2011 Films Ranked

By: Jake Cole

I live in the South and only rarely even get to Atlanta, so my coverage is extremely limited. Also, this means this list will contain movies that made the festival rounds last year but did not come out anywhere near me until this year.

Not in database: A Warrior’s Heart (between Fast Five and X-Men: First Class)
Not on list: Certified Copy, because I saw it last year

• 01
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 02
  Film socialisme
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 03
  Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• 04
  Mysteries of Lisbon
  Raúl Ruiz
• 05
  Meek's Cutoff
  Kelly Reichardt
• 06
  Melancholia
  Lars von Trier
• 07
  The Skin I Live In
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 08
  A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• 09
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 10
  The Strange Case of Angelica
  Manoel de Oliveira
• 11
  Le Havre
  Aki Kaurismäki
• 12
  Another Year
  Mike Leigh
• 13
  The Adventures of Tintin
  Steven Spielberg
• 14
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  Tomas Alfredson
• 15
  The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• 16
  Take Shelter
  Jeff Nichols
• 17
  Poetry
  Lee Chang-dong
• 18
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 19
  A Dangerous Method
  David Cronenberg
• 20
  The Arbor
  Clio Barnard
• 21
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 22
  Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• 23
  Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish
• 24
  Rango
  Gore Verbinski
• 25
  Warrior
  Gavin O'Connor
• 26
  Midnight in Paris
  Woody Allen
• 27
  The Interrupters
  Steve James
• 28
  Somewhere
  Sofia Coppola
• 29
  Weekend
  Andrew Haigh
• 30
  The Woman
  Lucky McKee
• 31
  13 Assassins
  Takashi Miike
• 32
  Tuesday, After Christmas
  Radu Muntean
• 33
  Kung Fu Panda 2
  Jennifer Yuh
• 34
  The Mill and the Cross
  Lech Majewski
• 35
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  David Yates
• 36
  Hanna
  Joe Wright
• 37
  Beginners
  Mike Mills
• 38
  Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• 39
  Captain America: The First Avenger
  Joe Johnston
• 40
  We Need to Talk About Kevin
  Lynne Ramsay
• 41
  Project Nim
  James Marsh
• 42
  Win Win
  Thomas McCarthy
• 43
  Tucker & Dale vs Evil
  Eli Craig
• 44
  Pearl Jam Twenty
  Cameron Crowe
• 45
  Terri
  Azazel Jacobs
• 46
  The Muppets
  James Bobin
• 47
  Gallants
  Derek Kwok
• 48
  Into the Abyss
  Werner Herzog
• 49
  Super 8
  J.J. Abrams
• 50
  50/50
  Jonathan Levine
• 51
  Rubber
  Quentin Dupieux
• 52
  The Three Musketeers
  Paul W.S. Anderson
• 53
  Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  Werner Herzog
• 54
  Tyrannosaur
  Paddy Considine
• 55
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh
• 56
  Drive Angry 3D
  Patrick Lussier
• 57
  Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times
  Andrew Rossi
• 58
  Source Code
  Duncan Jones
• 59
  Bellflower
  Evan Glodell
• 60
  Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
  José Padilha
• 61
  I Saw the Devil
  Kim Ji-woon
• 62
  Cold Fish
  Sion Sono
• 63
  Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  Rupert Wyatt
• 64
  The Artist
  Michel Hazanavicius
• 65
  Jane Eyre
  Cary Fukunaga
• 66
  In Time
  Andrew Niccol
• 67
  American: The Bill Hicks Story
  Matt Harlock
• 68
  Hipsters
  Valeriy Todorovskiy
• 69
  The Ides of March
  George Clooney
• 70
  Thor
  Kenneth Branagh
• 71
  Incendies
  Denis Villeneuve
• 72
  City of Life and Death
  Lu Chuan
• 73
  War Horse
  Steven Spielberg
• 74
  Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• 75
  Shame
  Steve McQueen
• 76
  Submarine
  Richard Ayoade
• 77
  Moneyball
  Bennett Miller
• 78
  The Rum Diary
  Bruce Robinson
• 79
  Paul
  Greg Mottola
• 80
  My Week with Marilyn
  Simon Curtis
• 81
  The Other F Word
  Andrea Blaugrund
• 82
  Immortals
  Tarsem Singh
• 83
  Happy Feet Two
  George Miller
• 84
  Trespass
  Joel Schumacher
• 85
  Fast Five
  Justin Lin
• 86
  X-Men: First Class
  Matthew Vaughn
• 87
  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
  Bill Condon
• 88
  J. Edgar
  Clint Eastwood
• 89
  Green Lantern
  Martin Campbell
• 90
  Cars 2
  John Lasseter
• 91
  The Help
  Tate Taylor
• 92
  Red State
  Kevin Smith
• 93
  Season of the Witch
  Dominic Sena
• 94
  The Iron Lady
  Phyllida Lloyd
• 95
  Sucker Punch
  Zack Snyder
• 96
  Transformers: Dark of the Moon
  Michael Bay
• 97
  Red Riding Hood
  Catherine Hardwicke
• 98
  I Melt with You
  Mark Pellington
• 99
  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  Rob Marshall