Best 2010 movies

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August 29, 2025
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Best 2010 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2010 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. Another Year
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Mike Leigh
- Actors: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville
- Runtime: 2 hours 9 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $3,205,706

#19. Animal Kingdom
- Stacker score: 88.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.2 (votes: 62,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: David Michôd
- Actors: James Frecheville, Guy Pearce, Joel Edgerton
- Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,044,039

#18. The Illusionist
- Stacker score: 89.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 37,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Sylvain Chomet
- Actors: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil
- Runtime: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $2,231,474

#17. The Kids Are All Right
- Stacker score: 89.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 136,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Lisa Cholodenko
- Actors: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $20,811,365

#16. True Grit
- Stacker score: 89.1
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 370,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
- Actors: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld
- Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $171,243,005

#15. How to Train Your Dragon
- Stacker score: 89.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 864,000)
- Metascore: 75
- Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
- Actors: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
- Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $217,581,231

#14. The Fighter
- Stacker score: 89.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 401,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: David O. Russell
- Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
- Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $93,617,009

#13. 127 Hours
- Stacker score: 89.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 417,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Danny Boyle
- Actors: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $18,335,230

#12. Restrepo
- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 25,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
- Actors: The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Juan 'Doc Restrepo, Dan Kearney
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,330,894

#11. Black Swan
- Stacker score: 90.9
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 868,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Darren Aronofsky
- Actors: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel
- Runtime: 1 hour 48 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $106,954,678

#10. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
- Stacker score: 91.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.4 (votes: 18,000)
- Metascore: 86
- Director: Werner Herzog
- Actors: Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney
- Runtime: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $5,304,920

#9. Winter's Bone
- Stacker score: 92.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 155,000)
- Metascore: 90
- Director: Debra Granik
- Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $6,531,503

#8. Inception
- Stacker score: 92.6
- IMDb user rating: 8.8 (votes: 2.7 million)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Christopher Nolan
- Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Elliot Page
- Runtime: 2 hours 28 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $292,587,330

#7. Incendies
- Stacker score: 93.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 235,000)
- Metascore: 80
- Director: Denis Villeneuve
- Actors: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
- Runtime: 2 hours 11 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $2,071,334

#6. Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Stacker score: 93.7
- IMDb user rating: 7.9 (votes: 70,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Banksy
- Actors: Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, Space Invader
- Runtime: 1 hour 27 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $3,291,250

#5. Senna
- Stacker score: 93.7
- IMDb user rating: 8.5 (votes: 82,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Asif Kapadia
- Actors: Ayrton Senna, Reginaldo Leme, John Bisignano
- Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $1,612,430

#4. The King's Speech
- Stacker score: 96.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 725,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Tom Hooper
- Actors: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter
- Runtime: 1 hour 58 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $138,797,449

#3. Inside Job
- Stacker score: 97.1
- IMDb user rating: 8.2 (votes: 82,000)
- Metascore: 88
- Director: Charles Ferguson
- Actors: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason
- Runtime: 1 hour 49 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $4,312,735

#2. The Social Network
- Stacker score: 98.9
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 799,000)
- Metascore: 95
- Director: David Fincher
- Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $96,962,694

#1. Toy Story 3
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.3 (votes: 943,000)
- Metascore: 92
- Director: Lee Unkrich
- Actors: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: G
- Box office: $415,004,880

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