Ben Kenigsberg: Best Films of 2011, as published by Time Out Chicago, limited to Chicago releases
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]
- Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
- Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
- The Interrupters — Steve James
- Martha Marcy May Marlene — Sean Durkin
- Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn
- A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Hugo — Martin Scorsese
- Contagion — Steven Soderbergh
- A Dangerous Method — David Cronenberg