dir: Gore Verbinski): 40 points
52. CONTAGION (dir: Steven Soderbergh): 39 points
53(tie). EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE (dir: Stephen Daldry): 38.5 points
53(tie). SENNA (dir: Asif Kapadia): 38.5 points
55. THE HELP (dir: Tate Taylor): 35 points
56. TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS (dir: Radu Muntean): 34 points
57(tie). FILM SOCIALISME (dir: Jean-Luc Godard): 33 points
57(tie). THE MUPPETS (dir: James Bobin): 33 points
59. SUBMARINE (dir: Richard Ayoade): 32.5 points
60. INCENDIES (dir: Denis Villeneuve): 31.5 points
61(tie). INTO THE ABYSS (dir: Werner Herzog): 29.5 points
61(tie). THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (dir: Steven Spielberg): 29.5 points
63(tie). JANE EYRE (dir: Cari Fukunaga): 26 points
63(tie). WARRIOR (dir: Gavin O'Connor): 26 points
65. TABLOID (dir: Errol Morris): 24 points
66. THE CLOCK** (dir: Christian Marclay): 23.5 points
67(tie). ANOTHER EARTH (dir: Mike Cahill): 23 points
67(tie). CORIOLANUS (dir: Ralph Fiennes): 23 points
69(tie). HANNA (dir: Joe Wright): 22 points
69(tie). KILL LIST (dir: Ben Wheatley): 22 points
71. BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK (dir: Richard Press): 21.5 points
72(tie). PINA (dir: Wim Wenders): 21 points
72(tie). SOURCE CODE (dir: Duncan Jones): 21 points
72(tie). THIS IS NOT A FILM (dir: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb): 21 points
72(tie). TOMBOY (dir: Celine Sciamma): 21 points
76. BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER'S JOURNEY (dir: Costance A. Marks): 20.5 points
77. PUTY HILL (dir: Matthew Porterfield): 20 points
78(tie). BUCK (dir: Cindy Meehl): 19.5 points
78(tie). MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (dir: Simon Curtis): 19.5 points
80. TERRI (dir: Azazel Jacobs): 19 points
81(tie). CARNAGE (dir: Roman Polanski): 18 points
81(tie). RAMPART (dir: Oren Moverman): 18 points
81(tie). TO DIE LIKE A MAN (dir: Joao Pedro Rodrigues): 18 points
81(tie). WE WERE HERE (dir: David Weissman, Bill Weber): 18 points
85. HIGHER GROUND (dir: Vera Farmiga): 17.5 points
2012 (using 155 different year-end top tens)
Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty finished the 2012 poll at the top, making it also the second straight year in which a movie starring Jessica Chastain finished with a number one ranking. The Master, Moonrise Kingdom, Lincoln and Amour rounding out the top five. After a poor showing in 2011, summer blockbusters and big-budget films made a big comeback, with such film as Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers performing well enough to finish in the year's top twenty.
1. ZERO DARK THIRTY (dir: Kathryn Bigelow) 776 points
2. THE MASTER (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson) 556.5 points
3. MOONRISE KINGDOM (dir: Wes Anderson) 486 points
4. LINCOLN (dir: Steven Spielberg) 431 points
5. AMOUR (dir: Michael Haneke) 421 points
6. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (dir: Ben Zeitlin) 378.5 points
7. ARGO (dir: Ben Affleck) 375.5 points
8. HOLY MOTORS (dir: Leos Carax) 369 points
9. DJANGO UNCHAINED (dir: Quentin Tarantino) 266.5 points
10. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (dir: David O. Russell) 234 points
11. LIFE OF PI (dir: Ang Lee) 167.5 points
12. THIS IS NOT A FILM (dir: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi) 139.5 points
13. LOOPER (dir: Rian Johnson) 125.5 points
14. SKYFALL (dir: Sam Mendes) 119.5 points
15. ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA (dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan) 112 points
16. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (dir: Christopher Nolan) 104.5 points
17. RUST AND BONE (dir: Jacques Audiard) 97 points
18. TABU (dir: Miguel Gomes) 96 points
19. THE DEEP BLUE SEA (dir: Terence Davies) 91.5 points
20. THE AVENGERS (dir: Joss Whedon) 91 points
21. THE GREY (dir: Joe Carnahan) 85.5 points
22. MAGIC MIKE (dir: Steven Soderbergh) 79 points
23. CLOUD ATLAS (dir: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski) 78.5 points
24. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (dir: David France) 76.5 points
25. THE LONELIEST PLANET (dir: Julia Loktev) 71 points
26. THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (dir: Drew Goddard) 70.5 points
27. THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (dir: Stephen Chbosky) 70 points
28. SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN (dir: Malik Bendjelloul) 69.5 points
29. THE SESSIONS (dir: Ben Lewin) 64 points
30(tie). BERNIE (dir: Richard Linklater) 63 points
30(tie). THE TURIN HORSE (dir: Agnes Hranitzky, Bela Tarr) 63 points
32. LES MISERABLES (dir: Tom Hooper): 59.5 points
33. ANNA KARENINA (dir: Joe Wright): 58 points
34. THE GATEKEEPERS (dir: Dror Moreh): 57.5 points
35. COSMOPOLIS (dir: David Cronenberg): 57 points
36. TAKE THIS WALTZ (dir: Sarah Polley): 55.5 points
37. OSLO, AUGUST 31st (dir: Joachim Trier): 52 points
38. FLIGHT (dir: Robert Zemeckis): 46.5 points
39. THE KID WITH A BIKE (dir: Jeanne-Pierre Dardene, Luc Dardenne): 46 points
40. STORIES WE TELL (dir: Sarah Polley): 44 points
41. COMPLIANCE (dir: Craig Zobel): 41 points
42. KILLER JOE (dir: William Friedkin): 38 points
43. THE IMPOSTER (dir: Bart Layton): 35.5 points
44. THE COMEDY (dir: Rick Alverson): 35 points
45(tie). KILLING THEM SOFTLY (dir: Andrew Dominik): 34 points
45(tie). WUTHERING HEIGHTS (dir: Andrea Arnold): 34 points
47(tie). IT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY (dir: Don Hertzfeldt): 33 points
47(tie). THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (dir: Lauren Greenfield): 33 points
49. THE IMPOSSIBLE (dir: Juan Antonio Bayona): 32.5 points
50. MIDDLE OF NOWHERE (dir: Ava DuVernay): 31.5 points
51(tie). BARBARA (dir: Christian Petzhold): 30 points
51(tie). ELENA (dir: Petra Costa): 30 points
53(tie). RUBY SPARKS (dir: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris): 27 points
53(tie). WEST OF MEMPHIS (dir: Amy J. Berg): 27 points
55. KEEP THE LIGHTS ON (dir: Ira Sachs): 26.5 points
56. A SEPARATION (dir: Asghar Farhadi): 25 points
57(tie). IN THE FAMILY (dir: Patrick Wang): 24 points
57(tie). SISTER (dir: Ursula Meier): 24 points
59. DAMSELS IN DISTRESS (dir: Whit Stillman): 23.5 points
60(tie). 21 JUMP STREET (dir: Phil Lord, Chris Miller): 23 points
60(tie). ALMAYER'S FOLLY (dir: Chantal Akerman): 23 points
62. THE RAID: REDEMPTION (dir: Gareth Evans): 21 points
63. NOT FADE AWAY (dir: David Chase): 20.5 points
64(tie). JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (dir: Daivd Gelb): 20 points
64(tie). KILL LIST (dir: Ben Wheatley): 20 points
64(tie). THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (dir: Eugene Jarecki): 20 points
64(tie). ROOM 237 (dir: Rodney Ascher): 20 points
64(tie). SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (dir: Colin Trevorrow): 20 points
69(tie). BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (dir: Peter Strickland): 18.5 points
69(tie). YOUR SISTER'S SISTER (dir: Lynn Shelton): 18.5 points
71. FRANKENWEENIE (dir: Tim Burton): 18 points
72. HAYWIRE (dir: Steven Soderbergh): 17.5 points
73. POLISSE (dir: Maiwenn Besco): 17 points
74. TED (dir: Seth MacFarlane): 15 points
75(tie). ARBITRAGE (dir: Nicholas Jarecki): 14 points
75(tie). MONSIEUR LAZHAR (dir: Philippe Falardeau): 14 points
75(tie). THE WAITING ROOM (dir: Peter Nicks): 14 points
75(tie). WRECK-IT RALPH (dir: Rich Moore): 14 points
79. FOOTNOTE (dir: Joseph Cedar): 13.5 points
80(tie). END OF WATCH (dir: David Ayer): 13 points
80(tie). THE HUNT (dir: Thomas Vintenburg): 13 points
80(tie). MISS BALA (dir: Gerardo Naranjo): 13 points
83(tie). DARK HORSE (dir: Todd Solondz): 12 points
83(tie). LAURENCE ANYWAYS (dir: Xavier Dolan): 12 points
83(tie). THE PAPERBOY (dir: Lee Daniels): 12 points
I would write another column telling you the list of the critics I used for each of the lists, except that I'm feeling pretty lazy right now.
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