Movie Ratings & Reviews

Last film added: January 25, 2021. There are currently 1678 films in the database (since 1996).

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2010 Releases


Search returned all films from 2010 out of 1678 total rated films.



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MASTERPIECES

1. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) 10  
   Compelling portrait of Banksy and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
   
2. Inception (2010) 10  
   Brilliant concept and direction by Christopher Nolan. A dream within a dream within a dream.
   
3. Mr. Nobody (2010) 10  
   Nemo Nobody is the last mortal in the world. Mind-bending story across time. Perfect soundtrack.
   
4. Social Network, The (2010) 10  
   Fincher's chronicle of the founding of Facebook. From Harvard in 2003 to 500 million friends.
   

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EXCELLENT

5. Black Swan (2010) 9  
   Ballet dancer Natalie Portman slowly loses her mind while preparing to star in Swan Lake.
   
6. DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010) 9  
   Strassman and Hancock explore connections between human spirituality and neuroscience through psychedelics.
   
7. Enter the Void (2010) 9  
   Stunning and technically ingenious. A drug dealer takes the ultimate trip, from DMT to out-of-body.
   
8. Fighter, The (2010) 9  
   The early years of boxer Micky Ward and his blue-collar family who misguidedly exploit him.
   
9. Illusionist, The (2010) 9  
   An out-of-work, aging French magician travels to Scotland and meets a young woman.
   
10. Inside Job (2010) 9  
    Comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008. Corruption in politics, regulation and academia.
    
11. Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010) 9  
    Discovery Channel cosmology miniseries that discusses aliens, time travel and the history of the universe.
    
12. King's Speech, The (2010) 9  
    Inspiring portrait of the stammering King George VI of Britain and his ballsy speech therapist.
    
13. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) 9  
    Clever graphic novel adaptation about a boy who must defeat his girlfriend's seven evil exes.
    
14. Single Man, The (2010) 9  
    A heartbroken English professor is having trouble coping with his life in 1960s California. Wonderful.
    
15. Through the Wormhole - Season 1 (2010) 9  
    Compelling TV series that explores the deepest mysteries of human existence. Hosted by Morgan Freeman.
    
16. Toy Story 3 (2010) 9  
    Andy's going to college. Even better than the first two, with a particularly poignant ending.
    
17. Triangle (2010) 9  
    Passengers aboard a yacht are struck by mysterious weather conditions. Time runs in terrifying circles.
    
18. True Grit (2010) 9  
    The Coen Brothers' remake of a classic Western has both ugly violence and touching humanity.
    
19. Winter's Bone (2010) 9  
    Powerful noir drama about a resilient 17-year-old who tries to find her missing, drug-dealing father.
    

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VERY GOOD

20. 180° South: Conquerors of the Useless (2010) 8  
    An outdoorsman retraces the epic 1968 journey of his hero Yvon Chouinard to Patagonia. Inspiring.
    
21. Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010) 8  
    Compelling, accessible animated superhero film, featuring Batman, the Red Hood, Nightwing and the Joker.
    
22. Blood Into Wine (2010) 8  
    Eccentric rocker Maynard James Keenan's journey from L.A. to running a world-class vineyard in Arizona.
    
23. Blue Valentine (2010) 8  
    Deftly alternates between a dysfunctional couple's earlier in-love happiness and their later anguish. Remarkable.
    
24. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2010) 8  
    A journalist and a hacker team up to investigate a 40-year-old unsolved disappearance. Dark, complex.
    
25. Kick-Ass (2010) 8  
    A high-schooler decides to become a superhero. Ultraviolent, stylized brutality and absurdist comedy ensues.
    
26. Let Me In (2010) 8  
    A bullied young boy befriends a lonely young female vampire in this visceral English-language remake.
    
27. Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack - Seasons 1-3, The (2010) 8  
    Cartoon seafaring adventures of young Flapjack and pirate K'nuckles who live in a talking whale.
    
28. Micmacs (2010) 8  
    Jeunet's circus-like film about a man with a plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
    
29. Monsters (2010) 8  
    Six years after aliens invaded Earth, two Americans enter the Infected Zone. Satisfying, affecting road-movie.
    
30. More Tales from the Script (2010) 8  
    Fascinating unheard stories from top Hollywood screenwriters. A 47-minute continuation of Tales from the Script.
    
31. Oceans (2010) 8  
    Exquisite cinematography of majestic undersea creatures with terribly dull, sentimental Pierce Brosnan narration.
    
32. Shutter Island (2010) 8  
    Leonardo DiCaprio investigates a disappearance from a hospital for the criminally insane. Chilling and clever.
    
33. Splice (2010) 8  
    Intelligent creature feature focused on ethical quandaries in biotechnology. What's the worst that could happen?
    
34. Waiting for 'Superman' (2010) 8  
    Devastating portrait of the failing U.S. public school system and its consequences for the future.
    
35. William S. Burroughs: A Man Within (2010) 8  
    Never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews with friends and colleagues of the influential postmodernist novelist.
    

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GOOD

36. Agora (2010) 7  
    Condemning historical drama of ancient conflict between science and superstition, centered on Hypatia of Alexandria.
    
37. Big River (2010) 7  
    An update/companion to 2007's King Corn. Explores the ecological consequences of industrial corn production.
    
38. Chloe (2010) 7  
    Implausible psychological drama with lots of nudity by escort Amanda Seyfried and doctor Julianne Moore.
    
39. Despicable Me (2010) 7  
    Supervillain Gru, and his minion army, adopts three orphans in order to steal the moon.
    
40. Exploding Girl, The (2010) 7  
    A young epileptic woman, back home from college, struggles with her feelings for her boyfriend.
    
41. Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, The (2010) 7  
    The trilogy finale. Hacker Lisbeth Salander is hospitalized, suspected of murder and targeted for death.
    
42. Girl Who Played with Fire, The (2010) 7  
    Hacker Lisbeth Salander becomes the prime suspect in deaths following a Swedish sex trade exposé.
    
43. Gray Area, The (2010) 7  
    Three young men mourn the death of a friend, investigate the circumstances. Shot in Portland.
    
44. Great Directors (2010) 7  
    Conversations with 10 of the world's greatest living directors, including David Lynch and Richard Linklater.
    
45. Happy Town - Episodes 1-8 (2010) 7  
    Paranormal crime drama that aspires to be Twin Peaks. Dark mysteries in an idyllic town.
    
46. Iron Man 2 (2010) 7  
    Fun, explosion-packed sequel that's almost as good as the first. Downey Jr. and Rourke shine.
    
47. Jack Goes Boating (2010) 7  
    Philip Seymour Hoffman explores the dreams and failures of two awkward, working-class New York couples.
    
48. Life During Wartime (2010) 7  
    Todd Solondz sequel explores the virtues of forgiving and forgetting through troubling, dysfunctional family scenarios.
    
49. Malice in Wonderland (2010) 7  
    A woman descends into a gritty underworld after encountering a London taxi driver. Clever update.
    
50. Metropia (2010) 7  
    Bleak dystopian future of Europe with a fascinating, photomontage animation style. An unsettling Orwellian plot.
    
51. My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) 7  
    Werner Herzog and David Lynch! A disturbed man mysteriously slays his mother with a sword.
    
52. Nowhere Boy (2010) 7  
    Chronicle of John Lennon's emotional teenage years, marked by the reentrance of his absentee mother.
    
53. Pontypool (2010) 7  
    Thoughtful psychological thriller. A virus with zombie-like symptoms is somehow infecting a small Ontario town.
    
54. Salt (2010) 7  
    Insanely violent and illogical. CIA agent/Russian spy Angelina Jolie is an unstoppable killing machine.
    
55. Sons of Perdition (2010) 7  
    Three teenagers exiled from an FLDS polygamist cult try to survive in mainstream America. Distressing.
    
56. TiMER (2010) 7  
    A biotech implant counts down to the moment you're supposed to meet your soulmate. Charming.
    
57. TRON: Legacy (2010) 7  
    The son of virtual-world designer Flynn enters The Grid, 20 years after his father's disappearance.
    
58. Valhalla Rising (2010) 7  
    Aggressively minimalist, intensely violent film set in the Dark Ages. Brooding and stylish, but unmemorable.
    
59. Vine of the Soul: Encounters with Ayahuasca (2010) 7  
    Explores sacred plant medicine. Two Canadians visit the Amazon to drink the hallucinogenic brew ayahuasca.
    

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FAIR

60. All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (2010) 6  
    A fortuneteller lives in a house crowded with ghosts at the edge of the woods.
    
61. Another Year (2010) 6  
    British dramedy of weak, ordinary characters. Every dull statement is a rhetorical question, isn't it?
    
62. Colony (2010) 6  
    Slow and unfocused documentary about beekeeping, and the struggle to cope with colony collapse disorder.
    
63. Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010) 6  
    Animatrix-style companion to EA's video game. Dante enters the nine circles of hell, battles demons.
    
64. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) 6  
    A young owl is abducted, but he escapes and seeks out the legendary Guardians.
    
65. Tangled (2010) 6  
    Disney's story of Rapunzel. A bland, computer-animated corporate musical that made me borderline suicidal.
    
66. Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010) 6  
    The third film in Tsukamoto's series about technology's dehumanizing influence. Human bodies as weapons.
    
67. Yesterday Was a Lie (2010) 6  
    Ambitious indie that explores the sci-fi film noir genre. Packed with Jung and consciousness theories.
    

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ADEQUATE

68. After.Life (2010) 5  
    Christina Ricci is constantly naked in this pretentious horror film featuring a creepy funeral director.
    
69. Alice in Wonderland (2010) 5  
    Tim Burton took a story I love, stripped out the allegories and added CGI. Sigh.
    
70. Due Date (2010) 5  
    Downey Jr. is forced to hitch a ride with Zach Galifianakis to make it home.
    
71. Halo Legends (2010) 5  
    Collection of seven Halo stories. Starts out heavy-handedly and badly animated, but eventually gets better.
    
72. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) 5  
    A live-action video game featuring a special dagger that can reverse time. Disposable Bruckheimer cinema.
    

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FROM BAD TO WORSE

73. Takers (2010) CRAP  
    Stylish but clichéd, with hyperactive camera work. Seasoned bank robbers go after an armored car.
    

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Statistical ratings distribution of these 73 films (4.4% of total rated films):
With enough films included, it usually approximates a bell curve with a mean near 6.5...
(especially when considering that CRAP is 0-4 combined).
Average rating for these 73 films: 7.5.



10:

5.5%




9:

20.5%




8:

21.9%




7:

32.9%




6:

11%




5:

6.8%




CRAP:

1.4%