Critics Hailed These Movies the Best of the 2010 Decade

12 Years A Slave (2013)

Chiwetel Ejiofar plays Solomon Northup, a New York State citizen who was kidnapped and forced into slavery on a plantation in 1800s New Orleans. 12 Years A Slave is a harrowing, powerful glimpse into the nation’s dark past, highlighting one man’s resilience in the face of adversity.

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The More You Know

  • The iconic body and hand in the poster for American Beauty belong to actress/model Chloe Hunter, not Mena Suvari.
  • Jennifer Lopez was the first actress to have a movie and an album hit number one in the same week.
  • Inspiration for the Hulk came from Frankenstein’s monster.
  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
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