2011 Ranked

By: Wesley Emblidg​e

I can’t add “Paul,” “Super,” or “Love” to the list, unfortunately.

• 01
  50/50
  Jonathan Levine
• 02
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 03
  Take Shelter
  Jeff Nichols
• 04
  We Bought a Zoo
  Cameron Crowe
• 05
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 06
  Rango
  Gore Verbinski
• 07
  We Need to Talk About Kevin
  Lynne Ramsay
• 08
  Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish
• 09
  Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
  Brad Bird
• 10
  X-Men: First Class
  Matthew Vaughn
• 11
  The Guard
  John Michael McDonagh
• 12
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  David Yates
• 13
  Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• 14
  A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• 15
  Like Crazy
  Drake Doremus
• 16
  Cedar Rapids
  Miguel Arteta
• 17
  The Adventures of Tintin
  Steven Spielberg
• 18
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh
• 19
  Shame
  Steve McQueen
• 20
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 21
  The Lincoln Lawyer
  Brad Furman
• 22
  The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• 23
  The Ides of March
  George Clooney
• 24
  Crazy, Stupid, Love.
  Glenn Ficarra
• 25
  The Muppets
  James Bobin
• 26
  The Artist
  Michel Hazanavicius
• 27
  Warrior
  Gavin O'Connor
• 28
  Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
  Constance Marks
• 29
  The Devil's Double
  Lee Tamahori
• 30
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  Tomas Alfredson
• 31
  Rubber
  Quentin Dupieux
• 32
  Captain America: The First Avenger
  Joe Johnston
• 33
  The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
  Morgan Spurlock
• 34
  Melancholia
  Lars von Trier
• 35
  Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  Rupert Wyatt
• 36
  Moneyball
  Bennett Miller
• 37
  Source Code
  Duncan Jones
• 38
  Hesher
  Spencer Susser
• 39
  Super 8
  J.J. Abrams
• 40
  My Week with Marilyn
  Simon Curtis
• 41
  Everything Must Go
  Dan Rush
• 42
  Winnie the Pooh
  Stephen J. Rivele
• 43
  Tucker & Dale vs Evil
  Eli Craig
• 44
  Horrible Bosses
  Seth Gordon
• 45
  Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• 46
  Beginners
  Mike Mills
• 47
  Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• 48
  Midnight in Paris
  Woody Allen
• 49
  Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
  Rodman Flender
• 50
  Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times
  Andrew Rossi
• 51
  The Help
  Tate Taylor
• 52
  Insidious
  James Wan
• 53
  Bad Teacher
  Jake Kasdan
• 54
  Win Win
  Thomas McCarthy
• 55
  Too Big to Fail
  Curtis Hanson
• 56
  Jane Eyre
  Cary Fukunaga
• 57
  A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
  Todd Strauss-Schulson
• 58
  Our Idiot Brother
  Jesse Peretz
• 59
  30 Minutes or Less
  Ruben Fleischer
• 60
  Page Eight
  David Hare
• 61
  Submarine
  Richard Ayoade
• 62
  The Adjustment Bureau
  George Nolfi
• 63
  The Troll Hunter
  André Øvredal
• 64
  Hanna
  Joe Wright
• 65
  Cowboys & Aliens
  Jon Favreau
• 66
  Another Earth
  Mike Cahill
• 67
  Machine Gun Preacher
  Marc Forster
• 68
  Fright Night
  Craig Gillespie
• 69
  Your Highness
  David Gordon Green
• 70
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 71
  The Green Hornet
  Michel Gondry
• 72
  Fast Five
  Justin Lin
• 73
  Thor
  Kenneth Branagh
• 74
  Peep World
  Barry W. Blaustein
• 75
  No Strings Attached
  Ivan Reitman
• 76
  Battle: Los Angeles
  Jonathan Liebesman
• 77
  Hobo with a Shotgun
  Jason Eisener