Weakest year for movies out of the current decade

2016 ; hands down!

my order of preference of the years in the current decade (from best to worst)...

1.2010
2.2011
3.2012
4.2013
5.2015
6.2014
7.2016 (in fact, this is my weakest overall year since 1998 as i would have to go back to 1998 to find a weaker overall year)


but basically... my order of preference amongst each year of the current decade is pretty clear cut when i look at the overall quality of movies in each year and compare to each other as only 2013 and 2015 are kinda debatable for me on which is higher than the other, but i think 2013 would have to take it.

my reasoning for the above conclusion... while 2015's top 2 movies beat anything from 2013, after those two, 2013 is definitely ahead overall and i think the volume of 7's helps compensate for the failure of 2013 to get any 7.5-8/10's or higher and 2013 still has two 7-7.5/10's. so i guess you could say that... looking at the Top 2 movies from 2013 vs 2015, while 2015 definitely comes out ahead, i think that being 2013 goes noticeably deeper(basically has a more stable quality of movies), and has a decent variety of movies to, that helps boost it over 2015 overall for me.

While it appears you generally see more movies in a given year of the current decade then myself, i still don't see my figures (which i list below) altering much had i seen a similar figure as yourself. here is my 7's and higher total counts in each of the respective years...

2010 - 9 movies
2011 - 9 movies
2012 - 9 movies
2013 - 12 movies
2014 - 6 movies
2015 - 8 movies (borderline 9)
2016 - 1 movie

Total = 54 movies. but going strictly by what IMDb tells me i have seen a total of close to 572 movies. or about... 9.4% (less than 10% for sure even leaving room to exclude non-movies).

so you have given just shy of a full four times the amount of 7's i have but not even seen double the amount of movies i have in the given time frame.

also, i don't restrict ratings either as my ratings of movies always boil down to my overall enjoyment of them. it's just not that many movies stand out to a higher level is all.

either way, thanks for your post.

p.s. for the record... out of the 2,025+ total movies i have seen only 200 of them managed to get a 7 or higher. also, 6's start my Thumbs Up status (i.e. movies ill re-watch here and there) but 7's and higher are what i consider my favorites.

2010 and 2011 were dire. I would add 2009 to the list, three really dry years in a row. What even won? The King's Speech? The silent film with the French guy? Yikes.

2015

I have a problem. I don't follow or enjoy contemporary movies that much until they have aged. It will take me a while to appreciate movies of this decade. Only then will i be able to judge.  Interesting somewhat relate-able article www.theverge.com/2016/8/23/12615200/2016-worst-summer-movie-years-blockbusters

Most of this decade has been pretty bad. If someone can give me some examples of some truly great films of the decade, I'd love to revisit and maybe change my mind. I try to keep an open mind, but it seems like film in general has been slowly going downhill.

2011

2011. Pretty much every movie that came out that year was either an overrated Oscar bait movie or a better than average blockbuster.