Year-End Lists

David Fear: Best Films of 2011, as published by Time Out New York

[see also The 20 Best Movies of 2025 • 20 Best Movies of 2024 • The 20 Best Movies of 2023 • 22 Best Movies of 2022 • 20 Best Movies of 2021 • The 20 Best Movies of 2020 • Top Ten Films of 2019 • Top 20 Movies of 2018 • Best Films of 2017 • 22 Best Documentaries of 2017 • Best Films of 2016 • Best Films of 2015 • 10 Best Movies of 2012]

1. Shame
   Steve McQueen
2. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
3. Tuesday, After Christmas
   Radu Muntean
4. Moneyball
   Bennett Miller
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
6. Cold Weather
   Aaron Katz
7. Incendies
   Denis Villeneuve
8. Senna
   Asif Kapadia
9. The Trip
   Michael Winterbottom
10. My Joy
    Sergei Loznitsa
11. The Arbor
    Clio Barnard
12. Meek’s Cutoff
    Kelly Reichardt
13. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
    Göran Olsson
14. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
15. The Interrupters
    Steve James
16. 13 Assassins
    Takashi Miike
17. The Future
    Miranda July
18. Le Havre
    Aki Kaurismäki
19. Rampart
    Oren Moverman
20. Drive
    Nicolas Winding Refn