Films I've Seen In 2011
By: N. Kumar
January
The Social Network – David Fincher, 2010
Funny People – Judd Apatow, 2009
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – Wes Anderson, 2004
Hotel Chevalier – Wes Anderson, 2007
The Darjeeling Limited – Wes Anderson, 2007
Reservoir Dogs – Quentin Tarantino, 1992 (1st re-watch)
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson, 2009
Runaway – Kanye West, 2010
Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 (1st re-watch)
Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996 (2nd re-watch)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope – George Lucas, 1977
Network – Sidney Lumet, 1976
Punch-Drunk Love – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (1st re-watch)
The Social Network – David Fincher, 2010 (1st re-watch)
The Return – Andrei Zvyagintsev, 2003
Roundhay Garden Scene – Louis Le Prince, 1888
Winter’s Bone – Debra Granik, 2010
Super Troopers – Jay Chandrasekhar, 2001
February
Tsirk – Grigori Aleksandrov, 1936 (not in database)
Ajami – Scandar Copti & Yaron Shani, 2009
The Accompanist – Claude Miller, 1992
Mala Noche – Gus Van Sant, 1985
What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? – Martin Scorsese, 1963 (not in database)
Three Songs About Lenin – Dziga Vertov, 1934
Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 (2nd re-watch)
Sanshiro Sugata – Akira Kurosawa, 1943
At Home Among Strangers, Stranger At Home – Nikita Mikhalkov, 1974
Seven – David Fincher, 1995 (1st re-watch)
March
Dersu Uzala – Akira Kurosawa, 1975
Prisoner of the Mountains – Sergei Bodrov, 1996 (not in database)
Seven – David Fincher, 1995 (2nd re-watch)
Black Swan – Darren Aronofsky, 2010
Little Vera – Vasili Pichul, 1988
The Game – David Fincher, 1997
Russian Ark – Alexander Sokurov, 2002
Fight Club – David Fincher, 1999 (1st re-watch)
Mean Girls – Mark Waters, 2004 (1st re-watch)
Taxi Driver – Martin Scorsese, 1976 (5th re-watch)
Fight Club – David Fincher, 1999 (2nd re-watch)
Kicking and Screaming – Noah Baumbach, 1995
Patience Labor – Alexander Sokurov, 1987 (not in database)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors – Sergei Paradjanov, 1964
April
Platoon – Oliver Stone, 1986
The Daughter-In-Law – Khodzha Narliyev, 1972 (not in database)
Born on the Fourth of July – Oliver Stone, 1989
Solaris – Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972
The Deer Hunter – Michael Cimino, 1978 (1st re-watch)
Full Metal Jacket – Stanley Kubrick, 1987
Apocalypse Now – Francis Ford Coppola, 1979 (1st re-watch)
Brother – Aleksei Balabanov, 1997
Regret to Inform – Barbara Sonneborn, 1998 (not in database)
Cold Summer of 1953 – Aleksandr Proshkin, 1987 (not in database)
May
The Orator – Yusup Razykov, 1998 (not in database)
Office Space – Mike Judge, 1999 (1st re-watch)
Panic Room – David Fincher, 2002 (1st re-watch)
Pulp Fiction – Quentin Tarantino, 1994 (1st re-watch)
The Holiday – Nancy Meyers, 2006 (2nd re-watch)
The Wrestler – Darren Aronofsky, 2008 (1st re-watch)
The Matrix – Wachowski brothers, 1999 (3rd re-watch)
June
Little Caesar – Mervyn LeRoy, 1931
The Hard Guy – Arthur Hurley, 1930 (not in database)
Lady, Play Your Mandolin! – Rudolf Ising, 1931 (not in database)
Zodiac – David Fincher, 2007
The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick, 2011
Fix – Tao Ruspoli, 2008
25th Hour – Spike Lee, 2002
Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996 (3rd and 4th re-watch, with both commentaries)
Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (2nd re-watch)
Blood Simple – Joel & Ethan Coen, 1984 (1st re-watch)
Blue Valentine – Derek Cianfrance, 2010
The Silence of the Lambs – Jonathan Demme, 1991
Badlands – Terrence Malick, 1973 (1st re-watch)
Raising Arizona – Joel & Ethan Coen, 1987
Boogie Nights – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997 (3rd re-watch, with director’s commentary)
Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999 (3rd re-watch)
July
Slacker – Richard Linklater, 1991
Punch-Drunk Love – Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002 (2nd re-watch)
Dr. No – Terence Young, 1962
The Producers – Mel Brooks, 1968
Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) – Francois Truffaut, 1959
The Wizard of Oz – Victor Fleming, 1939
La Battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers) – Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966
Tirez sur le Pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) – Francois Truffaut, 1960
Lettre D’une Inconnue (Letter From an Unknown Woman) – Max Ophüls, 1948
Putney Swope – Robert Downey Sr., 1969
Zoolander – Ben Stiller, 2001
Cyrus – Jay & Mark Duplass, 2010
This Is Spinal Tap – Rob Reiner, 1984
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen, 2011
Casablanca – Michael Curtiz, 1942 (2nd re-watch)
August
Jackie Brown – Quentin Tarantino, 1997
A Fistful of Dollars – Sergio Leone, 1964 (1st re-watch)
Slacker – Richard Linklater, 1991 (1st re-watch)
Melvin and Howard – Jonathan Demme, 1980
Bottle Rocket – Wes Anderson, 1996 (1st re-watch)
Bad Day at Black Rock – John Sturges, 1955
MASH – Robert Altman, 1970
Days of Heaven – Terrence Malick, 1978 (1st re-watch)
Y Tu Mamá También – Alfonso Cuarón, 2001
True Romance – Tony Scott, 1993
Magnificent Obsession – Douglas Sirk, 1954
Hard Eight – Paul Thomas Anderson, 1996 (5th re-watch)
September
The Musketeers of Pig Alley – D.W. Griffith, 1912
McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Robert Altman, 1971
The Public Enemy – William A. Wellman, 1931
Scarface – Howard Hawks, 1932 (1st re-watch)
His Girl Friday – Howard Hawks, 1940
October
The Roaring Twenties – Raoul Walsh, 1939
High Sierra – Raoul Walsh, 1941
Beverly Hills Cop – Martin Brest, 1984
Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011
As Tears Go By – Wong Kar-wai, 1988
The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola, 1974 (12th re-watch)
November
Scarface – Brian De Palma, 1983 (2nd re-watch)
Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011 (1st re-watch)
White Heat – Raoul Walsh, 1949
GoodFellas – Martin Scorsese, 1990 (2nd re-watch)
New Jack City – Mario Van Peebles, 1991 (1st re-watch)
American Gangster – Ridley Scott, 2007 (1st re-watch)
December
The Departed – Martin Scorsese, 2006 (2nd re-watch)
Infernal Affairs – Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2002
Point Blank – John Boorman, 1967
Gomorrah – Matteo Garrone, 2008
Swingers – Doug Liman, 1996
Le Samouraï – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1967
Days of Being Wild – Wong Kar-wai, 1990
Chungking Express – Wong Kar-wai, 1994
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Fincher, 2011
Revanche – Götz Spielmann, 2008
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01David Fincher
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02Judd Apatow
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03Wes Anderson
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04Wes Anderson
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05Wes Anderson
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06Quentin Tarantino
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07Wes Anderson
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08Kanye West
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09Paul Thomas Anderson
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10Paul Thomas Anderson
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11George Lucas
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12Sidney Lumet
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13Paul Thomas Anderson
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14Andrei Zvyagintsev
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15Louis Le Prince
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16Debra Granik
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17Jay Chandrasekhar
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18Scandar Copti
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19Claude Miller
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20Gus Van Sant
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21Akira Kurosawa
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22Nikita Mikhalkov
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23David Fincher
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24Akira Kurosawa
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25Darren Aronofsky
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26Vasili Pichul
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27David Fincher
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28Aleksandr Sokurov
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29David Fincher
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30Mark Waters
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31Martin Scorsese
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32Noah Baumbach
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33Sergei Parajanov
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34Oliver Stone
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35Oliver Stone
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36Andrei Tarkovsky
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37Michael Cimino
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38Stanley Kubrick
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39Francis Ford Coppola
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40Aleksey Balabanov
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41Mike Judge
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42David Fincher
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43Quentin Tarantino
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44Nancy Meyers
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45Darren Aronofsky
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46Andy Wachowski
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47Mervyn LeRoy
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48David Fincher
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49Terrence Malick
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50Tao Ruspoli
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51Spike Lee
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52Paul Thomas Anderson
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53Joel Coen
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54Derek Cianfrance
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55Jonathan Demme
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56Terrence Malick
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57Joel Coen
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58Richard Linklater
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59Terence Young
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60Mel Brooks
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61François Truffaut
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62Victor Fleming
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63Gillo Pontecorvo
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64François Truffaut
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65Max Ophüls
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66Robert Downey Sr.
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67Ben Stiller
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68Jay Duplass
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69Rob Reiner
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70Woody Allen
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71Michael Curtiz
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72Quentin Tarantino
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73Sergio Leone
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74Jonathan Demme
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75Wes Anderson
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76John Sturges
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77Robert Altman
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78Terrence Malick
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79Alfonso Cuarón
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80Tony Scott
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81Douglas Sirk
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82D.W. Griffith
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83Robert Altman
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84William A. Wellman
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85Howard Hawks
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86Howard Hawks
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87Raoul Walsh
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88Raoul Walsh
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89Martin Brest
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90Nicolas Winding Refn
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91Wong Kar-wai
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92Francis Ford Coppola
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93Brian De Palma
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94Raoul Walsh
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95Martin Scorsese
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96Mario Van Peebles
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97Ridley Scott
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98Martin Scorsese
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99Andrew Lau
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100John Boorman
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101Matteo Garrone
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102Doug Liman
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103Jean-Pierre Melville
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104Wong Kar-wai
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105Wong Kar-wai
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106David Fincher
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107Götz Spielmann