In March, ScreenAge Wasteland will have its first annual Movie Madness tournament to determine the greatest movie of the 2010s.
Similar to the NCAA March Madness tournament that starts with 64 teams and ends with one winner standing tall, SAW is going to have 64 of the best movies from the past decade battle it out.
The great thing is you, the wasteoids, will be able to help determine the winner by voting in the matchups!
Each region is named after the director of the number one seed from that region. You will have to check back on March 1, 2020, to see what the matchups are for each region. The movies were picked by an intricate scoring system in order to get the best of the best films from this past decade with minimal opinions or bias involved. The top four movies to grade out the highest are your four number one seeds and region leaders. Also, there was a limit of only two films per director. Lastly, the vote in winners will be marked so you can see if your pick made the field of 64.
2016’s Moonlight is the number one seed of the Jenkins region. The film won Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali). DO you think this number one seed will make it through to the Final Four or would you like to see another film from this region make it?
Miller Region Fincher Region Coen Region
Moonlight (2016)
“A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.”
Director: Barry Jenkins
Writers: Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney
Stars: Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Trevante Rhodes
Get Out (2017)
“A young African-American visits his white girlfriend’s parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.”
Director: Jordan Peele
Writer: Jordan Peele
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
“Teen Miles Morales becomes Spider-Man of his reality, crossing his path with five counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat for all realities.”
Directors: Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey
Writers: Phil Lord, Rodney Rothman
Stars: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld
Marriage Story (2019)
“Noah Baumbach’s incisive and compassionate look at a marriage breaking up and a family staying together.”
Director: Noah Baumbach
Writer: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julia Greer
Toy Story 3 (2010)
“The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it’s up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren’t abandoned and to return home.”
Director: Lee Unkrich
Writers: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton
Stars: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
First Reformed (2017)
“A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns, and a tormented past.”
Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, Cedric the Entertainer
Under the Skin (2013)
“A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.”
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Writers: Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay
Gone Girl (2014)
“With his wife’s disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it’s suspected that he may not be innocent.”
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Gillian Flynn
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
Drive (2011)
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman and mechanic moonlights as a getaway driver and finds himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor in this action drama.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Writers: Hossein Amini
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (2019)
“A faded television actor and his stunt double strive to achieve fame and success in the film industry during the final years of Hollywood’s Golden Age in 1969 Los Angeles.”
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie
Frances Ha (2012)
“A New York woman (who doesn’t really have an apartment) apprentices for a dance company (though she’s not really a dancer) and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.”
Director: Noah Baumbach
Writers: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig
Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver
The Tree of Life (2011)
“The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents’ conflicting teachings.”
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
The Florida Project (2017)
“Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.”
Director: Sean Baker
Writers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
Stars: Brooklynn Prince, Bria Vinaite, Willem Dafoe
Hell or High Water (2016)
A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s ranch in West Texas.
Director: David Mackenzie
Writer: Taylor Sheridan
Stars: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges
Oscar Vote In Winner
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
“A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production.”
Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Writers: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone
Stars: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton
Sci-fi/Action Vote In Winner
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
“A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for thirty years.”
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Hampton Fancher, Michael Green
Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas
What do you think of the films in this region? Have any predictions for which film will make it to the Final Four from this group of films?
