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(CNN) - Ten years ago, moviegoers still didn't know Jennifer Lawrence, Constance Wu or Chadwick Boseman as box office stars.
"The Avengers" had not yet met on the big screen, and the idea that a superhero movie was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture seemed unthinkable. We were so busy deciding between Team Edward and Team Jacob that we didn't see “The Chris Wars” on the horizon, or Netflix's transformation of a simple broadcast service into a formidable competitor of the prize season.
So, while it might be easy to dismiss the 2010s as the decade when franchises and superhero stories were the only movies that mattered, it would also be inaccurate, and for some reasons.
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On the one hand, the 2010 decade was the decade in which Hollywood was forced to consider some of its systematic inequalities, since the struggle to produce diverse stories; to the lack of recognition for that work; to the widespread accusations of gender discrimination, sexual harassment and aggression within the industry.
We could see this settling of accounts on the big screen, as we devour content from narrators like Ava DuVernay; Jordan Peele; Alfonso Cuaron; Greta Gerwig; Ryan Coogler; and Barry Jenkins. And you also saw it off the screen, as collectively we saw some of the powerful players in the industry begin to collapse under the weight of disturbing accusations.
However, there is also the fact that franchises and superhero stories are no longer the critical anathema they once were. From the deliveries of the "Harry Potter" and "Hunger Games" franchises, to the conclusion of Christopher Nolan's "Dark Knight" trilogy, to the Marvel movies that set records, the last decade saw genres that were once treated as basic cement its status as opportunities for cinematographic excellence.
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All of which means that if you wanted to make a marathon of movies based on the last 10 years, you would have a lot of ground to cover. So here is a place to start: the 55 films of the 2010s that were featured in the original CNN series "The Movies."
Chosen for their cultural impact, skillful performances, memorable stories and more, these titles will give you an overview of the cinematic decade that went away.
One thing you'll notice is that this list ends in 2018, and that's because we want you to name the most essential movies of 2019. Think about all the movies you've seen that were released in the last 12 months and tell us which one do you think It should be on the list and share it on our social networks.
2010
A scene from David Fincher's award-winning film about the creation of Facebook.
"True Grit"
"The social network"
"Black Swan"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1"
“Winter's Bone”
“The Kids Are All Right”
2011
The "bridesmaids" showed that comedies directed by women could be intelligent, authentic and lucrative.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2"
"Bridesmaids"
"Thor"
"Captain America the First Avenger"
2012
From "The Hunger Games" (pictured) to "Silver Linings Playbook," Jennifer Lawrence became a critical and commercial success.
"Django"
"Lincoln"
"The master"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
“The hobbit: an unexpected journey”
"Zero Dark Thirty"
“Silver Linings Playbook”
"The Avengers"
"The Hunger Games"
"Good Deeds"
2013
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney starred in the award-winning science fiction thriller "Gravity."
"Fast and Furious 6"
"The Heat"
"Gravity"
"American Hustle"
“12 years of slavery”
"Fruitvale Station"
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy, from Marvel, was the highest-grossing national film of 2014, even surpassing the third installment of "The Hunger Games."
“Boyhood”
“The great hotel in Budapest”
"American sniper"
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
"Birdman or (The unexpected virtue of ignorance)"
“Selma”
2015
"The Revenant" is not for the faint of heart, but it is worth seeing the role that Leonardo DiCaprio earned his first Oscar.
“Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation”
"Spy"
"Joy"
"Ant-man"
"Believe"
"Tangerine"
"The reborn"
“Straight Outta Compton”
2016
"Moonlight" won the Oscar for Best Film at a ceremony where by mistake it was first announced that "La La Land" was the recipient.
“La La Land”
"Doctor Strange"
"Moonlight"
"Fences"
2017
Jordan Peele turned the horror genre around with his acclaimed film "Get Out," starring Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams.
"Spider-Man: back home"
“The shape of the water”
"Mudbound"
“The Florida Project”
"Lady Bird"
“Get Out”
"Wonder Woman"
2018
A scene from "Crazy Rich Asians," the highest grossing romantic comedy of the decade.
“The Avengers: Infinity Wars”
"Black Panther"
“Crazy Rich Asians”
"Rome"
2019
Tell us on our social networks which movies impacted you the most this year
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