What are your favourite movies of the last decade (2008-2018)?

[AFDogs]

I've got a bit of time off from work and I'm looking for some suggestions of some relatively new movies to watch.

Feel free to create a numbered list or just reel off some movies. Also feel free to explain why you like those movies.

Some of my faves:
Edge of Tomorrow
Dunkirk
Inception
The Social Network
The Dark Knight
Her
Gone Girl
The Avengers
Star Wars 7
Toy Story 3
In Bruges
Mad Max
The Martian
End of Watch
Inglorious Basterds
21 & 22 Jump Street
Prisoners
Shutter Island
Wolf of Wall Street
Detroit
Get Out
District 9
Cabin in the Woods
Shame
Silver Linings Playbook

 

[chefmeister]

Ex Machina
Prometheus
It Follows
Interstellar
The Witch
The Conjuring
Insidious
Sinister
Avatar
Battleship
Skyline
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Pacific Rim
IT.

 

[raskolnikov]

3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Drag Me to Hell
Black Swan
Shutter Island
The Grand Budapest Hotel
A Cure for Wellness
The Hunt
Get Out
Carnage
A Dog's Purpose
The Book Thief
Wonder
A Quiet Place
Water for Elephants
The Lady in the Van
The Imitation Game
Victoria and Abdul
Red Dog
The Babysitter
The Guernsey and Potato Pie Literary Society
Train to Busan

 

[Percel]

spotlight

 

[Rod Stroker]

Whiplash
Birdman
Deadpool
Inception
The Big Short
Up In The Air
Rush
The Revenant
The Kings Speech
Edge Of Tomorrow
Gravity
Kingsman
Bruno
500 Days Of Summer
Looper
The Hangover
Blue Jasmine

 

[GROTTO]

TDK
TDKNR
Gone Girl
Prometheus
Up In The Air
Train to Busan
Water for Elephants
T4
T5
Creed
Fast 5

 

[BEaston]

Here's all my 10s and 9s from that period:

• Arrival (2016) 10
• Boyhood (2014) 10
• Inception (2010) 10
• Animal Kingdom (2010) 9
• Birdman (2014) 9
• Burn After Reading (2008) 9
• Cloud Atlas (2012) 9
• The Dark Knight (2008) 9
• District 9 (2009) 9
• Drive (2011) 9
• Embrace of the Serpent (2015) 9
• Gravity (2013) 9
• The Help (2011) 9
• Hugo (2011) 9
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) 9
• Interstellar (2014) 9
• Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) 9
• Life Itself (2014) 9
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 9
• Moonrise Kingdom (2012) 9
• The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) 9
• Planet Earth II (2016) 9
• The Revenant (2015) 9
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) 9
• True Grit (2010) 9
• Wild (2014) 9
• Wind River (2017) 9

 

[AcuteWhistle]

Alien Covenant (2017)
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Django Unchained (2012)
Flight (2012)
Interstellar (2014)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
Margin Call (2011)(despite you know who)
Moon (2009)
Nebraska (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
Prometheus Giftbearer (fanedit)
Red Dog (2011)
Samsara (2012)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Sing Street (2016)
T2 Trainspotting (2017)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) & (2011)
The Handmaiden (2016)
The Revenant (2015)
The Witch (2016)
The Wrestler (2008)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
Whiplash (2014)

 

[Kong]

These are my highest rated films for 2008-2018 (rating of my enjoyment; not a critique of how well made they are):

 

[footyfan1978]

Inception easily for me.

Then harder but probably Creed and District 9 but nothing comes to mind as anything especially good apart from Inception. Matt Damon movie, The Martian maybe if I remembering the right movie. Slow paced but ok.

Inception is probably only the second movie in my life I was happy to go back to cinema a month or so later and watch again. Pulp Fiction was the other back in 1990's.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

These are my favs, not necessarily the best, and not in order of preference. I base it on films I have watched several times because I like them:

Inception (2010)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Avatar (2009)
Interstellar (2014)
Spotlight (2014)
Deadpool (2016)
Moon (2009)
The Avengers (2012)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
World War Z (2013)
Moneyball (2011)
American Hustle (2013)
Get Out (2017)
Silver Linings Playbook (2013)
Star Wars: Rogue One (2016)
District 9 (2009)
Star Trek (2009)
Chef (2014)
Dr. Strange (2016)

 

[Grogg]

I Saw the Devil
The Raid
Calvary
Rust and Bone
A Prophet
The Man from Nowhere
A Separation
Barneys Version
Like Father Like Son
Away from Her
Castaway on the Moon
Incendies
Departures
Ip Man
Leviathan
Oblivion
The Little Death
The Lunchbox
Moon
The Past
Wild Tales

 

[Bomberboyokay]

10 Cloverfield Lane
A Ghost Story
A Serbian Film
Another Earth
Apollo 18
Arrival
Catfish
Clear History
Cloud Atlas
Doctor Strange
Europa Report
Ex Machina
Gravity
Green Room
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hell or High Water
Ingrid Goes West
Interstellar
La La Land
Mad Max: Fury Road
Melancholia
Pineapple Express
Sausage Party
Short Term 12
The Florida Project
The Witch
What Maisie Knew
Winter's Bone

 

[chefmeister]

A Serbian Film

Really?
Why on earth is this one of your ‘favorite’ films of the last decade?

 

[AcuteWhistle]

I Saw the Devil
The Raid
Calvary
Rust and Bone
A Prophet
The Man from Nowhere
A Separation
Barneys Version
Like Father Like Son
Away from Her
Castaway on the Moon
Incendies
Departures
Ip Man
Leviathan
Oblivion
The Little Death
The Lunchbox
Moon
The Past
Wild Tales

Damn, I forgot 'I Saw the Devil', classic.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Really?
Why on earth is this one of your ‘favorite’ films of the last decade?

It has shocking content but was also cogent and the time flew by. Will probably never watch it a second time however. The shocks wouldn't be as shocking already knowing what happens.

 

[Pykie]

Ones that instantly came to mind from an enjoyment perspective:

Intersteller
Inglorious Basterds
12 Years a Slave
Django Unchained
Whiplash
In Bruges
Spotlight
Gran Torino
The place beyond the pines
John Wick
Nightcrawlr
The girl with the dragon tattoo (Swedish version)
Wolf of Wall Street
Scicario
Moneyball
Rock N Rolla
American Sniper

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Ones that instantly came to mind from an enjoyment perspective:

Intersteller
Inglorious Basterds
12 Years a Slave
Django Unchained
Whiplash
In Bruges
Spotlight
Gran Torino
The place beyond the pines
John Wick
Nightcrawlr
The girl with the dragon tattoo (Swedish version)
Wolf of Wall Street
Scicario
Moneyball
Rock N Rolla
American Sniper

Did you like A Serbian Film?

 

[AFDogs]

Going to have a go at a top 10 in order from 2008-2018:

1. Inception
2. Dunkirk
3. Edge of Tomorrow
4. Toy Story 3
5. Inglorious Basterds
6. The Dark Knight
7. The Social Network
8. 21 & 22 Jump Street
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
10. Her

Bravo, Nolan. My favourite film-maker for sure.

Unlucky: The Martian, Mad Max, Civil War, Avengers 2, In Bruges, Prisoners.

 

[AFDogs]

Anyone want to have a go at listing some underrated films that maybe didn't get the credit/recognition/viewership they deserve?

I'm thinking:
Alien: Covenant - was shocked when I saw reviews and ratings. Thought this was excellent (from a non-Alien fan)
50/50 - it's been a while since I watched it but I remember it being excellent and heartwarming.
Shame - a powerful film about sex addiction. Changes your perspective on the matter.
Detroit - relatively new but I don't hear much about it. Excellent film and a must watch that also tackles a controversial issue.
Get Out - although lots of people loved this, you don't see it on many 'best' lists in which I think it should be.
Inside Llewyn Davis - also scored rave reviews, you should check it out. Cohen bros.
Drinking Buddies - a natural, easy to watch film.
Locke - Tom Hardy driving in a car for an hour and a half but it's extremely engrossing.
Mud - McConaughey low budget film you should check it out.
The Gift - nice little thriller that made my flight home much smoother and enjoyable.
Dredd - balls to the walls action.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Going to have a go at a top 10 in order from 2008-2018:

1. Inception
2. Dunkirk
3. Edge of Tomorrow
4. Toy Story 3
5. Inglorious Basterds
6. The Dark Knight
7. The Social Network
8. 21 & 22 Jump Street
9. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
10. Her

Bravo, Nolan. My favourite film-maker for sure.

Unlucky: The Martian, Mad Max, Civil War, Avengers 2, In Bruges, Prisoners.

Edge of Tomorrow is good but nowhere close to 3rd best movie in a decade. Stupid, needless tacked on happy ending when the Tom Cruise name sold the movie anyway.

 

[chefmeister]

It has shocking content but was also cogent and the time flew by. Will probably never watch it a second time however. The shocks wouldn't be as shocking already knowing what happens.

I of course respect your own opinion and own choices, but may I ask how old you are? Truthfully?

 

[Alesana]

Haven't seen anything from 2018, and 2008 to 2018 is 11 years not a decade, so 2008-17, in no order;

Inception
Millennium (girl with dragon tattoo series. Swedish vers.)
Interstellar
Watchmen
Shutter Island
The Dark Knight
Spotlight
Prometheus
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Taken
Seven Pounds
District 9
Law Abiding Citizen
The Town
The Book of Eli
The Ghost Writer
Drive
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
In Time
Limitless
The Hobbit
Flight
Argo
Lawless
The Iceman
Fury
The Imitation Game
Transcendence
The Martian
Everest
Batman v Superman
Split

 

[chefmeister]

and 2008 to 2018 is 11 years not a decade

 

[Xtreme]

The Dark Knight
TFA - The First Avenger (Captain America!)

Everything else was s**t in comparison.