11. True Grit
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Actors: Matt Damon, Jeff Bridges, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld, Paul Rae
Plot: The Coen Brothers' take on the classic western: A grizzled U.S. Marshal and stubborn young woman join forces to track down the men who murdered her father.
12. Inside Job
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Charles Ferguson
Actors: Matt Damon, Daniel Alpert, Jonathan Alpert, John Campbell, Christine Lagarde, Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Plot: Documentary that examines the factors and fault that led to the recent financial meltdown.
13. The Fighter
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David O. Russell
Actors: Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee, Dendrie Taylor
Plot: The story of boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer / brother as he goes from amateur to professional.
14. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The ( Män som hatar kvinnor )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Crime/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Actors: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson
Plot: Based on first book of best-selling trilogy by Stieg Larsson - Mikael Blomkvist, a disgraced financial journalist is hired by an aging head of a once-powerful Swedish industrial firm to solve the 40-year-old mystery of his missing niece. Meanwhile, anti-social hacker Lisbeth Salander finds herself having to deal with a new caretaker while secretly aiding Blomkvist, until their paths finally cross.
15. Kick-Ass
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Aaron Johnson, Nicolas Cage, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Xander Berkeley
Plot: Dave Lizewski live a normal, boring, overlooked life. Being a fan of comic books, one day he decides to become superhero despite having no powers or training to speak of.
16. Secret in Their Eyes, The ( secreto de sus ojos, El )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Juan José Campanella
Actors: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia
Plot: A retired legal counselor looks for closure in his professional and personal life while he writes a novel.
17. The Town
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ben Affleck
Actors: Blake Lively, Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall
Plot: A man who robs banks for a living finds his life complicated when he falls in love with a bank manager he just robbed and took hostage, along with dealing with his crew and the encroaching FBI.
18. 127 Hours
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: James Franco, Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy, Darin Southam
Plot: When a mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder in a remote area near Moab, Utah, he must resort to extreme measures in order to survive.
19. Prophet, A ( prophète, Un )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jacques Audiard
Actors: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi, Reda Kateb, Jean-Philippe Ricci
Plot: A young Muslim man, incarcerated for attacking police officers, unwillingly becomes part of a dangerous game of racial and prison politics.
20. Illusionist, The ( illusionniste, L' )
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Animation
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Sylvain Chomet
Actors: Jean-Claude Donda, Edith Rankin, Jil Aigrot, Didier Gustin, Frédéric Lebon, Tom Urie
Plot: A French illusionist realizes he is part of a dying art as his travels
lead to more and more obscure and fringe performances. Finding himself in
Scotland, he meets a young woman, and fan, who will change life.
