The Best Movies of The Decade

In chronological order, limited to movies that I have seen.

The Movies

Inception (2010)
The Tree of Life (2011)
The Master (2012)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Her (2013)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Silence (2016)
First Reformed (2017)
Phantom Thread (2017)

The best movie of the last decade is Silence (2016) directed by Martin Scorsese.

The Filmmakers and Their Influences

Martin Scorsese (Kazan/Huston/Ford/Italian Neorealists)
Paul Schrader (Bresson/Bergman/Scorsese)
The Coen Brothers (Sturges/Allen)
Christopher Nolan (Scott/Michael Mann)
Wes Anderson (Tati/Renoir/Dahl)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Altman/Huston)
Terrence Malick (Heidegger)
Spike Jonze (Kaufman/Music Videos)

Notable Feature Narrative Films

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Irishman, Killing of a Sacred Deer, Gone Girl, Boyhood, Birdman, Manchester by the Sea, 12 Years a Slave, Eight Grade, Black Swan, Lady Bird, Marriage Story, The Meyerowitz Stories [New and Selected], Frances Ha, Get Out, Spotlight, ExMachina, Fury, Melancholia, Clemency, Parasite, Dunkirk, Interstellar, Roma, Foxtrot, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Skyfall, Prisoners, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Coco, Blade Runner 2049, Life of Pi, A Separation, The Florida Project, The Social Network, mother!, Ida, Cold War, Prometheus, Moonrise Kingdom, Carol, The Lobster, Whiplash, Before Midnight, Avengers: Infinity War, A Quiet Place, The Other Side of The Wind, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, The Death of Stalin, Joker, Everybody Wants Some!!, The Neon Demon, Isle of Dogs, Drive, Cafe Society, Wonder Wheel, The Favourite. Nymphomanic Parts 1&2, Bridge of Spies, Knives Out, 1917, Shutter Island, A Hidden Life