First.

...and Merry Christmas.

Good top 5 Dr Kermode, don't agree entirely but I agree it's been a great year for films :)

Forgot to mention/shout outs to A Prophet, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Monsters.

Anyway here's my bash of my top 5

1. Inception
I really enjoyed it but like The Dark Knight it lacked a certain emotional depth to me, theres still one there but the execution of it still made the film....well flat, only word I could think of to describe it without giving away too much of the film.
If you are going into this expecting The Dark Knight, you will be disapointed. The film works very similar to Memento with the narrative sometimes being in three structues, or better put a dream within a dream and then another dream lol
So aka no toilet breaks for this one if you wanna keep up with it.
But its still a good blockbuster and even though it was as long as The Dark Knight, it never dragged like that film.
Very good film for everyone.

2.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.
Cracking film Cage's best film and performance ever. Didn't feel long at all and Cage was on fire throughout the film. Best black comedy film since American Physco.

3.Monsters
Well this is a classic film without a shadow of a doubt to me.
The two leads are fantastic in this film but I have no idea who they are, but I found out the two actors got hitched not too long after the film was finished, might explain why they had great chemistry together in this ;)
The visual effects for an apparently five hundred thousand pound budget is money well spent to me. The visual effects looked like the quality of a 30-40 million dollar film.
But the real hero of this film is the director Gareth Edwards...Just talented and has a big future ahead of him. The crew of the film was him, a sound man and the actors...that is it...Just wow.

If you haven't seen, check it out in the cinema as it's easily alongside some of the best films this year.

4. The Social Network
All the casting in this film worked, the directing was well done considering it was very non-linear and the characters were just fascinating.
I think Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield are in for a good shout to get nominated for Oscars as well as Sorkin for screenplay in fact he has to win for screenplay in my opinion, as it's a complicated case (as well as computer coding involved at some parts) and he made it flow perfectly.

5.Toy Story 3
Good God!!!!
A third film in a film series/franchise that it good but not only that, it's the best of the three Toy Story films.

Honourable mentions.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, The Road, A Prophet and The Disappearance of Alice Creed.

The fact The Social Network isn't in there is sad. Its the best film since There Will Be Blood.
1. The Social Network
2. Another Year
3. Inception
4. The Kids Are All Right
5. Toy Story 3

My top 5 would be:
5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One
I am amazed by just how dark the Harry Potter films got and this proved that David Yates and David Hayman made the right decision in splitting Deathly Hallows into two films. The acting was brilliant and, in terms of tone and style, it reminded me of The Seventh Seal crossed with The NeverEnding Story
4. The Social Network
The dialogue in this film is some of the wittiest I have ever heard and the way it is delivered is brilliant but without David Fincher directing this would not have worked. Mention must also be given to Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker who gives probably the best performance in a film this year and deserves to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as he balances the right levels of cocky, arrogant and weakness, especially in his final scene.
3. Toy Story 3
This is one of the few films I have ever cried in, and I'm 15 so that makes it even more effective. Thankfully Pixar also remembers that happiness is as much an emotion as sadness and I laughed my head off in all the scenes with Michael Keaton's Ken and Timothy Dalton's Mr Pricklepants.
2. Kick-Ass
The fight scenes in this film were brutal, violent and I loved every minute of them and, having read the comic, this feels much more human than the comic ever was. I have to give mention to Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl which is without a doubt the best performance by a child actor I have ever scene, including Jodie Foster in Taxi Driver, come to think of it, based on Kick-Ass and the plot of the future film Hick Chloe Moretz is going to be this generations Natalie Portman/Jodie Foster, guaranteed and no-one deserves the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress more, though that may change when I watch True Grit
1. Inception (what a shock)
As Dr K said, this proves films don't have to be stupid to get an audience and to Michael Bay who says films have to be stupid, Inception made $850,000,000 worldwide, more than Transformers 2. I also have to say the actions scenes are incredible and the zero gravity fight scene is one of the best action scenes I have ever scene, seriously the people who designed the revolving corridor and did the stuntwork, including Joseph Gordon Levitt, deserve awards for their hard work in making this fight seem plausible. Bravo Christopher Nolan, lets hope The Dark Knight Rises makes $1 Billion so you can make more intelligent masterpieces

Honorable Mentions:
A Town Called Panic
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
How To Train Your Dragon
Invictus

1. Inception
It's everything an Action movie can be but so rarely is, truly memorable movie.

2. The Town
Crime Thriller that although not entirely original manages to capture a range of emotions, I still remember having a tingling feeling walking out of this.

3. Mr Nice
Most underrated film of the year, Great Cast with Ifans and Thewlis both in great form, fun with a serious intent.

4. Another Year
Another great Cast and Lesley Manville is just outstanding perhaps the best female lead this year, quirky and funny with a sense of tragic triviality to boot.

5. The Karate Kid
The years biggest surprise for me Jackie Chan manages to prove he is capable or more than the typecast buffoonery he has been blighted with in past, beautifully photographed, sincere and inspired.

Honourable Mentions

The Secrets in their Eyes
Shutter Island
Kick Ass
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