Favorite Films of 2011

By: Daniel Kasman

A work in progress in order of viewing / release. Includes films seen in previous years (usually at film festivals) as they are released in the US. They are listed as if they were viewed when they are released theatrically in 2011.

• 01
  Petition
  Zhao Liang
• 02
  A Useful Life
  Federico Veiroj
• 03
  Truce
  Svetlana Proskurina
• 04
  Slow Action
  Ben Rivers
• 05
  Father
  José María de Orbe
• 06
  Target
  Alexander Zeldovich
• 07
  Found Cuban Mounts
  Adriana Salazar Arroyo
• 08
  The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr
• 09
  Of Gods and Men
  Xavier Beauvois
• 10
  Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• 11
  Nostalgia for the Light
  Patricio Guzmán
• 12
  To Die Like a Man
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• 13
  Meek's Cutoff
  Kelly Reichardt
• 14
  13 Assassins
  Takashi Miike
• 15
  Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  Werner Herzog
• 16
  House of Tolerance
  Bertrand Bonello
• 17
  Miss Bala
  Gerardo Naranjo
• 18
  The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre Dardenne
• 19
  The Day He Arrives
  Hong Sang-soo
• 20
  This Is Not a Film
  Mojtaba Mirtahasebi
• 21
  Play
  Ruben Östlund
• 22
  United Red Army
  Kôji Wakamatsu
• 23
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 24
  Film socialisme
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 25
  Road to Nowhere
  Monte Hellman
• 26
  A Few Moments with Éric Rohmer
  Marie Rivière
• 27
  Mysteries of Lisbon
  Raúl Ruiz
• 28
  Don't Go Breaking My Heart
  Johnnie To
• 29
  Cut
  Amir Naderi
• 30
  Black Mirror at The National Gallery
  Mark Lewis
• 31
  A Dangerous Method
  David Cronenberg
• 32
  A Simple Life
  Ann Hui
• 33
  Faust
  Aleksandr Sokurov
• 34
  4:44 Last Day on Earth
  Abel Ferrara
• 35
  Conference
  Norbert Pfaffenbichler
• 36
  Century of Birthing
  Lav Diaz
• 37
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh
• 38
  Dreileben: Beats Being Dead
  Christian Petzold
• 39
  Dreileben: Don't Follow Me Around
  Dominik Graf
• 40
  My Joy
  Sergei Loznitsa
• 41
  Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers
• 42
  Crystal Palace
  Ernie Gehr
• 43
  Thank You For Visiting
  Ernie Gehr
• 44
  Mist
  Ernie Gehr
• 45
  ABRACADABRA
  Ernie Gehr
• 46
  An Heir
  Jean-Marie Straub
• 47
  L'inconsolable
  Jean-Marie Straub
• 48
  Schakale und Araber
  Jean-Marie Straub
• 49
  The Return
  Nathaniel Dorsky
• 50
  Seeking the Monkey King
  Ken Jacobs