| Title |
Year |
Rating |
Rank |
Review |
| Grand Budapest Hotel, The | 2014 | 97 | 1 | |
| Inception | 2010 | 96 | 2 | |
| 1917 | 2019 | 95 | 3 | |
| Arrival | 2016 | 95 | 3 | (full review) |
| Darkest Hour | 2017 | 95 | 3 | |
| Dunkirk | 2017 | 95 | 3 | (full review) |
| Hacksaw Ridge | 2016 | 95 | 3 | - Gritty, gruesome, and full of emotion. Great story that deserved to be told. Andrew Garfield deserved that Best Actor nomination. |
| La La Land | 2016 | 95 | 3 | (full review) |
| Social Network, The | 2010 | 94 | 9 | |
| Joker | 2019 | 93 | 10 | |
| Moneyball | 2011 | 93 | 10 | |
| Room | 2015 | 93 | 10 | (full review) |
| American Hustle | 2013 | 92 | 13 | (full review) |
| Birdman | 2014 | 92 | 13 | - As we walked towards the theater exit, an older woman told me, a stranger, that she hated the movie. I felt quite different about it than she did, but I can understand where she's coming from. It isn't for everyone, but it's a damn fine film from all aspects. |
| Django Unchained | 2012 | 92 | 13 | |
| The Big Short | 2015 | 92 | 13 | (full review) - Entertaining and educational. Great cast, great performances. Should be required viewing. |
| Whiplash | 2014 | 92 | 13 | |
| Her | 2013 | 91 | 18 | (full review) |
| Jojo Rabbit | 2019 | 91 | 18 | |
| Green Book | 2018 | 90 | 20 | |
| The Revenant | 2015 | 90 | 20 | (full review) |
| Vice | 2018 | 90 | 20 | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | 2012 | 90 | 20 | |
| Black Panther | 2018 | 89 | 24 | - Shakespearean in multiple ways. Good action. Ties in nicely with the rest of the cinematic universe. |
| Ford v Ferrari | 2019 | 89 | 24 | |
| Gravity | 2013 | 89 | 24 | - Disorienting and fantastic visuals. Almost too intense for me. One part action film, one part horror film, one part drama. |
| Parasite | 2019 | 89 | 24 | |
| The Post | 2017 | 89 | 24 | |
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | 2017 | 89 | 24 | |
| Argo | 2012 | 88 | 30 | (full review) |
| Silver Linings Playbook | 2012 | 88 | 30 | |
| The Imitation Game | 2014 | 88 | 30 | |
| The Martian | 2015 | 88 | 30 | (full review) |
| A Star Is Born | 2018 | 87 | 34 | |
| BlacKkKlansman | 2018 | 87 | 34 | |
| Bridge of Spies | 2015 | 87 | 34 | (full review) |
| Hugo | 2011 | 87 | 34 | (full review) |
| The Theory of Everything | 2014 | 87 | 34 | - Some of the scenes felt unfinished whose implications were quite important. Great performances, great story, very good film otherwise. The ending suffered a bit. |
| Wolf of Wall Street, The | 2013 | 87 | 34 | (full review) - It felt like Catch Me If You Can mixed with Boiler Room, made by a great director and partially financed by Cinemax. |
| Dallas Buyers Club | 2013 | 86 | 40 | |
| Lion | 2016 | 86 | 40 | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | 2015 | 86 | 40 | (full review) |
| Marriage Story | 2019 | 86 | 40 | |
| The Shape of Water | 2017 | 86 | 40 | |
| War Horse | 2011 | 86 | 40 | |
| 12 Years a Slave | 2013 | 85 | 46 | |
| American Sniper | 2014 | 85 | 46 | |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | 2018 | 85 | 46 | |
| Boyhood | 2014 | 85 | 46 | |
| Fences | 2016 | 85 | 46 | |
| Fighter, The | 2010 | 85 | 46 | |
| Hidden Figures | 2016 | 85 | 46 | (full review) - The real life events surrounding Hidden Figures deserve to be told, and it’s wonderful that the resultant film was of such high quality that it reached audiences which it otherwise might not. |
| Little Women | 2019 | 85 | 46 | |
| Moonlight | 2016 | 85 | 46 | |
| The Favourite | 2018 | 85 | 46 | |
| Black Swan | 2010 | 84 | 56 | |
| Captain Phillips | 2013 | 83 | 57 | |
| Get Out | 2017 | 83 | 57 | |
| Help, The | 2011 | 83 | 57 | |
| Lady Bird | 2017 | 83 | 57 | (full review) |
| Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood | 2019 | 83 | 57 | |
| Amour | 2012 | 82 | 62 | |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | 2012 | 82 | 62 | |
| Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close | 2011 | 82 | 62 | |
| Hell or High Water | 2016 | 82 | 62 | - A beautiful film whose dialogue was decent, not great, which is a shame because the performances were good. Storyline was decent but was a bit too watered down. Not the masterpiece I was expecting. |
| Kings Speech, The | 2010 | 82 | 62 | |
| Nebraska | 2013 | 82 | 62 | |
| Phantom Thread | 2017 | 82 | 62 | |
| Tree of Life, The | 2011 | 82 | 62 | |
| Life of Pi | 2012 | 81 | 70 | |
| Artist, The | 2011 | 80 | 71 | (full review) |
| Call Me by Your Name | 2017 | 80 | 71 | |
| Lincoln | 2012 | 80 | 71 | - Acting was good, as were the costumes and scenery. Pacing was too slow. Dialogue was painful. Took two tries to get through it. Tempted to rate it lower. |
| Selma | 2014 | 80 | 71 | |
| Spotlight | 2015 | 80 | 71 | (full review) - Intriguing and important story, but nothing special about the way it was told. Above average movie, decent dialogue. Decent acting. Nothing special. |
| True Grit (2010) | 2010 | 78 | 76 | |
| Philomena | 2013 | 76 | 77 | |
| Brooklyn | 2015 | 75 | 78 | - The main character and, to some extent, her two male suitors, were the only ones with any sort of depth at all. Decent story, but lacked a supporting cast. |
| Manchester by the Sea | 2016 | 75 | 78 | (full review) |
| Midnight in Paris | 2011 | 75 | 78 | |
| Roma | 2018 | 75 | 78 | - At times a bit too slow for my taste, which is tough with a story with a slightly depressing edge to it. |
| Winters Bone | 2010 | 75 | 78 | (full review) - very gritty film which does a great job of helping you get sympathetic for the protagonists. None of the antagonists “feel” like Hollywood performers, which is not to say they weren’t talented. On the contrary, they do such a good job with this film in distancing you from the production that it feels that much more real. Jennifer Lawrence did a great job with this role |
| Les Miserables | 2012 | 74 | 83 | |
| The Irishman | 2019 | 73 | 84 | |
| Kids Are All Right, The | 2010 | 68 | 85 | |
| Toy Story 3 | 2010 | 66 | 86 | |
| Descendants, The | 2011 | 62 | 87 | (full review) |
| 127 Hours | 2010 | 58 | 88 | |
