Year-End Lists

Peter Bradshaw: Best Films of 2011, as published by The Guardian

Best Film

1. The Artist
   Michel Hazanavicius
2. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
3. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
   Tomas Alfredson
5. Poetry
   Lee Chang-dong
6. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
7. Le quattro volte
   Michelangelo Frammartino
8. We Need to Talk About Kevin
   Lynne Ramsay
9. The Skin I Live In
   Pedro Almodóvar
10. Bridesmaids
    Paul Feig

Best Documentary

1. Senna
   Asif Kapadia
2. George Harrison: Living in the Material World
   Martin Scorsese
3. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
   Werner Herzog
4. Pina
   Wim Wenders
5. Inside Job
   Charles Ferguson
6. Dreams of a Life
   Carol Morley
7. Bobby Fischer Against the World
   Liz Garbus
8. Waste Land
   Lucy Walker
9. TT3D: Closer to the Edge
   Richard de Araques
10. Project Nim
    James Marsh