Category: Last Decade

The 25 Best Directors of the Last Decade

DirectorFilms from the Last 10 Years Ranked
1. Christopher Nolan1. Dunkirk (2017)
2. Oppenheimer (2023)
3. Tenet (2020)
2. Yorgos Lanthimos1. The Favourite (2018)
2. Poor Things (2023)
3. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
4. Kinds of Kindness (2024)
3. Wes Anderson1. The French Dispatch (2021)
2. Asteroid City (2023)
3. The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
4. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023)
5. Isle of Dogs (2018)
4. Denis Villeneuve1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
2. Dune: Part One and Two (2021, 2024)
3. Arrival (2016)
5. Alfonso Cuarón1. Roma (2018)
2. Disclaimer (2024)
6. Ari Aster1. Midsommar (2019)
2. Hereditary (2018)
3. Beau is Afraid (2023)
7. Pablo Larraín1. Spencer (2021)
2. Maria (2024)
3. Jackie (2016)
4. El Conde (2023)
8. Steve McQueen1. Widows (2018)
2. Small Axe (2020)
3. Blitz (2024)
9. Robert Eggers1. Nosferatu (2024)
2. The Lighthouse (2019)
3. The Northman (2022)
10. Barry Jenkins1. Moonlight (2016)
2. The Underground Railroad (2021)
3. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
11. Damien Chazelle1. La La Land (2016)
2. Babylon (2022)
3. First Man (2018)
12. Martin Scorsese1. The Irishman (2019)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
3. Silence (2016)
13. Luca Guadagnino1. Call Me By Your Name (2017)
2. Queer (2024)
3. Challengers (2024)
4. Bones and All (2022)
5. Suspiria (2018)
6. We Are Who We Are (2020)
14. Guillermo del Toro1. The Shape of Water (2018)
2. Nightmare Alley (2021)
3. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)
15. Paul Schrader1. First Reformed (2017)
2. The Card Counter (2021)
3. Master Gardener (2022)
16. James Gray1. Ad Astra (2019)
2. The Lost City of Z (2016)
3. Armageddon Time (2022)
17. David Fincher1. The Killer (2023)
2. Mank (2020)
18. Nicolas Winding Refn1. The Neon Demon (2016)
2. Copenhagen Cowboy (2023)
19. Kogonada1. Columbus (2017)
2. After Yang (2021)
20. Ryan Coogler1. Sinners (2025)
2. Black Panther (2018)
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
21. Bong Joon-ho1. Parasite (2019)
2. Mickey 17 (2025)
22. Emerald Fennell1. Promising Young Woman (2020)
2. Saltburn (2023)
23. David Lowery1. The Green Knight (2021)
2. A Ghost Story (2017)
24. Alex Garland1. Annihilation (2018)
2. Civil War (2024)
3. Men (2022)
4. Devs (2020)
25. The Safdie Brothers1. Good Time (2017)
2. Uncut Gems (2019)

The 10 Best Cinematographers of the Last Decade

CinematographerTop 3 Cinematographic Works from the Last Decade
1. Hoyte van Hoytema1. Dunkirk (2017)
2. Ad Astra (2019)
3. Oppenheimer (2023)
2. Robbie Ryan1. Poor Things (2023)
2. The Favourite (2018)
3. C’mon C’mon (2021)
3. Łukasz Żal1. Cold War (2018)
2. The Zone of Interest (2023)
3. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
4. Linus Sandgren1. La La Land (2016)
2. Babylon (2022)
3. Saltburn (2023)
5. Greig Fraser1. Dune: Part One and Two (2021, 2024)
2. The Batman (2022)
3. The Creator (2023)
6. Dan Laustsen1. John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
2. The Shape of Water (2018)
3. Nightmare Alley (2021)
7. Bruno Delbonnel1. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
2. The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
3. Disclaimer (2024)
8. Roger Deakins1. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
2. 1917 (2019)
3. Empire of Light (2022)
9. Sayombhu Mukdeeprom1. Call Me By Your Name (2017)
2. Queer (2024)
3. Challengers (2024)
10. Jarin Blaschke1. Nosferatu (2024)
2. The Lighthouse (2019)
3. The Northman (2022)

The 10 Best Film Editors of the Last Decade

EditorTop 3 Edited Films from the Last Decade
1. Jennifer Lame1. Oppenheimer (2023)
2. Tenet (2020)
3. Marriage Story (2019)
2. Joe Walker1. Dune: Part One and Two (2021, 2024)
2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
3. Widows (2018)
3. Lee Smith1. Dunkirk (2017)
2. 1917 (2019)
3. Empire of Light (2022)
4. Tom Cross1. La La Land (2016)
2. Babylon (2022)
3. No Time to Die (2021)
5. Lucian Johnston1. Midsommar (2019)
2. Hereditary (2018)
3. Beau is Afraid (2023)
6. Joi McMillon1. Moonlight (2016)
2. The Underground Railroad (2021)
3. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
7. Yorgos Mavropsaridis1. The Favourite (2018)
2. Poor Things (2023)
3. Kinds of Kindness (2024)
8. Thelma Schoonmaker1. The Irishman (2019)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
3. Silence (2016)
9. Louise Ford1. The Lighthouse (2019)
2. The Northman (2022)
3. Nosferatu (2024)
10. Kirk Baxter1. Mank (2020)
2. The Killer (2023)

The 10 Best Screenwriters of the Last Decade

ScreenwriterScreenplays from the Last 10 Years Ranked
1. Paul Schrader1. First Reformed (2017)
2. The Card Counter (2021)
3. Master Gardener (2022)
2. Wes Anderson1. Asteroid City (2023)
2. The French Dispatch (2021)
3. The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
4. Isle of Dogs (2018)
5. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023)
3. Ari Aster1. Midsommar (2019)
2. Hereditary (2018)
3. Beau is Afraid (2023)
4. Christopher Nolan1. Oppenheimer (2023)
2. Dunkirk (2017)
3. Tenet (2020)
5. Tony McNamara1. The Favourite (2018)
2. Poor Things (2023)
3. Cruella (2021)
6. Robert Eggers1. The Lighthouse (2019)
2. Nosferatu (2024)
3. The Northman (2022)
7. Steven Zaillian1. The Irishman (2019)
2. Ripley (2024)
8. Steve McQueen1. Small Axe (2020)
2. Widows (2018)
3. Blitz (2024)
9. Noah Baumbach1. Marriage Story (2019)
2. The Meyerowitz Stories (2017)
3. Barbie (2023)
4. White Noise (2022)
10. Alex Garland1. Civil War (2024)
2. Annihilation (2018)
3. Devs (2020
4. Men (2022)

The 25 Best Female Actors of the Last Decade

ActressTop 3 Performances of the Last Decade
1. Emma Stone1. Poor Things (2023)
2. La La Land (2016)
3. The Favourite (2018)
2. Cate Blanchett1. Tár (2022)
2. Nightmare Alley (2021)
3. Disclaimer (2024)
3. Scarlett Johansson1. Marriage Story (2019)
2. Asteroid City (2023)
3. Jojo Rabbit (2019)
4. Florence Pugh1. Midsommar (2019)
2. Little Women (2019)
3. Oppenheimer (2023)
5. Margot Robbie1. Babylon (2022)
2. I, Tonya (2017)
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
6. Frances McDormand1. Nomadland (2020)
2. The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
7. Olivia Colman1. The Favourite (2018)
2. The Lost Daughter (2021)
3. Empire of Light (2022)
8. Saoirse Ronan1. Little Women (2019)
2. Lady Bird (2017)
3. The Outrun (2024)
9. Anya Taylor-Joy1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
2. The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
3. The Menu (2022)
10. Tilda Swinton1. Suspiria (2018)
2. The Souvenir (2019)
3. Hail, Caesar! (2016)
11. Jessie Buckley1. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
2. Men (2022)
3. The Lost Daughter (2021)
12. Toni Collette1. Hereditary (2018)
2. I’m Thinking of Endings Things (2020)
3. Nightmare Alley (2021)
13. Natalie Portman1. Jackie (2016)
2. May December (2023)
3. Annihilation (2018)
14. Carey Mulligan1. Promising Young Woman (2020)
2. Saltburn (2023)
3. She Said (2022)
15. Margaret Qualley1. The Substance (2024)
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
3. Poor Things (2023)
16. Kristen Stewart1. Spencer (2021)
2. Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
3. Personal Shopper (2016)
17. Ana de Armas1. Blonde (2022)
2. Knives Out (2019)
3. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
18. Sandra Hüller1. The Zone of Interest (2023)
2. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
3. Toni Erdmann (2016)
19. Tessa Thompson1. Passing (2021)
2. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
3. Annihilation (2018)
20. Rebecca Ferguson1. Dune: Part I and II (2021, 2024)
2. Doctor Sleep (2019)
3. Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
21. Laura Dern1. Marriage Story (2019)
2. Little Women (2019)
3. Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
22. Elle Fanning1. The Neon Demon (2016)
2. 20th Century Women (2016)
3. A Complete Unknown (2024)
23. Sally Hawkins1. The Shape of Water (2018)
2. Bring Her Back (2025)
3. Paddington 2 (2017)
24. Viola Davis1. Widows (2018)
2. The Woman King (2022)
3. The Suicide Squad (2021)
25. Michelle Yeoh1. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
2. A Haunting in Venice (2022)
3. Wicked (2024)

The 25 Best Male Actors of the Last Decade

ActorTop 3 Performances of the Last Decade
1. Timothee Chalamet1. Call Me By Your Name (2017)
2. Dune: Part One and Two (2021, 2024)
3. Little Women (2019)
2. Adam Driver1. Marriage Story (2019)
2. Paterson (2016)
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
3. Ryan Gosling1. La La Land (2016)
2. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
3. Barbie (2023)
4. Robert Pattinson1. The Lighthouse (2019)
2. Good Time (2017)
3. The Batman (2022)
5. Joaquin Phoenix1. Joker (2019)
2. Beau is Afraid (2023)
3. You Were Never Really Here (2017)
6. Cillian Murphy1. Oppenheimer (2023)
2. Small Things Like These (2024)
3. Dunkirk (2017)
7. Willem Dafoe1. The Lighthouse (2019)
2. The Florida Project (2017)
3. Poor Things (2023)
8. Brad Pitt1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
2. Ad Astra (2019)
3. Babylon (2022)
9. Jesse Plemmons1. I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
2. Kinds of Kindness (2024)
3. Civil War (2024)
10. Barry Keoghan1. Saltburn (2023)
2. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
3. Bird (2024)
11. Oscar Isaac1. The Card Counter (2021)
2. Dune (2021)
3. Annihilation (2018)
12. Daniel Kaluuya1. Get Out (2017)
2. Widows (2018)
3. Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
13. Bradley Cooper1. Nightmare Alley (2021)
2. Maestro (2023)
3. A Star is Born (2018)
14. Colin Farrell1. The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
2. The Batman (2022)
3. After Yang (2021)
15. Leonardo DiCaprio1. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
3. Don’t Look Up (2021)
16. Ralph Fiennes1. Conclave (2024)
2. The Menu (2022)
3. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023)
17. Michael B. Jordan1. Sinners (2025)
2. Black Panther (2018)
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
18. Benedict Cumberbatch1. The Power of the Dog (2021)
2. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023)
3. The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
19. Adrien Brody1. The Brutalist (2024)
2. The French Dispatch (2021)
3. Asteroid City (2023)
20. Austin Butler1. Elvis (2022)
2. Dune: Part Two (2024)
3. The Bikeriders (2023)
21. Gary Oldman1. Mank (2020)
2. Darkest Hour (2017)
3. Oppenheimer (2023)
22. Steven Yeun1. Burning (2018)
2. Minari (2020)
3. Nope (2022)
23. Benicio del Toro1. The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
2. The French Dispatch (2021)
3. Reptile (2023)
24. Andrew Scott1. Ripley (2024)
2. All of Us Strangers (2023)
3. 1917 (2019)
25. Dev Patel1. The Green Knight (2021)
2. Monkey Man (2024)
3. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2023)