Well I certainly can’t be exhaustive on this, I mean everyone does a top ten movie list, but following is a gathering of some of the critics and awards. The attributions with links are listed below and movies I’ve seen are bolded (a gal’s gotta keep track somehow), I can’t see them all but will cobble together my must see list after a quick run to the movies.
- 127 Hours – AFI, TC, LS, OG, Sat, AOS, RD, PGA, BM, BFCA, AA
- Ajami – OG
- Alice in Wonderland – GG
- Animal Kingdom – LS, Sat
- Another Year – LS, OG, SH
- The Art of the Steal – RD
- Black Swan – AFI, GG, MD, AOS, OFC, PGA, BAFTA, BFCA, CFC, GIFA, AA
- Blue Valentine – OG, Sat, GIFA
- Boxing Gym – MD
- Burlesque – GG
- Carlos – TC, MD, AOS, SH
- Cyrus – Sat
- Edge of Darkness – BM
- Exit Through the Gift Shop – TC, OG
- The Fighter – AFI, GG, AOS, PGA, BM, BFCA, AA
- Four Lions – RC
- Get Low – Sat
- The Ghost Writer – LS, OG, Sat, MD, BM
- Greenberg – AOS
- Green Zone – SK, RC
- Inception – SK, AFI, GG, Sat, MD, SH, OFC, RD, PGA, BAFTA, BFCA, CFC, AA
- Inside Job – RC, SH
- Jackass 3D – SK
- Kick-Ass – SK, RD
- The King’s Speech – GG, Sat, SH, PGA, BAFTA, BM, BFCA, CFC, AA
- The Kids Are Alright – AFI, LS, OG, GG, Sat, AOS, SH, PGA, GIFA, AA
- Knight and Day – BM
- Last Train Home – LS
- Let Me In – SK, TC, GIFA
- Life During Wartime – RC
- MacGruber – BM
- Made in Dagenham – Sat
- Monsters – SK
- Mother – TC
- My Dog Tulip – SH
- Never Let Me Go – RC
- The Other Guys – Sat, BM
- Please Give – Sat
- A Prophet – LS, MD
- Rabbit Hole – RC, RD
- RED – GG, Sat
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Sat
- Shutter Island – TC, RD
- The Social Network – SK, RC, LAFC, AFI, TC, LS, OG, GG, Sat, MD, SH, OFC, RD, PGA, BAFTA, BM, BFCA, CFC, NYFCC, SFFC, AA
- Solitary Man – RD
- Somewhere – AOS
- Splice – SK
- Sweetgrass – MD
- Takers – SK
- The Tillman Story – RD
- The Town – SK, AFI, OG, Sat, PGA, BM, BFCA
- The Tourist – GG
- Toy Story 3 – RC, AFI, TC, LS, OG, AOS, SH, OFC, PGA, BM, BFCA, AA
- True Grit – AFI, TC, MD, OFC, PGA, BAFTA, BFCA, AA
- Vincere – AOS
- Waiting for ‘Superman’ – RC
- Wild Grass – RC, MD
- Winter’s Bone – AFI, TC, LS, Sat, AOS, SH, OFC, RD, BFCA, CFC, GIFA, AA
AA – Academy Award Nominations, AOS – AO Scott for NYTimes, AFI – American Film Institute, BAFTA – British Academy Film Awards, GG – Golden Globe Nominations, BM – Ben Mankiewicz for Huggington Post, BSFC – Boston Society of Film Critics, BFCA – Broadcast Film Critics Association, CFC – Chicago Film Critics, GIFA – Gotham Independent Film Awards, LAFC – LA Film Critics, LS – Lisa Schwarzbaum for EW, NYFCC – New York Film Critic Circle, MD – Manohla Dargis for NYTimes, OFC – Online Film Critics, OG – Owen Gleiberman for EW, PGA – Producers Guild, RC – Richard Corliss for Time, RD – Rossiter Drake for 7×7, Sat – Satellite Awards, SFFC – San Francisco Film Critics, SH – Stephen Holden for NYTimes, SK – Stephen King for EW, TC – Tom Charity for CNN
