8. Hugo (2011)
Youd have been forgiven for having a double take; Martin Scorsese, the finest purveyor of gangster movies and R-rated violence was making a 3D childrens movie. Hugo advertised itself as a simple, bright-eyed story of a Parisian orphan, but ended up being a love letter to cinema. It was praised for its sumptuous visuals and innovative use of 3D, earning great reviews and Oscar nods (although admittedly in a rather poor year for cinema). In the film community, it was heralded as the first truly creative use of 3D, despite the majority of its majesty remaining in two dimensions. Hugo was the first time the technology had been used for something more than monetary reasons, making it a key turning point for the medium. However, its Oscar defeat at the hands of The Artist, a film as low tech as Hugo was groundbreaking, shows that 3D, even at its best, couldn't elevate a movie to true greatness. It didn't stop Scorsese from stating from now on all his films will be stereoscopic. Then again, following Raging Bull, he declared he was only going to work in black and white. Heres hoping his equally shocking claim here turns out to be just as false.