My best of 2010

I waited a little while to be sure I'd seen all the movies I thought I might want to include in my top 10, but I think I've mostly arrived at what I liked best of the 55+ movies I saw this year. I've made each title a link to my review over the past year. I'm not actually ranking them by number as each is good for different reasons. My favorite movie this year was The Blind Side, but Avatar was the most beautifully made, and Inglorious Basterds and The Hurt Locker were the best their respective genres have ever produced. So here is my grouping of the 10 best. Enjoy.

The Hurt Locker
The Blind Side
Sherlock Holmes
Invictus
Avatar
Inglorious Basterds
Up
Up in the Air
Julie and Julia
(500) Days of Summer

Honorable Mentions: Precious (even though I haven't seen it yet), District 9, Star Trek, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Taken, and The Proposal

Films of 2009: Updated - total up to 50!

I saw quite a few movies in 2009, particularly considering how difficultly the year started. There are more and more movies that never make it to my local cineplex. I also have enjoyed lots of movies that are definitely of lower quality, but still lots of fun.

17 Again
500 Days of Summer
Adventureland
Angels & Demons
Away We Go
The Blind Side
Bride Wars
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Duplicity
Endgame
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
The Hangover
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
He's Just Not That Into You
Ice Age 3
I Love You, Man
Inglorious Basterds
Inkheart
The International
Julie and Julia
Monsters vs. Aliens
My Life in Ruins
My Sister's Keeper
New in Town
Night at the Museum 2
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Proposal
Public Enemies
The Soloist
Star Trek
State of Play
Sunshine Cleaning
The Surrogates
Taken
The Time Traveler's Wife
Transformer's 2
The Ugly Truth
Up
Watchmen
Where the Wild Things Are
X-Men: Wolverine


Movie's I'll definitely see as soon as possible, so they definitely count.
Invictus
Precious
The Informant
It's Complicated
Sherlock Holmes
The Princess and the Frog
Up in the Air
The Hurt Locker


Addendum: Did you hear about the Morgans?, Inglorious Basterds, Funny People, Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Invictus, The Brothers Bloom, Two Lovers

My top 6 movies this year - I'm going to reserve the other 4 places for possible movies I haven't seen yet:

1. Inglorious Basterds
2. The Proposal
2. Up
3. Star Trek
4. The Blind Side
5. Taken

Bests and Worsts of 2008

My bests list probably won't include many of the future Oscar nominees just because I haven't seen a lot of those movies yet, but it's now 2009, so I'd better wrap up my own bests of 2008. I'll add an addendum if my Oscar picks change my currant bests. Also, I decided to go with two lists, the top 5 I think are the best movies and then 5 that are my favorites, slightly different. I also list some movies worth staying away from.

The Best Movies I've seen this year:
1. WALL*E

2. The Dark Knight

3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

4. Iron Man

5. Burn After Reading

My favorites:

1. WALL*E

2. Australia

3. Nim's Island

4. W.

5. Step Brothers/Mad Money (not great, but I'll definitely own both of these!)

Worst: Stay Away from These

1. Over Her Dead Body

2. My Best Friend's Girl

3. Smart People

4. Leatherheads