Richard Brody: 26 Best Films of 2011, as published by The New Yorker
[see also 2020, 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012]
- The Future — Miranda July
- The Tree of Life — Terrence Malick
- Film Socialisme — Jean-Luc Godard
- Hugo — Martin Scorsese
- Certified Copy — Abbas Kiarostami
- Margaret — Kenneth Lonergan
- Petition — Zhao Liang
- Putty Hill — Matthew Porterfield
- Silver Bullets — Joe Swanberg
- A Screaming Man — Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
- The Interrupters — Steve James
- You All Are Captains — Oliver Laxe
- Bellflower — Evan Glodell
- J. Edgar — Clint Eastwood
- Midnight in Paris — Woody Allen
- Terri — Azazel Jacobs
- Impolex — Alex Ross Perry
- Moneyball — Bennett Miller
- Road to Nowhere — Monte Hellman
- Bridesmaids — Nicole Holofcener
- The Descendants — Alexander Payne
- Uncle Kent — Joe Swanberg
- The Time That Remains — Elia Suleiman
- Le Havre — Aki Kaurismäki
- The Skin I Live In — Pedro Almodóvar
- Restless — Gus Van Sant