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Critics' Choice Awards of 2010

A stuttering monarch, a Facebook flick, and a truly gritty western top our list.

Last week, we rolled out our Most Redeeming Movies of 2010.

This week, it's our Critics' Choice Awards, in which we recognize those films that our panel believes were the best movies of the year as movies, whether they carried a redeeming message or not.

Seven of the choices also appear on our Most Redeeming list. All are superb films, and many of them will bring home multiple honors at this month's Academy Awards.

1. The King's Speech

Directed by Tom Hooper
(Weinstein) | Rated R


2. The Social Network

Directed by David Fincher
(Sony Pictures)| Rated PG-13


3. True Grit

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
(Paramount) | Rated PG-13


4. Toy Story 3

Directed by Lee Unkrich
(Disney / Pixar) | Rated G


5. Inception

Directed by Christopher Nolan
(20th Century Fox) | Rated PG-13


6. The Fighter

Directed by David O. Russell
(Paramount) | Rated R


7. Winter's Bone

Directed by Debra Granik
(Roadside Attractions) | Rated R


8. Get Low

Directed by Aaron Schneider
(Sony Pictures Classics) | Rated PG-13


9. 127 Hours

Directed by Danny Boyle
(Fox Searchlight) | Rated R


10. Tangled

Directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard
(Disney) | Rated PG


Honorable mention:

Biutiful, Black Swan, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, How to Train Your Dragon, Rabbit Hole, The Secret of Kells, Somewhere, The Town


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February 2011, Vol. 55, No. 2
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February 12, 2011  4:58am

I appreciate that you put out these lists, BUT, they do not mean much without some small explanation of why you chose the movies you did and put them in the order you did. I understand that we can click to read the original review, but it's interesting to hear why a movie is later chosen to be a 'best' of movie. Why put Tangled ahead of Black Swan? Why not have Toy Story 3 higher? That kind of thing. Also, you are so LATE with your lists that they become kind of meaningless. There is nothing new for me here because I've already read so many others' lists. I just get the impression the best of and most redeeming lists were thrown together without much effort. I like reading your reviews, but these lists need some punch to them to be sure.

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