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The 100 best films of the decade – the list at a glance

30 Dec 2019

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A quick look at our count­down of the top movies from the past 10 years.

We recent­ly polled 70 Lit­tle White Lies con­trib­u­tors past and present to find out the 100 best films of the decade. Here is the full list at a glance, with links to our reviews where avail­able. How many have you seen?

100. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ram­say, 2011)
99. The Nine Mus­es (John Akom­frah, 2010)
98. Bas­tards (Claire Denis, 2013)
97. Eighth Grade (Bo Burn­ham, 2018)
96. The Work (Jairus McLeary and Geth­in Aldous, 2017)
95. Man­ches­ter by the Sea (Ken­neth Lon­er­gan, 2016)
94. Two Days, One Night (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dar­d­enne, 2014)
93. Par­adise Tril­o­gy (Ulrich Sei­dl, 2012 – 2013)
92. Pop­star: Nev­er Stop Nev­er Stop­ping (Jor­ma Tac­cone and Aki­va Schaf­fer, 2016)
91. Embrace of the Ser­pent (Ciro Guer­ra, 2015)
90. Good­bye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2011)
89. Blue Valen­tine (Derek Cian­france, 2010)
88. Good­bye to Lan­guage (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
87. Silence (Mar­tin Scors­ese, 2016)
86. Good Time (Josh and Ben­ny Safdie, 2017)
85. Ex Machi­na (Alex Gar­land, 2014)
84. House of Tol­er­ance (Bertrand Bonel­lo, 2011)
83. Ene­my (Denis Vil­leneuve, 2013)
82. Mys­ter­ies of Lis­bon (Raoul Ruiz, 2010)
81. Noc­tura­ma (Bertrand Bonel­lo, 2016)
80. Horse Mon­ey (Pedro Cos­ta, 2014)
79. Pari­ah (Dee Rees, 2011)
78. Kill List (Ben Wheat­ley, 2011)
77. Cer­tain Women (Kel­ly Reichardt, 2016)
76. Girl­hood (Céline Sci­amma, 2014)
75. The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo, 2011)
74. Like Some­one in Love (Abbas Kiarosta­mi and Banaf­sheh Vio­let Moda­res­si, 2012)
73. Vitali­na Varela (Pedro Cos­ta, 2019)
72. Per­son­al Shop­per (Olivi­er Assayas, 2016)
71. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Rian John­son, 2017)
70. The Assas­sin (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2015)
69. Knight of Cups (Ter­rence Mal­ick, 2015)
68. Once Upon a Time in Hol­ly­wood (Quentin Taran­ti­no, 2019)
67. No Home Movie (Chan­tal Aker­man, 2015)
66. Zero Dark Thir­ty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012)
65. Meek’s Cut­off (Kel­ly Reichardt, 2010)
64. The Wolf of Wall Street (Mar­tin Scors­ese, 2013)
63. The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Ander­son, 2014)
62. OJ: Made in Amer­i­ca (Ezra Edel­man, 2016)
61. This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi, 2011)
60. The Duke of Bur­gundy (Peter Strick­land, 2014)
59. Week­end (Andrew Haigh, 2011)
58. The Wind Ris­es (Hayao Miyaza­ki, 2013)
57. Arrival (Denis Vil­leneuve, 2016)
56. Raw (Julia Ducour­nau, 2016)
55. Inher­ent Vice (Paul Thomas Ander­son, 2014)
54. Amer­i­can Hon­ey (Andrea Arnold, 2016)
53. Leviathan (Lucien Cas­taing-Tay­lor and Ver­e­na Par­avel, 2012)
52. Pater­son (Jim Jar­musch, 2016)
51. 20th Cen­tu­ry Women (Mike Mills, 2016)
50. Sto­ries We Tell (Sarah Pol­ley, 2012)
49. Cam­er­ap­er­son (Kirsten John­son, 2016)
48. The Oth­er Side of the Wind (Orson Welles, 2018)
47. Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagni­no, 2017)
46. L for Leisure (Whit­ney Horn and Lev Kalman, 2014)
45. Hered­i­tary (Ari Aster, 2018)
44. Elle (Paul Ver­ho­even, 2016)
43. Gone Girl (David Finch­er, 2014)
42. Uncle Boon­mee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichat­pong Weerasethakul, 2010)
41. High Life (Claire Denis, 2018)
40. Zama (Lucre­cia Mar­tel, 2017)
39. 120 Beats Per Minute (Robin Campil­lo, 2017)
38. Leviathan (Andrey Zvyag­int­sev, 2014)
37. Burn­ing (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
36. The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hran­itzky, 2011)
35. Mag­ic Mike XXL (Gre­go­ry Jacobs, 2015)
34. Por­trait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sci­amma, 2019)
33. Par­a­site (Bong Joon-ho, 2019)
32. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppen­heimer, 2012)
31. Holy Motors (Leos Carax, 2012)
30. Phoenix (Chris­t­ian Pet­zold, 2014)
29. Poet­ry (Lee Chang-dong, 2010)
28. First Reformed (Paul Schrad­er, 2017)
27. Incep­tion (Christo­pher Nolan, 2010)
26. The Irish­man (Mar­tin Scors­ese, 2019)
25. Boy­hood (Richard Lin­klater, 2014)
24. Padding­ton 2 (Paul King, 2017)
23. Cer­ti­fied Copy (Abbas Kiarosta­mi, 2010)
22. Song to Song (Ter­rence Mal­ick, 2017)
21. Frances Ha (Noah Baum­bach, 2012)
20. The Sou­venir (Joan­na Hogg, 2019)
19. Eden (Mia Hansen-Løve, 2014)
18. Lady Bird (Gre­ta Ger­wig, 2017)
17. Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, 2013)
16. Roma (Alfon­so Cuarón, 2018)
15. You Were Nev­er Real­ly Here (Lynne Ram­say, 2017)
14. The Tree of Life (Ter­rence Mal­ick, 2011)
13. The Social Net­work (David Finch­er, 2010)
12. The Mas­ter (Paul Thomas Ander­son, 2012)
11. Get Out (Jor­dan Peele, 2017)
10. Tabu (Miguel Gomes, 2012)
9. Mar­garet (Ken­neth Lon­er­gan, 2011)
8. It’s Such a Beau­ti­ful Day (Don Hertzfeldt, 2012)
7. Toni Erd­mann (Maren Ade, 2016)
6. Car­ol (Todd Haynes, 2015)
5. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, 2015)
4. Phan­tom Thread (Paul Thomas Ander­son, 2017)
3. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013)
2. Moon­light (Bar­ry Jenk­ins, 2016)
1. Under the Skin (Jonathan Glaz­er, 2013)

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