The Best Films of 2011 (To Me)

By: Thomas Prieto

Here’s what I think are the best films of 2011 in order from best-to-worst. The films were deemed to be from 2011 if they opened in New York City in non-festival viewing in 2011.

• 01
  Mysteries of Lisbon
  Raúl Ruiz
• 02
  House of Tolerance
  Bertrand Bonello
• 03
  Certified Copy
  Abbas Kiarostami
• 04
  Film socialisme
  Jean-Luc Godard
• 05
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 06
  The Skin I Live In
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 07
  Road to Nowhere
  Monte Hellman
• 08
  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  David Fincher
• 09
  A Dangerous Method
  David Cronenberg
• 10
  13 Assassins
  Takashi Miike
• 11
  A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• 12
  Cold Weather
  Aaron Katz
• 13
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 14
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh
• 15
  Heartbeats
  Xavier Dolan
• 16
  Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  Werner Herzog
• 17
  Drive
  Nicolas Winding Refn
• 18
  The Myth of the American Sleepover
  David Robert Mitchell
• 19
  Into the Abyss
  Werner Herzog
• 20
  Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
  Michael Rapaport
• 21
  Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
  Rodman Flender