The best films of 2010  The best films of 2010  The end of the
year traditionally brings a wealth of best-of candidates, as
major studios and studio-affiliated arthouse labels unveil their
most austere and decorously appointed films for awards
consideration. Yet, a few stray winners aside, we in The A.V.
Club film staff found ourselves looking further back in the year
for list-makers, including a handful of uncommonly ambitious
summer blockbusters, several festival holdovers, and the steady
supply of indie and foreign films that slipped in and out of
theaters, often woefully unnoticed. Fortunately, 2010 was strong
enough in the front end to make up for the back, and we wound up
finding plenty of films to rally behind, with such a diverse
range of styles, budgets, and themes that it’s impossible to
draw a thread to connect them all. So here, for your
consideration, are a bunch of films we really liked.  The Top 15
15. The Kids Are All Right  14. Shutter Island  13. Scott
Pilgrim Vs. The World  12. Dogtooth  1