Larry Richman's Favorite Indie Films from 2010

My Top Picks of 2010 - The Best Indies of the Year
There's no doubt in my mind that this year's overall crop of films was better than in 2009. But I've managed to narrow down the list to 16 as I did last year. I've also selected two documentaries and 15 Honorable Mentions. 

These are the festivals I attended this year:

Slamdance Film Festival 
Sundance Film Festival 
SXSW Film Festival 
Gen Art Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival 
Los Angeles Film Festival
ACEFEST 
Toronto International Film Festival 
Fantastic Fest 
Philadelphia Film Festival 

I saw approximately 175 films at those festivals, from which I selected 63 movies collectively as Top Picks. This list comes from that universe of favorites. 

Here are my Top Picks of 2010 (countries of origin in parentheses). Titles link to their respective reviews:


Narratives (in alphabetical order):

Beautiful Boy (US)
Black Swan (US)
Brotherhood (US)
Cherry (US)
Every Day (US)
Girlfriend (US)
Hesher (US)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (US)
The Kids Are All Right (US)
Let Me In (US/UK/Sweden)
The Myth of the American Sleepover (US)
The Runaways (US)
Skateland (US)
Stake Land (US)
Waiting for Forever (US)
Welcome to the Rileys (US)
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xoxo
Carrie