A Year in Film: 2010.

01. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul; Thailand/UK/France/Germany/Spain/Netherlands)

02. Greenberg (Noah Baumbach, USA)

03. Somewhere (Sofia Coppola, USA)

04. Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami, France/Italy/Iran)

05. Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance, USA)

06. Film socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard, Switzerland/France)

07. The Social Network (David Fincher, USA)

08. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Bansky, USA/UK)

09. Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, USA)

10. The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski, France/Germany/UK)

11. True Grit (Joel and Ethan Coen, USA)

12. Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt, USA)

13. The American (Anton Corbijn, USA)

14. Rabbit Hole (John Cameron Mitchell, USA)

15. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Ricki Stern & Anne Sundberg, USA)

16. Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Alex Gibney, USA)

17. Buried (Rodrigo Cortés, Spain/USA/France)

18. happythankyoumoreplease (Josh Radnor, USA)

19. The Oath (Laura Poitras, USA)

20. Casino Jack and the United States of Money (Alex Gibney, USA)

Best Director

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives *

Sofia Coppola, Somewhere

Derek Cianfrance, Blue Valentine

Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit

David Fincher, The Social Network

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Ben Stiller, Greenberg

James Franco, 127 Hours

Ryan Gosling, Blue Valentine

Stephen Dorff, Somewhere *

George Clooney, The American

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Juliette Binoche, Certified Copy *

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Rhys Ifans, Greenberg

Matt Damon, True Grit

Miles Teller, Rabbit Hole

Andrew Garfield, The Social Network *

Vincent Cassel, Black Swan

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Greta Gerwig, Greenberg *

Elle Fanning, Somewhere

Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Dianne Wiest, Rabbit Hole

Michelle Williams, Meek’s Cutoff

Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay

The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin *

The American, Rowan Joffe

The Ghost Writer, Robert Harris and Roman Polanski

Rabbit Hole, David Lindsay-Abaire

True Grit, Joel and Ethan Coen

Best Writing - Original Screenplay

Greenberg, Noah Baumbach *

Certified Copy, Abbas Kiarostami

Meek’s Cutoff, Jonathan Raymond

happythankyoumoreplease, Josh Radnor

Buried, Chris Sparling

Best Cinematography

Greenberg, Harris Savides

Somewhere, Harris Savides *

True Grit, Roger Deakins

The American, Martin Ruhe

Blue Valentine, Andrij Parekh

Best Original Score

Black Swan, Clint Mansell

The Social Network, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross *

Greenberg, James Murphy

The American, Herbert Grönemeyer

The Ghost Writer, Alexandre Desplat

Keep in mind, I have not seen the following (yet): Howl, Waiting for 'Superman', I'm Still Here, Another Year, Carlos, Tiny Furniture, etc.