Here is the current (but occasionally updated) list of my favorite films from 2011.
In order to understand the color-coding, the purpose, and meaning of this list, please read my introduction to the Looking Closer Favorite Films lists here.
Red = Treasures
Purple = Favorites
Blue = Achievements
Gray = Decent/Noteworthy
Green = Unseen or Undecided
* = This film was discovered after the year in question and added in a list revision.
- The Tree of Life (reviews)
- Pina* (review)
- A Separation*
- The Mill and the Cross
- The Kid With a Bike*
- The Loneliest Planet*
- Margaret
- Buck
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia*
- Martha Marcy May Marlene (review)
- War Horse (review)
- The Muppets (review)
- Drive (review)
- Hugo
- Bernie*
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Take This Waltz
- Alps
- Le Havre
- L’Apollonide (House of Tolerance)*
- Film Socialisme*
- Take Shelter
- Winnie the Pooh
- Win Win (review) (interview with Tom McCarthy)
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (review)
- Wrestling for Jesus: The Tale of T-Money
- Attack the Block
- Haywire*
- The Deep Blue Sea*
- Moneyball
- Elena*
- Tyrannosaur*
- Miss Bala*
- The Trip
- A Dangerous Method
- Rango
- Midnight in Paris
- Jane Eyre (review)
- Super 8
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Contagion (review)
- The Descendants
- Higher Ground*
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- X-Men: First Class
- Your Sister’s Sister*
- First Position (review)
- Source Code
- Bridesmaids*
- The Adventures of Tintin
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