2009 saw some great films - "Avatar" anyone?, yet 2010 looks even more promising. Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" is dominating the U.S. chart at the minute, overtaking "Avatar" for the first time in 8 weeks at the box office. Mr. Scorsese teams up with Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic, The Departed) in this seat-gripping thriller about the world's most insane asylum.

Throughout this year cinema fans can look forward to seeing some legendary motion pictures brought to life, be it an adaptation of a video game or a historical film; 2010 seems to have a great head start.

Being HUGE movie fans ourselves, we decided to give our readers an exclusive rundown of what film is going to open and when, so without any further comments, let's begin.

Here is MusicNews.ie Most Anticipated Films of 2010! 

Film / Release Date	About the Film	Poster
Shutter Island / February 19th	Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio team up again to deliver a seat-gripping thriller about the world's most insane asylum.
Alice In Wonderland / March 5th	Visionary director Tim Burton and his long time friend Johnny Depp gather again for this cinematic delight.
Clash of the Titans / March 26th	Sam Worthington makes another screen appearance, this time as Greek hero Perseus battling (Ralph Fiennes) Hades, god of the underworld, in the remake of the 1981 cult classic.
The Expendables / April 23rd	The biggest names in blockbuster history - Silvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Dolph Lunger and even Arnold Schwarzenegger - star in this action flick which is directed by Rocky himself. You can expect a lot of explosions!
Nightmare on Elm Street / April 30th	What's there to say? Freddie Krueger is back in this year's remake of the iconic horror.
Robin Hood / May 14th	The Australian hunk (Russell Crowe) takes on the legendary hero thief in Ridley Scott's epic film.
Shrek Forever After / May 21st	Everyone's favourite green ogre returns to the big screen this summer season and what's even better, the original cast is BACK!
Sex And The City 2 / May 28th	A huge girls' night out when the sequel to SATC returns in May.
Prince of Persia: The Sands Of Time / May 28th	Jerry Bruckheimer brings to life the popular video game to the silver screen. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal.
The A-Team / June 11th	The famous TV Series is coming to a theatre near you this June with Hannibal, Faceman, Murdock and B.A. Baracus finding themselves in all sorts of trouble - AGAIN!
Toy Story 3 / June 18th	Buzz, Woody and the gang return again only to find themselves trapped in a day care toy box.
Jonah Hex / June 18th	Everyone man dream girl Megan Fox co-stars with Josh Brolin in the popular DC Comic Book series.
The Twilight Saga : Eclipse / June 30th	In the third installment of the popular Twilight series, the audience will learn who Bella chooses, Edward or the broody, yet dreamy, vampire, OR Jacob.
The Last Airbender / July 2nd	M. Night Shyamalan adapts Nickelodeon's famous animated series for the big screen debut, and it's going to be spectacular - for those who enjoy the animated series.
Inception / July 16th	Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) takes helm of this mind-bending staring Leo DiCaprio (his second film this year) and Ellen Page (or Juno).
Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallow: Part 1 / November 19th	HP and the gang face off against Voldemort in this first half of the climax of this HUGELY popular series.

All the dates above are for General Release and don't necessarily mean the Irish premiere dates.