Best Films - 2011

By: Erik McClana​han

My list of the best films given a proper release in the States this past year.

• 01
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 02
  Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• 03
  I Saw the Devil
  Kim Ji-woon
• 04
  Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish
• 05
  Shame
  Steve McQueen
• 06
  Take Shelter
  Jeff Nichols
• 07
  The Skin I Live In
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 08
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  Tomas Alfredson
• 09
  Melancholia
  Lars von Trier
• 10
  Love Exposure
  Sion Sono
• 11
  Weekend
  Andrew Haigh
• 12
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 13
  Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• 14
  Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
  Michael Rapaport
• 15
  Bellflower
  Evan Glodell
• 16
  Tabloid
  Errol Morris
• 17
  Hanna
  Joe Wright
• 18
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh
• 19
  The Trip
  Michael Winterbottom
• 20
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 21
  Meek's Cutoff
  Kelly Reichardt
• 22
  Pariah
  Dee Rees
• 23
  Moneyball
  Bennett Miller