Year-End Lists

Jonathan Rosenbaum: Favorite Films of 2011 [according to the IndieWire and Village Voice polls]

NOTE: If Rosenbaum posts a list with detailed commentary at his site (or anywhere else), we’ll favor it over these two ballot submissions.

[see also Best Films of 2025 • Best Films of 2024 • Best Films of 2023 • Best Films of 2022 • Ten Best Films of 2021 • Ten Best Films of 2020 • Best Films of the 2010s • Top Ten Films of 2019 • Ten Best Films of 2019 • Best Films of 2018 • Best Films of 2017 • Best Films of 2016 • Top 10 Films of 2016 • Top 5 Films of 2015 • Best Films of 2013 • Top 10 Films of 2013 • Top 10 Films of 2012]

indieWIRE Poll

1. A Brighter Summer Day
   Edward Yang
2. Poetry
   Lee Chang-dong
3. Le quattro volte
   Michelangelo Frammartino
4. Mysteries of Lisbon
   Raoul Ruiz
5. A Dangerous Method
   David Cronenberg
6. Terri
   Azazel Jacobs
7. Road to Nowhere
   Monte Hellman
8. The Skin I Live In
   Pedro Almodóvar
9. Putty Hill
   Matthew Porterfield
10. Hugo
    Martin Scorsese

Village Voice Poll

1. A Brighter Summer Day
   Edward Yang
2. Poetry
   Lee Chang-dong
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
4. Film Socialisme
   Jean-Luc Godard
5. Mysteries of Lisbon
   Raoul Ruiz
6. Le quattro volte
   Michelangelo Frammartino
7. A Dangerous Method
   David Cronenberg
8. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
9. Road to Nowhere
   Monte Hellman
10. Putty Hill
    Matthew Porterfield

This list contributes to:

• Best Films of 2011 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll