Best of the Decade:
2010s
Director of the Decade:
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Master (2012), Inherent Vice (2014), and Phantom Thread (2017)
Actor of the Decade:
Joaquin Phoenix
The Master (2012), Her (2013), The Immigrant (2014), Inherent Vice (2014), Irrational Man (2015), Don’t Worry He Won’t Get Far on Foot (2018), You Were Never Really Here (2018), The Sisters Brothers (2018), Joker (2019)
Actress of the Decade:
Amy Adams
The Fighter (2010), The Muppets (2011), The Master (2012), On the Road (2012), Her (2013), American Hustle (2013), Big Eyes (2014), Arrival (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Vice (2018), and 3 DCU film, the best being Man of Steel (2013)
New Voice of the Decade:
Greta Gerwig
Actress: Greenberg (2010), Damsels in Distress (2012), Frances Ha (2013), Mistress America (2015), 20th Century Women (2016)
Screenwriter: Frances Ha (2013), Mistress America (2015), Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019)
Director: Lady Bird (2017), Little Women (2019)
Producer of the Decade:
Megan Ellison
True Grit (2010), Killing Them Softly (2012), The Master (2012),
Spring Breakers (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Her (2013),
American Hustle (2013), Foxcatcher (2014), Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), 20th Century Women (2016), Detroit (2017), Downsizing (2017), Phantom Thread (2017), The Sisters Brothers (2018), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), Hustlers (2019)
Screenwriter of the Decade:
Asghar Farhadi
A Separation (2011), The Past (2013), The Salesman (2016), and Everybody Knows (2019)
Cinematographer of the Decade:
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011), Arabian Nights (2015), Call Me By Your Name (2017), Suspiria (2018)
Composers of the Decade:
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
The Social Network (2010), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011),
Gone Girl (2014), Blackhat (2015), Love & Mercy (2015), Mid90s (2018), and Waves (2019)
Editor of the Decade:
Marion Monnier
Carlos (2010), Goodbye My First Love (2011), Clouds of Sils Maria (2015),
Eden (2015), Things to Come (2016), Personal Shopper (2017)
Production Designer of the Decade:
Adam Stockhausen
Moonrise Kingdom (2012), 12 Years a Slave (2013), The Grand Budapest
Hotel (2014), While We’re Young (2014), Bridge of Spies (2015), Isle of
Dogs (2018), Ready Player One (2018), Widows (2018)
Costume Designer of the Decade:
Sandy Powell
Shutter Island (2010), The Tempest (2010), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of
Wall Street (2013), Cinderella (2015), Carol (2015), Wonderstruck (2017), The Favourite (2018), Mary Poppins Returns (2018), The Irishman (2019)
Top 20 Films of the Decade
Under the Skin (dir: Jonathan Glazer; 2014)
The Tree of Life (dir: Terrence Malick; 2011)
A Separation (dir: Asghar Farhadi; 2011)
Carol (dir: Todd Haynes; 2015)
House of Pleasures (dir: Bertrand Bonello; 2011)
Like Someone in Love (dir: Abbas Kiarostami; 2013)
Phantom Thread (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson; 2017)
Her (dir: Spike Jonze; 2013)
If Beale Street Could Talk (dir: Barry Jenkins; 2018)
Personal Shopper (dir: Olivier Assayas; 2017)
Zero Dark Thirty (dir: Kathryn Bigelow; 2012 )
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (dir: Céline Sciamma; 2019)
The Master (dir: Paul Thomas Anderson; 2012)
Mad Max: Fury Road (dir: George Miller; 2015)
The Act of Killing (dir: Joshua Oppenheimer; 2013)
The Social Network (dir: David Fincher; 2010)
Zama (dir: Lucrecia Martel; 2018)
Arabian Nights (dir: Miguel Gomes; 2015)
Holy Motors (dir: Leos Carax; 2012)
Frances Ha (dir: Noah Baumbach; 2013)
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