A.O. SCOTT

The New York Times' film critic A.O. Scott has thrown his hat into the ring for 2010's top ten movies. Scott goes into great detail about the state of film before finally divulging his list. Unlike most pundits, there's no The Social Network, The King's Speech or Black Swan; filled instead with less heralded pictures.

An easy way to impress Scott it seems is to create something cross-generational, with capitalistic traits or laced with eccentricity.

1. Inside Job, directed by Charles Ferguson. "The crisis of finance capitalism as a great crime story."

2. Toy Story 3, directed by Lee Unkrich. "The triumph of consumer capitalism as an epic love story."

3. Carlos, directed by Olivier Assayas. "The failure of global revolution as farce, melodrama, erotic thriller and music video."

4. Somewhere, directed by Sofia Coppola. "An eccentric, perfect poem about fame, loneliness and cross-generational need."

5. The Kids Are All Right, directed by Lisa Cholodenko. "An eccentric, perfect comedy about love, betrayal and cross-generational confusion."

6. Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach. "A deliberately imperfect comedy about an eccentric fleeing from love, running from betrayal and wallowing in cross-generational confusion."

7. 127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyle. "It's all fun until someone loses an arm. And then, strangely enough, it's even more fun."

8. Last Train Home, directed by Lixin Fan. "The future of global capitalism, in China and elsewhere: a family tragedy in the form of a documentary, as full of anger, dignity and pathos as a play by Arthur Miller."

9. Secret Sunshine, directed by Lee Chang-dong. "A family tragedy from South Korea, in the form of a melodramatic crime story. As dense and gripping as a great novel."

10. Exit Through the Gift Shop, directed by Banksy. "All of the above. None of the above. Everything and nothing. An elaborate art-world stunt in the form of a documentary. Or vice versa."