Year-End Lists

Ty Burr: The 50 Best Movies of the Decade, as published by The Boston Globe with insightful capsules for the top ten

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2014 • 2012 • 2011]

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
   George Miller
2. Phantom Thread
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. The Clock
   Christian Marclay
4. The Social Network
   David Fincher
5. Manchester by the Sea
   Kenneth Lonergan
6. Get Out
   Jordan Peele
7. The Florida Project
   Sean Baker
8. Le quattro volte
   Michelangelo Frammartino
9. The Act of Killing
   Joshua Oppenheimer
10. Under the Skin
    Jonathan Glazer
11. Moonlight
    Barry Jenkins
12. Amour
    Michael Haneke
13. Parasite
    Bong Joon-ho
14. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
15. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
16. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
17. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
18. Cameraperson
    Kirsten Johnson
19. The Shape of Water
    Guillermo del Toro
20. The Rider
    Chloé Zhao
21. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
    Quentin Tarantino
22. Her
    Spike Jonze
23. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
24. Paterson
    Jim Jarmusch
25. Shoplifters
    Hirokazu Kore-eda
26. Fruitvale Station
    Ryan Coogler
27. The Immigrant
    James Gray
28. MANAKAMANA
    Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez
29. Spotlight
    Tom McCarthy
30. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
31. The Irishman
    Martin Scorsese
32. Whiplash
    Damien Chazelle
33. Toy Story 3
    Lee Unkrich
34. Boyhood
    Richard Linklater
35. The Death of Stalin
    Armando Iannucci
36. 45 Years
    Andrew Haigh
37. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
38. Hugo
    Martin Scorsese
39. Inside Out
    Pete Docter
40. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
    Céline Sciamma
41. Marriage Story
    Noah Baumbach
42. Burning
    Lee Chang-dong
43. Atlantics
    Mati Diop
44. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
45. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
46. Long Day's Journey Into Night
    Bi Gan
47. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
48. The Fits
    Anna Rose Holmer
49. Nebraska
    Alexander Payne
50. Spring Breakers
    Harmony Korine