Best Films of 2011

By: Craig B

My favourite films of 2011, released theatrically in the UK. Go to http://darkeyesocket.blogspot.com/ to read commentary on 2011 lists.

• 01
  Poetry
  Lee Chang-dong
• 02
  Melancholia
  Lars von Trier
• 03
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 04
  The Messenger
  Oren Moverman
• 05
  Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• 06
  13 Assassins
  Takashi Miike
• 07
  Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  Rupert Wyatt
• 08
  Julia's Eyes
  Guillem Morales
• 09
  A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• 10
  Snowtown
  Justin Kurzel
• 11
  Black Swan
  Darren Aronofsky
• 12
  Ballast
  Lance Hammer
• 13
  Weekend
  Andrew Haigh
• 14
  Cold Weather
  Aaron Katz
• 15
  Terri
  Azazel Jacobs
• 16
  Rango
  Gore Verbinski
• 17
  The Interrupters
  Steve James
• 18
  Another Earth
  Mike Cahill
• 19
  Jane Eyre
  Cary Fukunaga
• 20
  Last Night
  Massy Tadjedin
• 21
  Pariah
  Dee Rees
• 22
  Pina
  Wim Wenders
• 23
  True Grit
  Ethan Coen
• 24
  Blue Valentine
  Derek Cianfrance
• 25
  A Screaming Man
  Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
• 26
  We Need to Talk About Kevin
  Lynne Ramsay
• 27
  The Lincoln Lawyer
  Brad Furman
• 28
  Bedevilled
  Jang Cheol-so
• 29
  Meek's Cutoff
  Kelly Reichardt
• 30
  Captain America: The First Avenger
  Joe Johnston