Was 2014 a Good Year For Movies?

Whenever a top 10 best movies of *Blank Year* comes out, they always say it was a great year for movies, but was it? I mean let's look back over this decade so far.

In 2010 there were films like Toy Story 3, Inception, How to Train Your Dragon, The Social Network, 127 Hours, Kick Ass, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 1. Three of those got a 10/10 from me, all the others got a 9/10.

In 2011 we had 50/50, Hugo, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Warrior, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, X-Men: First Class, The Muppets, Paul, Attack the Block, The Raid. Four of which are 10/10 and the rest 9/10.

2012 had films like The Avengers, Chronicle, Wreck-It Ralph, Looper, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Amazing Spider-Man, Silver Linings Playbook , Cabin in the Woods , Skyfall, Dredd, Ted, Argo, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, The Dark Knight Rises. Granted only one 10/10 from that year but more 9/10s than any other year.

So at this point everything is just getting better and better, I am loving more and more movies as the decade goes on...and then we hit 2013...Which granted while not terrible, it is the first year of the decade where I was disapointed with a lot of the films I was looking forward too.

But some of the films from 2013 I did love were The World's End, Her, Prisoners, Gravity, Catching Fire, The Spectacular Now, Frozen, Saving Mr Banks. Only one 10/10 and the rest were 9/10s. Still a pretty good list of films, but the weakest of the decade.

And now we come up to 2014, what were some films I love from this year? Nightcrawler, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Birdman, The LEGO Movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2, The Raid 2, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America The Winter Soldier, The Babadook, 22 Jump Street, Dragonball Z: Battle of Gods, I Know That Voice, Begin Again, Whiplash, The Guest ...So yeah, it was a great year for movies. Again, only one 10/10 and the rest were 9/10s. A much better year than 2013 and it was incredibly difficult to decide what films to put on my top 10 films list.

So to answer the question I ponders, was 2014 a good year for movies? Yes. Absolutley. Honestly I think this decade is already much better than the 2000's. That's not to say there weren't any iconic movies to come out of the 2000's, but I'm just saying, it would be a lot harder for me to make top 10 lists for movies of those years (Especially 2006) than it is right now.

And with 2015 having so much potential, I am thoroughly looking forward to what we have in store for us.

-Danny