2010 Film Critic Top Ten Lists!

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Below, we collect every year-end Top Ten list published by major film critics and publications. This page will be updated throughout December and January whenever new lists are published; be sure to check back frequently.

The Scorecard: Critics pick the best movies of 2010

Below is our updated running tally of the films most frequently mentioned by individual critics on their year-end Top Ten lists. Note that if a critic ranks more than the standard 10 films, we will not include films ranked 11th or worse. In case of a tie for first or second, each film will receive the full points for that position. Our points system works as follows:

• 3 points for each 1st place ranking
• 2 points for each 2nd place ranking
• 1 point for being ranked 3rd – 10th, or for being included on an unranked list

	Movie	# 1st Place	# 2nd Place	# Other	Points
1	The Social Network 95	3	0	2	11
2	Toy Story 3 92	1	0	5	8
3	Winter’s Bone 90	1	0	4	7
4	Inside Job 86	0	2	1	5
5	Inception 74	0	2	0	4
6	The Fighter	0	0	3	3
7	The King’s Speech	0	0	2	2
8	Life During Wartime 69	0	0	2	2
9	127 Hours	0	0	2	2
10	Exit Through the Gift Shop 85	0	0	2	2
11	Please Give 78	0	0	2	2
12	Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer 67	0	1	0	2

 Individual critic top ten lists

Below are the individual top ten lists published by the film critics regularly included in Metacritic’s score calculations. Some critics merely list ten films without ranking them in order; such lists are displayed below, without numbers, in alphabetical order.

The Arizona Republic Bill Goodykoontz View article
The Social Network Inception Winter’s Bone The King’s Speech Toy Story 3 Get Low 127 Hours Animal Kingdom The Fighter Nowhere Boy
New York David Edelstein View article
Winter’s Bone (tie) Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (tie) Inside Job Please Give Toy Story 3 Another Year Mother and Child Vincere Exit Through the Gift Shop Marwencol Despicable Me
The New Yorker Anthony Lane View article
Dogtooth The Father of My Children I Am Love Life During Wartime Mother A Prophet The Social Network Sweetgrass Toy Story 3 Winter’s Bone
The New Yorker David Denby View article
Denby did not rank films after his 1st choice (The Social Network), so the remaining titles are alphabetized 1. The Social Network Company Men Exit Through the Gift Shop The Fighter The Ghost Writer Inside Job Please Give Restrepo Toy Story 3 Winter’s Bone
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
The Social Network Inception The King’s Speech True Grit The Kids Are All Right 127 Hours Black Swan The Fighter Winter’s Bone Toy Story 3
Time Richard Corliss View article
Toy Story 3 Inside Job Never Let Me Go Life During Wartime The Social Network Rabbit Hole Wild Grass Green Zone Waiting for ‘Superman’ Four Lions

 by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor