The Best Movies of 2010...

The Social Network (2010)

A chronicle of the founding of Facebook, the social-networking Web site. (120 mins.) 

Director: David Fincher

Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara

  Toy Story 3 (2010)

The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home. (103 mins.) 

Director: Lee Unkrich

Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty

  Inception (2010)

In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception. (148 mins.) 

Director: Christopher Nolan

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe

  True Grit (2010)

A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer. (110 mins.) 

Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Brolin

The Town (2010)

As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down. (125 mins.)  

Director: Ben Affleck

Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner

  The Tillman Story (2010 Documentary)

Pat Tillman never thought of himself as a hero. His choice to leave a multimillion-dollar football contract... (94 mins.) 

Director: Amir Bar-Lev

Stars: Pat Tillman, Richard Tillman

  Black Swan (2010)

A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile the Black Swan, daughter of an evil magician. (108 mins.) 

 

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder

127 Hours (2010)

 

A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. (94 mins.) 

Director: Danny Boyle

Stars: James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Sean Bott

 
 



How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. (98 mins.) 

Director: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders

Stars: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Craig Ferguson

The Kids Are All Right (2010)

Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life. (106 mins.) 

Director: Lisa Cholodenko

Stars: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska