Year-End Lists

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

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