Top 10 Movies of 2010

We are continuing our tradition of presenting multiple viewpoints from all of our writers that add up to some sort of hodgepodge representing the best movies of 2010. This year, we've increased the number of writers from 10 to 13. The method is simple: 13 critics vote for their 10 favorite films. Films are assigned points based on their ranking, and -- BAM! We have a list that no one is TOTALLY happy about but sure causes much heated debate, at least among ourselves and hopefully with you as well. Many called 2010 an awful year for movies. We're not going to make such a sweeping, shortsighted statement, but we will say this: As a group, we ended up naming 56 different films on our lists. Does this mean 2010 was a great year? No. It just means that there were great movies if you looked for them. Hopefully, this list will celebrate films that you, too, love, but also introduce you to new titles.
10. 'Sweetgrass'
9. 'Exit Through the Gift Shop'
8. 'Toy Story 3'
7. 'Dogtooth'
6. 'Let Me In'
5. 'Carlos'
4. 'The Ghost Writer'
3. 'Winter's Bone'
2. 'Black Swan'
1. 'The Social Network'
individual top 10 lists

individual top 10 lists
Sean Axmaker 1. Carlos
2. The Social Network
3. Let Me In
4. White Material
5. Red Riding trilogy
6. Winter's Bone
7. Black Swan
8. Wild Grass
9. Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
10. Sweetgrass
Jim Emerson
1. The Social Network
2. Carlos
3. Sweetgrass
4. Mother
5. Let Me In
6. The Killer Inside Me
7. Winter's Bone
8. Dogtooth
9. The Kids Are All Right
10. The American
Richard T. Jameson
1. The Ghost Writer
2. Let Me In
3. Winter's Bone
4. The Social Network
5. Sweetgrass
6. The Kids Are All Right
7. Hereafter
8. A Prophet
9. Please Give
10. tie: The American / White Material
Don Kaye
1. Black Swan
2. Inception
3. The Social Network
4. A Prophet
5. Monsters
6. Another Year
7. Exit Through the Gift Shop
8. Winter's Bone
9. Animal Kingdom
10. Rabbit Hole
Glenn Kenny
1. Carlos
2. The Social Network
3. Everyone Else
4. Bluebeard
5. Toy Story 3
6. Black Swan
7. Wild Grass
8. Fish Tank
9. Shutter Island
10. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Dave McCoy
1. The Social Network
2. Black Swan
3. Winter's Bone
4. Red Riding trilogy
5. Dogtooth
6. Another Year
7. Splice
8. The Ghost Writer
9. Down Terrace
10. Carlos
Kim Morgan
1. Black Swan
2. The Social Network
3. Somewhere
4. The Ghost Writer
5. Enter the Void
6. Carlos
7. Mother
8. Life During Wartime
9. Unstoppable
10. Jackass 3D
Kat Murphy
1. The Ghost Writer
2. Winter's Bone
3. Let Me In
4. Sweetgrass
5. A Prophet
6. The Social Network
7. Please Give
8. The Kids Are All Right
9. White Material
10. Black Swan
Frank Paiva
1. Exit Through the Gift Shop
2. Mother
3. Dogtooth
4. Black Swan
5. Winnebago Man
6. Last Train Home
7. Endhiran (Robot)
8. Toy Story 3
9. The Social Network
10. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
Mary Pols
1. The Social Network
2. Toy Story 3
3. The Kids Are All Right
4. Fish Tank
5. I Am Love
6. Black Swan
7. Please Give
8. Another Year
9. True Grit
10. Rabbit Hole
Bryan Reesman
1. Inception
2. Remember Me
3. Predators
4. Micmacs
5. The Ghost Writer
6. Daybreakers
7. Iron Man 2
8. Green Zone
9. How Do You Know
10. Toy Story 3
James Rocchi
1. Black Swan
2. Dogtooth
3. The Social Network
4. Winter's Bone
5. Exit Through the Gift Shop
6. And Everything Is Going Fine
7. True Grit
8. How to Train Your Dragon
9. Rabbit Hole
10. White Material
Glenn Whipp
1. True Grit
2. Black Swan
3. Another Year
4. Winter's Bone
5. Toy Story 3
6. Last Train Home
7. 127 Hours
8. Cyrus
9. The Ghost Writer
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop