Best Thriller / Mystery Movies of the 2010s

Added on by C. Maoxian.

These are the best thriller / mystery movies of the 2010s according to John Farr. I’ve arranged them chronologically below:

English-language movies:

  1. Animal Kingdom (2010)

  2. Drive (2011)

  3. Margin Call (2011)

  4. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

  5. Take Shelter (2011)

  6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)

  7. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

  8. Argo (2012)

  9. Mud (2012)

  10. American Hustle (2013)

  11. Captain Phillips (2013)

  12. Prisoners (2013)

  13. The Widower (2013)

  14. A Most Violent Year (2014)

  15. Foxcatcher (2014)

  16. Bridge of Spies (2015)

  17. Room (2015)

  18. The Gift (2015)

  19. All the Money in the World (2017)

  20. Personal Shopper (2017)

  21. Sweet Country (2017)

  22. Mr. Jones (2019)

  23. Queen and Slim (2019)


Foreign-language movies:

  1. In a Better World (2010) (Danish)

  2. Incendies (2010) (French)

  3. Of Gods and Men (2010) (French)

  4. Poetry (2010) (Korean)

  5. The King of Devil's Island (2010) (Norwegian)

  6. White Material (2010) (French)

  7. Aurora (2011) (Romanian)

  8. Bullhead (2011) (Dutch)

  9. Elena (2011) (Russian)

  10. Policeman (2011) (Hebrew)

  11. The Skin I Live In (2011) (Spanish)

  12. A Hijacking (2012) (Danish)

  13. No (2012) (Spanish)

  14. Bastards (2013) (French)

  15. Stranger by the Lake (2014) (French)

  16. Elle (2016) (French)

  17. The Handmaiden (2016) (Korean)

  18. The Salesman (2016) (Farsi)

  19. The Woman Who Left (2016) (Tagalog)

  20. Transit (2017) (German)

  21. A White, White Day (2019) (Icelandic)

  22. The Traitor (2019) (Italian)