2010 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 2010.. Top 30 & many honorables. Also, my 2010 ballot at the Wandering Image; highlighting the year's best in film. 

Here's the countdown:

30.             PLEASE GIVE

29.    THE SOCIAL NETWORK

28.              HADEWIJCH

27.

THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN

26.           UNSTOPPABLE

25.                    AMER

.

24.                  OCEANS

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23.                LET ME IN

.

22.

THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD

              IF GOD IS WILLING
21.   AND DA CREEK DON'T RISE

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20.         ANOTHER YEAR

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19.                ALAMAR

.

18.
   ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL

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17.     THE GHOST WRITER

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16.              TRUE GRIT

.
             HAVE YOU HEARD
15.   FROM JOHANNESBURG?

.

14.                 45365

.

-tie- 14. OCTOBER COUNTRY

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13.       NE CHANGE RIEN

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12.               VINCERE

.

11.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

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10.             WILD GRASS

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9.                 LOURDES

.

8.
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

.
                     CARLOS
7.          [Roadshow version]

.

6.              SWEETGRASS

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5.                  MOTHER

.

4.           SHUTTER ISLAND

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3.          SECRET SUNSHINE

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2.            EVERYONE ELSE

.

1.                DOGTOOTH

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED.

(Other 2010 titles I loved that could've placed)

THE FIGHTER

.

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

.

SAMSON AND DELILAH

.

PRECIOUS LIFE

.

LEBANON

.

RARE EXPORTS: 

A CHRISTMAS TALE

.

THE CRAZIES

.

ENTER THE VOID

.

 I'M HERE

.

LEGEND OF GUARDIANS: THE

OWLS OF GA'HOOLE

.

VALHALLA RISING

. 

MACGRUBER

. 

DADDY LONGLEGS
[GO GET SOME ROSEMARY]

.

THE OTHER GUYS

.

RUSH: 
BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE

.

GUY AND
MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH

.

DAY & NIGHT

.

FISH TANK

.

VENGEANCE

.

INCENDIES

.

MICMACS

.

THE STRANGE 

CASE OF ANGELICA

.

ONDINE

.

 

PIRANHA 3D

. 

CELL 211

. 

BLUEBEARD

.

I AM LOVE

. 

THE WARRIOR'S WAY

. 

BURIED

. 

THE RED CHAPEL

.

 

THE ILLUSIONIST

. 

HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29

. 

FOUR LIONS

.

WHITE MATERIAL

.

BLUE VALENTINE

.

ECCENTRICITIES

OF BLONDE-HAIR GIRL

.

BLACK SWAN

.

MID-AUGUST LUNCH

.

SALT

.

THE WOLFMAN

[Unrated Director's Cut]

.

TRON: LEGACY

.

PRODIGAL SONS

.

MEGAMIND

.

SCABBARD SAMURAI

.

BIUTIFUL

.

THE GIFT 

[PARALLEL LINES]

.

INSIDIOUS

.

TRASH HUMPERS

.

THE AMERICAN

.

GHOST TOWN

.

TOY STORY 3

 

.

INSIDE JOB

 

.

UNDER THE HAWTHORNE TREE

.

MOTHER AND CHILD

.

AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE

.

MARWENCOL

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RED RIDING: 1974

.

NO ONE KNOWS
ABOUT PERSIAN CATS

.

LIFE DURING WARTIME

.

ELITE SQUAD 2:

THE ENEMY WITHIN

.

THE RADIANT CHILD:

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT

  
.

RESTREPO

.

AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN

.

BOXING GYM

.

WINTER'S BONE

.

TODAY'S SPECIAL

.

SEVERE CLEAR

.

YOU WILL
MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

.

RACING DREAMS

.

WISH 143

.

THE LOST THING

****

2010 

TOP 30 

1. DOGTOOTH (Lanthimos)
2. EVERYONE ELSE (Maren Ade)
3. SECRET SUNSHINE (Chang-dong Lee)
4. SHUTTER ISLAND (Scorsese)
5. MOTHER (Bong Joon-ho)
6. SWEETGRASS (Castaing-Taylor)
7. CARLOS: ROADSHOW VERSION (Assayas)
8. SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Wright)
9. LOURDES (Jessica Hausner)
10. WILD GRASS (Resnais)
11. HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (DeBlois)
12. VINCERE (Marco Bellocchio)
13. NE CHANGE RIEN (Costa)
14. OCTOBER COUNTRY (Palmieri)                                   -tie- 45365 (Ross bros.)
15. HEARD FROM JOHANNESBURG? (Connie Field)
16. TRUE GRIT (Coen Brothers)
17. ANTON CHEKHOV'S THE DUEL (Koshashvili)
18. THE GHOST WRITER (Polanski)
19. ALAMAR (Pedro González-Rubio)
20. ANOTHER YEAR (Leigh)
21. GOD WILLING DA CREEK DON'T RISE (Spike Lee)
22. THE GOOD THE BAD THE WEIRD (Jee-woon) 
23. LET ME IN (Reeves)
24. OCEANS (Perrin/Cluzaud)
25. AMER (Cattet/Forzani)
26. UNSTOPPABLE (Tony Scott)
27. FATHER OF MY CHILDREN (Hansen-Løve)
28. HADEWIJCH (Dumont)
29. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Fincher)
30. PLEASE GIVE (Nicole Holofcener)

RUNNER UP:

THE FIGHTER (O. Russell), EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (Banksy), SAMSON & DELILAH (W.Thornton), LEBANON (Maoz), RARE EXPORTS (Helander), THE CRAZIES (B.Eisner), ENTER THE VOID (Noé), I'M HERE (Spike Jonze), PRECIOUS LIFE (Eldar), OWLS OF GA'HOOLE (Snyder), VALHALLA RISING (N.Winding Refn), MACGRUBER (Taccone), GO GET SOME ROSEMARY (Safdie bros), THE OTHER GUYS (McKay), RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE (S.Dunn/McFadyen), GUY & MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH (Chazelle), DAY & NIGHT (Newton), FISH TANK (Andrea Arnold), VENGEANCE (To), INCENDIES (Villeneuve), MICMACS (Jeunet), STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (de Oliveira), ONDINE (Jordan), PIRANHA 3D (Aja), CELL 211 (Monzón), BLUEBEARD (Breillat), I AM LOVE (Guadagnino), WARRIOR'S WAY (Sngmoo Lee), BURIED (Cortes), RED CHAPEL (Brügger), THE ILLUSIONIST (Chomet), HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29 (Rafferty), FOUR LIONS (C.Morris), WHITE MATERIAL (Claire Denis), BLUE VALENTINE (Cianfrance), ECCENTRICITIES OF BLOND-HAIR GIRL (de Oliveira), BLACK SWAN (Aronofsky), MID-AUGUST LUNCH (Gregorio), SALT (Noyce), THE WOLFMAN (Johnston), TRON: LEGACY (Kosinski), PRODIGAL SONS (Kimberly Reed), MEGAMIND (McGrath), SCABBARD SAMURAI (Matsumoto), BIUTIFUL (Iñárritu), THE GIFT (C.Erik Rinsch), INSIDIOUS (Wan), TRASH HUMPERS (Korine), THE AMERICAN (Corbijn), GHOST TOWN (Zhao Dayong), TOY STORY 3 (Unkrich), INSIDE JOB (Ferguson), UNDER THE HAWTHORNE TREE (Yimou), MOTHER & CHILD (R.García), & EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE (Soderbergh), MARWENCOL (Malmberg), RED RIDING 1974 (Jarrold), NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS (Ghobadi), LIFE DURING WARTIME (Solondz), ELITE SQUAD 2 (Padilha), RADIANT CHILD (Tamra Davis), TODAY'S SPECIAL (Kaplan), RESTREPO (Hetherington/Junger), AROUND A SMALL MOUNTAIN (Rivette), BOXING GYM (Wiseman), WINTER'S BONE (Debra Granik), SEVERE CLEAR (Fraga), YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER (Allen), RACING DREAMS (Curry), WISH 143 (Ian Barnes), THE LOST THING (Ruhemann)

(I would like to hear what everybody's favorite films of 2010 were. Post them below)