I am listing my favorites movies I watched in 2010 (not necessarily released in 2010) -
Inglorious Basterds - Tarantino written all over it.
Triangle - Great twists
Spider forest - Twisted. Proper brainfcuk.
Black Water - Croc movie. Scary.
The Reef - Shark movie. Scary.
Brothers - Good drama. Good acting by Natalie Portman, Jake Gylenhall, Tobie Maguire.
Dread - One of my most fav movies this year. Slow and perfect buildup, less gore but it tests your tolerance to the extremes, especially towards the end.
Four Lions - Clear winner this year! Hilarious. 4 British muslims planning Jihad. Delicate subject handled amazingly. Waj rocks. Subtiles recommended. Second time watch too recommended to enjoy funny oneliners which are probably missed during first watch.
Six Shooter - 30 mins movie. From the director of In Bruges. Black humor. Subtitles recommended.
Hachi: A dog's story - Very emotional. Recommended for doglovers/nonlovers
Ikigami - Great Japanese drama.
Departures - Japanese drama again. Very emotional. Oscar winner.
Karthik calling Karthik - Good psychological thriller. Good acting by Farhan Akhtar.
LSD - Great direction.
Pandorum - Different
Repo Men - Good fictional movie. Great soundtrack. And a twist.
Aftershock - Chinese emotional drama.
The Art Of Travel - Must watch for those who liked Into the wild
The Broken - Slow horror. Will appeal only to selected few.
The Road - Apocalyptic movie. Touching.
You don't know Jack - Nice comeback by Al Pacino. Based on euthanasia.
Dog Soldiers - Good masala british movie by Neil Marshall.
Let the right one in - Best vampire movie.
The beach - Watched it late. Loved it. Now reading the novel.
The book of Eli - Apocalyptic movie with Denzel Washington.
Heartbreaker - French masala movie. Bollywood style.
Kick Ass - Needs no intro. Everybody on this thread has watched it.
Inception - etc etc
Raavan - Best Maniratnam hindi movie till date for me.
Zenda - Marathi movie based on politics.
500 days of summer - Good love story
Tulpan - Kazakh movie. Funny but touching.
Avataar - etc etc
District 9 - Different alien movie
Shutter Island - Scorsese magic
The Hangover - Funny
Thirst - Brainfk korean vampire movie. Gory.
Ishqiya - Good direction.
Udaan - One of the best from bollywood this year
Aisha - Girlish movie. But enjoyable. Something like The devil wears prada. Great soundtrack.
3-idiots - Needs no intro
Sita sings the blues - Available free for download by the director. Different and interesting take on Ramayana.
Catfish - Must watch for those who have profiles on facebook, orkut, tweeter etc. The effects and aftereffects of an online profile.
From the above list, 3 Standout winners for me are :-
Four Lions - Can watch it upteen times.
Dread - Dark gore, horror
Six shooter - Black humor.