2010 in film

Evaluation of the year

"At times it feels as if we’re living in something of a cinematic golden age, but one that’s altogether different from earlier halcyon days. Where some celebrate the former genius of the system to explain an earlier day’s proliferation of fine movies, now the system is something of a blunderer that often flings itself into follies or even crushes inspiration under its weight, but sometimes gets carried away, for reasons good or bad, and hands surprising control of vast resources over to artists who make stunningly audacious and personal use of them. The best filmmakers working in Hollywood have a passionate grasp of the cinematic past, but they don’t swoon over its polish or emulate its styles, they excavate it for its raw materials. There’s also a ferment here of independent filmmaking that liberates young people who, in earlier times, might have had to scuffle or supplicate for years while angling for a practical chance that now, with video, and with adequate effort, they can seize for themselves. Some of these independents have developed distinctive methods as well as aesthetics—regarding subject matter, picture, and performance—that are apt for the means of production. They make their lives, their homes, their families, their problems, and even their art the focus of their movies, and because, in their individuality, they share much with others in their generation, their stories, at their best—reflecting the age-old clashes and strivings of talented and ambitious youths in life, love, and art—reverberate deeply and widely. Meanwhile, the proliferation of arthouse cinemas and the sudden availability of classics on DVD and via Netflix go hand in hand with the rise of their art: their fierce focus on the immediate and the intimate includes the intensely personal experience of movies—whether treasures from the history of cinema or instant classics newly arrived from around the world. And, thanks to the Internet’s rapidity of ripple-effects that carry word from bloggers and enthusiasts to the world at large, the independent aesthetic and its artists have quickly had an impact on the Hollywood mainstream, in salutary ways."

Highest-grossing films

Box office records

• 2010 was the first year to have two films cross the billion-dollar milestone.
• *Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to gross $1 billion, and is currently the tenth highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year; two of them are in the Top 5.
• *Toy Story 3 surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Disney. It was later surpassed by The Avengers in 2012.
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• The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two.

  Events

Awards

2010 films

By country/region

• List of American films of 2010
• List of Argentine films of 2010
• List of Australian films of 2010
• List of Bangladeshi films of 2010
• List of Brazilian films of 2010
• List of British films of 2010
• List of Canadian films of 2010
• List of Chinese films of 2010
• List of Egyptian films of 2010
• List of French films of 2010
• List of Hong Kong films of 2010
• List of Italian films of 2010
• List of Indian films of 2010
• * List of Assamese films
• * List of Bengali films of 2010
• * List of Hindi films of 2010
• * List of Gujarati films
• * List of Kannada films of 2010
• * List of Malayalam films of 2010
• * List of Marathi films of 2010
• * List of Odia films of 2010
• * List of Punjabi films of 2010
• * List of Tamil films of 2010
• * List of Telugu films of 2010
• * List of Tulu films
• List of Japanese films of 2010
• List of Lebanese films
• List of Mexican films of 2010
• List of Pakistani films of 2010
• List of Swedish films of the 2000s
• List of South Korean films of 2010
• List of Spanish films of 2010
• List of Turkish films of 2010

  By genre/medium

• List of action films of 2010
• List of animated feature films of 2010
• List of avant-garde films of 2010
• List of comedy films of 2010
• List of drama films of 2010
• List of horror films of 2010
• List of science fiction films of 2010
• List of thriller films of 2010
• List of western films of 2010

  Births

• March 10 - Ryan Kiera Armstrong, American actress
• April 7 - Alyla Browne, Australian actress
• May 4 - Brooklynn Prince, American actress and director
• June 25 - Shrinivas Pokale, Indian actor
• July 7 - Frankie Corio, Scottish actress
• July 12 - Federico Ielapi, Italian actor
• August 1 - Jude Hill, Northern Irish actor
• October 18 - Andrey Andreev, Russian actor
• Unknown - Amie Donald, New Zealand actress and dancer

  Deaths