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In 2010, there was a dramatic increase and prominence in the use of 3D-technology in filmmaking after the success of Avatar in the format, with releases such as Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, My Name is Khan, Jackass 3D, and numerous other titles being released in 3D formats. Republic Pictures and 20th Century Fox celebrated their 75th anniversaries; Spartacus and Psycho celebrated their 50th anniversaries.
In his article highlighting the best movies of 2010, Richard Brody of The New Yorker said:
"At times it feels as if we’re living in something of a cinematic golden age, but one that’s altogether different from earlier halcyon days. Where some celebrate the former genius of the system to explain an earlier day’s proliferation of fine movies, now the system is something of a blunderer that often flings itself into follies or even crushes inspiration under its weight, but sometimes gets carried away, for reasons good or bad, and hands surprising control of vast resources over to artists who make stunningly audacious and personal use of them. The best filmmakers working in Hollywood have a passionate grasp of the cinematic past, but they don’t swoon over its polish or emulate its styles, they excavate it for its raw materials. There’s also a ferment here of independent filmmaking that liberates young people who, in earlier times, might have had to scuffle or supplicate for years while angling for a practical chance that now, with video, and with adequate effort, they can seize for themselves. Some of these independents have developed distinctive methods as well as aesthetics—regarding subject matter, picture, and performance—that are apt for the means of production. They make their lives, their homes, their families, their problems, and even their art the focus of their movies, and because, in their individuality, they share much with others in their generation, their stories, at their best—reflecting the age-old clashes and strivings of talented and ambitious youths in life, love, and art—reverberate deeply and widely. Meanwhile, the proliferation of arthouse cinemas and the sudden availability of classics on DVD and via Netflix go hand in hand with the rise of their art: their fierce focus on the immediate and the intimate includes the intensely personal experience of movies—whether treasures from the history of cinema or instant classics newly arrived from around the world. And, thanks to the Internet’s rapidity of ripple-effects that carry word from bloggers and enthusiasts to the world at large, the independent aesthetic and its artists have quickly had an impact on the Hollywood mainstream, in salutary ways."[1]
The top 10 films released in 2010 by worldwide gross are as follows:[2]
| Rank | Title | Distributor | Worldwide gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toy Story 3 | Disney | $1,066,969,703 |
| 2 | Alice in Wonderland | $1,025,467,110 | |
| 3 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 | Warner Bros. | $960,897,696 |
| 4 | Inception | $828,258,695[nb 1] | |
| 5 | Shrek Forever After | Paramount | $752,600,867 |
| 6 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Summit | $698,491,347 |
| 7 | Iron Man 2 | Paramount | $623,933,331 |
| 8 | Tangled | Disney | $592,461,732 |
| 9 | Despicable Me | Universal | $543,113,985 |
| 10 | How to Train Your Dragon | Paramount | $494,878,759 |
- Excludes grosses from subsequent re-releases.
Box office records
- 2010 was the first year to have two films cross the billion-dollar milestone.[3]
- Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to gross $1 billion,[3] and is currently the ninth highest-grossing animated film ever worldwide. This is also the first time that five animated films have been present in the Top 10 highest-grossing films of the year; two of them are in the Top 5.
- Toy Story 3 surpassed Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) as the highest-grossing film ever distributed by Disney.[3] It later surpassed by The Avengers in 2012.
- The year saw four films debut with more than $100 million, breaking the opening record of 2007 with three releases, and 2004 with two.
- January
- 17 – The 67th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced.
- 21 – The nominations of the 63rd BAFTA Awards were announced.
- 23 – The 16th Screen Actors Guild Awards winners were announced.
- February
- 1 – The nominations of the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards were announced.
- 2 – The nominations of the 82nd Academy Awards were announced.
- 11 to 21 – The 60th Berlin International Film Festival was held.
- 21 – The 64th BAFTA Awards winners were announced
- March
- 6 – The 30th Golden Raspberry Awards winners were announced.
- 7 – The 82nd Academy Awards winners were announced.
- 28 – The 15th Empire Awards winners were announced.
- May
- 12 to 23 – The 63rd annual Cannes Film Festival was held.[4]
- June
- 6 – The 2010 MTV Movie Awards winners were announced.
- July
- 22 to August 1 – The 10th Era New Horizons Film Festival was held.
- September
- 1 to 11 – The 67th annual Venice Film Festival was held.
- 9 to 19 – The 35th annual Toronto Film Festival was held.
- October
- 8 to 17 – The 26th Warsaw International Film Festival was held.
- 20 to 24 – The 1st American Film Festival was held in Wrocław.
- November
- 26 to 28 – The 4th Dawn Breakers International Film Festival was held.
- 26 to December 5 – The 12th Jakarta International Film Festival was held.
- December
- 4 – The 23rd European Film Awards was held.
- 11 – The 52nd Australian Film Institute Awards winners were announced.
By country/region
- List of American films of 2010
- List of Argentine films of 2010
- List of Australian films of 2010
- List of Bangladeshi films of 2010
- List of Brazilian films of 2010
- List of British films of 2010
- List of Canadian films of 2010
- List of Chinese films of 2010
- List of Egyptian films of 2010
- List of French films of 2010
- List of Hong Kong films of 2010
- List of Italian films of 2010
- List of Indian films of 2010
- List of Assamese films
- List of Bengali films of 2010
- List of Hindi films of 2010
- List of Gujarati films
- List of Kannada films of 2010
- List of Malayalam films of 2010
- List of Marathi films of 2010
- List of Odia films of 2010
- List of Punjabi films of 2010
- List of Tamil films of 2010
- List of Telugu films of 2010
- List of Tulu films
- List of Japanese films of 2010
- List of Lebanese films
- List of Mexican films of 2010
- List of Pakistani films of 2010
- List of Swedish films of the 2000s
- List of South Korean films of 2010
- List of Spanish films of 2010
By genre/medium
- March 10 - Ryan Kiera Armstrong, American actress
- April 7 - Alyla Browne, Australian actress
- May 4 - Brooklynn Prince, American actress and director
- June 25 - Shrinivas Pokale, Indian actor
- July 12 - Federico Ielapi, Italian actor
- August 1 - Jude Hill, Northern Irish actor
- October 18 - Andrey Andreev, Russian actor
| Month | Date | Name | Age | Country | Profession | Notable films |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | Donal Donnelly | 78 | Ireland | Actor | |
| 8 | Piero De Bernardi | 83 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| 11 | Éric Rohmer | 89 | France | Director | ||
| 14 | Mark Jones | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 17 | Erich Segal | 72 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | L.A. Johnson | 62 | US | Producer, Sound Engineer | ||
| 22 | James Mitchell | 82 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Johnny Seven | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Jean Simmons | 80 | UK | Actress | ||
| 24 | Pernell Roberts | 81 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Anne Froelick | 96 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 27 | Betty Lou Keim | 71 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Zelda Rubinstein | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 31 | Giulio Petroni | 92 | Italy | Director | ||
| February | 1 | David Brown | 93 | US | Producer | |
| 1 | Justin Mentell | 27 | US | Actor | ||
| 3 | John McCallum | 91 | Australia | Producer, Actor, Screenwriter | ||
| 3 | Frances Reid | 95 | US | Actress | ||
| 3 | Georges Wilson | 88 | France | Actor | ||
| 5 | Ian Carmichael | 89 | UK | Actor | ||
| 13 | Max Faulkner | 78-79 | UK | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 13 | Gareth Wigan | 78 | UK | Producer, Executive | ||
| 16 | John Davis Chandler | 75 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Kathryn Grayson | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 19 | Lionel Jeffries | 83 | UK | Actor, Director | ||
| 22 | Robin Davies | 56 | UK | Actor | ||
| 23 | Derek Vanlint | 77 | Canada | Cinematographer | ||
| 26 | Richard Devon | 84 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Martin Benson | 91 | UK | Actor | ||
| March | 4 | Nan Martin | 82 | US | Actress | |
| 5 | Charles B. Pierce | 71 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 6 | Carol Marsh | 83 | UK | Actress | ||
| 8 | Tony Imi | 72 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 10 | Corey Haim | 38 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 11 | Don Guidice | 77 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 11 | Merlin Olsen | 69 | US | Actor | ||
| 14 | Peter Graves | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 15 | David J. Steinberg | 45 | US | Actor | ||
| 18 | Fess Parker | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 24 | Robert Culp | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | June Havoc | 97 | US | Actress | ||
| 30 | Mario Garbuglia | 82 | Italy | Production Designer | ||
| 31 | Shirley Mills | 83 | US | Actress | ||
| April | 1 | John Forsythe | 92 | US | Actor | |
| 4 | Lori Martin | 62 | US | Actress | ||
| 6 | Sam Menning | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 6 | Corin Redgrave | 70 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | James Aubrey | 62 | Austria | Actor | ||
| 8 | Christopher Cazenove | 65 | UK | Actor | ||
| 10 | Dixie Carter | 70 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Sid Conrad | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 17 | Dede Allen | 86 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 18 | Michael Adams | 60 | US | Stuntman, Actor | ||
| 23 | Shay Duffin | 79 | Ireland | Actor | ||
| 25 | Dorothy Provine | 75 | US | Actress | ||
| 28 | Furio Scarpelli | 90 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| May | 1 | Danny Aiello III | 53 | US | Stuntman | |
| 2 | Lynn Redgrave | 67 | UK | Actress | ||
| 7 | Adele Mara | 87 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | Lena Horne | 92 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 11 | Doris Eaton | 106 | US | Actress | ||
| 26 | Art Linkletter | 97 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 28 | Eddie Barth | 78 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | Gary Coleman | 42 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Dennis Hopper | 74 | US | Actor, Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Joan Rhodes | 90 | UK | Actress, Stuntwoman | ||
| 31 | William A. Fraker | 86 | US | Cinematographer, Director | ||
| June | 1 | George Martin | 80 | US | Actor | |
| 1 | Joseph Strick | 86 | US | Director, Screenwriter, Producer | ||
| 3 | Rue McClanahan | 76 | US | Actress | ||
| 5 | Steven Reuther | 58 | US | Producer | ||
| 6 | Robert B. Radnitz | 85 | US | Producer | ||
| 7 | Eric Mason | 83 | UK | Actor | ||
| 8 | Andreas Voutsinas | 79 | Sudan | Actor | ||
| 13 | Jimmy Dean | 81 | US | Singer, Actor | ||
| 15 | Bekim Fehmiu | 74 | Yugoslavia | Actor | ||
| 16 | Ronald Neame | 99 | UK | Director, Cinematographer | ||
| 17 | Elżbieta Czyżewska | 72 | Poland | Actress | ||
| 19 | Vince O'Brien | 90 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Ursula Thiess | 86 | Germany | Actress | ||
| 22 | Tracy Wright | 50 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 23 | Allyn Ferguson | 85 | US | Composer | ||
| 23 | Frank Giering | 38 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 27 | Corey Allen | 75 | US | Actor, Director | ||
| 27 | Aldo Giuffrè | 86 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 30 | Elliott Kastner | 80 | US | Producer | ||
| July | 1 | Geoffrey Hutchings | 71 | UK | Actor | |
| 1 | Ilene Woods | 81 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 2 | Laurent Terzieff | 75 | France | Actor | ||
| 8 | David Blewitt | 81 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 9 | Vonetta McGee | 65 | US | Actress | ||
| 10 | Aldo Sambrell | 79 | Spain | Actor | ||
| 12 | Luigi Scattini | 83 | Italy | Director | ||
| 13 | Alan Hume | 85 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 15 | Kip King | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | James Gammon | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 26 | Antonio Gamero[5] | 76 | Spain | Actor | ||
| 27 | Maury Chaykin | 61 | US | Actor | ||
| 31 | Suso Cecchi d'Amico | 96 | Italy | Screenwriter | ||
| 31 | Tom Mankiewicz | 69 | US | Screenwriter, Director | ||
| August | 1 | Robert F. Boyle | 100 | US | Art Director, Production Designer | |
| 7 | Bruno Cremer | 75 | France | Actor | ||
| 8 | Patricia Neal | 84 | US | Actress | ||
| 9 | George DiCenzo | 70 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | David L. Wolper | 82 | US | Documentarian, Producer | ||
| 11 | Bruno Schleinstein | 78 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 14 | Abbey Lincoln | 80 | US | Actress, Singer | ||
| 20 | Tiberio Murgia | 81 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 24 | Satoshi Kon | 46 | Japan | Director | ||
| 29 | James Deuter | 71 | US | Actor | ||
| 30 | Alain Corneau | 67 | France | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| September | 1 | Cammie King | 76 | US | Actress | |
| 2 | Michael Dennison | 58 | US | Costume Designer | ||
| 3 | Robert Schimmel | 60 | US | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 7 | Clive Donner | 84 | UK | Director, Film Editor | ||
| 7 | Glenn Shadix | 58 | US | Actor | ||
| 9 | Geoffrey Foot | 95 | UK | Film Editor | ||
| 11 | Harold Gould | 86 | US | Actor | ||
| 11 | Kevin McCarthy | 96 | US | Actor | ||
| 12 | Claude Chabrol | 80 | France | Director | ||
| 14 | Caterina Boratto | 95 | Italy | Actress | ||
| 14 | Nicholas Selby | 85 | UK | Actor | ||
| 15 | Frank Jarvis | 69 | UK | Actor | ||
| 19 | Irving Ravetch | 89 | US | Screenwriter | ||
| 21 | Grace Bradley | 97 | US | Actress | ||
| 21 | John Crawford | 90 | US | Actor | ||
| 22 | Jackie Burroughs | 71 | Canada | Actress | ||
| 22 | Eddie Fisher | 82 | US | Actor, Singer | ||
| 22 | Bridget O'Connor | 49 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 26 | Gloria Stuart | 100 | US | Actress | ||
| 27 | Pierre Guffroy | 84 | France | Production Designer | ||
| 28 | Sally Menke | 56 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 28 | Arthur Penn | 88 | US | Director, Producer | ||
| 29 | Andy Albeck | 89 | US | Studio Executive | ||
| 29 | Tony Curtis | 85 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Joe Mantell | 94 | US | Actor | ||
| October | 1 | Marshall Flaum | 85 | US | Documentarian | |
| 4 | Norman Wisdom | 95 | UK | Actor, Comedian | ||
| 5 | Roy Ward Baker | 93 | UK | Director | ||
| 10 | John Graysmark | 75 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| 12 | Angelo Infanti | 71 | Italy | Actor | ||
| 14 | Simon MacCorkindale | 58 | UK | Actor | ||
| 14 | James Mitchell | 80 | US | Film Editor | ||
| 15 | Dorothy Ford | 88 | US | Actress | ||
| 15 | Johnny Sheffield | 79 | US | Actor | ||
| 16 | Barbara Billingsley | 94 | US | Actress | ||
| 16 | Chao-Li Chi | 83 | China | Actor | ||
| 19 | Tom Bosley | 83 | US | Actor | ||
| 19 | Graham Crowden | 87 | UK | Actor | ||
| 20 | Robert Paynter | 82 | UK | Cinematographer | ||
| 24 | Lamont Johnson | 88 | US | Director | ||
| 25 | Lisa Blount | 53 | US | Actress, Producer | ||
| 28 | Robert Ellenstein | 87 | US | Actor | ||
| 28 | James MacArthur | 72 | US | Actor | ||
| 29 | Mervyn Haisman | 82 | UK | Screenwriter | ||
| 29 | George Hickenlooper | 47 | US | Director, Producer | ||
| November | 1 | Monica Johnson | 64 | US | Screenwriter | |
| 4 | Michelle Nicastro | 50 | US | Singer, Actress | ||
| 5 | Jill Clayburgh | 66 | US | Actress | ||
| 8 | Addison Powell | 89 | US | Actor | ||
| 10 | Dino De Laurentiis | 91 | Italy | Producer | ||
| 11 | Marie Osborne | 99 | US | Costumer, Actress | ||
| 11 | Simone Valère | 87 | France | Actress | ||
| 13 | Luis García Berlanga | 89 | Spain | Director | ||
| 13 | Simon Holland | 70 | UK | Production Designer | ||
| 15 | Moira Deady | 88 | Ireland | Actress | ||
| 20 | Heinz Weiss | 89 | Germany | Actor | ||
| 23 | Joyce Howard | 88 | UK | Actress | ||
| 23 | Ingrid Pitt | 73 | Poland | Actress | ||
| 27 | Irvin Kershner | 87 | US | Director | ||
| 28 | Giorgos Fountas | 86 | Greece | Actor | ||
| 28 | Leslie Nielsen | 84 | Canada | Actor | ||
| 28 | Gene Polito | 92 | US | Cinematographer | ||
| 29 | Kamala Devi | 77 | India | Actress | ||
| 29 | Mario Monicelli | 95 | Italy | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 30 | Ted Sorel | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| December | 4 | Neva Patterson | 90 | US | Actress | |
| 15 | Blake Edwards | 88 | US | Director, Screenwriter | ||
| 15 | Jean Rollin | 72 | France | Director, Producer | ||
| 17 | Lina Romay | 91 | Spain | Singer, Actress | ||
| 20 | Steve Landesberg | 74 | US | Actor | ||
| 27 | Grant McCune | 67 | US | Visual Effects Artist | ||
| 29 | Bill Erwin | 96 | US | Actor |
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- Audrey Bastien – Lights Out
- Karan Brar – Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- Israel Broussard – Flipped
- Caitlin Carmichael – Backlight
- Anna Castillo − Blog
- Eugene Cordero – When in Rome
- Rana Daggubati – Leader
- Dane DeHaan – Amigo
- Andrea Duro − Three Steps Above Heaven
- Philip Ettinger – Twelve
- Luke Evans – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- Elsie Fisher – Dirty Girl
- Aura Garrido − Plans for Tomorrow
- Greer Grammer – Almost Kings
- Meredith Hagner – Going the Distance
- Paul Walter Hauser – Virginia
- James Landry Hébert – Skateland
- Cody Horn – Twelve
- Tom Hughes – Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
- Theo James – You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
- Avan Jogia – Triple Dog
- Jet Jurgensmeyer – Redemption Road
- Shraddha Kapoor – Teen Patti
- Riley Keough – The Runaways
- Vanessa Kirby – Love/Loss
- Ariane Labed – Attenberg
- Jacob Latimore – Vanishing on 7th Street
- Callan McAuliffe – Flipped
- Merrick McCartha – KingBreaker
- Roland Møller – R
- Kumail Nanjiani – Life as We Know It
- Ella Purnell – Never Let Me Go
- Andrew Rannells – Sex and the City 2
- Craig Roberts – Submarine
- Laura Ashley Samuels – The Final
- Saxon Sharbino – Red White & Blue
- Hailee Steinfeld – True Grit
- Tika Sumpter – Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
- Teyana Taylor – Stomp the Yard: Homecoming
- Miles Teller – Rabbit Hole
- Brenton Thwaites – Charge Over You
- Phoebe Tonkin – Tomorrow, When the War Began
- Jessie T. Usher – Beautiful Boy
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