My best picture winners of the decade.

Previously I had said that the best picture of 2016 was Toni Erdmann. I still think it's a great film, but I've decided that the film that has stuck with me the most and that I think about a lot is Arrival. Whether it's the current political situation or the emotional pull of the story or perhaps it's Amy Adams all-time great performance, but the film has stuck with me and is the true best picture of 2016. I do owe a rewatch to Moonlight a film that I respect, but it didn't work for me as much as I thought it would. Coming-of-age films are my favorite genre so it's surprising to me that it didn't blow me away like it did everyone else. That being said it's one of the top-tier best picture Oscar winners. (I also loved La La Land, don't shoot me!) For now however these are my best picture winners since 2010.

ETA: I also decided that Frances Ha is the rightful winner of 2013...sorry Blue is the Warmest Color!!!

I'll do a little post about each film in the coming days.

Arrival (2016) - Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Black Swan (2010) - Directed by Darren Aronofsky

Brooklyn (2015) - Directed by John Crowley

Call Me By Your Name (2017) - Directed by Luca Guadagnino 

Frances Ha (2013) - Directed by Noah Baumbach

Mommy (2014) - Directed by Xavier Dolan

A Separation (2011) - Directed by Asghar Farhadi

Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

My acting winners this decade...so far!

A slow time for the movies right now as we wait for the summer season to kick-in. So with that in mind, I thought I'd review my acting winners for the best of the decade...so far!

Clearly the Academy and I differ in our opinion of the best. Only two of my winners would win the Oscar for this performance, Casey Affleck and Natalie Portman. However several were nominated with the lead actor category having the most representatives on Oscar night. Compare the lead actor category with five nominated performances next to one each in the supporting categories.

Casey Affleck as Lee Chandler in Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Timothée Chalamet as Elio in Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (2010)

Michael Keaton as Riggan in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

Logan Lerman as Charlie in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Michael Shannon as Curtis in Take Shelter (2011)

Jacob Tremblay as Jack in Room (2015)

Amy Adams as Louise Banks in Arrival (2016)

Jessica Chastain as Maya in Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

Anne Dorval as Diane in Mommy (2014)

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Adele in Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

Anna Paquin as Lisa Cohen in Margaret (2011)

Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010)

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis in Brooklyn (2015)

Saoirse Ronan as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson in Lady Bird (2017)

James Franco as Alien in Spring Breakers (2013)

Walton Goggins as Sheriff Chris Mannix in The Hateful Eight (2015)

Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network (2010)

Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty in On the Road (2012)

André Holland as Kevin in Moonlight (2016)

Ezra Miller as Kevin in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Edward Norton as Mike in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virture of Ignorance) (2014)

Michael Stuhlbarg as Mr. Perlman in Call Me By Your Name (2017)

Rose Byrne as Helen in Bridesmaids (2011)

Rosemarie DeWitt as Hannah in Your Sister's Sister (2012)

Greta Gerwig as Brooke in Mistress America (2015)

Lesley Manville as Mary in Another Year (2010)

Laurie Metcalf as Marion McPherson in Lady Bird (2017)

Julianne Moore as Havana Segrand in Maps to the Stars (2014)

Molly Shannon as Joanne Mulcahey in Other People (2016)

Shailene Woodley as Aimee in The Spectacular Now (2013)

Best Performance of the Year

My favorite performance of the year for the last seven years... very strong decade so far. It will be hard to pick the best of the decade come 2020.

2017
Timothée Chalamet as Elio in Call Me by Your Name

Runner-Up: Saoirse Ronan as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson in Lady Bird

2016

Amy Adams as Louise Banks in Arrival

Runner-Up: André Holland as Kevin in Moonlight

2015

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis in Brooklyn

Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig as Brooke in Mistress America

2014

 Anne Dorval as Diane in Mommy

Runner-Up: Julianne Moore as Havana Segrand in Maps to the Stars

2013

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street

Runner-Up: Adèle Exarchopoulos as Adèle in Blue is the Warmest Color 

2012

Jessica Chastain as Maya in Zero Dark Thirty

Runner-Up: Logan Lerman as Charlie in The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2011

Michael Shannon as Curtis in Take Shelter

Runner-Up: Anna Paquin as Lisa Cohen in Margaret

2010

Lesley Manville as Mary Smith in Another Year

Runner-Up: Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan