Films of 2011, Ranked

By: Catheri​ne Krummey

(updated 5/19/12)

• 01
  Jane Eyre
  Cary Fukunaga
• 02
  Shame
  Steve McQueen
• 03
  Pearl Jam Twenty
  Cameron Crowe
• 04
  50/50
  Jonathan Levine
• 05
  Mildred Pierce
  Todd Haynes
• 06
  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
  David Yates
• 07
  Our Idiot Brother
  Jesse Peretz
• 08
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 09
  Horrible Bosses
  Seth Gordon
• 10
  The Artist
  Michel Hazanavicius
• 11
  Kung Fu Panda 2
  Jennifer Yuh
• 12
  The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• 13
  Melancholia
  Lars von Trier
• 14
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 15
  Thurgood
  Michael Stevens
• 16
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 17
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 18
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  Tomas Alfredson
• 19
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh
• 20
  Moneyball
  Bennett Miller
• 21
  The Ides of March
  George Clooney
• 22
  Hanna
  Joe Wright
• 23
  Rango
  Gore Verbinski
• 24
  A Dangerous Method
  David Cronenberg
• 25
  The Skin I Live In
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 26
  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  Stephen Daldry
• 27
  His Way
  Douglas McGrath
• 28
  The Sunset Limited
  Tommy Lee Jones
• 29
  Cinema Verite
  Shari Springer Berman
• 30
  The Adjustment Bureau
  George Nolfi
• 31
  Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
  James Moll
• 32
  The Muppets
  James Bobin
• 33
  Warrior
  Gavin O'Connor
• 34
  X-Men: First Class
  Matthew Vaughn
• 35
  The Art of Getting By
  Gavin Wiesen
• 36
  Midnight in Paris
  Woody Allen
• 37
  My Week with Marilyn
  Simon Curtis
• 38
  Haywire
  Steven Soderbergh
• 39
  Like Crazy
  Drake Doremus
• 40
  Crazy, Stupid, Love.
  Glenn Ficarra
• 41
  Arthur
  Jason Winer
• 42
  The Green Hornet
  Michel Gondry
• 43
  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
  Rob Marshall
• 44
  Paul
  Greg Mottola
• 45
  Restless
  Gus Van Sant
• 46
  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
  Lasse Hallström
• 47
  Super 8
  J.J. Abrams
• 48
  Scream 4
  Wes Craven
• 49
  J. Edgar
  Clint Eastwood
• 50
  Water for Elephants
  Francis Lawrence
• 51
  Captain America: The First Avenger
  Joe Johnston
• 52
  Too Big to Fail
  Curtis Hanson
• 53
  The Help
  Tate Taylor
• 54
  A Better Life
  Chris Weitz
• 55
  We Bought a Zoo
  Cameron Crowe
• 56
  One Day
  Lone Scherfig
• 57
  Friends with Benefits
  Will Gluck
• 58
  The Adventures of Tintin
  Steven Spielberg
• 59
  Friends with Kids
  Jennifer Westfeldt
• 60
  Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• 61
  Bridesmaids
  Paul Feig
• 62
  The Iron Lady
  Phyllida Lloyd
• 63
  Carnage
  Roman Polanski
• 64
  War Horse
  Steven Spielberg
• 65
  Margin Call
  J.C. Chandor
• 66
  Gnomeo and Juliet
  Kelly Asbury
• 67
  The Lincoln Lawyer
  Brad Furman
• 68
  Bad Teacher
  Jake Kasdan
• 69
  A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
  Peter Huyck
• 70
  Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• 71
  Rise of the Planet of the Apes
  Rupert Wyatt
• 72
  Attack the Block
  Joe Cornish
• 73
  Source Code
  Duncan Jones
• 74
  Rio
  Carlos Saldanha
• 75
  The Change-Up
  David Dobkin
• 76
  What's Your Number?
  Mark Mylod
• 77
  Fright Night
  Craig Gillespie
• 78
  The Rum Diary
  Bruce Robinson
• 79
  Albert Nobbs
  Rodrigo García
• 80
  Colombiana
  Olivier Megaton
• 81
  Thor
  Kenneth Branagh
• 82
  Cedar Rapids
  Miguel Arteta
• 83
  Larry Crowne
  Tom Hanks
• 84
  Killer Elite
  Gary McKendry
• 85
  Unknown
  Jaume Collet-Serra
• 86
  Soul Surfer
  Sean McNamara
• 87
  From Prada to Nada
  Angel Gracia
• 88
  Straw Dogs
  Rod Lurie
• 89
  Just Go with It
  Dennis Dugan
• 90
  Prom
  Joe Nussbaum
• 91
  The Hangover: Part II
  Todd Phillips
• 92
  Fast Five
  Justin Lin
• 93
  Red Riding Hood
  Catherine Hardwicke
• 94
  Cowboys & Aliens
  Jon Favreau
• 95
  The Eagle
  Kevin Macdonald
• 96
  The Rite
  Mikael Håfström
• 97
  30 Minutes or Less
  Ruben Fleischer
• 98
  Green Lantern
  Martin Campbell
• 99
  Jumping the Broom
  Salim Akil
• 100
  The Dilemma
  Ron Howard
• 101
  Sucker Punch
  Zack Snyder
• 102
  Something Borrowed
  Luke Greenfield
• 103
  Paranormal Activity 3
  Henry Joost
• 104
  I Don't Know How She Does It
  Douglas McGrath
• 105
  Limitless
  Neil Burger
• 106
  Footloose
  Craig Brewer
• 107
  No Strings Attached
  Ivan Reitman
• 108
  Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
  Jon M. Chu
• 109
  Hall Pass
  Bobby Farrelly
• 110
  Battle: Los Angeles
  Jonathan Liebesman
• 111
  The Roommate
  Christian E. Christiansen
• 112
  The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
  Bill Condon
• 113
  The Resident
  Antti Jokinen