Films of 2011, Ranked
By: Catherine Krummey
(updated 5/20/13)
Missing from The Auteurs’ database: Citizen USA: A 50-State Road Trip (dir. Alexandra Pelosi; would go between Pariah and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Life Happens (dir. Kat Coiro; between Super 8 and Scream 4)
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01Cary Fukunaga
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02Robert B. Weide
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03Steve McQueen
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04Martin Scorsese
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05Mark Cousins
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06Cameron Crowe
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07William Joyce
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08Enrico Casarosa
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09Jonathan Levine
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10Angus MacLane
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11Todd Haynes
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12David Yates
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13Jesse Peretz
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14Seth Gordon
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15Michel Hazanavicius
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16Lynn Shelton
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17Lars von Trier
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18Nicolas Winding Refn
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19Terrence Malick
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20Andrew Haigh
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21Patrick Doyon
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22Jennifer Yuh
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23Alexander Payne
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24Michael Stevens
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25David Fincher
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26Tomas Alfredson
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27Steven Soderbergh
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28Bennett Miller
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29George Clooney
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30Joe Wright
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31James Marsh
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32Gore Verbinski
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33David Cronenberg
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34Pedro Almodóvar
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35Jim Kohlberg
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36Andrew Rossi
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37Rodman Flender
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38David Weissman
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39Stephen Daldry
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40Jeff Nichols
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41Chad Freidrichs
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42Peter McDonald
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43Lee Fulkerson
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44Douglas McGrath
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45Tommy Lee Jones
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46Shari Springer Berman
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47George Nolfi
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48James Moll
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49James Bobin
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50Matthew Vaughn
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51Gavin Wiesen
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52Hans Fjellestad
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53Amanda Forbis
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54Woody Allen
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55Gregg Barson
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56Max Zähle
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57Richard Linklater
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58Constance Marks
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59Gavin O'Connor
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60Terry George
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61David Mackenzie
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62Simon Curtis
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63Steven Soderbergh
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64Drake Doremus
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65David Hare
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66Marty Callner
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67Glenn Ficarra
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68Paolo Sorrentino
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69Jason Winer
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70Michel Gondry
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71Rob Marshall
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72Greg Mottola
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73Gus Van Sant
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74Lasse Hallström
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75Sarah Polley
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76Terence Davies
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77Dee Rees
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78John Madden
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79John Michael McDonagh
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80J.J. Abrams
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81Wes Craven
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82Clint Eastwood
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83Francis Lawrence
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84Joe Johnston
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85Curtis Hanson
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86Kenneth Lonergan
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87Tate Taylor
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88Chris Weitz
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89Cameron Crowe
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90Lone Scherfig
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91Will Gluck
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92Steven Spielberg
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93Jay Duplass
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94Sean Durkin
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95Paul Feig
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96Phyllida Lloyd
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97Roman Polanski
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98Steven Spielberg
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99J.C. Chandor
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100Kelly Asbury
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101Brad Furman
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102Jake Kasdan
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103Peter Huyck
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104Thomas McCarthy
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105Jason Reitman
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106Rupert Wyatt
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107Joe Cornish
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108Craig Gillespie
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109Michel Gondry
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110Tanya Wexler
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111Dennis Lee
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112Grant Orchard
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113Marc Forster
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114Duncan Jones
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115Carlos Saldanha
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116Mark Mylod
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117Whit Stillman
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118Sebastian Gutierrez
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119Jennifer Westfeldt
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120Jon Cassar
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121Bruce Robinson
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122David Dobkin
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123Brad Bird
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124Rodrigo García
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125Madonna
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126Charles Martin Smith
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127Olivier Megaton
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128Kenneth Branagh
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129Miguel Arteta
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130Tom Hanks
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131Gary McKendry
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132Jaume Collet-Serra
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133Michael Dowse
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134Jim Field Smith
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135Tim Hill
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136Lance Daly
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137Joe Swanberg
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138Sean McNamara
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139Angel Gracia
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140George Miller
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141Rod Lurie
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142Dennis Dugan
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143Joe Nussbaum
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144Todd Phillips
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145Justin Lin
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146Catherine Hardwicke
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147Jon Favreau
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148Kevin Macdonald
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149Mikael Håfström
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150Ruben Fleischer
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151Martin Campbell
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152Salim Akil
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153Mark Waters
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154Ron Howard
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155Zack Snyder
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156Luke Greenfield
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157Jim Sheridan
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158Thomas Bezucha
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159Andrew Niccol
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160Henry Joost
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161Douglas McGrath
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162Neil Burger
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163John Singleton
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164J.C. Khoury
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165Chris Kentis
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166Craig Brewer
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167Garry Marshall
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168Ivan Reitman
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169David Gordon Green
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170David Gordon Green
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171Jon M. Chu
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172Frank Coraci
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173Bobby Farrelly
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174Alister Grierson
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175Tarsem Singh
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176Nicole Kassell
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177Jonathan Liebesman
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178Michael Bay
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179Christian E. Christiansen
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180Bill Condon
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181Antti Jokinen
