Year-End Lists

IndieWire Poll: Best Films of 2011 [as voted by 162 “critics, bloggers and other tastemakers from around the world”] [See IndieWire for full, browsable results and ballots.]

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

1. The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
2. Melancholia — Lars von Trier
3. A Separation — Asghar Farhadi
4. Drive — Nicolas Winding Refn
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
7. Mysteries of Lisbon — Raoul Ruiz
8. Hugo — Martin Scorsese
9. Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
10. Meek’s Cutoff — Kelly Reichardt
11. Shame — Steve McQueen
12. The Descendants — Alexander Payne
13. The Artist — Michel Hazanavicius
14. Take Shelter — Jeff Nichols
15. Martha Marcy May Marlene — Sean Durkin
16. A Dangerous Method — David Cronenberg
17. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Tomas Alfredson
18. We Need to Talk About Kevin — Lynne Ramsay
19. Film Socialisme — Jean-Luc Godard
20. Weekend — Andrew Haigh
21. Poetry — Lee Chang-dong
22. Nostalgia for the Light — Patricio Guzmán
23. The Interrupters — Steve James
23. The Skin I Live In — Pedro Almodóvar
25. Midnight in Paris — Woody Allen