Defining Genre

Peak 2010s

THE ADVENTURE

THE WORLD, WIDENED

Where the camera leaves the city and finds a horizon. The form that turned a quest into a two-hour escape.

Peak 2010s

8,365

Films Catalogued

65.1

Avg Master Score

5.9

Avg IMDb

2010s

Peak Decade

TSUTOMU SHIBAYAMA

Top Director

Of which 203 earned Oscar nominations or wins

The Defining Three

ESSENTIAL VIEWING

Top-ranked by master score. If you only saw three films from this decade, these are the three.

No.01

MS95.9

SERGIO LEONE|1966

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY

“For three men the Civil War wasn't hell. It was practice.”

No.02

MS94.1

GEORGE LUCAS|1977

STAR WARS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE

“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...”

No.03

MS93.8

PETER JACKSON|2003

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

“The eye of the enemy is moving.”

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 · Sergio Leone

95.9

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

1977 · George Lucas · 7 Oscars

94.1

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 · Peter Jackson · 11 Oscars

93.8

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1975 · Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones

93.5

Klaus

2019 · Sergio Pablos, Carlos Martínez López

93.1

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021 · Jon Watts

92.7

My Neighbor Totoro

1988 · Hayao Miyazaki

92.6

The Wages of Fear

1953 · Henri-Georges Clouzot

92.6

Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc

2025 · Tatsuya Yoshihara

92.5

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957 · David Lean · 7 Oscars

92.4

Attack on Titan the Movie: The Last Attack

2024 · Yûichirô Hayashi

92.4

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train

2020 · Haruo Sotozaki

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981 · Steven Spielberg · 5 Oscars

92.0

Ben-Hur

1959 · William Wyler · 11 Oscars

92.0

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011 · David Yates

91.9

Princess Mononoke

1997 · Hayao Miyazaki

91.8

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle

2025 · Haruo Sotozaki, Hikaru Kondô

2019 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

91.4

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

2016 · Taika Waititi

91.1

Howl's Moving Castle

2004 · Hayao Miyazaki

1990 · Kevin Costner · 7 Oscars

90.9

King Kong

1933 · Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

90.9

Dragon Ball Super: Broly

2018 · Tatsuya Nagamine

From Russia with Love

1963 · Terence Young

90.6

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001 · Peter Jackson · 4 Oscars

Avengers: Infinity War

2018 · Anthony Russo, Joe Russo

90.3

Jeremiah Johnson

1972 · Sydney Pollack

90.3

Suzume

2022 · Makoto Shinkai

90.3

The Alpinist

2021 · Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen

90.3

The Jungle Book

1967 · Wolfgang Reitherman

90.2

The Message

1976 · Moustapha Akkad

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

2021 · Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe

89.9

Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

1993 · Ram Mohan, Yûgô Sakô, Koichi Saski

89.9

Jaws

1975 · Steven Spielberg · 3 Oscars

89.7

Touching the Void

2003 · Kevin Macdonald

89.7

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961 · Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman

89.6

Tokyo Godfathers

2003 · Satoshi Kon, Shôgo Furuya

89.6

Solaris

1972 · Andrei Tarkovsky

89.6

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

1980 · Irvin Kershner · 2 Oscars

89.6

Spider-Man: Far from Home

2019 · Jon Watts

89.6

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984 · Hayao Miyazaki

89.5

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