An Era In Cinema: Movies Most Loved By Millennials This Decade

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The 2010s have been a pretty interesting year in film. As we championed and celebrated racial and gender diversity in Hollywood, it still seems as though we have such a long way to regarding representation and equal pay for women and people of color.

On the flip side, Millennials were able to see themselves and their stories on-screen this past decade than ever before in film history. Whether it was heart wrenching films about mental health, or coming of age flicks about Black Boys discovering their sexuality — lots of movies from the 2010s will go down in cinema history as timeless and groundbreaking.

Hell, we even got to see films that made us sympathize with villains. Talk about perspective shifts.

In honor of our beloved 2010s coming to an end, let’s take a look back at some of the movies most loved by Millennials this decade. Did we miss one?

Get Out (2017)

Director: Jordan Peele

Notables: Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay

Flight (2012)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Notables: Nominated twice at the 85th Academy Awards, for Best Actor (Washington) and Best Original Screenplay

Moonlight (2016)

Director: Barry Jenkins

Notables: Won Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards

Inside Out (2015)

Director: Pete Docter

Notables: Won Best Animated Feature at the 2016 Academy Awards

Black Panther (2018)

Director: Ryan Coogler

Notables: Academy Award nomination for Best Costume & Production Design, Shook up the Marvel Universe and changed the way Black Films were viewed in Hollywood

Avengers (2012)

Director: Joss Whedon

Notables: Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects, The start of a decade-long Marvel takeover

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Girls Trip (2017)

Director: Malcolm D. Lee

Notables: NAACP Award for Outstanding picture, The world was officially introduced to Tiffany Haddish as a star, Black girl friendship shown captured on film

Inception (2010)