Temporal Top Ten – 2011

Number of movies seen from this year – 171
Number of movies reviewed – 187 (including 16 Encore Reviews)

As always, my choices for the best movies of this particular year don’t conform with all of the mainstream choices, but that’s one of the things that makes me unique.

This year had 9 Oscar nominated Best Picture films, but only 3 made my list (not even the ultimate winner)

My #1 is a great sci-fi/time travel movie that I can watch over and over again (like Groundhog Day (1993), u can do that in one viewing)

#2 is my favorite of the Best Picture nominees, that was a really heartwarming tale that felt magical.

#4 and #5 are my other two BP nominee choices

#3 and #7 are great superhero films that debuted that year

#6 is an Israeli film that is one of my favorites because I am very familiar with the world it takes place in.

#8 was a surprise favorite that is a really moving story about brotherly love and rivalry

#9 is proof that motion capture movies can work

 

Update 6 Aug 2017 – Midnight in Paris has now become my #7. All subsequent films have been moved down one notch.

Update 1 Jan 2018 – Arthur Christmas has now become my #2. All subsequent films have been moved down one notch.

Update 6 Mar 2018 – All-Star Superman has now become my #5. All subsequent films have been moved down one notch.

Update 10 Apr 2018 – A Better Life has now become my #4. All subsequent films have been moved down one notch.

Update 1 Mar 2020 – All-Star Superman has now become my #2. All subsequent films have been moved down one notch.

My Top Ten

Honorable mention 4 – The Adventures of Tintin

Honorable mention 3 – Warrior
Honorable mention 2 – X-Men: First Class

10 – Midnight in Paris

9. The Help

9. The Descendents

8. Footnote

7. He Has Seen War

6. Captain America: The First Avenger

5. A Better Life

4. Hugo

3. Arthur Christmas2. All-Star Superman

1. Source Code

Here’s a complete list of movies that I’ve seen from 2011

1. 10 Years
2. 30 Minutes or Less
3. 50/50
4. 9/11: 10 Years Later
5. Adjustment Bureau, The
6. Adventures of Tintin, The
7. Age of Heroes
8. Albert Nobbs
9. All Superheroes Must Die
10. All-Star Superman        Encore Review
11. Another Earth
12. Arthur
13. Arthur Christmas
14. Artist, The
15. Attack the Block
16. Awakening, The
17. Barrymore
18. Batman: Year One
19. Battle Los Angeles
20. A Better Life
21. Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience
22. Big Year, The
23. Bridesmaids    Encore Review
24. Cabin in the Woods, The
25. Captain America: The First Avenger  Encore Review  Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3
26. Cars 2
27. Cedar Rapids
28. Certain Prey
29. Chalet Girl
30. Change-Up, The
31. Children Who Chase Lost Voices
32. Cinema Verite
33. Conan the Barbarian
34. Contagion       Encore Review
35. Conversation with the Masters, A: The Empire Strikes Back 30 Years Later
36. Cowboys & Aliens
37. Crazy, Stupid, Love
38. Date, The
39. Deep Blue Sea, The
40. Descendants, The
41. Details, The
42. Dilemma, The
43. Double, The
44. Dream House
45. Dreams of a Life
46. Drive
47. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
48. Fast Five
49. Final Destination 5
50. Flat, The
51. Flypaper
52. Footloose
53. Footnote       Encore Review
54. Friends with Benefits
55. Friends With Kids
56. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
57. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The
58. Good Morning, Killer
59. Good Old Fashioned Orgy, A
60. Goon
61. Green Hornet, The
62. Green Lantern
63. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights   Encore Review
64. Grey, The
65. Guard, The
66. Hall Pass
67. Hangover Part II, The
68. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
69. Have A Little Faith
70. Haywire
71. He Has Seen War
72. Hell and Back Again
73. Help, The
74. Hide
75. Hitler’s Children
76. Horrible Bosses
77. Hugo
78. Hunter, The
79. I Ain’t Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
80. I Am Number Four
81. I Survived… 9/11
82. Ides of March, The    Encore Review
83. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
84. In Time
85. Inbetweeners Movie, The
86. Innocent
87. Into the Abyss
88. Intouchables, The
89. Iron Lady, The
90. J. Edgar
91. Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides
92. Jewish Soldiers in Blue & Gray
93. Just Go With It
94. Kennedys, The
95. Kill List
96. Killer Joe
97. Kung Fu Panda 2
98. Larry Crowne
99. Like Crazy
100. Limitless
101. Lincoln Lawyer, The  Encore Review (coming soon)
102. Love
103. Margaret
104. Margin Call
105. Midnight in Paris
106. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
107. Moneyball   Encore Review
108. Monte Carlo
109. Mr. Popper’s Penguins
110. Muppets, The
111. My Week with Marilyn
112. Newlyweds
113. No Strings Attached
114. A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995
115. One Day
116. Pariah
117. Paul
118. Perfect Sense
119. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
120. Raid, The: Redemption
121. Rampart
122. Rango
123. Real Steel
124. Red State
125. Resident, The
126. Rio
127. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
128. River Murders, The
129. Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
130. Scream 4
131. Season of the Witch
132. Separation, A
133. Shame
134. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
135. Shuffle
136. Silent Witness
137. Singham
138. Sitter, The
139. Smurfs, The
140. Source Code  Encore Review  Encore Review 2   Encore Review 3
141. Straw Dogs
142. Sunset Limited, The
143. Super 8
144. Take Me Home Tonight
145. Take Shelter
146. Take This Waltz
147. This Must Be the Place
148. Thor                            Encore Review                  Encore Review 2
149. Three Musketeers, The
150. Thurgood
151. Ticking Clock
152. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
153. Tower Heist
154. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
155. Tree of Life, The
156. Twilight Saga, The: Breaking Dawn Part I (2011)
157. Tyrannosaur
158. Undefeated
159. United
160. Unknown
161. A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
162. W.E.
163. War Horse
164. Warrior
165. Water for Elephants
166. We Bought a Zoo
167. We Need to Talk About Kevin
168. What’s Your Number?
169. Wrinkles
170. X-Men: First Class
171. Young Adult