Year-End Lists

Tasha Robinson: Best Films of 2011, as published by The A.V. Club

Top 15

1. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
2. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
3. Another Earth
   Mike Cahill
4. The Skin I Live In
   Pedro Almodóvar
5. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
   Constance Marks
6. Beginners
   Mike Mills
7. The Interrupters
   Steve James
8. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
9. The Future
   Miranda July
10. Amigo
    John Sayles
11. Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Sean Durkin
12. Hanna
    Joe Wright
13. The Adventures of Tintin
    Steven Spielberg
14. Melancholia
    Lars von Trier
15. Tabloid
    Errol Morris

The next five

• A Separation
  Asghar Farhadi
• Public Speaking
  Martin Scorsese
• Take Shelter
  Jeff Nichols
• Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  Werner Herzog
• We Need to Talk About Kevin
  Lynne Ramsay