I was thinking that the 2020s so far have been awful for movies. And that's largely true, I think we're totally beyond the era of a big widespread movie earning film of the decade honors. But I looked back a bit on what might be my favorites of the decade so far. I don't want to get into any specifics or anything here, just a list of 12 pretty good movies that can stand up to a lot from any decade. I have one thing on my mind for to categorize these:
They are all just, absolutely brutal. Like, everyone one of these is a trip. They don't end well, except maybe Barry Keoghan in Saltburn (2023). But here we go, in approximate, random July 2025 order:
Saltburn (2023)
Prey (2022)
The Holdovers (2023)
TAR (2022)
The Green Knight (2021)
The Northman (2022)
Godzilla Minus One (2024)
Nosferatu (2024)Oppenheimer (2023)
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
Beau is Afraid (2023)
The Brutalist (2024)
The Brutalist might be heavy recency bias, since I just saw it like two months ago. I am always reevaluating. But Weird will stay on forever!
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