Year-End Lists

David Ehrlich of Movies.com’s Criterion Corner: 25 Best Films of 2011

NOTE: In Boxoffice Magazine, Ehrlich lists Certified Copy (Kiarostami) as tied for first, noted that the Panahi film does not come out in the US until February 2012 (he says it’s available for streaming at Netflix, but as of December 12, 2011, that is not the case), and omits the Loktov and Naranjo films.

[see also 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]

1. This is Not a Film — Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
2. The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
3. Kill List — Ben Wheatley
4. The Arbor — Clio Barnard
5. Melancholia — Lars von Trier
6. Hugo — Martin Scorsese
7. The Loneliest Planet — Julia Loktev
8. Miss Bala — Gerardo Naranjo
9. The Skin I Live In — Pedro Almodóvar
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — David Fincher
11. The Adventures of Tintin — Steven Spielberg
12. The Turin Horse — Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
13. A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
14. The Interrupters — Steve James
15. Footnote — Joseph Cedar
16. How to Die in Oregon — Peter Richardson
17. Shame — Steve McQueen
18. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia — Nuri Bilge Ceylan
19. We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lynne Ramsay
19. Pina — Wim Wenders
20. Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn
21. The Time That Remains — Elia Suleiman
22. [missing]
23. The Trip — Michael Winterbottom
24. Buddha Mountain — Li Yu
25. The Descendants — Alexander Payne