ICS's Best Films of the Decade (2010s)
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Of all the masterful films in the ICS Best of Decade list, two 2011 releases stood head and shoulders above the rest in the voters’ current mindset: Kenneth Lonergan’s uniquely structured Margaret and Terrence Malick’s metaphysical family drama The Tree of Life. Margaret tells the story of an awkward, passionate teenager whose feelings of guilt over a tragic bus accident propel her into moral dilemmas and a quest for justice, against the backdrop of post-9/11 New York as a metaphor for coming of age and the loss of childhood naivety. Upon its release Margaret was considered messy, sometimes brilliant, and controversial – and it has remained so, yet has only grown in stature. Conversely, Malick’s whispered evocation of nature vs. grace, The Tree of Life, was celebrated from the outset and has held up magnificently over time, the dynamics of a Texas family flowing into the natural world like a flight of birds.
While American filmmakers claimed the top two spots, the rest of our top 10 was dominated by international auteurs. Coming in third was French director Leos Carax’s surreal exploration of identity Holy Motors (ICS Best Picture for 2012), followed by Asghar Farhadi’s Iranian divorce drama A Separation (which had won ICS Best Picture for 2011 over both Malick and Lonergan). Todd Haynes’ period love story Carol, our 2015 Best Picture, ended up in 5th place for the decade, followed by Xavier Dolan’s deeply felt transgender romance Laurence Anyways, Lucrecia Martel’s colonialist satire Zama, Martin Scorsese’s haunting missionary saga Silence, the always-controversial Abdellatif Kechiche’s Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s five-hour Sirkian melodrama Happy Hour.
The full ICS Best of the Decade list can be found below.
The list is 102 films because #59 Arabian Nights is considered as one entry by the ICS
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
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Adieu au langage
2014 — a.k.a. Goodbye to Language, in 6 top lists Check -
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Ah-ga-ssi
2016 — a.k.a. The Handmaiden, in 13 top lists Check -
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American Honey
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
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Amour fou
2014 — a.k.a. Amour Fou, in 0 top lists Check -
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Aquarius
2016, in 3 top lists Check -
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Arábia
2017 — a.k.a. Araby, in 1 top list -
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Archipelago
2010, in 1 top list Check -
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As Mil e Uma Noites - Volume 1: O Inquieto
2015 — a.k.a. Arabian Nights: Volume 1 - The Restless One, in 1 top list Check -
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As Mil e Uma Noites - Volume 2: O Desolado
2015 — a.k.a. Arabian Nights: Volume 2 - The Desolate One, in 1 top list Check -
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As Mil e Uma Noites - Volume 3: O Encantado
2015 — a.k.a. Arabian Nights: Volume 3 - The Enchanted One, in 1 top list Check -
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Bangkok Nites
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
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Beoning
2018 — a.k.a. Burning, in 8 top lists -
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
2016, in 1 top list Check -
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Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da
2011 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, in 8 top lists Check -
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La bocca del lupo
2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check -
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Boyhood
2014, in 16 top lists Check -
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Call Me by Your Name
2017, in 11 top lists -
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Carol
2015, in 8 top lists Check -
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Certain Women
2016, in 5 top lists Check -
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Cike Nie Yin Niang
2015 — a.k.a. The Assassin, in 4 top lists Check -
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Cloud Atlas
2012, in 1 top list Check -
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Copie conforme
2010 — a.k.a. Certified Copy, in 8 top lists Check -
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Cosmos
2015, in 0 top lists Check -
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Da xiang xidi erzuo
2018 — a.k.a. An Elephant Sitting Still, in 3 top lists -
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Des hommes et des dieux
2010 — a.k.a. Of Gods and Men, in 4 top lists Check -
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Diqiu zuihou de yewan
2018 — a.k.a. Long Day's Journey Into Night, in 3 top lists -
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Dolor y gloria
2019 — a.k.a. Pain and Glory, in 5 top lists -
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Eden
2014, in 2 top lists Check -
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El abrazo de la serpiente
2015 — a.k.a. Embrace of the Serpent, in 6 top lists Check -
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Elle
2016, in 5 top lists Check -
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Faust
2011, in 4 top lists Check -
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La flor
2018 — a.k.a. La Flor, in 5 top lists -
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La folie Almayer
2011 — a.k.a. Almayer's Folly, in 1 top list Check -
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Frances Ha
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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Gangs of Wasseypur
2012, in 3 top lists Check -
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Les garçons sauvages
2017 — a.k.a. The Wild Boys, in 1 top list -
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Gisaengchung
2019 — a.k.a. Parasite, in 22 top lists -
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014, in 17 top lists Check -
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La grande bellezza
2013 — a.k.a. The Great Beauty, in 11 top lists Check -
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Gravity
2013, in 12 top lists Check -
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Happî awâ
2015 — a.k.a. Happy Hour, in 5 top lists Check -
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Hele sa hiwagang hapis
2016 — a.k.a. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, in 1 top list Check -
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Her
2013, in 10 top lists Check -
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Holy Motors
2012, in 11 top lists Check -
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How Do You Know
2010, in 0 top lists Check -
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If Beale Street Could Talk
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In the Family
2011, in 2 top lists Check -
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Inside Llewyn Davis
2013, in 8 top lists Check -
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Jiao you
2013 — a.k.a. Stray Dogs, in 3 top lists Check
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