Year-End Lists

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2011 Movies

Empire: Top 20 Films of 2011

03 January 2012

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Empire: Top 20 Films of 2011 [by UK release date]

[see also 2020 • 2012]

  1. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn
  2. Senna
    Asif Kapadia
  3. The King’s Speech
    Tom Hooper
  4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
    David Yates
  5. The Artist
    Michel Hazanavicius
  6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tomas Alfredson
  7. True Grit
    Joel & Ethan Coen
  8. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig
  9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Rupert Wyatt
  10. Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky
  11. Blue Valentine
    Derek Cianfrance
  12. The Fighter
    David O. Russell
  13. Hanna
    Joe Wright
  14. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay
  15. The Inbetweeners Movie
    Ben Palmer
  16. Super 8
    JJ Abrams
  17. Incendies
    Denis Villeneuve
  18. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  19. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
    Steven Spielberg
  20. Fast Five
    Paul Lim

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