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2011 Movies

A.V. Club: Alison Willmore: Best Films of 2011

13 December 2011

Melancholia - Lars von Trier

Alison Willmore: Best Films of 2011, as published by The A.V. Club

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Top 15

  1. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
  2. A Separation
    Asghar Farhadi
  3. Into the Abyss
    Werner Herzog
  4. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
  5. Margaret
    Kenneth Lonergan
  6. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
  7. Certified Copy
    Abbas Kiarostami
  8. The Arbor
    Clio Barnard
  9. Warrior
    Gavin O’Connor
  10. Shame
    Steve McQueen
  11. The Mill and the Cross
    Lech Majewski
  12. Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Sean Durkin
  13. Weekend
    Andrew Haigh
  14. Beginners
    Mike Mills
  15. I Saw the Devil
    Kim Ji-woon

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