Monday, January 3, 2011

Quasi-Analytical Ranking of 2010's Best Movies

At the end of every year pretty much everyone and their mother puts out a "best of" list of top movies, so I figured I'd add my list to the mix. However, this isn't just a list of my favorite movies, although many of them are on this list. In an attempt to factor in both critical and audience reaction to determine ranking, I've taken the highest rated movies according to Rotten Tomatoes and then placed those 20 films in order of their box office results. Many people seem to think that if a movie makes too much money that it can't be artistically satisfying, or vice versa. My list shows that many films can be loved by audiences and critics alike. I realize that some of these films are still in theaters and therefore will ultimately change position, but this is a 2010 list, not a 2010-2011 list. You've waited long enough! Behold the real best films of 2010:
1. Toy Story 3
2. Inception
3. How To Train Your Dragon
4. Tangled
5. The Town
6. The Social Network
7. Unstoppable
8. Easy A
9. True Grit
10. Black Swan
11. The Fighter
12. The Kids Are All Right
13. Let Me In
14. 127 Hours
15. Winter’s Bone
16. Please Give
17. The King’s Speech
18. Restrepo
19. Animal Kingdom
20. Buried

Below is the list of top reviewed 2010 films via Rotten Tomatoes, along with their rating. The following list is comprised of widely released films with 100 reviews or more. My rationale was that if audience viewership was to be factored in that it should be for films that the general audience actually had a chance to see. Most limited release films rarely are seen outside of ten or so major cities. This was a tough decision to make because a few of my personal favorites had fewer than 100 reviews, including "Exit Through The Gift Shop," "A Piece of Work" and "Waiting For Superman" were left off of the top 20.
1. Toy Story 3 – 99%
2. How To Train Your Dragon - 98%
3. Restrepo – 97%
4. The Social Network – 97%
5. The King’s Speech – 96%
6. Animal Kingdom – 96%
7. The Town – 94%
8. The Kids Are All Right – 94%
9. True Grit – 95%
10. Winter’s Bone – 94%
11. 127 Hours – 93%
12. Let Me In – 89%
13. The Fighter – 89%
14. Black Swan – 87%
15. Please Give – 88%
16. Tangled – 89%
17. Inception – 87%
18. Easy A – 87%
19. Unstoppable – 86%
20. Buried – 86%

And here's the 2010 box office rankings according to Box Office Mojo. It's interesting to note that "Toy Story 3," "Inception," "How To Train Your Dragon" and "Tangled" are the only movies on both lists and which is why they are ranked as the top 4 on my list with "Toy Story 3" as the clear choice as best movie of 2010.
1. Toy Story 3
2. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
3. Iron Man 2
4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
5. Inception
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
7. Despicable Me
8. Shrek Forever After
9. How to Train Your Dragon
10. The Karate Kid
11. Clash of the Titans (2010)
12. Grown Ups
13. Tangled
14. Megamind
15. The Last Airbender
16. Shutter Island
17. The Other Guys
18. Salt
19. Jackass 3-D
20. Valentine's Day

1 comment:

  1. My top 5 pics of 2010 were:

    1. Inception
    2. True Grit
    3. The Fighter
    4. The Social Network
    5. The Town

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