Year-End Lists

Empire: Top 20 Films of 2011 [by UK release date]

[see also 2020 • 2012]

1. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
2. Senna
   Asif Kapadia
3. The King’s Speech
   Tom Hooper
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
   David Yates
5. The Artist
   Michel Hazanavicius
6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
   Tomas Alfredson
7. True Grit
   Joel & Ethan Coen
8. Bridesmaids
   Paul Feig
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
   Rupert Wyatt
10. Black Swan
    Darren Aronofsky
11. Blue Valentine
    Derek Cianfrance
12. The Fighter
    David O. Russell
13. Hanna
    Joe Wright
14. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay
15. The Inbetweeners Movie
    Ben Palmer
16. Super 8
    JJ Abrams
17. Incendies
    Denis Villeneuve
18. The Tree of Life
    Terrence Malick
19. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
    Steven Spielberg
20. Fast Five
    Paul Lim