8 Great 2010s Movies You Can Finish Before Bedtime. Fight Me on #1.

Every one of these clocks in at 95 minutes or less. No bloated second act, no ten endings. Press play at nine, sleep like a functioning adult.

Audiences gave #1 a C. Movie guru gives it an 8.4.

1. 8
   Source Code (2011)7.4

   The smartest sci-fi thriller you forgot existed.

   92% on Rotten Tomatoes and $147M worldwide. Jake Gyllenhaal reliving one train ride is a mystery box that actually opens. The B CinemaScore says audiences blinked.
2. 7
   Ready or Not (2019)6.7

   Its 6.7 score is an insult to wedding dresses.

   Reported $6M budget, $57.6M worldwide. Samara Weaving versus her brand new in-laws is the most fun hide-and-seek ever got. Guru's Take: 7.6, not 6.7.
3. 6
   A Quiet Place (2018)8.0

   Best bang for the buck in 2010s horror.

   Reported $17M budget, $341M worldwide. Krasinski makes your snack bag the loudest thing in the room. Its audience score beats only 69% of movies, so somebody crunched.
4. 5
   Gravity (2013)8.6

   Thin script, flawless ride. Biggest screen you own, tonight.

   Metacritic 96 and $739M worldwide. The dialogue floats around like loose debris, but the camera never lets you exhale. Sandra Bullock carries the whole orbit.
5. 4
   Moonrise Kingdom (2012)9.1

   Peak Wes Anderson, before the symmetry became a personality.

   Highest movie.guru score here at 9.1, critics and audiences both above 90%. Guru's Take is lower, 8.2, because the whimsy occasionally needs a nap too.
6. 3
   Lady Bird (2017)8.7

   The best mother-daughter movie of the decade. Not close.

   99% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic 93, Guru's Take 8.9. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf argue like real family. An audience score beating only 80% of movies is too low.
7. 2
   The Babadook (2014)7.6

   The decade's best horror, and almost nobody paid to see it.

   $964,413 domestic. Critics beat 95% of movies, audiences 61%. Essie Davis carries a pop-up book nightmare that's really about grief. Guru's Take 8.3, and the crowd can stay mad.
8. 1
   The Cabin in the Woods (2011)6.5

   Better than every horror movie it's making fun of.

   Audiences gave it a C CinemaScore and it beats only 48% of movies on audience scores. Guru's Take is 8.4. The crowd wanted a cabin. Drew Goddard sold them the whole building.

$461.94 says at least one of you starts The Babadook at bedtime and sleeps with the hallway light on.

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