2011 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 2011. Top 30 & many honorables. Also, my 2011 ballot at the Wandering Image; highlighting the year's best in film. 

Here's the countdown:








30.

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

29.    THE TRAGEDY OF MAN

28.           COLD WEATHER

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27.          I SAW THE DEVIL

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26.                WARRIOR

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25.           MELANCHOLIA

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24.                  DRIVE

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23.    A DANGEROUS METHOD

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22.      THE INTERRUPTERS

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21.                 POETRY

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THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE

20.          1967-1975

19.                 RANGO

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18.         MEEK'S CUTOFF

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17.    HOUSE OF TOLERANCE

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16.        LOVE EXPOSURE

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15.                 PINA 3D

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14.        THE SKIN I LIVE IN

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13.

TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS

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12.         POLYTECHNIQUE

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11.

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

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10.            3 BACKYARDS

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9.              BELLFLOWER

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8.     MARGARET [extended cut]

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7.              TAKE SHELTER

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6.          ATTACK THE BLOCK

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        UNCLE BOONMEE WHO
5. CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES

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4.       MYSTERIES OF LISBON

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3.    NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT

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2.            CERTIFIED COPY

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1.           THE TREE OF LIFE

*****

ALSO ESSENTIAL. NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles i loved from 2011 that could've placed)

WAR HORSE

.

KOTOKO

TERRI

.

TOMBOY

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SENNA

.

SCENES FROM THE SUBURBS

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HELL AND BACK AGAIN

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BEGINNERS

.

A SEPERATION

FILM SOCIALISME

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RISE OF
THE PLANET OF THE APES

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THE EAGLE

 .

SIGUR ROS: INNI

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SUPER 8

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TABLOID

PAUL

.

SUPER

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HANNA

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TO DIE LIKE A MAN

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CAPTAIN AMERICA:

THE FIRST AVENGER

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TROLLHUNTER

BOBBY YEAH

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ROAD TO NOWHERE

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OF GODS AND MEN

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GEORGE HARRISON: LIVING
IN THE MATERIAL WORLD

  .

GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE

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13 ASSASSINS

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CAVE
OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS 3D

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DETECTIVE DEE &
THE MYSTERY OF THE PHANTOM FLAME

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THE GUARD

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THE LAST CIRCUS

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HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

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THE ARBOR

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PROJECT NIM

.

\

WEEKEND

.

PARADISE LOST 3: PURGATORY

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IMMORTALS

.

UNDEFEATED

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS 3D

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TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL

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JANE EYRE

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FRIGHT NIGHT 3D

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BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK

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THE MYTH
OF AMERICAN SLEEPOVER

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HUGO 3D

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MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE

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SLEEPING BEAUTY

  
.

L'AMOUR FOU

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UNITED RED ARMY

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SUMMER WARS

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THE WOMAN

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PARIAH

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MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

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WINNIE THE POOH

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CONTAGION

.

THE PRINCESS 

OF MONTPENSIER

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INTO ETERNITY

 .

BULLHEAD

.

INTO THE ABYSS

.

PUTTY HILL

.

TYRANNOSAUR

.

CAS’L’

ARMADILLO

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KABOOM

.

OUTRAGE

.

WIN WIN

.

WILD LIFE

****

2011

TOP 30

1. THE TREE OF LIFE (Malick)
2. CERTIFIED COPY (Kiarostami)
3. NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (Patricio Guzmán)
4. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (Raoul Ruiz)
5. UNCLE BOONMEE (Weerasethakul)
6. ATTACK THE BLOCK (Cornish)
7. TAKE SHELTER (Jeff Nichols)
8. MARGARET (Lonnergan)
9. BELLFLOWER (Glodell)
10. 3 BACKYARDS (Mendelsohn)
11. ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (Spielberg)
12. POLYTECHNIQUE (Villeneuve)
13. TUESDAY, AFTER CHRISTMAS (Radu Muntean)
14. THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Almodovar)
15. PINA 3D (Wenders)
16. LOVE EXPOSURE (Shion Sono)
17. HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (Bonello)
18. MEEK'S CUTOFF (Reichardt)
19. RANGO (Verbinski)
20. BLACK POWER MIXTAPE 1967-1975 (Olsson)
21. POETRY (Chang dong-lee)
22. THE INTERRUPTERS (Steve James)
23. A DANGEROUS METHOD (Cronenberg)
24. DRIVE (Winding Refn)
25. MELANCHOLIA (Von Trier)
26. WARRIOR (O'Connor)
27. I SAW THE DEVIL (Kim Jee-woon)
28. COLD WEATHER (Aaron Katz)
29. THE TRAGEDY OF MAN (Jankovics)
30. TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (T.Alfredson)

RUNNER UP:

WAR HORSE (Spielberg), KOTOKO (Tsukamoto), TERRI (A.Jacobs), TOMBOY (Celine Sciamma), SENNA (Kapadia), SCENES FROM THE SUBURBS (Spike Jonze), HELL & BACK AGAIN (D.Dennis), BEGINNERS (Mills), A SEPARATION (Asghar Farhadi), FILM SOCIALISME (Godard), RISE OF PLANET OF THE APES (Wyatt), THE EAGLE (Macdonald), INNI (Morisset), SUPER 8 (JJ Abrams), TABLOID (Morris), PAUL (Mottola), SUPER (Gunn), HANNA (J.Wright), TO DIE LIKE A MAN (J.Pedro Rodrigues), CAPTAIN AMERICA (Johnston), TROLLHUNTER (Øvredal), BOBBY YEAH (R.Morgan), ROAD TO NOWHERE (Hellman), OF GODS AND MEN (Beauvois), LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (Scorsese), GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE (Sfar), 13 ASSASSINS (Miike), CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (Herzog), DETECTIVE DEE (Tsui Hark), THE GUARD (J. Michael McDonagh), LAST CIRCUS (de la Iglesia), HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (J.Eisner), THE ARBOR (Clio Barnard), PROJECT NIM (Marsh), WEEKEND (Haigh), PARADISE LOST 3 (Berlinger), IMMORTALS (Tarsem), UNDEFEATED (Lindsay), THREE MUSKETEERS 3D (W.S. Anderson), TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL (Craig), JANE EYRE (Fukunaga), FRIGHT NIGHT 3D (Gillespie), BILL CUNNINGHAM NY (Press), MYTH OF AMERICAN SLEEPOVER (D.Robert Mitchell), HUGO 3D (Scorsese), MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (Durkin), SLEEPING BEAUTY (Julia Leigh), L'AMOUR FOU (Thoretton), UNITED RED ARMY (Wakamatsu), SUMMER WARS (Mamoru Hosoda), THE WOMAN (Mckee), PARIAH (Dee Rees), MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Allen), WINNIE THE POOH (S.J. Anderson/D.Hall), CONTAGION (Soderbergh), PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER (Tavernier), INTO ETERNITY (Madsen), BULLHEAD (Roskam), INTO THE ABYSS (Herzog), PUTTY HILL (Porterfield), TYRANNOSAUR (Considine), CAS’L’ (Bickford), ARMADILLO (Pedersen), KABOOM (Araki), OUTRAGE (Kitano), WIN WIN (Thomas McCarthy)

(I want to hear what everybody's favorite films of 2011 were. Post them below)