BEST OF 2010 (RANKED)

Four Lions (UK, dir. Chris Morris)

After the dis-jointed, exploding-piñata-style shower of wildly varying films of note in 2009, 2010 seems to be blessed with comparative unity. From Four Lions to Carlos to Shutter Island to 13 Assassins to The Fighter to Black Death to True Grit to The Town, a macho vein runs through many of the year’s most notable releases. Each of these films satisfies in particular for their exploration of the conflict between macho ideas of the...