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2011 Movies

Guardian: Peter Bradshaw: Best Films of 2011

08 December 2011

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Peter Bradshaw: Best Films of 2011, as published by The Guardian

[see also 10 Best Films of 2012 • Top 5 Films of 2012]

Best Film

  1. The Artist
    Michel Hazanavicius
  2. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
  3. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
  4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tomas Alfredson
  5. Poetry
    Lee Chang-dong
  6. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  7. Le quattro volte
    Michelangelo Frammartino
  8. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay
  9. The Skin I Live In
    Pedro Almodóvar
  10. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig

Best Documentary

  1. Senna
    Asif Kapadia
  2. George Harrison: Living in the Material World
    Martin Scorsese
  3. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
    Werner Herzog
  4. Pina
    Wim Wenders
  5. Inside Job
    Charles Ferguson
  6. Dreams of a Life
    Carol Morley
  7. Bobby Fischer Against the World
    Liz Garbus
  8. Waste Land
    Lucy Walker
  9. TT3D: Closer to the Edge
    Richard de Araques
  10. Project Nim
    James Marsh

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