Because I haven't spent enough time on the films of 2010 yet, I thought I'd make my own small awards ceremony to recognize some of the special films of the year for their achievements. For each award I'll give a top 5 or 10 as well as the winner. For the specific genre winners (such as Best Action Film), a movie is not eligible if it is already nominated for Film of the Year. Any film in that category is immediately better than any of the genre winners. If I haven't seen at least three decent films from a genre, I'm not giving an award. Runner-ups are listed alphabetically. For my favorite scenes, if a Youtube clip is available, I've linked to it. And obviously, if I didn't see a film, it's not up for an award. Now, on with the 2nd Annual Ricochets!
Film of the Year
Black Swan, directed by Darren Aronofsky.
127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyle.
Animal Kingdom, directed by David Michod.
Enter the Void, directed by Gaspar Noe.
The Fighter, directed by David O. Russell.
Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright.
The Social Network, directed by David Fincher.
Toy Story 3, directed by Lee Unkrich.
Best Action Film
Unstoppable, directed by Tony Scott.
Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau.
Salt, directed by Phillip Noyce.
The Town, directed by Ben Affleck.
Best Comedy
The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko.
Date Night, directed by Shawn Levy.
Get Him to the Greek, directed by Nicholas Stoller.
I Love You Phillip Morris, directed by Glenn Ficara and John Requa.
The Other Guys, directed by Adam McKay.
Best Drama
True Grit, directed by Joel and Ethan Coen.
The American, directed by Anton Corbijn.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by Niels Arden Oplev.
Welcome to the Rileys, directed by Jake Scott.
Winter's Bone, directed by Debra Granik.
Best Historical Film
The King's Speech, directed by Tom Hooper.
Agora, directed by Alejandro Amenabar.
Conviction, directed by Tony Goldwyn.
Howl, directed by Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein.
Nowhere Boy, directed by Sam Taylor Wood.
Best Romance/Romantic Comedy
Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek.
Cyrus, directed by Jay and Mark Duplass.
Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach.
It's Kind of a Funny Story, directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.
Jack Goes Boating, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Best Thriller
Buried, directed by Rodrigo Cortes.
Edge of Darkness, directed by Martin Campbell.
The Ghost Writer, directed by Roman Polanski.
Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Best Documentary Film
Restrepo, directed by Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger.
Catfish, directed by Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost.
Exit Through the Gift Shop, directed by Banksy.
Inside Job, directed by Charles Ferguson.
The Tillman Story, directed by Amir Bar-Lev.
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan.
Danny Boyle for 127 Hours.
Gaspar Noe for Enter the Void.
Christopher Nolan for Inception.
Edgar Wright for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Best Directorial Debut
David Michod for Animal Kingdom.
Banksy for Exit Through the Gift Shop.
Glenn Ficara and John Requa for I Love You Phillip Morris.
Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger for Restrepo.
Lee Unkrich for Toy Story 3.
Best Actor
James Franco as Aron Ralston in 127 Hours and Allen Ginsberg in Howl.
Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit.
George Clooney as Jack in The American.
Colin Firth as King George VI in The King's Speech.
Ryan Reynolds as Paul Conroy in Buried.
Ben Stiller as Roger Greenberg in Greenberg.
Best Actress
Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers in Black Swan.
Jennifer Lawrence as Ree Dolly in Winter's Bone.
Julianne Moore as Jules Allgood in The Kids Are All Right.
Carey Mulligan as Kathy in Never Let Me Go.
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit.
Kristen Stewart as Mallory in Welcome to the Rileys and Joan Jett in The Runaways.
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale as Dicky Eklund in The Fighter.
Matt Damon as LaBoeuf in True Grit.
Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network and Tommy in Never Let Me Go.
Ben Mendelsohn as Pope Cody in Animal Kingdom.
Mark Ruffalo as Paul Hatfield in The Kids Are All Right and Chuck Aule in Shutter Island.
Geoffrey Rush as Lionel Logue in The King's Speech.
Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo as Alice Ward in The Fighter, Lois Riley in Welcome to the Rileys, and Nancy Taylor in Conviction.
Amy Adams as Charlene Fleming in The Fighter.
Anne-Marie Duff as Julia Lennon in Nowhere Boy.
Mila Kunis as Lily in Black Swan.
Marisa Tomei as Molly Fawcett in Cyrus.
Jacki Weaver as Smurf Cody in Animal Kingdom.
Best Comedic Performance
Ben Stiller as Roger Greenberg in Greenberg.
Jim Carrey as Steven Russell in I Love You Phillip Morris.
Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark in Iron Man 2.
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Jack in Jack Goes Boating.
John C. Reilly as John Kilpatrick in Cyrus.
Best Supporting Comedic Performance
Mark Ruffalo as Paul Hatfield in The Kids Are All Right.
Zach Galifianakis as Bobby in It's Kind of a Funny Story.
Samuel L. Jackson and The Rock as Detectives Highsmith and Danson in The Other Guys.
John Ortiz as Clyde in Jack Goes Boating.
Marisa Tomei as Molly Fawcett in Cyrus.
Mae Whitman as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Best Young Actor
Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross in True Grit.
Isobel Meikle-Small as Young Kathy in Never Let Me Go.
Chloe Moretz as Abby in Let Me In and Hit Girl in Kick-Ass.
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Owen in Let Me In.
Sexiest Performance
Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Delphine Chaneac as Dren in Splice.
Scarlett Johansson as Natalie Rushman in Iron Man 2.
Mila Kunis as Lily in in Black Swan.
Rachel Weisz as Hypatia of Alexandria in Agora.
Olivia Wilde as Quorra in Tron Legacy.
Best Cast
Animal Kingdom: James Frecheville, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Jacki Weaver, Guy Pearce.
The Fighter: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Jack McGee.
The Kids Are All Right: Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson, Yaya DaCosta.
Never Let Me Go: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Sally Hawkins, Isobel Meikle-Small, Ella Purnell.
The Social Network: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones.
True Grit: Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Elizabeth Marvel.
Best Original Screenplay
Black Swan, written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin.
Animal Kingdom, written by David Michod.
Buried, written by Chris Sparling.
The Fighter, written by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson.
Inception, written by Christopher Nolan.
The Kids Are All Right, written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg.
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Social Network, written by Aaron Sorkin, adapted from The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.
127 Hours, written by Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy, adapted from Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, written by Edgar Wright and Michael Bacall, adapted from Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley.
Toy Story 3, written by Michael Arndt, using characters from Toy Story and Toy Story 2.
True Grit, written by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from True Grit by Charles Portis.
Winter's Bone, written by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, adapted from Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell.
Best Cinematography
Anthony Dod Mantle for 127 Hours.
Roger Deakins for True Grit.
Adam Kimmel for Never Let Me Go.
Matthew Libatique for Black Swan.
Wally Pfister for Inception.
Martin Ruhe for The American.
Best Original Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for The Social Network.
Daft Punk for Tron Legacy.
Clint Mansell for Black Swan.
A.R. Rahman for 127 Hours.
Hans Zimmer for Inception.
Best Editing
Jon Harris for 127 Hours.
Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for The Social Network.
Chris Lebenzon and Robert Duffy for Unstoppable.
Lee Smith for Inception.
Andrew Weisblum for Black Swan.
Biggest Surprise
Let Me In: This is one of the rare remakes that manages to surpass its source material.
Enter the Void: Went in expecting to be disgusted and found a thought-provoking and groundbreaking piece of cinema.
The Fighter: Looked like just another generic sports film. Actually was one of the best boxing movies of all time.
The Other Guys: As the follow-up to Step Brothers, this movie should've been horrible. It wasn't.
Unstoppable: The rare blockbuster movie that somehow ends up very, very good.
Biggest Disappointment
Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton.
Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass.
Kick-Ass, directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Splice, directed by Vincenzo Natali.
Tron Legacy, directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, directed by Oliver Stone.
Most Underrated
The American, directed by Anton Corbijn.
Cyrus, directed by Jay and Mark Duplass.
Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach.
Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau.
Never Let Me Go, directed by Mark Romanek.
Shutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese.
Most Overrated
How to Train Your Dragon, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois.
Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton.
Jackass 3D, directed by Jeff Tremaine.
Machete, directed by Robert Rodriguez.
The Town, directed by Ben Affleck.
Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim.
Best Back-to-Back Films
Darren Aronofsky, for following The Wrestler with Black Swan.
Danny Boyle, for following Slumdog Millionaire with 127 Hours.
Jon Favreau, for following Iron Man with Iron Man 2.
Gaspar Noe, for following Irreversible with Enter the Void.
Christopher Nolan, for following The Dark Knight with Inception.
Matt Reeves, for following Cloverfield with Let Me In.
Worst Follow-Up
Paul Greengrass, for following The Bourne Ultimatum with Green Zone.
Ben Affleck, for following Gone Baby Gone with The Town.
Tim Burton, for following Sweeney Todd with Alice in Wonderland.
Martin Campbell, for following Casino Royale with Edge of Darkness.
Todd Phillips, for following The Hangover with Due Date.
Best Scene
The Car Crash - Let Me In.
Lovely Day - 127 Hours.
Hunters Travel in Pairs - The American.
Baz's Death - Animal Kingdom.
Becoming the Black Swan - Black Swan.
The Drug Bust - Enter the Void.
The Rotating Hallway - Inception.
The Drunk Daze - The Other Guys.
The Roxy Fight - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
Just Bones in a Box - Shutter Island.
The End - Toy Story 3.
Best Poster
Buried.
Tearjerker Moments
Toy Story 3: During both the incinerator scene and the ending.
127 Hours: During a memory of his family as well as the vision of his son.
Conviction: When Kenneth sees his daughter after getting out of prison.
Please Give: When Andra dies.
Restrepo: During a scene where a soldier is reflecting on a dead friend.
Shutter Island: During one of the dreams.
The Tillman Story: During a clip of Pat's brother Richard at the funeral.
Please Stop Making Movies...
Rob Schneider: Because you haven't made a good movie in your life.
Dreamworks Animation: Because when you try to emulate Pixar it looks like a ripoff and when you don't it just sucks.
The Jackass Guys: Because everyone knows you ran out of cool ideas two movies ago.
David Spade: Because Chris Farley died over ten years ago, making you immediately irrelevant.
Oliver Stone: Because sometime in the past 15 years, you stopped giving a fuck and started making movies about whatever you read in the newspaper that day.
Michael Winterbottom: Because you've managed to make not one but two of the worst films I've ever seen.
Worst Film of the Year
Grown Ups, directed by Dennis Dugan.
Dogtooth, directed by Giorgos Lanthimos.
Green Zone, directed by Paul Greengrass.
I'm Still Here, directed by Casey Affleck.
The Killer Inside Me, directed by Michael Winterbottom.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, directed by Mike Newell.
Valhalla Rising, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.
Waiting for Superman, directed by Davis Guggenheim.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, directed by Oliver Stone.
Wild Grass, directed by Alain Resnais.
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