Overall, I'd say it was a good year. Not a great one. My tastes expanded away from commercial films and toward the art house. When faced with the choice of seeing some potential blockbuster with mediocre or even bad reviews, or a more ambitious but smaller film, I almost always opted for the latter--something I can't say I would have done in college.
It's always interesting to see how time (and repeat viewings) changes my opinion on certain films. My #1 when I did this list at the end of last year is now my #3. And the film I thought nothing could possibly top is now my #2. Having watched my new #1 five or six times, there's no way I can deny it (though I'm a little sad at how unoriginal the choice is...oh well).
Below is a list of all 100 films in order. But first, I've done something a little different. It's a little like a high school yearbook for the year's films with all kinds of different categories. Enjoy!
Most Exciting
1.) Inception
2.) 127 Hours
3.) Shutter Island
Most Original
1.) Exit through the Gift Shop
2.) Enter the Void
3.) The Illusionist
Most Rewatchable
1.) The Social Network
2.) The King's Speech
3.) Toy Story 3
Most Emotional
1.) Rabbit Hole
2.) Toy Story 3
3.) 127 Hours
Most Challenging
1.) Enter the Void
2.) Biutiful
3.) Black Swan
Most Surprising
1.) Salt
2.) Morning Glory
3.) Secretariat
Most Disappointing
1.) Somewhere
2.) Love and Other Drugs
3.) Black Swan
Disappointing Film I Most Want to Revisit
1.) Enter the Void
2.) Winter's Bone
3.) TRON: Legacy
Great Film I Least Want to Revisit
1.) Blue Valentine
2.) Carlos
3.) Inside Job
Biggest Drop on Repeat Viewing
1.) Black Swan
2.) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3.) The Kids Are All Right
Biggest Rise on Repeat Viewing
1.) The King's Speech
2.) The American
3.) Kick-Ass
Best Director
1.) Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
2.) Christopher Nolan, Inception
3.) David Fincher, The Social Network
Best Actor
1.) James Franco, 127 Hours
2.) Javier Bardem, Biutiful
3.) Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Actress
1.) Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
2.) Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
3.) Patricia Clarkson, Cairo Time
Best Supporting Actor
1.) Christian Bale, The Fighter
2.) Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
3.) Sean Penn, Fair Game
Best Supporting Actress
1.) Marion Cotillard, Inception
2.) Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
3.) Patricia Clarkson, Easy A
1.) Inception
2.) 127 Hours
3.) Shutter Island
Most Original
1.) Exit through the Gift Shop
2.) Enter the Void
3.) The Illusionist
Most Rewatchable
1.) The Social Network
2.) The King's Speech
3.) Toy Story 3
Most Emotional
1.) Rabbit Hole
2.) Toy Story 3
3.) 127 Hours
Most Challenging
1.) Enter the Void
2.) Biutiful
3.) Black Swan
Most Surprising
1.) Salt
2.) Morning Glory
3.) Secretariat
Most Disappointing
1.) Somewhere
2.) Love and Other Drugs
3.) Black Swan
Disappointing Film I Most Want to Revisit
1.) Enter the Void
2.) Winter's Bone
3.) TRON: Legacy
Great Film I Least Want to Revisit
1.) Blue Valentine
2.) Carlos
3.) Inside Job
Biggest Drop on Repeat Viewing
1.) Black Swan
2.) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
3.) The Kids Are All Right
Biggest Rise on Repeat Viewing
1.) The King's Speech
2.) The American
3.) Kick-Ass
Best Director
1.) Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
2.) Christopher Nolan, Inception
3.) David Fincher, The Social Network
Best Actor
1.) James Franco, 127 Hours
2.) Javier Bardem, Biutiful
3.) Colin Firth, The King's Speech
Best Actress
1.) Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
2.) Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone
3.) Patricia Clarkson, Cairo Time
Best Supporting Actor
1.) Christian Bale, The Fighter
2.) Andrew Garfield, The Social Network
3.) Sean Penn, Fair Game
Best Supporting Actress
1.) Marion Cotillard, Inception
2.) Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit
3.) Patricia Clarkson, Easy A
And the films...
0 Stars
100.) I'm Still Here
1 Star
99.) Somewhere
1.5 Stars
98.) I Am Love
97.) Buried
96.) Please Give
94.) The A-Team
93.) Get Him to the Greek
2 Stars
92.) Alice in Wonderland
91.) Shrek Forever After
89.) Hereafter
88.) The Book of Eli
87.) Youth in Revolt
85.) Love and Other Drugs
84.) Chloe
82.) Knight and Day
81.) Let Me In
80.) Nowhere Boy
79.) Made in Dagenham
78.) Agora
2.5 Stars
77.) Edge of Darkness
76.) From Paris with Love
74.) Countdown to Zero
73.) Brooklyn's Finest
72.) Monsters
71.) Waste Land
70.) Date Night
69.) Mother and Child
68.) The Company Men
67.) Iron Man 2
66.) Easy A
65.) Cyrus
64.) TRON: Legacy
63.) Enter the Void
62.) Winter's Bone
3 Stars
60.) Mars
58.) Despicable Me
55.) Barney's Version
54.) Solitary Man
53.) The Illusionist
52.) Red
51.) The Way Back
50.) A Prophet
49.) Tangled
48.) Restrepo
47.) The Fighter
46.) The Ghost Writer
45.) Carlos
44.) Animal Kingdom
43.) The Art of the Steal
42.) Never Let Me Go
41.) The Other Guys
40.) Black Swan
38.) The Town
37.) Farewell
36.) Greenberg
35.) Unstoppable
34.) Conviction
33.) Secretariat
32.) Morning Glory
31.) Casino Jack
30.) Cairo Time
29.) The Square
3.5 Stars
28.) Salt
26.) Catfish
25.) Micmacs
23.) Green Zone
22.) GasLand
21.) Another Year
20.) Kick-Ass
18.) True Grit
17.) Inside Job
15.) Get Low
14.) Fair Game
12.) Blue Valentine
11.) The American
9.) Biutiful
4 Stars
7.) Shutter Island
5.) Inception
4.) Rabbit Hole
3.) Toy Story 3
2.) 127 Hours
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