Year-End Lists

Nathan Rabin: Best Films of 2011, as published by The A.V. Club

Top 15

1. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
2. Martha Marcy May Marlene
   Sean Durkin
3. Submarine
   Richard Ayoade
4. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
5. Young Adult
   Jason Reitman
6. Project Nim
   James Marsh
7. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
8. Meek’s Cutoff
   Kelly Reichardt
9. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
10. Win Win
    Tom McCarthy
11. The Descendants
    Alexander Payne
12. The Muppets
    James Bobin
13. Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
    Michael Rapaport
14. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
    Alex Stapleton
15. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay

The next five

• Terri
  Azazel Jacobs
• Take Shelter
  Jeff Nichols
• Source Code
  Duncan Jones
• Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish