Skandies: 20 Best Films of 2011 [a poll of about 40 cinephiles]
- The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
- A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
- Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
- Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
- House of Pleasures (aka House of Tolerance) — Bertrand Bonello
- Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn
- Melancholia — Lars von Trier
- Meek’s Cutoff — Kelly Reichardt
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Martha Marcy May Marlene — Sean Durkin
- Tuesday, After Christmas — Radu Muntean
- Of Gods and Men — Xavier Beauvois
- The Arbor — Clio Barnard
- Putty Hill — Matthew Porterfield
- Beginners — Mike Mills
- Moneyball — Bennett Miller
- Take Shelter — Jeff Nichols
- Shame — Steve McQueen
- Hugo — Martin Scorsese
- We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lynne Ramsay