Covering everything from Black Panther to American Sniper, and from Frozen to Get Out, American Cinema in the 2010s takes a close look at the memorable movies, visionary filmmakers, and behind-the-scenes drama that made this divisive decade such an exciting time to be a moviegoer.

DENNIS BINGHAM is a professor of English and the director of the film studies program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is the author of several books including Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre.

Timeline: 2010s
Introduction: Movies and the 2010s
DENNIS BINGHAM
2010 Movies and Recessionary Gender Politics
MICHELE SCHREIBER
2011 Movies and Masculinity at a Crossroads
DAVID GREVEN
2012 Movies and Myths, Heroes, and History
RAYMOND HABERSKI JR.
2013 Movies and Personhood
ALEXANDRA KELLER
2014 Movies and the Unexpected Virtue of How the Sausage Gets Made
DANIEL SMITH-ROWSEY
2015 Movies and Female Agency
LISA BODE
2016 Movies and the Solace of Progressive Narratives
CYNTHIA BARON
2017 Movies and the Right to Be Heard
JULIE LEVINSON
2018 Movies and Revolution
MIKAL J. GAINES
2019 Movies, Anniversaries, and the Limits of Looking Back
DENNIS BINGHAM
Select Academy Awards, 2010–2019
Acknowledgments
Works Cited and Consulted
Contributors
Index