Here are my favorites from the 2010s. This shit was hard but I included a ton of also-rans. In no particular order:
BEST OF THE DECADE
The Social Network
The Master
The Handmaiden
Arrival
A Ghost Story
Green Room
Hell or High Water
Frank
Whiplash
Mad Max: Fury Road
RUNNER UPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE:
Micmacs
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Incendies
Beginners
Buck
Contagion
Drive
Jiro Dream of Sushi
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography
Django Unchained
Oblivion
Prisoners
Her
Looper
Spring Breakers
All Is Lost
The Grand Budapest Hotel
NightCrawler
John Wick
Birdman
Inherent Vice
It Follows
Ex Machina
Edge of Tomorrow
The Revenant
The Witch
The Trip
The Invitation
Atomic Blonde
Beasts of No Nation
Columbus
Blade Runner 2049
Brawl In Cellblock 99
You Were Never Really Here
Manifesto
Icarus
The Rider
Won’t You Be My Neighbor
The Dawn Wall
Call Me By Your Name
Borg Vs. Mcenroe
Mission Impossible: Fallout
Minding The Gap
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead
Into The Spider Verse
Stan and Ollie
The Beach Bum
Cold War
Us
Under The Silver Lake
The Lighthouse
Joker
Thunder Road
First Man
Mandy
The Farewell
Parasite
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Jojo Rabbit
Knives Out