The Best Music and Films of the 2010s

Here is a list of my 50 favourite albums and my 50 favourite films of the 2010s. I may update them at some point, but more likely I won't. Only one album per musicmaker and one film per filmmaker. Enjoy!

Music

50. Matt Elliott - The Calm Before, 2016
49. Damien Dubrovnik - Great Many Arrows, 2017
48. Yasunao Tone - MP3 Deviations #6+7, 2011
47. SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides, 2018
46. Steve Reich (performed by KUNIKO) - KUNIKO Plays Reich, 2011
45. Tokyo Jihen - Sports, 2010
44. Tujiko Noriko - My Ghost Comes Back, 2014
43. Michael Wertmüller (performed by Large Ensemble, Hochscule der Künste Bern, Lucas Niggli & Django Bates) - Terrain! Terrain! Pull Up! Pull Up!, 2016
42. Michael Winter (performed by Muirgen Eleonore Gourgues, Judith Hamann & Michael Winter) - Approximating Omega, 2017
41. Current 93 - The Light Is Leaving Us All, 2018
40. cyclo. - id, 2011
39. Vomir - Renonce, 2010
38. Grim - Maha, 2015
37. Ryuichi Sakamoto, Iluha & Taylor Deupree - Perpetual, 2015
36. Luigi Nono (performed by many artists) - Risonanze erranti; Post-prae-ludium per Donau, 2011
35. Burkhard Schlothaur (performed by Ensemble Zeitkratzer, Wandelweiser Komopnisten Ensemble & Burkhard Schlothauer) - Harmonies and Structures, 2019
34. Catherine Lamb & Johnny Chang - Viola Torros, 2018
33. Clara Iannotta (performed by many artists) - A Failed Entertainment: Works 2009-2014, 2016
32. Stilllife - Archipelago, 2015
31. The Third Eye Foundation - The Dark, 2010
30. Dempagumi.inc - WWDD, 2015
29. Jakob Ullmann (performed by many artists) - Fremde Zeit Addendum, 2012
28. William Parker & Stefano Scodanibbio - Bass Duo, 2017
27. Haus Arafna - You, 2010
26. John Cage (performed by Mark Knoop & Philip Thomas) - Two², 2018
25. Utah Kawasaki - Restless Thoughtlessness, 2018
24. Kassel Jaeger, Stephan Mathieu & Akira Rabelais - Zauberberg, 2016
23. world's end girlfriend - Last Waltz, 2016
22. Christian Wolff & Antoine Beuger - Where Are We Going, Today, 2018
21. Keith Rowe - The Room Extended, 2016
20. Taku Sugimoto & Moe Kamura - Saritote II, 2010
19. Yan Jun - Feedback, 2019
18. Francisco López - Sonic Fields Vlieland, 2018
17. Graham Lambkin - Community, 2016
16. Hiroyuki Ura (performed by Hiroyuki Ura, Keinichi Kanazawa & Satoko Inoue) - Scores, 2017
15. BiSkaidan - BiSkaidan LAST GIG 2014.5.6, 2014
14. Swans - The Seer, 2012
13. Anthony Braxton, Tomas Fujiwara & Tom Rainey - Trio (New Haven) 2013, 2014
12. Björk - Vulnicura, 2015
11. The Gerogerigegege - Moenai Hai, 2016
10. Helmut Lachenmann (performed by Stadler Quartett) - String Quartets, 2010
9. Magnus Granberg (performed by Skogen) - Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long, 2014
8. Jean-Luc Guionnet & Éric La Casa - Home: Handover, 2014
7. Jun Konagaya - Travel, 2014
6. Morton Feldman (performed by The Smith Quartet with John Tilbury) - Music for Piano and Strings, Volume 1, 2010
5. Toshiya Tsunoda - Somashikiba, 2016
4. Cornelius Cardew (performed by Nima Goushesh and ensemble) - The Great Learning, 2010
3. Taku Unami & Takahiro Kawaguchi - Teatro assente, 2011
2. Jürg Frey & Radu Malfatti - II, 2014
1. Michael Pisaro, Oswald Egger & Julia Holter - The Middle of Life (Die ganze Zeit), 2013

Film

50. Andrew Haigh - 45 Years, 2015
49. Irene Lusztig - Yours in Sisterhood, 2018
48. Guy Maddin - Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton, 2015
47. Kazuhiro Soda - Inland Sea, 2018
46. Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018
45. Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana, 2013
44. Rick Alverson - Entertainment, 2015
43. Robert Eggers - The Lighthouse, 2019
42. Noah Baumbach - Mistress America, 2015
41. Nuri Bilge Ceylan - Winter Sleep, 2014
40. Aleksey German - Hard to Be a God, 2013
39. Paul Thomas Anderson - Inherent Vice, 2014
38. Pedro Almodóvar - Pain and Glory, 2019
37. Takashi Makino - 2012, 2013
36. Masaaki Yuasa - Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, 2017
35. Roy Andersson - A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, 2014
34. Ron Fricke - Samsara, 2011
33. Abbas Fahdel - Homeland: Iraq Year Zero, 2015
32. Hirokazu Kore-eda - After the Storm, 2016
31. Béla Tarr - The Turin Horse, 2011
30. Scott Barley - Sleep Has Her House, 2017
29. Albert Serra - The Death of Louis XIV, 2016
28. Hu Bo - An Elephant Sitting Still, 2018
27. Thomas Heise - Heimat Is a Space in Time, 2019
26. Rainer Kohlberger - moon blink, 2015
25. Peter B. Hutton - Three Landscapes, 2013
24. Sylvain George - May They Rest in Revolt (Figures of War), 2010
23. Jean-Luc Godard - Film Socialisme, 2010
22. Pedro Costa - Horse Money, 2014
21. Peter Bo Rappmund - Tectonics, 2012
20. Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive, 2013
19. Sion Sono - Antiporno, 2016
18. Yorgos Lanthimos - The Lobster, 2015
17. Abbas Kiarostami - Like Someone In Love, 2012
16. Joshua Oppenheimer - The Act of Killing, 2012
15. Lee Chang-dong - Burning, 2018
14. Julia Loktev - The Loneliest Planet, 2011
13. Hiroshi Ishikawa - Petal Dance, 2013
12. Ben Russell - Atlantis, 2014
11. Lav Diaz - Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution, 2011
10. Ryūsuke Hamaguchi - Heaven Is Still Far Away, 2016
9. Wang Bing - Ta'Ang, 2016
8. Momoko Ando - 0.5 mm, 2014
7. Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life, 2011
6. Tsai Ming-liang - No No Sleep, 2015
5. James Benning - L. COHEN, 2018
4. Klaus Wyborny - Studies for the Decay of the West, 2010
3. Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Cemetery of Splendour, 2015
2. Hong Sang-soo - On the Beach at Night Alone, 2017
1. Jonas Mekas - Out-Takes From the Life of a Happy Man, 2012