Best Movies of 2010

I have always done a post at the end of each year listing the "Best of the Year" picks from the L.A. Times movie reviewers, but because of my dad's death at the end of last year I was unable to do so at the time the Best Movies of 2010 lists were published.

Well it's Labor Day in the U.S. today and I'm going to take the chance to finally do so before the 2011 lists come out! Here are the picks for Best Movies of 2010 from Kenneth Turan and Betsy Sharkey, with links to the post for the movies here at OMWW when they exist.

Kenneth Turan's Best Movies of 2010 
Ever the eclectic "Best Of" reviewer, Turan never restricts himself to 10, and for 2010 split the top spot between 3 movies. Of the three best movies for 2010, Turan commented "I'm encouraged beyond measure when studio films not only please both critics and audiences but also so dominate their moment in time that you have to see them or be left out of the national conversation."

Turan's top 3 movies for 2010 were:
Inception, The Social Network, and Toy Story 3.

The rest of Turan's 2010 picks were:
Animal Kingdom
Inside Job
The Tillman story
Israel Rising Ajami
Eyes Wide Open
Lebanon
The King's Speech
Night Catches Us
Nora's Will
A Prophet
Mademoiselle Chambon
White Material
Trio of Twos
Kisses
Prince of Broadway
A Town Called Panic
The Secret of Kells
Unstoppable
The Town
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Betsy Sharkey's Best Movies of 2010

Betsy Sharkey plays by the rules, and picked the following list of 10 movies as her assessment of the best movies for 2010:

The Social Network
Winter's Bone
Carlos
The Kids are All Right
127 Hours
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Black Swan
Restrepo
The King's Speech