Streams of Unconsciousness: My Annual Top Ten List

31 December 2010

My Annual Top Ten List

My 2010 Top Ten Films

1. Winter's Bone
2. Black Swan
3. The White Ribbon
4. True Grit
5. Vincere
6. The American
7. The Ghost Writer
8. Shutter Island
9. A Prophet
10. The Town
Honorable Mention: The Fighter, Howl, The Social Network and Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale.

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone. Runners Up: Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Vincere) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit).
Best Actor: James Franco (Howl) Runners Up: Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island) Jeff Bridges (True Grit) and Colin Firth (King's Speech).
Best Supporting Actress: Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (The Fighter)

2 comments:

Armen Karaoghlanian said...: I've been looking forward to your list for quite a while now! I am personally not going to include films like The White Ribbon and Un prophète because they are classified as 2009 films, despite being released in 2010 in the United States. I've been meaning to see Howl ever since I read your view. I'm surprised The Social Network isn't in the top ten, but it's a unique list all on its own. Thank you for sharing! Happy New Year!; December 31, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Richard Hourula said...: For years I left some excellent foreign films of my top ten lists because they were technically released the previous year. These films, like The White Ribbon, fell into a no man's land between "years" and never made my lists. Nevermore.
Happy New Year to you too.; December 31, 2010 at 5:38 PM

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