Year-End Lists

Alison Willmore: Best Films of 2011, as published by The A.V. Club

Top 15

1. Melancholia
   Lars von Trier
2. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
3. Into the Abyss
   Werner Herzog
4. Take Shelter
   Jeff Nichols
5. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
6. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
7. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
8. The Arbor
   Clio Barnard
9. Warrior
   Gavin O’Connor
10. Shame
    Steve McQueen
11. The Mill and the Cross
    Lech Majewski
12. Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Sean Durkin
13. Weekend
    Andrew Haigh
14. Beginners
    Mike Mills
15. I Saw the Devil
    Kim Ji-woon

The next five

• Meek’s Cutoff
  Kelly Reichardt
• I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You
  Marcelo Gomes and Karim Aïnouz
• The Guard
  John Michael McDonagh
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Leap Year
  Michael Rowe