An Era In Cinema: Movies Most Loved By Millennials This Decade
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The 2010s have been a pretty interesting year in film. As we championed and celebrated racial and gender diversity in Hollywood, it still seems as though we have such a long way to regarding representation and equal pay for women and people of color.
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On the flip side, Millennials were able to see themselves and their stories on-screen this past decade than ever before in film history. Whether it was heart wrenching films about mental health, or coming of age flicks about Black Boys discovering their sexuality — lots of movies from the 2010s will go down in cinema history as timeless and groundbreaking.
Hell, we even got to see films that made us sympathize with villains. Talk about perspective shifts.
In honor of our beloved 2010s coming to an end, let’s take a look back at some of the movies most loved by Millennials this decade. Did we miss one?
Get Out (2017)
Director: Jordan Peele
Notables: Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay
Flight (2012)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Notables: Nominated twice at the 85th Academy Awards, for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay
Moonlight (2016)
Director: Barry Jenkins
Notables: Won Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards
Inside Out (2015)
Director: Pete Docter
Notables: Won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Academy Awards
Black Panther (2018)
Director: Ryan Coogler
Notables: Academy Award nomination for Best Costume & Production Design, Shook up the Marvel Universe and changed the way Black Films were viewed in Hollywood
Avengers (2012)
Director: Joss Whedon
Notables: Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects, The start of a decade-long Marvel takeover
Girls Trip (2017)
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Notables: NAACP Award for Outstanding picture, The world was officially introduced to Tiffany Haddish as a star, Black girl friendship shown captured on film
Inception (2010)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Notables: Nominated for Best Picture of the Year at the 2011 Academy Awards, Won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects
Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Notables: Leonardo DiCaprio won the Golden Globe that year for best actor
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Django Unchained (2012)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Notables: Quentin Tarantino won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Slave revolt film done the right way
An Era In Cinema: Movies Most Loved By Millennials This Decade was originally published on globalgrind.com
