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The tough truth about year-end lists is that they’re usually composed in a hurry. When we first started talking about putting together this list last year, part of what appealed to us about it was the chance to rethink old rankings and to catch up with each other’s favorites—a chance to revisit and rediscover, and to try to define this halfway-done decade.

It was a project months in the making. Deciding the best films of the past five years meant organizing the largest film poll The A.V. Club has ever attempted, based on a new system, different from the one we’ve traditionally used for year-end coverage, which factored in both points and votes in an effort to find a more accurate consensus.

Unsurprisingly, the results were diverse, placing experimental documentaries next to blockbusters, IMAX extravaganzas alongside next-to-no-budget indies. This is, after all, the present we’re talking about—the 2010s, cinema’s first decade as a mostly digital medium, and a time when the small films are smaller and the big films are bigger than ever before. Some of the movies on this list—including the very first title, at number 100—didn’t end up in our year-end best-of polls in their respective years. Heck, some didn’t even receive very good reviews from The A.V. Club when they first came out.

Our voters were asked to submit ranked, 50-title lists of the best films commercially released in the U.S. between 2010 and 2014. (This means that movies that were distributed abroad before 2010 were eligible; our oldest title had its world premiere in 2007.) The resulting list of 100 films will appear in three parts: 100 to 51 today, 50 to 21 on Wednesday, and the top 20 on Thursday.

Find the article here.
ETA: #50-21 here.

Figured it would be a good discussion. They've only covered 100 to 51 so far.

Spoilers:

100 Edge of Tomorrow
99 Mother
98 You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
97 The Interrupters
96 Black Swan
95 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
94 Only Lovers Left Alive
93 A Field In England
92 The Skin I Live In
91 The Avengers
90 Carlos
89 Barbara
88 Toy Story 3
87 White Material
86 Exit Through The Gift Shop
85 Drug War
84 The Strange Little Cat
83 The Cabin In The Woods
82 Bird People
81 Mysteries Of Lisbon
80 The Past
79 Looper
78 The Kid With the Bike
77 Stray Dogs
76 The Color Wheel
75 Lincoln
74 Citizenfour
73 Gravity
72 National Gallery
71 Beyond the Hills
70 Secret Sunshine
69 Greenberg
68 Winter Sleep
67 Goodbye To Language 3D
66 "Oslo August 31st"
65 The Turin Horse
64 Blue Is The Warmest Color
63 Tabu
62 A Dangerous Method
61 The Deep Blue Sea
60 The Raid: Redemption
59 Two Years At Sea
58 The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
57 Skyfall
56 The Father Of My Children
55 Neighboring Sounds
54 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
53 Room 237
52 Beginners
51 Haywire
50. Amer
49. House of Pleasures
48. The World's End
47. We Are the Best
46. A Touch of Sin
45. Upstream Color
44. Stranger by the Lake
43. Computer Chess
42. The Loneliest Planet
41. The Wolf of Wall Street
40. Gone Girl
39. Force Majeure
38. Bernie
37. Magic Mike
36. 13 Assassins
35. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
34. The Grey
33. Amour
32. Martha Marcy May Marlene
31. Take Shelter
30. Inception
29. Leviathan [the GoPro fishing one, not the Russian movie]
28. 12 Years A Slave
27. Melancholia
26. Drive
25. The Immigrant
24. Zero Dark Thirty
23. Moonrise Kingdom
22. Everyone Else
21. Meek's Cutoff
20. Certified Copy
19. Scott Pilgrim vs The World
18. Winter's Bone
17. Whiplash
16. Two Days, One Night
15. Inside Llewyn Davis
14. Her
13. Holy Motors
12. Margaret
11. The Grand Budapest Hotel
10. Before Midnight
9. The Social Network
8. Under The Skin
7. Dogtooth
6. Boyhood
5. The Act of Killing
4. Frances Ha
3. The Tree Of Life
2. A Separation
1. The Master

 

[Salsa]

...

haywire?

the soderbergh one?

above winter sleep and only lovers left alive?

yeah okay

 

[jtb]

I thought the Dissolve's list (which is basically AV Club pre-talent exodus), especially as it got to the top 10 or so choices, was very good.

Boyhood, Her, The Social Network, Inside Llewyn Davis, a few others I'm forgetting

 

[InfiniteBento]

exit through the gift shop?

lol no.

 

[ATastyMuffin]

If I see Theory of Everything anywhere on this list, I'll flip. Especially as Toy Story 3 is ranked so low.

 

[Haloid1177]

Gravity higher than Toy Story 3?

Hilarious.

 

[schlongdog]

53: Room 237
















wut

 

[injurai]

This 100-51 is making me feel like there are going to be a lot of snubs.

 

[way more]

Haywire rated above Toy Story makes for a good list so far.

 

[Eidan]

Oh man, GAF's about to lose its shit over a list isn't it?

 

[Delta Assault]

The Dark Knight will be number 1, so I understand why it wasn't on here.

Edit: Oh wait, nvm. They said decade, not last 10 years. My bad.

 

[Kusagari]

Haywire above The Raid.

Oh lawd

 

[C-Drive]

exit through the gift shop?

lol no.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[FTF]

Black Swan and Toy Story 3 are wayyyyyy too low.

Haywire as high as 51 is a joke as well.

 

[AzureSkies]

Room 237 was so badly put together

How is it even on the list? I felt like it wasn't even edited at all. They seriously had an interview with a guy who disappeared for a minute to sort out an issue with his boiler, and didn't remove the awkward silence between.

 

[yuraya]

Inception gonna be #1

 

[smokeandmirrors]

The Dark Knight will be number 1, so I understand why it wasn't on here.

Edit: Oh wait, nvm. They said decade, not last 10 years. My bad.

lol

 

[rude]

Hopefully either The Avengers or Interstellar are #1. Probably the best movies I've ever seen.

 

[Beaulieu]

avengers, looper, gravity, skyfall over black swan. that is ridiculous.
exit through the giftshop was good and fun, why the hate ?

 

[Shaanyboi]

The Dark Knight will be number 1, so I understand why it wasn't on here.

Edit: Oh wait, nvm. They said decade, not last 10 years. My bad.

....wait...i... what?

 

[PantherLotus]

Welp I've only seen 7 of 50-100 and I catch a pretty good share of things that hit the theaters. Anyone here see even 15 of them?

 

[valeo]

Yay, a whole thread full of people complaining about arbitrary placings on a list.

 

[Discotheque]

50 movies and only uncle boonmee and maybe the raid would make my top 10....maybe.

 

[The Cowboy]

Gotta agree on the Toy Story 3 being way to low, that movie was fantastic and easily 1 of the greatest CG animated movies ever - i mean they have it being Looper for god sake, LOOPER!!!.

 

[jtb]

Gravity higher than Toy Story 3?

Hilarious.

Yeah, TS3 shouldn't even be on the list.

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

Putting Haywire above all those movies is just strange.

 

[MuddyDonut]

Hopefully either The Avengers or Interstellar are #1. Probably the best movies I've ever seen.

....wait...i... what?

 

[zswordsman]

I thought it was top 100 adult videos :'(

 

[MuddyDonut]

Is there an Adult Video Club?

 

[zero shift]

This decade has been great for films so far.

 

[Rembrandt]

Her, Boyhood and Before Midnight are gonna be in the 5, calling it now. Bookmark this post. Set alarms.

 

[StriKeVillain]

Where will The New World end up?

Edit: Whoops. Thought it came out more recently.

 

[Discotheque]

Where will The New World end up?

somewhere in last decade's list.

 

[crazy monkey]

Yeah, TS3 shouldn't even be on the list.

. 1 & 2 were so much better. This was not needed and was not good at all.my kid hates it. he loves 1 and 2.

 

[IJoel]

How Skyfall makes it into any top movie list boggles my mind. I found it utterly dull.

 

[Maengun1]

I love when someone on the internet makes a list, and everyone else on the internet freaks out that it isn't exactly like their list. I really do love it, no sarcasm.

Black Swan is probably my favorite so far, and it's only #96 here! :flips table:

 

[D4Danger]

53: Room 237

wut

ha I glad someone else noticed that. It's just a bunch of lunatics talking about the shining. The only reason it isn't a youtube video is because it would get content id matched and deleted

 

[FTF]

Her, Boyhood and Before Midnight are gonna be in the 5, calling it now. Bookmark this post. Set alarms.

I'll say top 25, not 5.

Also, will The Social Network be top 10? That sticks out as one of the tops of the decade so far.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

I completely forgot I saw Haywire until this thread. It's not very good.

Bad list is bad.

 

[- J - D -]

Haywire is an...interesting choice.

 

[Frozenprince]

Edge of Tomorrow a top 100 film?

Lol no.

 

[IISANDERII]

That list makes zero sense

 

[Jigorath]

The Social Network should have a top 5 spot locked down. Preferably number one though.

 

[Rembrandt]

I'll say top 25, not 5.

Also, will The Social Network be top 10? That sticks out as one of the tops of the decade so far.

Maybe Her. Before Midnight I could see top 10. Boyhood will definitely be top 5, if not first.

Also the social network definitely deserves top 10.

 

[Skikkiks]

Haywire? There is literally only one memorable scene in that entire movie and it's for all the wrong reasons.

Spoiler

Antagonist or whatever escapes from our hero and drives to a beach to soak in his victory while he watches the sunset or some shit. Unbeknownst to him, however, our hero runs full speed at him from outta nowhere and beats the fuck out of him to nothing. No music, no fanfare, fucking nothing. Comedy gold.

I can't remember anything else from the movie other than this stupid scene. Complete mediocrity at its finest.

 

[Lima]

Edge of Tomorrow a top 100 film?

Lol no.

As an action movie entrance in a list from this decade? Hell yes.

 

[tim.mbp]

Really shouldn't spoiler list like that, the OP is just going to be 100 lines of black bars.

 

[PK Strawstorm]

Haywire is mediocre at best. Gina Carano just can't pull it off.

Meanwhile, Adele Exarchopoulos is amazing in Blue is the Warmest Color, which I put on every time I want to practice my French listening skills. It all just feels so real, like I'm actually watching a girl live her life.

Spoiler

With boobs.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Edge of Tomorrow a top 100 film?

Lol no.

better than the Avengers.

The Social Network should have a top 5 spot locked down. Preferably number one though.

yep. anything not top 5 for it and we riot

 

[Discotheque]

Haywire? There is literally only one memorable scene in that entire movie and it's for all the wrong reasons.

Spoiler

Antagonist or whatever escapes from our hero and drives to a beach to soak in his victory while he watches the sunset or some shit. Unbeknownst to him, however, our hero runs full speed at him from outta nowhere and beats the fuck out of him to nothing. No music, no fanfare, fucking nothing. Comedy gold.

I can't remember anything else from the movie other than this stupid scene. Complete mediocrity at its finest.

i don't even remember that shit lol. still i recall really enjoying the fight she has in the hotel with fassbender.