Top 10 Best, Worst Movies Of 2010
It has been my pleasure over the past year to serve as the discerning eyes and ears at the movies for our faithful readers. Having finished my eighth year at this post, I have the dubious distinction and prioritizing challenge of selecting my favorite motion pictures of 2010, as well as those I disliked the most. I have added secondary lists of good films deserving honorable mention and stinkers to stay clear of. All of the lists include movies released in the metropolitan area during the calendar year.
TOP 10 FLICK PICKS
1. The Kings Speech
2. The Fighter
3. Fair Game
4. Toy Story 3
5. City Island
6. A Prophet
7. Tangled
8. Secretariat
9. Inside Job
10. 100 Voices: A Journey Home
Honorable Mention
Carlos; Mesrine: Killer Instinct & Public Enemy #1; The Millenium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire & The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest; Broken Embraces; Restrepo; My Name is Khan; 127 Hours; Black Swan; North Face; How to Train Your Dragon; Let Me In; The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers; The Karate Kid; The Last Station; Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story; Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work; Farewell; The Disappearance of Alice Creed; Inception; Eat Pray Love; Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer; and Sex and the City 2.
BOTTOM 10 FLICK PICKS
1. Greenberg
2. Hereafter
3. How Do You Know
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Life During Wartime
6. The American
7. Chloe
8. Stone
9. The Tourist
10. Knight and Day
Dishonorable Mention
The Eclipse; Date Night; Shutter Island; Green Zone; The Girl on the Train; The Lovely Bones; I Am Love; Burlesque; Charlie St. Cloud; The Duel; Wild Grass; The Switch; 16 to Life; Tamara Drewe; For Colored Girls; The Next Three Days; and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.

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