Ed Gonzalez: Top 10 Films of 2011 [also a participant in Slant Magazine’s round-up]
- Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
- A Brighter Summer Day — Edward Yang
- Nostalgia for the Light — Patricio Guzmán
- Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
- Tomboy — Céline Sciamma
- Polytechnique — Denis Villeneuve
- The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
- A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
- Leap Year — Anand Tucker
- In the Family — Patrick Wang
- Attack the Block — Joe Cornish
- Beginners — Mike Mills
- Bridesmaids — Paul Feig
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams — Werner Herzog
- Final Destination 5 — Steven Quale
- Incendies — Denis Villeneuve
- Mysteries of Lisbon — Raoul Ruiz
- Poetry — Lee Chang-dong
- Tuesday, After Christmas — Radu Muntean
- Sucker Punch — Zack Snyder