Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.

2011

Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs: 20 Best Films of 2011

30 December 2011

Aurora - Cristi Puiu

Ben Sachs: 20 Best Films of 2011, as published by The Chicago Reader [more commentary]

[see also 2010s2019201820172015201420132012]

Boston Globe: Ty Burr: Top Movies of 2011

29 December 2011

Hugo - Martin Scorsese

Ty Burr: Top Movies of 2011, as published by The Boston Globe

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Boston Globe: Wesley Morris: Top Movies of 2011

29 December 2011

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

Wesley Morris: Top Movies of 2011, as published by The Boston Globe

[see also 201420132012]

IFC: Matt Singer: 10 Best Movies of 2011

27 December 2011

Matt Singer of IFC: Best Movies of 2011

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Nerve: 15 Best Movies of 2011

27 December 2011

The Trip - Michael Winterbottom

Nerve: 15 Best Movies of 2011 [as chosen by Phil Nugent and Andrew Osborne]

Honorable Mentions

Nick Pinkerton: Top 10 Films of 2011

26 December 2011

Nick Pinkerton of The Village Voice: Top 10 Films of 2011 [as voted in the Village Voice Critics’ Poll], alphabetically

[see also 2012]

Fandor: Top Films of 2011

22 December 2011

Certified Copy - Abbas Kiarostami

Fandor: Top Films of 2011 [as voted by the Keyframe Blog critics]

[see also 2015]

Fandor: Alejandro Adams: Top 9 1/2 Films of 2011

22 December 2011

Poetry - Lee Chang-dong

Filmmaker Alejandro Adams: Top 9 1/2 Films of 2011, as published by Fandor

“Caveat: I deeply regret not having seen Margaret, A Separation, or Tuesday, After Christmas before assembling this list.”

Village Voice Film Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Favorite Films of 2011

22 December 2011

A Brighter Summer Day - Edward Yang

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Favorite Films of 2011 [according to the IndieWire and Village Voice polls]

NOTE: If Rosenbaum posts a list with detailed commentary at his site (or anywhere else), we’ll favor it over these two ballot submissions.

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indieWIRE Poll

Village Voice Poll


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Village Voice: Karina Longworth: Best Films of 2011

21 December 2011

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

Karina Longworth: Best Films of 2011, as published by The Village Voice

NOTE: For the The Village Voice year-end film poll, Longworth submitted a slightly different list that put the Cronenberg film at #8, put the Ferrara film at #9, and omitted the films by July and Miller. She also submitted a slightly reordered list for the indieWIRE survey. For the list above, we’ve favored the personal write-up in The Voice over the submitted ballots.

[see also 2018201720142012]

Films That Almost Made the Cut, Alphabetically