the first decade of the 21st century was
capped off with a new direction for
blockbusters and the steady climb of
Indies welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movies of 2010 for this list
we’ve looked at the lasting cult status
of some of the biggest hits of the year
in question as well as the films that
were loved by critics and audiences some
tickets some hold up nicely over time
others maybe not so much either way sit
back and enjoy this blast from the past
you reconstructed all of this from
memory I told you we had lots of time
number 10 How to Train Your Dragon
Astrid toothless toothless Astrid this
sweet computer-animated story about a
boy who just doesn’t fit in his
environment it’s Who I am that made us
remember how much we love stories about
Vikings most people would leave
were Vikings stubbornness issues hiccup
aspires to be a dragon slayer but only
because his father and the village
chieftain tell him that he has to live
up to his name and culture when he meets
the dragon he thinks he is shot down
though hiccup has a change of heart and
sets the Night Fury free
earning close to 500 million dollars
worldwide the action fantasy flick was
well-received by critics and audiences
and spawned a successful franchise
including sequels a video game and a TV
series number 9 The Kids Are Alright
thank you very much
this offbeat comedy about a lesbian
couple whose kids want to meet their
sperm donor was the indie success of
2010 biking 200 right
nick is a successful doctor while Jules
is a stay at home mom who was feeling
bored with her life the balance in their
family goes off-kilter when the
biological father of their two children
played by a scruffy Mark Ruffalo
suddenly wants to be involved in the
kids lives I’m just saying the plan was
to limit his involvement starring
veteran actresses Julianne Moore and
Annette Bening the film is a heartfelt
dramedy about our perception of what a
normal family should be and landed three
oscar nominations at the 83rd Academy
Awards including a nod for Best Picture
I know I don’t have much credibility
right now but I really really care about
you
number eight the town our next entry was
directed co-written by and stars Ben
Affleck
there are highly suspects ain’t close
anything like that no they told me set
in Boston the crime drama sees for
childhood buddies rob a bank and take
the manager hostage only to find
themselves in a spiral of deceit it
doesn’t help that one of the robbers
Doug played by Affleck falls in love
with the very person they held hostage
let’s stuff all the witnesses right yeah
I’m bloom he’s just a manager my smart
now huh and no I didn’t tell the other
guys boom because he Gow the film proved
that Affleck had reinvented himself and
showed that he can be a director to be
reckoned with
it also landed a Best Supporting Actor
Oscar not for Jeremy Renner’s
performance as gem Doug’s best friend
and
ultimate nemesis I’m better than all
these peer same rules that I did number
seven the King’s Speech why is it nobody
thought that a movie about a member of
the royal family with a speech
impediment would go anywhere I doubt
that don’t tell me it’s my stammer fresh
off his Best Actor nomination for a
single man
Colin Firth gave the performance of his
life as King George the sixth in this
historical drama bloody mess Nathan
gives them a Christmas speech the film
worked not so much as a royal family
story but rather as a story about a
misfit and a man who didn’t feel ready
to wear the crown he was met for the
King’s Speech won four Oscars that year
including Best Picture and Best Actor
congratulations
respect I shall have to do a great deal
more number six True Grit they tell me
you’re a man with true grit
the timeless novel of the same name as
well as the 1969 movie starring John
Wayne inspired this entry by the Coen
brothers my name is Mattie Ross putting
their favorite dude Jeff Bridges in the
role of a drunken deputy US Marshal who
accepts to help a young girl find the
man who killed her father
the Cohens adaptation is an ode to the
western genre that is quarter Horne
the film marked Hailee Steinfeld’s
Hollywood debut and thanks to her
performance as Mattie Ross she earned
her first Oscar nomination in the Best
Supporting Actress category at just 14
years old there are no bigger than a
corn nugget what are you doing with a
pistol like that well I intend to kill
Tom Chaney with it Tom shining much the
law fails to do so my piece will do the
job for if you find a house dumped
arrested on the wall to put badge number
five
black swuan it’s just trying to be
perfect thank you who would have
expected a movie about ballerinas to be
as dark and twisted as this Natalie
Portman is Nina a perfectionist who
desperately wants to be able to play
both White Swan as well as her sensual
twin
Schwann in a new production of
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet gradually
she grows paranoid that newcomer Lily
played by Mila Kunis is after the role
as well
he made me your alternate because just
in case directed by Darren Aronofsky the
psychological thriller caused audiences
to squirm uncomfortably in their seats
but they knew they were also
simultaneously witnessing genius
filmmaking on the big screen
Portman deservedly won the Best Actress
Oscar for her role number four the
fighter our next entry is Mark
Wahlberg’s third collaboration with
director David O’Russell the
biographical drama centers on the lives
of Micky Ward and his older half-brother
Dicky Eklund won a rising boxing star
the other struggling with addiction and
delusions of grandeur from his days as a
boxer
the film was a passion project for
wahlberg who was close friends with the
real-life ward himself with an
incredible istanbul cast the fighter
received praise for its acting and won
both the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
for Christian Bale’s turn as deke and
for Best Supporting Actress for Melissa
Leo’s performance as the brothers
controlling mother Alice Ward aya hidin
from the smoky he’s not hiding wasn’t
talking to you I was talking my son
number 3 Toy Story 3 2010 was also a
great year for animation when the third
installment of Toy Story came out it was
a joyful reunion with favorite
characters following a decade-long
absence
come on guys let’s get our parts
together get ready go out on a high note
this time the story follows Woody Buzz
and Co as they prepare for an indistinct
future as Andy is off to college if your
kid loves you so much why is he leaving
you think you’re special cowboy you’re a
piece of plastic you were made to be
thrown away will they be thrown out and
forgotten or will he make room for them
in his future life as a grown up after
all nothing is sadder than a toy that
doesn’t get played with the
computer-animated comedy featured a
sentimental and memorable conclusion and
it deservedly won the Oscar for Best
Animated Feature who know dr. pork chops
attacking the haunted bakery
number two the social network I invented
Facebook people who didn’t like this
movie said it was too timely and that it
wouldn’t hold up after a couple of years
they were wrong
drop the gun just Facebook the story of
how Facebook came into being wasn’t
timely it is proven to be timeless
directed by David Fincher and starring
Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield the
drama felt like a psychological thriller
about a failed friendship and the hunger
for entitlement which surrounded the
creation of the world’s biggest social
media network refresh
many critics named it the movie of the
year though it lost the Best Picture
Oscar to The King’s Speech you know you
really don’t need a forensics team to
get to the bottom of this if you guys
were the inventors of Facebook you’d
have invented Facebook before we unveil
our number one pick here are a few
honorable mentions now this gun you’ll
use when you’re older this one is again
I learned on fine
we did it out of love with you I’ve got
nothing left for you nothing nothing
nothing there is nothing here for you
number one inception you’re actually in
the workshop right now this is your
first lesson and share it mainly it’s
our number one pick was one of the most
anticipated movies of 2010 taking a
short break from the Dark Knight trilogy
director Christopher Nolan took us on a
mind-bending journey that was probably
the most rewatched movie of the year of
its release what are you doing here I
thought you might
in the sci-fi thriller Leonardo DiCaprio
plays Dom Cobb a mind spy who
specializes in extracting secrets from
corporate magnates his new mission is
the opposite of that though he has to
plant an idea in the head of a big
businessman son if you can steal an idea
from someone’s mind why can’t you plan
one day he’s dead and that can only be
achieved by performing inception within
the targets dreams after a while becomes
the only way you can dream the movie
received high praise for its script
directing and talented cast and grossed
over 800 million dollars worldwide
making it the 42nd highest-grossing
movie of all time
oh and it won four Academy Awards do you
agree with our list I could get used to
it what’s your favorite movie from 2010
with no power comes no responsibility
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com mudblood
you
[Music]
capped off with a new direction for
blockbusters and the steady climb of
Indies welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 movies of 2010 for this list
we’ve looked at the lasting cult status
of some of the biggest hits of the year
in question as well as the films that
were loved by critics and audiences some
tickets some hold up nicely over time
others maybe not so much either way sit
back and enjoy this blast from the past
you reconstructed all of this from
memory I told you we had lots of time
number 10 How to Train Your Dragon
Astrid toothless toothless Astrid this
sweet computer-animated story about a
boy who just doesn’t fit in his
environment it’s Who I am that made us
remember how much we love stories about
Vikings most people would leave
were Vikings stubbornness issues hiccup
aspires to be a dragon slayer but only
because his father and the village
chieftain tell him that he has to live
up to his name and culture when he meets
the dragon he thinks he is shot down
though hiccup has a change of heart and
sets the Night Fury free
earning close to 500 million dollars
worldwide the action fantasy flick was
well-received by critics and audiences
and spawned a successful franchise
including sequels a video game and a TV
series number 9 The Kids Are Alright
thank you very much
this offbeat comedy about a lesbian
couple whose kids want to meet their
sperm donor was the indie success of
2010 biking 200 right
nick is a successful doctor while Jules
is a stay at home mom who was feeling
bored with her life the balance in their
family goes off-kilter when the
biological father of their two children
played by a scruffy Mark Ruffalo
suddenly wants to be involved in the
kids lives I’m just saying the plan was
to limit his involvement starring
veteran actresses Julianne Moore and
Annette Bening the film is a heartfelt
dramedy about our perception of what a
normal family should be and landed three
oscar nominations at the 83rd Academy
Awards including a nod for Best Picture
I know I don’t have much credibility
right now but I really really care about
you
number eight the town our next entry was
directed co-written by and stars Ben
Affleck
there are highly suspects ain’t close
anything like that no they told me set
in Boston the crime drama sees for
childhood buddies rob a bank and take
the manager hostage only to find
themselves in a spiral of deceit it
doesn’t help that one of the robbers
Doug played by Affleck falls in love
with the very person they held hostage
let’s stuff all the witnesses right yeah
I’m bloom he’s just a manager my smart
now huh and no I didn’t tell the other
guys boom because he Gow the film proved
that Affleck had reinvented himself and
showed that he can be a director to be
reckoned with
it also landed a Best Supporting Actor
Oscar not for Jeremy Renner’s
performance as gem Doug’s best friend
and
ultimate nemesis I’m better than all
these peer same rules that I did number
seven the King’s Speech why is it nobody
thought that a movie about a member of
the royal family with a speech
impediment would go anywhere I doubt
that don’t tell me it’s my stammer fresh
off his Best Actor nomination for a
single man
Colin Firth gave the performance of his
life as King George the sixth in this
historical drama bloody mess Nathan
gives them a Christmas speech the film
worked not so much as a royal family
story but rather as a story about a
misfit and a man who didn’t feel ready
to wear the crown he was met for the
King’s Speech won four Oscars that year
including Best Picture and Best Actor
congratulations
respect I shall have to do a great deal
more number six True Grit they tell me
you’re a man with true grit
the timeless novel of the same name as
well as the 1969 movie starring John
Wayne inspired this entry by the Coen
brothers my name is Mattie Ross putting
their favorite dude Jeff Bridges in the
role of a drunken deputy US Marshal who
accepts to help a young girl find the
man who killed her father
the Cohens adaptation is an ode to the
western genre that is quarter Horne
the film marked Hailee Steinfeld’s
Hollywood debut and thanks to her
performance as Mattie Ross she earned
her first Oscar nomination in the Best
Supporting Actress category at just 14
years old there are no bigger than a
corn nugget what are you doing with a
pistol like that well I intend to kill
Tom Chaney with it Tom shining much the
law fails to do so my piece will do the
job for if you find a house dumped
arrested on the wall to put badge number
five
black swuan it’s just trying to be
perfect thank you who would have
expected a movie about ballerinas to be
as dark and twisted as this Natalie
Portman is Nina a perfectionist who
desperately wants to be able to play
both White Swan as well as her sensual
twin
Schwann in a new production of
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet gradually
she grows paranoid that newcomer Lily
played by Mila Kunis is after the role
as well
he made me your alternate because just
in case directed by Darren Aronofsky the
psychological thriller caused audiences
to squirm uncomfortably in their seats
but they knew they were also
simultaneously witnessing genius
filmmaking on the big screen
Portman deservedly won the Best Actress
Oscar for her role number four the
fighter our next entry is Mark
Wahlberg’s third collaboration with
director David O’Russell the
biographical drama centers on the lives
of Micky Ward and his older half-brother
Dicky Eklund won a rising boxing star
the other struggling with addiction and
delusions of grandeur from his days as a
boxer
the film was a passion project for
wahlberg who was close friends with the
real-life ward himself with an
incredible istanbul cast the fighter
received praise for its acting and won
both the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor
for Christian Bale’s turn as deke and
for Best Supporting Actress for Melissa
Leo’s performance as the brothers
controlling mother Alice Ward aya hidin
from the smoky he’s not hiding wasn’t
talking to you I was talking my son
number 3 Toy Story 3 2010 was also a
great year for animation when the third
installment of Toy Story came out it was
a joyful reunion with favorite
characters following a decade-long
absence
come on guys let’s get our parts
together get ready go out on a high note
this time the story follows Woody Buzz
and Co as they prepare for an indistinct
future as Andy is off to college if your
kid loves you so much why is he leaving
you think you’re special cowboy you’re a
piece of plastic you were made to be
thrown away will they be thrown out and
forgotten or will he make room for them
in his future life as a grown up after
all nothing is sadder than a toy that
doesn’t get played with the
computer-animated comedy featured a
sentimental and memorable conclusion and
it deservedly won the Oscar for Best
Animated Feature who know dr. pork chops
attacking the haunted bakery
number two the social network I invented
Facebook people who didn’t like this
movie said it was too timely and that it
wouldn’t hold up after a couple of years
they were wrong
drop the gun just Facebook the story of
how Facebook came into being wasn’t
timely it is proven to be timeless
directed by David Fincher and starring
Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield the
drama felt like a psychological thriller
about a failed friendship and the hunger
for entitlement which surrounded the
creation of the world’s biggest social
media network refresh
many critics named it the movie of the
year though it lost the Best Picture
Oscar to The King’s Speech you know you
really don’t need a forensics team to
get to the bottom of this if you guys
were the inventors of Facebook you’d
have invented Facebook before we unveil
our number one pick here are a few
honorable mentions now this gun you’ll
use when you’re older this one is again
I learned on fine
we did it out of love with you I’ve got
nothing left for you nothing nothing
nothing there is nothing here for you
number one inception you’re actually in
the workshop right now this is your
first lesson and share it mainly it’s
our number one pick was one of the most
anticipated movies of 2010 taking a
short break from the Dark Knight trilogy
director Christopher Nolan took us on a
mind-bending journey that was probably
the most rewatched movie of the year of
its release what are you doing here I
thought you might
in the sci-fi thriller Leonardo DiCaprio
plays Dom Cobb a mind spy who
specializes in extracting secrets from
corporate magnates his new mission is
the opposite of that though he has to
plant an idea in the head of a big
businessman son if you can steal an idea
from someone’s mind why can’t you plan
one day he’s dead and that can only be
achieved by performing inception within
the targets dreams after a while becomes
the only way you can dream the movie
received high praise for its script
directing and talented cast and grossed
over 800 million dollars worldwide
making it the 42nd highest-grossing
movie of all time
oh and it won four Academy Awards do you
agree with our list I could get used to
it what’s your favorite movie from 2010
with no power comes no responsibility
for more entertaining top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com mudblood
you
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