The First Cut
Hello! So, the first step in our journey (described in full here if you missed it) was to compile a list of movies per year that came out any year between 2010 and 2019. This is an expansive list, and we're only going to choose about 6 per year to make the tournament. I don't want to make this a huge wall of text, so I'll get right to it. As we are in COVID-19 quarantine, we've had plenty of time to research. Erin scoured the Internet and we took suggestions from friends on Instagram for the best movies of each year. Below is the pool of movies that we came up with.
If you have a problem with anything on the list, feel free to yell at us in the comments below, on Instagram, Twitter, or at our doorstep, as long as you stay six feet away!
The Master List of Madness
2010
127 Hours
Animal Kingdom
Another Year
Biutiful
Black Swan
Blue Valentine
Despicable Me
Easy A
Exit Through the Gift Shop
The Ghost Writer
The Fighter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
How to Train Your Dragon
In a Better World
Inception
Inside Job
Kick-Ass
The Kids are All Right
The King's Speech
Machete
Rabbit Hole
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
The Secret in Their Eyes
Shutter Island
The Social Network
Tangled
The Town
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone
2011
50/50
A Better Life
A Separation
Albert Nobbs
The Artist
Beginners
Bridesmaids
Cabin in the Woods
Captain America: The First Avenger
Carnage
Contagion
Crazy, Stupid, Love
The Descendants
Drive
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Fast Five
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Grey
The Guard
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Help
Horrible Bosses
Hugo
The Ides of March
J. Edgar
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
Moneyball
My Week with Marilyn
Rango
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Shame
Super 8
Thor
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Warrior
We Need to Talk About Kevin
X-Men: First Class
2012
21 Jump Street
Arbitrage
Argo
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Brave
The Dark Knight Rises
The Deep Blue Sea
Django Unchained
Flight
Hitchcock
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Hope Springs
The Hunger Games
Hyde Park on Hudson
The Impossible
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Magic Mike
Marvel's The Avengers
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
The Paperboy
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Pitch Perfect
Quartet
Rust and Bone
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
The Sessions
Skyfall
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
Wreck-It-Ralph
Zero Dark Thirty
2013
12 Years a Slave
20 Feet from Stardom
All is Lost
American Hustle
August: Osage County
Before Midnight
The Book Thief
Blue is the Warmest Color
Blue Jasmine
Captain Phillips
The Conjuring
Dallas Buyers Club
Enough Said
Fast & Furious 6
Frances Ha
Frozen
Fruitvale Station
The Grandmaster
Gravity
The Great Beauty
The Great Gatsby
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Labor Day
Lee Daniels' The Butler
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nebraska
Philomena
Prisoners
The Purge
Rush
Saving Mr. Banks
Snowpiercer
This is the End
We're the Millers
The Wolf of Wall Street
World War Z
The World's End
2014
22 Jump Street
A Most Violent Year
American Sniper
Begin Again
Big Eyes
Big Hero 6
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
Cake
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Chef
Edge of Tomorrow
Foxcatcher
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Ida
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice
Interstellar
Into the Woods
John Wick
The Judge
Kingsman: The Secret Service
The Lego Movie
Leviathan
Lone Survivor
Maleficent
Maps to the Stars
Mr. Turner
Nightcrawler
Pride
Selma
St. Vincent
Still Alice
The Theory of Everything
Two Days, One Night
Unbroken
Under the Skin
What We Do in the Shadows
Whiplash
Wild
X-Men: Days of Future Past
2015
45 Years
99 Homes
Amy
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
The Big Short
Black Mass
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
Concussion
Creed
The Danish Girl
Danny Collins
Ex Machina
Furious 7
The Gift
Grandma
The Hateful Eight
Infinitely Polar Bear
Inside Out
It Follows
Joy
Jurassic World
The Lady in the Van
Love and Mercy
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Paddington
The Revenant
Room
Sicario
Son of Saul
Spotlight
Spy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
Straight Outta Compton
Tangerine
Trainwreck
Trumbo
Youth
2016
10 Cloverfield Lane
20th Century Women
A Man Called Ove
Arrival
The Birth of a Nation
Captain America: Civil War
Captain Fantastic
Deadpool
Edge of Seventeen
Elle
Everybody Wants Some!
Fences
Florence Foster Jenkins
The Girl on the Train
Hacksaw Ridge
Hail, Caesar!
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
Jackie
The Jungle Book
La La Land
Lion
The Lobster
Love and Friendship
Loving
Manchester by the Sea
Me Before You
Miss Sloane
Moana
Moonlight
The Nice Guys
Nocturnal Animals
Paterson
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rules Don't Apply
The Salesman
Train to Busan
Silence
Sing Street
Sully
War Dogs
Zootopia
2017
A Fantastic Woman
All the Money in the World
Baby Driver
Battle of the Sexes
Beauty and the Beast
The Beguiled
The Big Sick
Blade Runner 2049
The Boss Baby
Call Me by Your Name
Coco
Darkest Hour
Detroit
The Disaster Artist
Downsizing
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Good Time
The Greatest Showman
I, Tonya
Icarus
In the Fade
It
John Wick: Chapter 2
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Lady Bird
Lady Macbeth
The Leisure Seeker
Logan
Logan Lucky
Molly's Game
Okja
Phantom Thread
The Post
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
The Shape of Water
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Split
Thor: Ragnarok
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Victoria & Abdul
Wind River
Wonder
Wonder Woman
2018
A Quiet Place
A Private War
A Simple Favor
A Star is Born
Annihilation
At Eternity's Gate
Avengers: Infinity War
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
Boy Erased
Burning
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Cold War
Crazy Rich Asians
The Death of Stalin
Destroyer
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Man
First Reformed
Green Book
The Hate U Give
Hereditary
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Love, Simon
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary, Queen of Scots
Never Look Away
The Old Man and the Gun
Paddington 2
Ready Player One
The Rider
Roma
Searching
Shoplifters
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sorry to Bother You
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Stan & Ollie
Three Identical Strangers
Vice
Widows
The Wife
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
You Were Never Really Here
2019
1917
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Hidden Life
Ad Astra
Avengers: Endgame
Bombshell
Booksmart
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Dolemite is My Name
The Farewell
Fighting with My Family
Ford v. Ferrari
Good Boys
Harriet
Honey Boy
Hustlers
The Irishman
John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Judy
Just Mercy
Knives Out
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Late Night
The Lighthouse
Little Women
Long Shot
Luce
Marriage Story
Midsommar
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Pain and Glory
Parasite
The Peanut Butter Falcon
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
The Report
Richard Jewell
Rocketman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Toy Story 4
The Two Popes
Uncut Gems
Us
Waves
NEXT: The Second Cut!