Welcome to the last day of my 2019 top ten lists that I’ve been posting all week. The other lists are at the end of this post.
So many people did “End Of Decade” lists that I figured I better do one too. I’ve had this blog since 2012 so I already had yearly lists I could easily look at anyway since I’m a list maniac. I’ve been rating and ranking absolutely every movie I’ve watched since 2012. God I’m a nerd.
It was a good decade for movies. I had trouble narrowing it down to only 30 so I’ve added some “Honorable Mentions” at the end as I didn’t want to ignore some movies but also couldn’t quite add them to the 30. I know I like some odd movies sometimes, so felt that lesser-known films such as Space Station 76 (definitely not for everyone!), Turbo Kid & Circle deserved a mention.
So here are My Top Thirty Movies Of The Decade (2010-2019), counting down to my favorite:
Top Thirty:
30. I, Tonya
29. The Artist
28. The Frame
27. Your Name
26. The Way Way Back
25. Brave
24. Moana
23. Hugo
22. Wreck-It Ralph
21. Despicable Me
Top Twenty:
20. In Your Eyes
19. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower
18. Frozen
17. Toy Story 3
16. Edge Of Tomorrow
15. Sing Street
14. It
13. Guardians Of The Galaxy
12. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
11. Mad Max: Fury Road
Top Ten:
10. Mandy
7. TIE: The Babadook & It Follows
5. Ex Machina
4. Room
3. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
2. Inside Out
1. Arrival
Honorable Mentions (some more good and/or interesting films that I didn’t want to ignore):
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Circle
Space Station 76
Turbo Kid
Hobo With A Shotgun
The Adjustment Bureau
Colossal
Brigsby Bear
Drive
Tucker And Dale Vs Evil
Yesterday
Robot & Frank
Dredd
The Lego Movie
A Simple Favor
Gravity
The Handmaiden
Melancholia
Under The Skin
And a special mention of some great anime:
Wolf Children
Summer Wars
Mary And The Witch’s Flower
The Wind Rises
Arrietty
From Up On Poppy Hill
**And as much as I adore Studio Ghibli, I have unfortunately not seen these two from this decade:
The Tale Of Princess Kaguya
When Marnie Was There
These are the Top Ten lists I’ve posted this week:
My Top Ten Books Read In 2019
My Top Anime Movies Watched In 2019
My IMDb Top 250 Movies Watched In 2019
My 2019 Blind Spot Movies: Ranked
My Top Ten Movies Watched At Home In 2019
My Top Ten 2019 Movie Releases
My Top Ten Movies Of The Decade (2010-2019)
Cinema Parrot Disco 
I really must rewatch Inside Out — I did like it, but I didn’t think it was all that. It just seemed like a lot of well-worn Pixar plot and character ideas getting recycled in a new environment. But everyone else seems to love it, so maybe I missed something.
Anyway, other than that, great list! I’m sure mine wouldn’t be exactly the same, but I expect it would feature a lot of the same films.
Inside Out is one of those films that I liked a lot when seeing it the first time but it seriously grew on me as my daughter watched it over & over again (it’s now a firm favorite of hers. And mine). I adore it and I think a huge part of that is the amazing score (I’m always a sucker for a good score). It’s perfection. And the film is gorgeous. And Sadness is awesome (we’d totally be friends). And I think they did brilliantly portraying the confusing emotions that kids have to deal with. And now I’ll shut up. I just love Inside Out. 😉 But I can see it not working for everyone. WALL-E is still my very favorite Pixar movie, though – It was just outside of this decade. That would likely have been in first place. Hmm. WALL-E or Arrival?? That’s tough!