J Hoberman: 10 Favorite Films of 2011, plus 2, as published in The Village Voice [see also 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, and the The Village Voice Critic’s Poll 2011]
[as chosen for the indieWIRE poll]
[as chosen for the indieWIRE poll]
NOTE: Except for the additional documentary and undistributed lists, we’ve favored Hoberman’s selections as published in The Village Voice over his slightly different selections found in the indieWIRE poll; the latter has tighter restrictions that made the Marclay, Jacobs, Haynes, and Hark films ineligible, thus making room for Certified Copy in the top ten.
[see also 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012]
- The Clock — Christian Marclay
- A Dangerous Method — David Cronenberg
- Melancholia — Lars von Trier
- Mysteries of Lisbon — Raoul Ruiz
- Aurora — Cristi Puiu
- Seeking the Monkey King — Ken Jacobs
- To Die Like a Man — João Pedro Rodrigues
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives — Apichatpong Weerasethakul
- Hugo — Martin Scorsese
- J. Edgar — Clint Eastwood
- United Red Army — Kôji Wakamatsu
- Mildred Pierce — Todd Haynes
- Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame — Tsui Hark
- Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
- Film Socialisme — Jean-Luc Godard
- Le Havre — Aki Kaurismäki
- Martha Marcy May Marlene — Sean Durkin
- Meek’s Cutoff — Kelly Reichardt
- Le quattro volte — Michelangelo Frammartino
- Octubre — Daniel Vega Vidal & Diego Vega Vidal
- Super 8 — JJ Abrams
- Terri — Azazel Jacobs
- Tuesday, After Christmas — Radu Muntean
- Young Adult — Jason Reitman
A Dozen Runners-Up
- The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu — Andrei Ujica
Best Documentary
- Policeman — Nadav Lapid
- Las Acacias — Pablo Giorgelli
- Artificial Paradises — Yulene Olaizola