Top 20 Films of 2011

By: Brandon Isaacso​n

FYI: the year is determined by the US theatrical release date. That’s why Beginners & Boonmee are on here (for example).

Aside from the top 20, here are some honorable mentions:
Another Earth, Kung Fu Panda 2, Restless, Rango, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Drive, Hobo with a Shotgun, The Green Hornet, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

• 01
  The Tree of Life
  Terrence Malick
• 02
  Hugo
  Martin Scorsese
• 03
  How to Die in Oregon
  Peter D. Richardson
• 04
  Project Nim
  James Marsh
• 05
  Martha Marcy May Marlene
  Sean Durkin
• 06
  Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• 07
  Beginners
  Mike Mills
• 08
  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
  Stephen Daldry
• 09
  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  Tomas Alfredson
• 10
  Moneyball
  Bennett Miller
• 11
  Red State
  Kevin Smith
• 12
  Bellflower
  Evan Glodell
• 13
  Tomboy
  Céline Sciamma
• 14
  Incendies
  Denis Villeneuve
• 15
  Source Code
  Duncan Jones
• 16
  The Future
  Miranda July
• 17
  The Skin I Live In
  Pedro Almodóvar
• 18
  50/50
  Jonathan Levine
• 19
  Tyrannosaur
  Paddy Considine
• 20
  Contagion
  Steven Soderbergh