Posts Tagged ‘The Town’

This is a bit of a companion piece to another article I wrote about movies I don’t love, despite containing some great scenes. In this case, I have movies that I do love, despite the fact that I can acknowledge them to have flaws. These are not necessarily the “Guilty Pleasures” – movies that you know are bad, but love anyway. These are films that are generally considered to be at least pretty good; they all rank in the global Top 2000 on Flickchart, and three rank in the global Top 200. They all rank in my personal Top 200, and two of them are in my Top 20. One is a Best Picture Oscar winner. Three of the other four were nominated for at least one Oscar, and the fifth made many critics’ Top 10 lists the year it came out. I love them all, but I can admit each of them has certain “issues”. Here they are, in ascending order on my Flickchart:
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As the Oscar telecast creeps up on us again, it begs the question: How many times has the Academy really gotten this “Best Picture” thing right, anyway?

Think about it. How many controversial decisions are there in the Academy’s history? How many times is a movie other than Best Picture long remembered as the best of the year?

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During 2010, we received over 49 million rankings where movie fans have been placing new films from the year onto their lists and putting them up against the best movies of all time. This list culminates those rankings to generate the movies of 2010 that are highest ranked by all of the users of Flickchart. This list is only accurate up to the day this was published, so if you’re eager to see if things have changed, you can check the daily results at http://www.flickchart.com/charts/2010.

Don’t forget too that once you’re there, you can further filter the list to get the best of 2010 combined with any of your favorite actors or genres. Best animated movies of 2010? Check. Best Jonah Hill movies of 2010? Check. Best animated movies starring Jonah Hill of 2010? Check.

While there certainly may be some debate on what made the cut and where each film landed on the list that may not line up with your personal best of 2010, we’re surprised and interested to see such a wide variety of blockbusters, indie films, animated, documentary, comedy, sci-fi, and action make their presence this year. We’ve been making strides to improve the global rankings to be as accurate as possible, and we’ll have even more innovations on this front in the new year – along with a laundry list of new features we’ve got cooked up.

Remember, if you watched and ranked these movies on your Flickchart, you helped to create this list! If not, be sure to rank your favorites of 2010 to influence the list for the future! Without further adieu, here are your Top 20 of 2010:

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by

Movie

Weekend $

Total $

Est. # Tickets Bought*

Add to My Flickchart

Saw 3D

$22.5 Mil

$22.5 Mil

2.8Mil

Paranormal Activity 2

$16.5 Mil

$65.7 Mil

2.1 Mil

Red

$10.9 Mil

$58.9 Mil

1.4 Mil

Jackass 3D

$8.4 Mil

$101.6 Mil

1.1 Mil

Hereafter

$6.3 Mil

$22.2 Mil

.8 Mil

Secretariat

$5.0 Mil

$44.8 Mil

.6 Mil

The Social Network

$4.7 Mil

$79.7 Mil

.6 Mil

Life as We Know It

$4.0 Mil

$43.5 Mil

.5 Mil

The Town

$2.0 Mil

$87.6 Mil

.25 Mil

Conviction

$1.8 Mil

$2.4 Mil

.2 Mil

*Mostly unscientific and based on average US ticket price of $7.95. Does not factor in extra 3D charges.

Source: Box Office Mojo

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Movie

Weekend $

Total $

Est. # Tickets Bought*

Add to My Flickchart

Paranormal Activity 2

$41.5 Mil

$41.5 Mil

5.2 Mil

Jackass 3D

$21.6 Mil

$87.1 Mil

2.7 Mil

Red

$15 Mil

$43.5 Mil

1.9 Mil

Hereafter

$12 Mil

$12.3 Mil

1.5 Mil

The Social Network

$7.3 Mil

$72.9 Mil

.9 Mil

Secretariat

$6.9 Mil

$37.4 Mil

.9 Mil

Life as We Know It

$6.2 Mil

$37.6 Mil

.8 Mil

Legend of the Guardians

$3.2 Mil

$50.1 Mil

.4 Mil

The Town

$2.7 Mil

$84.7 Mil

.35 Mil

Easy A

$1.8 Mil

$54.8 Mil

.25 Mil

*Mostly unscientific and based on average US ticket price of $7.95. Does not factor in extra 3D charges.

Source: Box Office Mojo