The Dissolve's The 50 best films of the decade so far

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The middle of a decade isn’t often a cause for reflection, but maybe it should be. We tend to break time down into whatever segments make sense, especially within art, fashion, and culture, where things move quickly and change significantly: The teen world of 1982’s Fast Times At Ridgemont High, for instance, is markedly different from the teen world of 1989’s Say Anything… Inspired by our friends at Pitchfork, The Dissolve polled its regular contributors and some friends of the site about the best films released since January 1, 2010. We compiled the results in an effort to help give shape to the decade in progress, as the cinematic landscape keeps evolving around us. When the math was done, we found the results surprising, with a No. 1 none of us predicted. (Though we probably should have.)

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  1. 1 new

    Boyhood

    2014, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    Her

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Social Network

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
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    Copie conforme

    2010 — a.k.a. Certified Copy, in 8 top lists Check
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    Jodaeiye Nader az Simin

    2011 — a.k.a. A Separation, in 15 top lists Check
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    Inside Llewyn Davis

    2013, in 8 top lists Check
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    Under the Skin

    2013, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    2014, in 17 top lists Check
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    Frances Ha

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
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    Holy Motors

    2012, in 11 top lists Check
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    Toy Story 3

    2010, in 16 top lists Check
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    12 Years a Slave

    2013, in 22 top lists Check
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    The Master

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Tree of Life

    2011, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
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    Margaret

    2011, in 7 top lists Check
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    Moonrise Kingdom

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
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    Short Term 12

    2013, in 2 top lists Check
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    Selma

    2014, in 7 top lists Check
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    Meek's Cutoff

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Before Midnight

    2013, in 6 top lists Check
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    Take Shelter

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
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    Winter's Bone

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Exit Through the Gift Shop

    2010, in 1 top list Check
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    Kynodontas

    2009 — a.k.a. Dogtooth, in 8 top lists Check
  26. 26 new

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 27 new

    Zero Dark Thirty

    2012, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 28 new

    Whiplash

    2014, in 14 top lists Check
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    Adieu au langage

    2014 — a.k.a. Goodbye to Language, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 30 new

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    Turist

    2014 — a.k.a. Force Majeure, in 6 top lists
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    Amour

    2012, in 15 top lists Check
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    Loong Boonmee raleuk chat

    2010 — a.k.a. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, in 13 top lists Check
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    La vie d'Adèle

    2013 — a.k.a. Blue Is the Warmest Colour, in 13 top lists Check
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    In film nist

    2011 — a.k.a. This Is Not a Film, in 3 top lists Check
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    Leviathan

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Wolf of Wall Street

    2013, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Interrupters

    2011, in 1 top list Check
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    Bridesmaids

    2011, in 8 top lists Check
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    Martha Marcy May Marlene

    2011, in 1 top list Check
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    Coherence

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
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    Only Lovers Left Alive

    2013, in 4 top lists Check
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    Upstream Color

    2013, in 3 top lists Check
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    Love Is Strange

    2014, in 1 top list Check
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    Guardians of the Galaxy

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
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    A torinói ló

    2011 — a.k.a. The Turin Horse, in 8 top lists Check
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    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
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    Inherent Vice

    2014, in 6 top lists Check
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    Wreck-It Ralph

    2012, in 3 top lists Check
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    Gravity

    2013, in 12 top lists Check
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