Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2011

20 Best Films of 2011 Skandies

This is Not a Film - Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope

Favorite Films of 2011 San Francisco Bay Guardian: Dennis Harvey

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Top 10 Films of 2011 Philadelphia Weekly: Sean Burns

House of Pleasures - Bertrand Bonello

Top Ten Films of 2011 Philadelphia Weekly: Matt Prigge

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Top 20 Films of 2011 Empire

10 Best Films of 2011 Reverse Shot

20 Best Films of 2011 Les Inrocks

Drive - Nicolas Winding Refn

Favorite Fifteen Films of 2011 Marya E. Gates

Of Gods and Men - Xavier Beauvois

10 Best Films of 2011 Chicago Reader: J.R. Jones

Aurora - Cristi Puiu

20 Best Films of 2011 Chicago Reader: Ben Sachs

Hugo - Martin Scorsese

Top Movies of 2011 Boston Globe: Ty Burr

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

Top Movies of 2011 Boston Globe: Wesley Morris

10 Best Movies of 2011 IFC: Matt Singer

The Trip - Michael Winterbottom

15 Best Movies of 2011 Nerve

Top 10 Films of 2011 Nick Pinkerton

Certified Copy - Abbas Kiarostami

Top Films of 2011 Fandor

Poetry - Lee Chang-dong

Top 9 1/2 Films of 2011 Fandor: Alejandro Adams

A Brighter Summer Day - Edward Yang

Favorite Films of 2011 Village Voice Film Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum

Margaret - Kenneth Lonergan

Best Films of 2011 Village Voice: Karina Longworth

Best Films of 2011 Village Voice Film Poll

A Dangerous Method - David Cronenberg

Personal Best Films of 2011 Village Voice: J Hoberman

Poetry - Lee Chang-dong

10 Best Movies of 2011 Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips

Favorite Films of 2011 Dennis Cooper