The best movies of the decade: A girl named Hushpuppy leads the way

Yes, it’s presumptuous to list the best movies of an entire decade. But the days before New Year’s Day — especially when the odometer is about to flip over — are a time for retrospection, and of looking back at what 10 years of movie watching has delivered.

My top 20 films of the 2010s are a grab-bag, and that’s a good thing. A critic should contain multitudes, and appreciate works from all genres and viewpoints. And the choices are ephemeral — ask me again on another day, and some titles would drop out and others would take their places.

So let the conversations and disagreements begin. Read my list here, at sltrib.com.