Cine-File Contributors' Best of the Decade Lists

Edo Choi
2010s with apologies to films I've missed:
1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick, 2011)
2. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade, 2016)
3. THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
4. THE MASTER (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
5. Films by Nathaniel Dorsky (2013-2019)
6. CARLOS (Olivier Assayas, 2010)
7. PHANTOM THREAD (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)
8. HIGH LIFE (Claire Denis, 2018)
9. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
10. HORSE MONEY (Pedro Costa, 2014)
11. THE ASSASSIN (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)
12. Films by Hong Sang-Soo (2010-2018)
13. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, 2014)
14. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher, 2010)
15. MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson, 2012)
16. THE WIND RISES (Hayao Miyazaki, 2013)
17. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2013)
18. GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
19. ZAMA (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)
20. SILENCE (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
21. THE LAST OF THE UNJUST (Claude Lanzmann, 2013)
22. MY GOLDEN DAYS (Arnaud Desplechin, 2015)
23. GONE GIRL (David Fincher, 2014)
24. CAROL (Todd Haynes, 2015)
25. VITALINA VARELA (Pedro Costa, 2019)
26. INHERENT VICE (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)
27. BURNING (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
28. THE LOST CITY OF Z (James Gray, 2016)
29. BEFORE MIDNIGHT (Richard Linklater, 2013)
30. THE KID WITH A BIKE (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, 2011)

John Dickson
HARD TO BE A GOD (Aleksei German)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK/GONE GIRL (David Fincher)
HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch)
THE GHOST WRITER (Roman Polanski)
BASTARDS (Claire Denis)
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET (Martin Scorsese)
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE (Abbas Kiarostami)
ZAMA (Lucrecia Martel)
PHANTOM THREAD (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Dark Horse: ALLIED (Robert Zemeckis)

Jonathan Leithold-Patt
1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Malick, 2011)
2. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Coens, 2013)
3. HOLY MOTORS (Carax, 2012)
4. 24 FRAMES (Kiarostami, 2017)
5. THIS IS NOT A FILM (Panahi, 2011)
6. A QUIET PASSION (Davies, 2017)
7. FIRST MAN (Chazelle, 2018)
8. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (Fincher, 2010)
9. MR. TURNER (Leigh, 2014)
10. CAROL (Haynes, 2015)

JB Mabe
1. CALIFORNIA PICTURE BOOK (Zach Iannazzi, 2013) & OLD HAT (Zach Iannazzi, 2016)
2. UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR (LET THE SUNSHINE IN, Claire Denis, 2017)
3. OUR SUMMER MADE HER LIGHT ESCAPE (Sasha Waters Freyer, 2012) & A PARTIAL HISTORY OF THE NATURAL WORLD, 1965 (Sasha Waters Freyer, 2015) DRAGONS & SERAPHIM (Sasha Waters Freyer, 2017)
4. MAGIC MIKE (Steven Soderbergh, 2012)
5. LIFE WITHOUT PRINCIPLE (Johnnie To, 2011)
6. MOUNTAIN CASTLE MOUNTAIN FLOWER PLASTIC (Annapurna Kumar, 2017)
7. ENDLESS, NAMELESS (Pathompon Mont Tesprateep, 2014)
8. OPTRA FIELD VII & IX (T. Marie, 2011) & PANCHROME I, II, III (T. Marie, 2014) 
9. DETROITERS (Tim Robinson & Sam Richardson, 2017-2018)
10. LIFE IS AN OPINION, FIRE A FACT (Karen Yasinsky, 2012) & AFTER HOURS (Karen Yasinsky, 2013) & THE LONELY LIFE OF DEBBY ADAMS (Karen Yasinsky, 2013)
11. GOLD MOON, SHARP ARROW (Malic Amalya, 2012)
12. ASSUMPTIONS OF YOUR PHANTOM(SY) (Karissa Hahn, 2012) & I (FRAME) (Karissa Hahn & Andrew Kim, 2015) & PLEASE STEP OUT OF THE FRAME. (Karissa Hahn, 2018)
13. MAPANG-AKIT (John Torres, 2011)
14. THINGS (Ben Rivers, 2014)
15. DISTANCE (Julie Murray, 2010) & LINE OF APSIDES (Julie Murray, 2014) & OUR EYES ARE ARMED BUT WE ARE STRANGERS TO THE STARS (Julie Murray, 2015)
16. RED CAPRICCIO (Blake Williams, 2014) & SOMETHING HORIZONTAL (Blake Williams, 2015)
17. SHADES OF GREY (Robert Todd, 2014) & ETUDE (Robert Todd, 2015)
18. FIFTEEN AN HOUR (Kevin Jerome Everson, 2011) & GRAND FINALE (Kevin Jerome Everson, 2015)
19. STILL LIFE (Kevin Eskew, 2015) & NOW 2 (Kevin Eskew, 2019)
20. BODY CONTOURS (Kristin Reeves, 2015) & WHAT IS NOTHING (AFTER WHAT IS NOTHING) (Kristin Reeves, 2017)
21. UTOPIA (Luther Price, 2012) & RIBBON CANDY (Luther Price, 2012)
22. RETURN TO FORMS (Zachary Epcar, 2016) & LIFE AFTER LOVE (Zachary Epcar, 2018)
23. DAMAGE CONTROL (Adam Paradis, 2010) & FORGET THE PAST (Adam Paradis, 2013)
24. CURIOUS LIGHT (Charlotte Pryce, 2011) & A STUDY IN NATURAL MAGIC (Charlotte Pryce, 2013) &  PRIMA MATERIA (Charlotte Pryce, 2015)
25. MAÎTRE-VENT (Simon Quéhiellard, 2012)
26. FILMS I (Pablo Valencia, 2011)
27. COLOR COPY (Jake Barningham, 2011)
28. WATERCOLOR (Fall Creek) (Vincent Grenier, 2013)
29. HILARIOUS CLIP FROM 30 ROCK!! (Nathan Fielder, 2012) & ELECTRONICS STORE (2015, Nathan Fielder)
30. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD (George Miller, 2015)

Michael Metzger
Top 25 (Narrative)
1 & 2 (tie): PERSONAL SHOPPER and CARLOS (Olivier Assayas) 
3. MEEK’S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt)
4. MAGIC MIKE (Steven Soderbergh)
5. STRANGER BY THE LAKE (Alain Guiraudie) 
6. THE STRANGE LITTLE CAT (Ramon Zürcher)
7. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bertrand Bonello)
8. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax)
9. SIERANEVADA (Cristi Puiu)
10. AQUARIUS (Kleber Mendonça Filho)
11. THE MASTER (Paul Thomas Anderson)
12. COMPUTER CHESS (Andrew Bujalski)
13. I WAS AT HOME, BUT… (Angela Schanelec)
14. CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
15. HIGH LIFE (Claire Denis)
16. JACKIE (Pablo Larraín)
17. FIRST REFORMED (Paul Schrader)
18. HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT (Josh & Benny Safdie)
19. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade)
20. SPRING BREAKERS (Harmony Korine)
21. BY THE TIME IT GETS DARK (Anocha Suwichakornpong)
22. THE SOCIAL NETWORK (David Fincher)
23. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
24. ZAMA (Lucrecia Martel)
25. THE HUMAN SURGE (Eduardo Williams)

Top 20 (Documentary) 
1. CAMERAPERSON (Kirsten Johnson)
2. HALE COUNTY, THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING (RaMell Ross)
3. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (Patricio Guzman)
4. THE HOTTEST AUGUST (Brett Story)
5. DAWSON CITY, FROZEN TIME (Bill Morrison)
6. CITIZENFOUR (Laura Poitras)
7. THE ILLINOIS PARABLES (Deborah Stratman)
8. THE IMAGE YOU MISSED (Donal Foreman)
9. INAATE/SE (Adam and Zach Khalil) 
10. LEVIATHAN (Lucien Castaing Taylor and Verena Parevel)
11. I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Raoul Peck)
12. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (Werner Herzog)
13. TIL MADNESS DO US PART (Wang Bing)
14. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE (David France)
15. THIS IS NOT A FILM (Jafar Panahi)
16. BITTER LAKE (Adam Curtis)
17. EL MAR LA MAR (J.P. Sniadecki and Joshua Bonnetta)
18. THE ACT OF KILLING (Joshua Oppenheimer)
19. WHOSE STREETS? (Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis)
20. THE TASK (Leigh Ledare)

Top 16 (?) Experimental
1. HOW NOT TO BE SEEN: A FUCKING DIDACTIC EDUCATIONAL .MOV FILE (Hito Steyerl)
2. I'LL REMEMBER YOU AS YOU WERE, NOT AS WHAT YOU'LL BECOME (Sky Hopinka)
3. 025 SUNSET RED (Laida Lertxundi)
4. THE ARBORETUM CYCLE (Nathaniel Dorsky)
5. GET OUT OF THE CAR (Thom Andersen)
6. STRANGELY ORDINARY, THIS DEVOTION (Dani and Sheilah Restack)
7. LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE IS DEATH (Arthur Jafa) 
8. FLUID FRONTIERS (Ephraim Asili)
9. ENCOUNTERS I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD WITH PETER BERLIN (Mariah Garnett)
10. THE DRAGON IS THE FRAME (Mary Helena Clark)
11. ANOTHER VOID (Paul Clipson)
12. AMERICA AT WAR, THE HOME FRONT: THE FILM OPENING (Ken Jacobs) 
13. A STUDY IN NATURAL MAGIC (Charlotte Pryce)
14. COLOR CORRECTION (Margaret Honda)
15. EDGE OF ALCHEMY (Stacey Steers)
16. RUBBER-COATED STEEL (Lawrence Abu Hamdan)

Scott Pfeiffer
1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick, 2011)
2. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
3.  GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
4. THE IRISHMAN (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
5. MOONLIGHT (Barry Jenkins, 2016)
6. PHANTOM THREAD (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)
7. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, 2014)
8. FACES PLACES (Agnes Varda, 2017)
9. AMOUR (Michael Haneke, 2012)
10. BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (Benh Zeitlin, 2012) 
11. A BREAD FACTORY (Patrick Wang, 2018)
12. SILENCE (Martin Scorsese, 2016)
13. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch, 2017)
14. A TOUCH OF SIN (Jia Zhangke, 2013)
15. TONI ERDMANN (Maren Ade, 2016)
16. THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Wes Anderson, 2014)
17. GET OUT (Jordan Peele, 2017)
18. HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax, 2012)
19.  A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi, 2011)
20. LI’L QUINQUIN (Bruno Dumont, 2014)
21. MELANCHOLIA (Lars von Trier, 2011)
22. INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2013)
23. SHOPLIFTERS (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018)
24. THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker, 2017)
25. LA LA LAND (Damien Chazelle, 2016)

Harrison Sherrod
1. HOLY MOTORS, dir. Leos Carax (2012)
2. THE ACT OF KILLING, dir. Joshua Oppenheimer (2012)
3. HARD TO BE A GOD, dir. Aleksei German (2014)
4. PERSONAL SHOPPER, dir. Olivier Assayas (2016)
5. THE GREAT BEAUTY, dir. Paolo Sorrentino (2013)
6. BURNING, dir. Lee Chang-dong (2018)
7. THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY / LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF (tie), dir. Sophie Fiennes (2012) / Thom Anderson (2014)
8. FIRST REFORMED, dir. Paul Schrader (2017)
9. TANGERINE, dir. Sean Baker (2015)
10. THE SQUARE, dir. Ruben Östlund (2017)

Michael Glover Smith
My Top 10 Films of the 2010s: 
10. ALMAYER'S FOLLY (Chantal Akerman, 2011)
9. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (Raul Ruiz, 2010)
8. A TOUCH OF SIN (Jia Zhangke, 2013)
7. THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (Manoel de Oliveira, 2010)
6. ZAMA (Lucrecia Martel, 2017)
5. BOYHOOD (Richard Linklater, 2014)
4. THE ASSASSIN (Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 2015)
3. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
2. GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
1. TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN (David Lynch, 2017)

Extended Top 100 with commentary here: https://whitecitycinema.com/2019/12/23/my-top-100-films-of-the-decade/

K.A. Westphal
1. THE IMMIGRANT (James Gray, 2013)
2. PERSONAL SHOPPER (Olivier Assayas, 2016)
3. INHERENT VICE (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2014)

... and the rest alphabetically

L'APOLLONIDE: SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE (Bertrand Bonnello, 2011)
THE APOSTATE (Federico Veiroj, 2015)
THE ASSASSIN (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 2015)
BERNIE (Richard Linklater, 2011)
BLADE RUNNER 2049 (Denis Villeneuve, 2017)
CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami, 2010)
COSMOS (Andrzej Żuławski, 2015)
THE DEEP BLUE SEA (Terence Davies, 2011)
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker, 2017)
A GHOST STORY (David Lowery, 2017)
"I DO NOT CARE IF WE GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS BARBARIANS" (Radu Jude, 2018)
LEAFLESS (Nazlı Dinçel, 2011)
THE LOVE WITCH (Anna Biller, 2016)
MADELINE'S MADELINE (Josephine Decker, 2018)
MAGIC MIKE XXL (Gregory Jacobs, 2015)
MEEK'S CUTOFF (Kelly Reichardt, 2010)
MOONRISE KINGDOM (Wes Anderson, 2012)
PATERSON (Jim Jarmusch, 2016)
PHOENIX (Christian Petzold, 2014)
THE ROOM CALLED HEAVEN (Laida Lertxundi, 2012)
SHOPLIFTERS (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018)
SUNSET (László Nemes, 2018)