Year-End Lists

Richard Brody: 26 Best Films of 2011, as published by The New Yorker

[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012]

1. The Future — Miranda July
2. The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
3. Film Socialisme — Jean-Luc Godard
4. Hugo — Martin Scorsese
5. Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
6. Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
7. Petition — Zhao Liang
8. Putty Hill — Matthew Porterfield
9. Silver Bullets — Joe Swanberg
10. A Screaming Man — Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
11. The Interrupters — Steve James
12. You All Are Captains — Oliver Laxe
13. Bellflower — Evan Glodell
14. J. Edgar — Clint Eastwood
15. Midnight in Paris — Woody Allen
16. Terri — Azazel Jacobs
17. Impolex — Alex Ross Perry
18. Moneyball — Bennett Miller
19. Road to Nowhere — Monte Hellman
20. Bridesmaids — Nicole Holofcener
21. The Descendants — Alexander Payne
22. Uncle Kent — Joe Swanberg
23. The Time That Remains — Elia Suleiman
24. Le Havre — Aki Kaurismäki
25. The Skin I Live In — Pedro Almodóvar
26. Restless — Gus Van Sant