Year-End Lists

Dana Stevens: Top 10 Movies of 2011, as published by Slate, alphabetically

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• Buck
  Cindy Meehl
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  Werner Herzog
• Certified Copy
  Abbas Kiarostami
• The Clock
  Christian Marclay
• The Interrupters
  Steve James
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  Rupert Wyatt
• A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Weekend
  Andrew Haigh

Keith Uhlich: Best Films of 2011, as published by Time Out New York

[see also 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2012]

1. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
2. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
   Tomas Alfredson
5. Psychohydrography
   Peter Bo Rappmund
6. Take Shelter
   Jeff Nichols
7. To Die Like a Man
   João Pedro Rodrigues
8. Poetry
   Lee Chang-dong
9. Agrarian Utopia
   Uruphong Raksasad
10. Sucker Punch
    Zack Snyder
11. Nostalgia for the Light
    Patricio Guzmán
12. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
13. Mysteries of Lisbon
    Raoul Ruiz
14. The Adventures of Tintin
    Steven Spielberg
15. Of Gods and Men
    Xavier Beauvois
16. Winnie the Pooh
    Stephen J. Anderson
17. Jane Eyre
    Cary Fukunaga
18. The Way Back
    Peter Weir
19. Arthur Christmas
    Sarah Smith
20. Tyrannosaur
    Paddy Considine

Joshua Rothkopf: Best Films of 2011, as published by Time Out New York

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1. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
2. Shame
   Steve McQueen
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin
   Lynne Ramsay
4. 13 Assassins
   Takashi Miike
5. The Trip
   Michael Winterbottom
6. Coriolanus
   Ralph Fiennes
7. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
8. Incendies
   Denis Villeneuve
9. My Perestroika
   Robin Hessman
10. Attack the Block
    Joe Cornish
11. Senna
    Asif Kapadia
12. Moneyball
    Bennett Miller
13. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
14. Higher Ground
    Vera Farmiga
15. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
    Apichatpong Weerasethakul
16. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    David Yates
17. Kaboom
    Gregg Araki
18. Contagion
    Steven Soderbergh
19. Young Adult
    Jason Reitman
20. The Artist
    Michel Hazanavicius

David Fear: Best Films of 2011, as published by Time Out New York

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1. Shame
   Steve McQueen
2. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
3. Tuesday, After Christmas
   Radu Muntean
4. Moneyball
   Bennett Miller
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Cold Weather
   Aaron Katz
7. Incendies
   Denis Villeneuve
8. Senna
   Asif Kapadia
9. The Trip
   Michael Winterbottom
10. My Joy
    Sergei Loznitsa
11. The Arbor
    Clio Barnard
12. Meek’s Cutoff
    Kelly Reichardt
13. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
    Göran Olsson
14. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
15. The Interrupters
    Steve James
16. 13 Assassins
    Takashi Miike
17. The Future
    Miranda July
18. Le Havre
    Aki Kaurismäki
19. Rampart
    Oren Moverman
20. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn

Slant Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2011 [individual ballots and near-misses]

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1. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
2. A Brighter Summer Day
   Edward Yang
3. Mysteries of Lisbon
   Raoul Ruiz
4. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
5. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
6. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
7. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
8. Tuesday, After Christmas
   Radu Muntean
9. Nostalgia for the Light
   Patricio Guzmán
10. Poetry
    Lee Chang-dong
11. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
12. Film Socialisme
    Jean-Luc Godard
13. In the Family
    Patrick Wang
14. Tomboy
    Céline Sciamma
15. Beginners
    Mike Mills
16. El Sicario, Room 164
    Gianfranco Rosi
17. A Dangerous Method
    David Cronenberg
18. Leap Year
    Michael Rowe
19. Meek’s Cutoff
    Kelly Reichardt
20. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tomas Alfredson
21. The Time That Remains
    Elia Suleiman
22. Extraordinary Stories
    Mariano Llinás
23. The Skin I Live In
    Pedro Almodóvar
24. Hugo
    Martin Scorsese
25. Of Gods and Men
    Xavier Beauvois

The Next 25

26. The Interrupters
    Steve James
27. To Die Like a Man
    João Pedro Rodrigues
28. Le Havre
    Aki Kaurismäki
29. Petition
    Zhao Liang
30. A Useful Life
    Federico Veiroj
30. Polytechnique
    Denis Villeneuve
32. Midnight in Paris
    Woody Allen
33. Bellflower
    Evan Glodell
34. Love Exposure
    Sion Sono
35. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    David Yates
35. Putty Hill
    Matthew Porterfield
37. Road to Nowhere
    Monte Hellman
38. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
    Werner Herzog
38. Incendies
    Denis Villeneuve
38. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
41. The Descendants
    Alexander Payne
41. The Mouth of the Wolf
    Pietro Marcello
43. Foreign Parts
    Verena Paravel & J.P. Sniadecki
43. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
    José Padilha
43. The Inheritors
    Eugenio Polgovsky
46. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
46. Senna
    Asif Kapadia
48. Carnage
    Roman Polanski
49. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig
49. Heartbeats
    Xavier Dolan

Stephen Holden: Top 10 Movies of 2011, as published by The New York Times

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1. The Descendants
   Alexander Payne
2. Of Gods and Men
   Xavier Beauvois
3. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
4. Margin Call
   J.C. Chandor
5. Melancholia
   Lars von Trier
6. We Were Here
   David Weissman
7. Incendies
   Denis Villeneuve
8. A Dangerous Method
   David Cronenberg
9. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
10. Moneyball
    Bennett Miller

Slant Magazine: 25 Best Albums of 2011

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1. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
2. Wounded Rhymes
   Lykke Li
3. Born This Way
   Lady Gaga
4. Black Up
   Shabazz Palaces
5. Strange Mercy
   St. Vincent
6. Whokill
   Tune-Yards
7. Bon Iver
   Bon Iver
8. On A Mission
   Katy B
9. Smother
   Wild Beasts
10. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
11. Relax
    Das Racist
12. Nine Types of Light
    TV on the Radio
13. Weather
    Meshell Ndegeocello
14. Take Care
    Drake
15. Lupercalia
    Patrick Wolf
16. James Blake
    James Blake
17. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
18. Kaputt
    Destroyer
19. Eye Contact
    Gang Gang Dance
20. Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town
    Hank 3
21. Shapeshifting
    Young Galaxy
22. Ceremonials
    Florence + The Machine
23. Inclusions
    Ben Sollee
24. Part IV
    Fred Falke
25. Yuck
    Yuck

DIY Magazine: Albums of 2011

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1. Peanut Butter Blues & Melancholy Jam
   Ghostpoet
2. Let England Shake
   PJ Harvey
3. The English Riviera
   Metronomy
4. Smother
   Wild Beasts
5. Burst Apart
   The Antlers
6. Father, Son, Holy Ghost
   Girls
7. Strange Mercy
   St. Vincent
8. Eye Contact
   Gang Gang Dance
9. House of Balloons
   The Weeknd
10. 21
    Adele
11. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
12. Skying
    The Horrors
13. Suck It and See
    Arctic Monkeys
14. Smoke Ring for My Halo
    Kurt Vile
15. We’re Here Now
    Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx
16. Wounded Rhymes
    Lykke Li
17. Wild Flag
    Wild Flag
18. Hello Sadness
    Los Campesinos
19. Paradise
    Slow Club
20. Yuck
    Yuck
21. Welcome to Condale
    Summer Camp
22. Last Summer
    Eleanor Friedberger
23. Route One Or Die
    Three Trapped Tigers
24. Lenses Alien
    Cymbals Eat Guitars
25. Kaputt
    Destroyer
26. James Blake
    James Blake
27. Whokill
    Tune-Yards
28. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
29. Hotel Shampoo
    Gruff Rhys
30. Banjo or Freakout
    Banjo or Freakout
31. Endless Now
    Male Bonding
32. Slave Ambient
    The War on Drugs
33. Glaqco Xaacsso
    patten
34. The People’s Key
    Bright Eyes
35. Goblin
    Tyler, The Creator
36. Days
    Real Estate
37. Biophilia
    Björk
38. Belong
    Pains of Being Pure at Heart
39. Gloss Drop
    Battles
40. Past Life Martyred Saints
    EMA
41. Within and Without
    Washed Out
42. A Creature I Don’t Know
    Laura Marling
43. Valhalla Dancehall
    British Sea Power
44. Veronica Falls
    Veronica Falls
45. New Brigade
    Iceage
46. An Album By Korallreven
    Korallreven
47. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
48. Tamer Animals
    Other Lives
49. Acrobats
    Peggy Sue
50. Every Kingdom
    Ben Howard

Kristopher Tapley: Best Films of 2011, as published by HitFix

[see also 2012]

1. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
2. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
3. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
4. Rampart
   Oren Moverman
5. Shame
   Steve McQueen
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene
   Sean Durkin
7. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
8. The Adventures of Tintin
   Steven Spielberg
9. Take Shelter
   Jeff Nichols
10. Rango
    Gore Verbinski

Anne Thompson: Top Ten Films of 2011, as published by IndieWire

[see also 2019 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015]

1. Pina
   Wim Wenders
2. Weekend
   Andrew Haigh
3. Melancholia
   Lars von Trier
4. The Descendants
   Alexander Payne
5. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
   Rupert Wyatt
6. I Saw the Devil
   Kim Ji-woon
7. A Dangerous Method
   David Cronenberg
8. Jane Eyre
   Cary Fukunaga
9. Win Win
   Tom McCarthy
10. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols