Manohla Dargis: Best Films of 2011, as published by The New York Times
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012]
- Abracadabra — Ernie Gehr
- Aurora — Cristi Puiu
- The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu — Andrei Ujica
- Bridesmaids — Paul Feig
- Contagion — Steven Soderbergh
- A Dangerous Method — David Cronenberg
- J. Edgar — Clint Eastwood
- Le Havre — Aki Kaurismäki
- Hugo — Martin Scorsese
- Melancholia — Lars von Trier
- Moneyball — Bennett Miller
- My Joy — Sergei Loznitsa
- Mysteries of Lisbon — Raoul Ruiz
- Of Gods and Men — Xavier Beauvois
- Poetry — Lee Chang-dong
- Le quattro volte — Michelangelo Frammartino
- The Return — Nathaniel Dorsky
- Seeking the Monkey King — Ken Jacobs
- The Skin I Live In — Pedro Almodóvar
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Tomas Alfredson
- Voluptuous Sleep — Betzy Bromberg
- Warrior — Gavin O’Connor