Lucrecia Martel’s 'Zama' is named the best film of the 2010s, with work by Barry Jenkins, Paul Thomas Anderson and Jordan Peele also making the list.
TIFF cinématheque polled Canadian critics, programmers and historians for their picks for film of the decade with Lucrecia Martel’s 2017 film Zama coming out on top.
All in all the top 10 consisted of 19 films (there were multiple ties). Films directed or co-directed by women are indicated in bold:
1. Zama (2017) dir. Lucrecia Martel 2. Toni Erdmann (2016) dir. Maren Ade 3. Adieu au langage (2014) dir. Jean-Luc Godard 4. Moonlight (2016) dir. Barry Jenkins 5. Sieranevada (2016) dir. Cristi Puiu 6 (tie)The Assassin (2015) dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien Transit (2018) dir. Christian Petzold 7. Film Socialisme (2010) dir. Jean-Luc Godard 8. (tie) Holy Motors (2012) dir. Leos Carax Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul 9. (tie)The Master (2012) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson Ida (2013) dir. Paweł Pawlikowski Get Out (2017) dir. Jordan Peele Neighboring Sounds (2012) dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho Faces, Places (2017) dir. Agnès Varda and JR Vitalina Varela (2019) dir. Pedro Costa 10 (tie)The Turin Horse (2011) dir. Béla Tarr & Ágnes Hranitzky Burning (2018) dir. Lee Chang-dong The Strange Case of Angelica (2010) dir. Manoel de Oliveira
