(012.) favorite movies of 2010.
#10. L'illusionniste (The Illusionist) | Animation | 90 min. Directed by Sylvain Chomet. Starring Jean-Claude Donda, Elididh Rankin (voices) A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever. |
#09. The Ghost Writer | Drama / Mystery / Thriller | 128 min. Directed by Roman Polanski. Starring Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. |
#08. The Kids Are All Right | Comedy / Drama | 106 min. Directed by Lisa Cholodensko. Starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo Two children conceived by artificial insemination bring their birth father into their family life. |
#07. Mine Vaganti (Loose Cannons) | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 110 min. Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek. Starring Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi Father and owner of a pasta making business, learns that his eldest son, predestined to take over the company, is gay. |
#06. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 | Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery | 146 min. Directed by David Yates. Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint As Harry races against time and evil to destroy the Horcruxes, he uncovers the existence of three most powerful objects in the wizarding world: the Deathly Hallows. |
#05. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World | Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy | 112 min. Directed by Edgar Wright. Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart. |
#04. Inception | Action / Crime / Mystery | 148 min. Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page 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. |
#03. Kick-Ass | Action / Adventure / Comedy | 117 min. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Starring Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so. |
#02. Tangled | Animation / Comedy / Family | 100 min. Directed by Nathan Greno, Byron Howard. Starring Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi (voices) The long-haired Princess Rapunzel has spent her entire life in a tower, but when she falls in love with a bandit who was passing by she must venture into the outside world for the first time to find him. |
#01. The Social Network | Biography / Drama / History | 120 min. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake. A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook. |