The 2010s

Best Movies of the 2010s: Top Films Year by Year

64,234 films on the site were released from 2010 to 2019, and 7,799 are ranked. Parasite (2019) leads the decade, ahead of Sunday's Illness (2018). The biggest hit was Avengers: Endgame (2019) with $2.8B worldwide, and 8 Best Picture winners were released in the decade.

films released 2010–2019: 64,234
ranked by rating: 7,799
worldwide box office: $325.8B
award wins: 1,392

#1 of 7,799

Best-rated film of the 2010s

Parasite

2019 Drama Thriller Comedy 2h 12m Korean

93 Echo Score $262.6M worldwide

Directed by Joon-ho Bong

About Parasite

Ranked

What Are the Best Movies of the 2010s?

Sunday's Illness and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse follow Parasite. Drama is the most common genre in the top 20 (15 films). Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.

1. Parasite 93 Echo (Echo Score 93 out of 100)

2019 · Drama, Thriller · 2h 12m

Dir. Joon-ho Bong
1. Sunday's Illness 93 Echo (Echo Score 93 out of 100)

2018 · Drama · 1h 53m

Dir. Ramón Salazar
3. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 92 Echo (Echo Score 92 out of 100)

2018 · Action, Adventure · 1h 57m

Dir. Bob Persichetti
3. Chaal Jeevi Laiye 92 Echo (Echo Score 92 out of 100)

2019 · Drama · 2h 17m

Dir. Vipul Mehta
5. Portrait of a Lady on Fire 91 Echo (Echo Score 91 out of 100)

2019 · Drama, History · 2h 2m

Dir. Céline Sciamma
5. The Specials 91 Echo (Echo Score 91 out of 100)

2019 · Comedy, Drama · 1h 54m

Dir. Olivier Nakache
7. A Star Is Born 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Drama, Romance · 2h 16m
7. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2017 · Drama, Comedy · 1h 55m

Dir. Martin McDonagh
7. Coco 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2017 · Adventure, Mystery · 1h 45m

Dir. Lee Unkrich
7. Paddington 2 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Adventure, Fantasy · 1h 43m

Dir. Paul King
7. BlacKkKlansman 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Biography, Drama · 2h 15m

Dir. Spike Lee
7. Blindspotting 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Drama, Comedy · 1h 35m

Dir. Carlos López Estrada
7. Roma 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Drama · 2h 15m

Dir. Alfonso Cuarón
7. God's Own Country 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2017 · Drama, Romance · 1h 44m

Dir. Francis Lee
7. Faces Places 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2017 · Documentary · 1h 29m
7. Honeyland 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2019 · Drama, Documentary · 1h 30m

Dir. Ljubomir Stefanov
7. Minding the Gap 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Documentary · 1h 33m
7. Raazi 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2018 · Action, Drama · 2h 18m

Dir. Meghna Gulzar
7. The Mystery of Henri Pick 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2019 · Drama, Comedy · 1h 41m

Dir. Rémi Bezançon
7. Sachin 90 Echo (Echo Score 90 out of 100)

2017 · Biography, Drama · 2h 18m

Dir. James Erskine

Year by year

The 2010s Year by Year: Biggest Hit and Best Picture

2019 has the most releases on the site (9,005). The decade's biggest single hit, Avengers: Endgame, came out in 2019. No Best Picture winner of the 2010s was also its year's biggest hit. Each year links to its own ranking.

Every year of the 2010s: releases on the site, biggest hit and the Oscar Best Picture winner released that year
Year	Releases	Biggest hit	Best Picture winner
2010	Releases: 4,879	Biggest hit Toy Story 3 $1.1B worldwide	Best Picture winner The King's Speech Oscars 2011
2011	Releases: 4,735	Biggest hit Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 $1.3B worldwide	None recorded
2012	Releases: 5,061	Biggest hit The Avengers $1.5B worldwide	Best Picture winner Argo Oscars 2013
2013	Releases: 5,584	Biggest hit Frozen $1.3B worldwide	Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave Oscars 2014
2014	Releases: 5,956	Biggest hit Transformers: Age Of Extinction $1.1B worldwide	None recorded
2015	Releases: 6,512	Biggest hit Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens $2.1B worldwide	Best Picture winner Spotlight Oscars 2016
2016	Releases: 6,819	Biggest hit Captain America: Civil War $1.2B worldwide	Best Picture winner Moonlight Oscars 2017
2017	Releases: 7,599	Biggest hit Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi $1.3B worldwide	Best Picture winner The Shape of Water Oscars 2018
2018	Releases: 8,084	Biggest hit Avengers: Infinity War $2.1B worldwide	Best Picture winner Green Book Oscars 2019
2019	Releases: 9,005	Biggest hit Avengers: Endgame $2.8B worldwide	Best Picture winner Parasite Oscars 2020

#1 of each year

The Best-Rated Movie of Every Year, 2010–2019

Children of Tokyo (2010), A Separation (2011), It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012) and 7 more years: the best-rated film of each year of the 2010s. Ranked by Echo Score; 7 of these 10 films have none (released before 2017, when Echo Scores start) and are ranked by a blend of their Metascore and IMDb/Letterboxd user ratings.

Box office

Which 2010s Movies Earned the Most?

Avengers: Endgame (2019) earned $2.8B worldwide, the most of any 2010s film; Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens follows with $2.1B. The top 10 took $17.5B; all 16,282 films of the decade with a box office record took $325.8B.

Avengers: Endgame $2.8B
2019 · Action, Adventure
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens $2.1B
2015 · Action, Adventure
Avengers: Infinity War $2.1B
2018 · Action, Adventure
Jurassic World $1.7B
2015 · Action, Adventure
The Lion King $1.7B
2019 · Adventure, Drama
The Avengers $1.5B
2012 · Action, Adventure
Furious 7 $1.5B
2015 · Action, Adventure
Frozen II $1.5B
2019 · Adventure, Fantasy
Avengers: Age of Ultron $1.4B
2015 · Action, Adventure
Black Panther $1.3B
2018 · Action, Adventure

Awards

The Most-Awarded Movies of the 2010s

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) leads the 2010s with 29 wins from 47 nominations, ahead of Con Artist (26 wins). Films of the decade won 1,392 awards in all.

Mad Max: Fury Road 29 / 47
2015 · Action, Adventure · 29 wins from 47 nominations Won at AACTA Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Oscars, Actor Awards (SAG), Saturn Awards
Con Artist 26 / 49
2010 · Comedy, Documentary · 26 wins from 49 nominations Won at Artios Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, DGA Awards, Golden Globes, Oscars, Actor Awards (SAG), Spirit Awards
La La Land 25 / 45
2016 · Drama, Comedy · 25 wins from 45 nominations Won at Artios Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, DGA Awards, Golden Globes, Oscars, Actor Awards (SAG)
Gravity 23 / 40
2013 · Sci-Fi, Drama · 23 wins from 40 nominations Won at BAFTA, Critics' Choice, DGA Awards, Golden Globes, Oscars, Saturn Awards
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 22 / 39
2017 · Drama, Comedy · 22 wins from 39 nominations Won at Artios Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globes, IFTA Awards, Oscars, Actor Awards (SAG), Spirit Awards, TIFF
The King's Speech 21 / 55
2010 · Drama, History · 21 wins from 55 nominations Won at Artios Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, DGA Awards, Gaudí Awards, Golden Globes, Oscars, Actor Awards (SAG), Spirit Awards, TIFF
12 Years a Slave 18 / 55
2013 · Biography, Drama · 18 wins from 55 nominations Won at Artios Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globes, IFTA Awards, Oscars, Actor Awards (SAG), Spirit Awards, TIFF
The Great Gatsby 18 / 22
2013 · Drama, Romance · 18 wins from 22 nominations Won at AACTA Awards, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Oscars

Genres

What Genres Defined the 2010s?

Drama is the biggest genre of the 2010s with 25,176 films (39% of the decade's films), then Comedy (26%) and Documentary (18%). A film can have several genres, so the shares add up to more than 100%.

Directors

Who Directed the Most Films of the 2010s?

Takashi Miike made 18 notable films in the 2010s, the best-rated being Blade of the Immortal; Cathy Garcia-Sampana follows with 16. Counted over feature films with ratings, box office or awards.

Takashi Miike 18 films
Best: Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Cathy Garcia-Sampana 16 films
Best: She’s Dating the Gangster (2014)
Sam Liu 16 films
Best: Reign of the Supermen (2019)
Tyler Perry 14 films
Best: For Colored Girls (2010)
Alex Gibney 14 films
Best: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Herman Yau 14 films
Best: Shock Wave (2017)
Robin Lough 14 films
Best: National Theatre Live: Hamlet (2010)
Andrew Jones 14 films
Best: The Curse of Robert the Doll (2016)

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FAQ

Best Movies of the 2010s: Questions & Answers

Quick answers about the 2010s' best-rated films, biggest hits and Best Picture winners, from the lists above.

What is the best movie of the 2010s?

Parasite (2019) is the best-rated film of the 2010s on What's After the Movie, with an Echo Score of 93. Sunday's Illness (2018) is second and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) third. Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating.

About Parasite

What was the highest-grossing movie of the 2010s?

Avengers: Endgame (2019) earned $2.8B worldwide, the most of any 2010s release on the site.

2019 box office

Which 2010s movies won Best Picture?

The King's Speech (2010), Argo (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Spotlight (2015), Moonlight (2016), The Shape of Water (2017), Green Book (2018) and Parasite (2019); the site has no Best Picture winner recorded for 2011 and 2014.

Which 2010s film won the most awards?

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), with 29 wins from 47 nominations recorded on the site.

How many movies from the 2010s are on the site?

64,234 films released from 2010 to 2019, the most in 2019 (9,005). 7,799 of them are ranked.

How are the best movies of the 2010s ranked?

Ranked by Echo Score, our 0–100 rating. Only feature films count (60 minutes or longer, no concert recordings), and a film needs enough ratings, box office or award attention to be ranked.