My Favorites of a Decade: 2010s
A selection of films, TV shows and performances from the past 10 years.
Films 1. Inception 2. The Social Network 3. Mad Max: Fury Road 4. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 5. Call Me by Your Name 6. Arrival 7. Lady Bird 8. Bridesmaids 9. The Big Short 10. Gone Girl 11. La La Land 12. Inside Out 13. Moneyball 14. Get Out 15. Black Panther 16. Magic Mike 17. Skyfall 18. Melancholia 19. The Help 20. Young Adult
TV Series |first premiering between 2010 and 2019| 1. BoJack Horseman 2. Veep 3. Girls 4. Watchmen 5. Getting On 6. Superstore 7. American Crime Story 8. The Good Fight 9. Atlanta 10. Broad City 11. Downton Abbey 12. Mindhunter 13. Succession 14. Bob’s Burgers 15. Pose 16. Schitt’s Creek 17. Happy Endings 18. Younger 19. Master of None 20. Game of Thrones
Broadway Productions 1. Angels in America 2. Hamilton 3. Boys in the Band 4. The Ferryman 5. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 6. The Color Purple 7. Noises Off 8. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder 9. Oklahoma! 10. Hadestown 11. Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 12. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical 13. The Play That Goes Wrong 14. The Prom 15. Mean Girls 16. Once on This Island 17. The Inheritance 18. A Doll’s House, Part 2 19. Fun Home 20. American Psycho
Standout Performances |broadway + film + tv; not ranked| Alex Borstein (Getting On), Alex Newell (Once on This Island), Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale), Amy Adams (Arrival), Amy Sedaris (BoJack Horseman), Andrew Garfield (Angels in America), Billie Lourd (Booksmart), Billy Porter (Pose), Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta), Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Casey Wilson (Happy Endings), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road), Christine Baranski (The Good Fight), Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple), Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place), Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers), Jean Smart (Watchmen), Jessie Mueller (Beautiful), Jim Parsons (The Normal Heart), Jonathan Groff (Looking), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), Laurie Metcalf (Getting On), Margot Robbie (Bombshell), Matthew McConaughey (True Detective), Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids), Melora Hardin (Transparent), Nicole Richie (Great News), Nico Santos (Superstore), Sarah Paulson (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name), Thandie Newton (Westworld), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), Zosia Mamet (Girls)
The Help Cast Awards-Season Power Ranking |following 2011–2012 cycle|
1. Allison Janney (1 Oscar win, 1 nom; 1 Golden Globe, 1 nom; 3 Emmys, 8 noms) 2. Viola Davis (1 Oscar, 1 nom; 1 Golden Globe, 3 noms; and 1 Emmy, 5 noms) 3. Emma Stone (1 Oscar win, 3 noms, 1 Golden Globe, 4 noms) 4. Cicely Tyson (1 honorary Oscar; 6 Emmy noms) 5. Octavia Spencer** (2 Oscar noms, 2 Golden Globe noms) 6. Jessica Chastain (1 Oscar nom; 1 Golden Globe, 4 noms) 7. David Oyelowo (2 Golden Globe noms, 1 Emmy nom) 8. Aunjanue Ellis (1 Emmy nom) 9. LaChanze (1 Tony nom) 10. Mary Steenburgen (2020 Oscar and Golden Globe buzz for Wild Rose)
**Oscar and Golden Globe winner for The Help at the 84th Academy Awards
Horror Films 1. Get Out 2. A Quiet Place 3. The Cabin in the Woods 4. Us 5. You’re Next 6. Hereditary 7. Midsommar 8. It Follows 9. Halloween (2018)10. Scream 4
Teen Films 1. Lady Bird 2. Booksmart 3. Dope 4. Easy A 5. The Bling Ring 6. The Edge of Seventeen 7. Love, Simon 8. Eighth Grade 9. G.B.F. 10. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
LGBTQ Films 1. Call Me by Your Name 2. Weekend 3. Rocketman 4. Carol 5. Moonlight 6. The Kids Are Alright 7. Stranger by the Lake 8. BPM (Beats per Minute) 9. Can You Ever Forgive Me? 10. A Fantastic Woman 11. God’s Own Country 12. Love, Simon 13. Tangerine 14. Pain and Glory 15. The Danish Girl
LGBTQ TV |first premiering between 2010 and 2019| 1. Pose 2. The Normal Heart 3. Please Like Me 4. Schitt’s Creek 5. Looking 6. Difficult People 7. Dear White People 8. The Other Two 9. Queers 10. The Handmaid’s Tale 11. London Spy 12. Orange Is the New Black 13. Sense8 14. Special and Bonding 15. “San Junipero,” Black Mirror
TV Episodes |in order by series| “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia,” The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story; “Teddy Perkins,” Atlanta; “Hope,” Black-ish; “Fish Out of Water,” BoJack Horseman; “Jews on a Plane,” Broad City; “Remedial Chaos Theory,” Community; “Original Cast Album: Co-Op,” Documentary Now!; “Shook One Pt. II,” Euphoria; “The Winds of Winter,” Game of Thrones; “Welcome to Bushwick a.k.a. the Crackcident,” Girls; “Hitting the Fan,” The Good Wife; “The Book of Nora,” The Leftovers; “Parents,” Master of None; “Christmas Trifle,” Please Like Me; “Death Doesn’t Let You Say Goodbye,” Sense8; “To Sardines and Back,” Transparent; “Who Goes There,” True Detective; “Kissing Your Sister,” Veep; “This Extraordinary Being,” Watchmen; “Part Four,” When They See Us
True Crime TV 1. The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst 2. Making a Murderer 3. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story 4. Mindhunter 5. Unbelievable 6. Fyre Fraud and Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened 7. I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth Vs. Michelle Carter 8. Amanda Knox 9. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes 10. Wild Wild Country
TV Memes #BabyYoda, #BoarOnTheFloor, #HotPriest, #JusticeForBarb, #LeftShark, #SixSeasonsAndAMovie, #SurpriseBitch, #WheresCarl, #WinterIsComing
Looking Back |past lists| 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
