The 10 Best Movie Scenes of the 2010s

Every December, I dissect some of my favorite sequences from my favorite movies of the year for a series called “And, Scene.” But because it is the end of the decade, I’m instead presenting my favorite moments from 10 of the best films of the 2010s. Many more could have made this list, and some I’ve written about in years past. What follows are cinematic memories that have stuck with me over 10 years of radical change for the movie industry.

The breakup, The Social Network (2010)

Aaron Sorkin’s script is the star of the first few minutes of David Fincher’s Mark Zuckerberg biopic. The scene is a typically tongue-twisty back-and-forth between the self-important Harvard student (played by Jesse Eisenberg) and his weary girlfriend, Erica (Rooney Mara), about his obsession with the university’s elite final clubs. Mark’s preening defensiveness and Erica’s dismissiveness lead to careless insults from him—so she dumps him. “You’re going to go through life thinking girls don’t like you because you’re a nerd,” Erica says. “It’ll be because you’re an asshole.” The