Ten near‑perfect films released since 2010, ranked

Collider has published a ranked list of ten films it describes as "arguably entirely flawless" released since 2010.

The roundup highlights a broad cross-section of recent cinema, from Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), called the culmination of his career and notable for Ralph Fiennes’s memorable turn, to Richard Linklater’s Boyhood (2014), filmed over twelve years. Other entries include Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Steven Spielberg’s semi‑autobiographical The Fabelmans (2022), Paul Schrader’s First Reformed (2018), Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea (2016), Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist (2024), David Fincher’s The Social Network, Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), and the more recent One Battle After Another (2025), which the piece says was "almost immediately declared to be a classic."

The article frames these selections amid a wider point that there are more unique and interesting directors working today, while warning that contemporary challenges — including studio mergers and shrinking theatrical windows — make accessibility the central issue for cinema’s future. It also notes that Tarantino has consistently said he intends to make only one more film, and that the impending sequel The Social Reckoning faces a significant challenge.

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Culture, Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Leonardo Dicaprio