My top and bottom movies of 2010

It's Oscar time once again, so that means it's time for my yearly best and worst of list for the previous year.

The Best of 2010:
1. Black Swan
2. Inception
3. The Social Network
4. The King's Speech
5. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
6. Inside Job
7. True Grit
8. Tron: Legacy
9. Toy Story 3
10. Easy A
11. Shutter Island

The Worst of 2010:
1. Repo Men
2. The Illusionist
3. Piranha 3D
4. GasLand
5. Clash of the Titans
6. The Expendables
7. Cop Out
8. Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
9. Knight and Day
10. The Wolf Man

The 2010 Movies I've Seen

Oscar time again so time to wrap up my 2010 movie viewing now that most of the movies I need to see have made their way to Ohio. (I'm looking at you "The Tempest" and 3/5 of the Best Foreign Language Film nominees...) Still hoping to squeeze in "Waste Land" before Oscar night.

By release date:

January, 8	Leap Year
January, 15	The Book of Eli
January, 22	Legion
January, 29	When in Rome
February, 5	From Paris With Love
February, 12	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
February, 12	The Wolf Man
February, 19	The Ghost Writer
February, 19	Shutter Island
February, 26	Cop Out
March, 5	The Secret of Kells
March, 5	Alice in Wonderland
March, 19	Repo Men
March, 19	The Runaways
March, 26	How to Train Your Dragon
March, 26	Hot Tub Time Machine
April, 2	Clash of the Titans
April, 9	Date Night
April, 16	Exit Through the Gift Shop
April, 16	Kick-Ass
May, 7	Babies
May, 7	Iron Man 2
May, 21	Shrek Forever After
May, 28	Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
May, 28	Micmacs
June, 4	Get Him to the Greek
June, 11	The A-Team
June, 11	Winter's Bone
June, 18	Toy Story 3
June, 18	I am Love
June, 23	Knight and Day
June, 25	Dogtooth
June, 25	Restrepo
July, 9	The Kids Are All Right
July, 9	Winnebago Man
July, 9	Despicable Me
July, 14	The Sorcerer's Apprentice
July, 16	Inception
July, 23	Salt
July, 30	Dinner for Schmucks
August, 6	The Other Guys
August, 13	Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
August, 13	The Expendables
August, 13	Animal Kingdom
August, 20	Piranha 3D
September, 1	The American
September, 15	GasLand
September, 17	The Town
September, 17	Easy A
September, 24	Waiting for Superman
September, 24	Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps
October, 1	The Social Network
October, 8	Inside Job
October, 15	Hereafter
October, 15	Red
November, 5	Megamind
November, 5	127 Hours
November, 5	Due Date
November, 12	Unstoppable
November, 19	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
November, 24	Love and Other Drugs
November, 24	Tangled
November, 26	The King's Speech
December, 3	Black Swan
December, 10	The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
December, 10	The Fighter
December, 10	The Tourist
December, 17	Tron: Legacy
December, 17	Rabbit Hole
December, 22	True Grit
December, 22	Country Strong
December, 25	The Illusionist
December, 29	Biutiful
December, 29	Blue Valentine
December, 29	Another Year
December, 31	Barney's Version

That's 76, a new high.

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My 2011 Oscar Checklist

"X" marks the movies I've seen.

Best picture
X - "Black Swan"
X - "The Fighter"
X - "Inception"
X - "The Kids Are All Right"
X - "The King's Speech"
X - "127 Hours"
X - "The Social Network"
X - "Toy Story 3"
X - "True Grit"
X - "Winter's Bone"

Actor
X - Javier Bardem, "Biutiful"
X - Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"
X - Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
X - Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
X - James Franco, "127 Hours"

Actress
X - Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
X - Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
X - Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
X - Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
X - Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

Supporting actor
X - Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
X - John Hawkes, "Winter's Bone"
X - Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
X - Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"
X - Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech"

Supporting actress
X - Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
X - Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"
X - Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
X - Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"
X - Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"

Director
X - Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
X - David O. Russell, "The Fighter"
X - Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
X - David Fincher, "The Social Network"
X - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "True Grit"

Animated feature
X - "How to Train Your Dragon"
X - "The Illusionist"
X - "Toy Story 3"

Adapted screenplay
X - "127 Hours"
X - "The Social Network"
X - "Toy Story 3"
X - "True Grit"
X - "Winter's Bone"

Original screenplay
X - "Another Year"
X - "The Fighter"
X - "Inception"
X - "The Kids Are All Right"
X - "The King's Speech"

Foreign-language film
X - "Biutiful"
X - "Dogtooth"
   - "In a Better world"
   - "Incendies"
   - "Outside the Law"

Art direction
X - "Alice in Wonderland"
X - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I"
X - "Inception"
X - "The King's Speech"
X - "True Grit"

Cinematography
X - "Black Swan"
X - "Inception"
X - "The King's Speech"
X - "The Social Network"
X - "True Grit"

Costume design
X - "Alice in Wonderland"
X - "I Am Love"
X - "The King's Speech"
   - "The Tempest"
X - "True Grit"

Documentary feature
X - "Exit Through the Gift Shop"
X - "Gasland"
X - "Inside Job"
X - "Restrepo"
   - "Waste Land"

Documentary short
X - "Killing in the Name"
X - "Poster Girl"
X - "Strangers No More"
X - "Sun Come Up"
X - "The Warriors of Qiugang"

Film editing
X - "Black Swan"
X - "The Fighter"
X - "The King's Speech"
X - "127 Hours"
X - "The Social Network"

Makeup
X - "Barney's Version"
X - "The Way Back"
X - "The Wolfman"

Sound mixing
X - "Inception"
X - "The King's Speech"
X - "Salt"
X - "The Social Network"
X - "True Grit"

Original score
X - "How to Train Your Dragon"
X - "Inception"
X - "The King's Speech"
X - "127 Hours"
X - "The Social Network"

Visual effects
X - "Alice in Wonderland"
X - "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1"
X - "Hereafter"
X - "Inception"
X - "Iron Man 2"

Original song
X - "Coming Home" from "Country Strong"
X - "I See the Light" from "Tangled"
X - "If I Rise" from "127 Hours"
X - "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3"

Sound editing
X - "Inception"
X - "Toy Story 3"
X - "Tron: Legacy"
X - "True Grit"
X - "Unstoppable"

Animated short film
X - "Day & Night"
X - "The Gruffalo"
X - "Let's Pollute"
X - "The Lost Thing"
X - "Madagascar, carnet de voyage" ("Madagascar, a Journey Diary")

Live action short film
X - "The Confession"
X - "The Crush"
X - "God of Love"
X - "Na Wewe"
X - "Wish 143"

--1/26: Whoops, realized I had seen "Day & Night".
--1/26: Added "Dogtooth" and "The Way Back"
--1/27: Added "Unstoppable" and "Gasland"
--1/29: Added "Blue Valentine" and "Hereafter"
--1/31: Added "Country Strong"
--2/3: Added "Animal Kingdom" and "The Wolfman"
--2/4: Added "Inside Job" and "I am Love"
--2/6: Added "Biutiful", "Rabbit Hole", and "Another Year"
--2/13: Added "The Illusionist", "Killing in the Name", "Poster Girl", "Strangers No More", "Sun Come Up", "The Warriors of Qiugang", "The Gruffalo", "Let's Pollute", "The Lost Thing", "Madagascar, carnet de voyage", "The Confession", "The Crush", "God of Love", "Na Wewe", "Wish 143"
--2/21: Added "Barney's Version"