Your Top 10 of 2011

[B-side]

Go go go go.

[Derek]

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[B-side]

Really? That order is all wrong. #2 is total Oscar bait, whereas #8 is pure cinema.

[elixir]

1. The Tree of Life
2. Certified Copy
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Le Quattro Volte
5. A Separation
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene
7. Love Exposure
8. Weekend
9. House of Tolerance
10. Mysteries of Lisbon

11. Mildred Pierce
12. Meek's Cutoff
13. Poetry
14. Leap Year
15. Tomboy
16. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
17. Hahaha
18. Attack the Block
19. Putty Hill
20. Honey

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21. Terri
22. The Interrupters
23. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
24. Cold Weather
25. The Sleeping Beauty
26. Melancholia
27. Heartbeats
28. Contagion
29. Curling
30. Nostalgia for the Light
31. Beginners
32. Midnight in Paris
33. Tuesday, After Christmas
34. Hugo
35. The Skin I Live In
36. The Arbor
37. Rango
38. Bill Cunningham New York
39. The Mill and the Cross
40. The Artist
41. Horrible Bosses
42. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
43. The Double Hour
44. Bridesmaids
45. The Myth of the American Sleepover
46. Kaboom
47. Super 8
48. Hanna
49. Pina
50. Slow Action
51. Shit Year
52. Distinguished Flying Cross
53. We Need to Talk About Kevin
54. Tyrannosaur
55. Sleeping Beauty
56. Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
57. I Wish I Knew
58. Polytechnique
59. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
60. The Descendants
61. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
62. Moneyball
63. 13 Assassins
64. Source Code
65. Oki's Movie
66. To Die Like a Man
67. Romantics Anonymous
68. Road to Nowhere
69. How I Ended This Summer
70. Young Adult
71. Essential Killing
72. The Time That Remains
73. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
74. Within
75. Shame
76. Go Go Tales
77. Film Socialisme
78. The Future
79. The Ides of March
80. Snowballs
81. Umshini Wam
82. Cedar Rapids
83. The Adjustment Bureau
84. The Help
85. Margin Call
86. Bad Teacher
87. Thor
88. The Green Hornet
89. Green Lantern
90. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

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[Ezee E]

Derek's matches mine. I have yet to see anything this year.

[B-side]

US release or IMDB?

Doesn't matter in these threads. This is more for recs and keeping track than anything else.

[eternity]

1. Young Adult (Jason Reitman) ****
2. Life in a Day (Kevin MacDonald) ****
3. The Descendants (Alexander Payne) ****
4. We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsey) *** 1/2
5. Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen) *** 1/2
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene (Sean Durkin) *** 1/2
7. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick) *** 1/2
8. Hugo (Martin Scorsese) *** 1/2
9. Moneyball (Bennett Miller) *** 1/2
10. Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn) *** 1/2

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11. Super (James Gunn) *** 1/2
12. We Bought A Zoo (Cameron Crowe) *** 1/2
13. The Arbor (Clio Barnard) *** 1/2
14. Bridesmaids (Paul Feig) ***
15. Fright Night (Craig Gillespie) ***
16. Margin Call (J.C. Chandor) ***
17. 50/50 (Jonathon Levine) ***
18. The Rum Diary (Bruce Robinson) ***
19. Rango (Gore Verbinski) ***
20. Attack the Block (Joe Cornish) ***
21. Kaboom (Gregg Araki) ***
22. Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder) ***
23. Shame (Steve McQueen) ***
24. Meek's Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt) ***
25. The Muppets (James Bobin) ***
26. The Ides of March (George Clooney) ***
27. Super 8 (J.J. Abrams) ***
28. Green Lantern (Martin Campbell) ***
29. Weekend (Andrew Haigh) ***
30. Paul (Greg Mottola) ***
31. Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times (Andrew Rossi) ***
32. Hall Pass (Bobby & Peter Farrelly) ** 1/2
33. Source Code (Duncan Jones) ** 1/2
34. Horrible Bosses (Seth Gordon) ** 1/2
35. The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg) ** 1/2
36. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Eli Craig) ** 1/2
37. Hobo With a Shotgun (Jason Eisener) ** 1/2
38. Thor (Kenneth Branagh) ** 1/2
39. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher) ** 1/2
40. The Green Hornet (Michel Gondry) ** 1/2
41. The Change-Up (David Dobkin) ** 1/2
42. The Beaver (Jodie Foster) ** 1/2
43. Never Say Never (Jon Chu) ** 1/2
44. Carnage (Roman Polanski) **
45. Your Highness (David Gordon Green) **
46. A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas (Todd Strauss-Schulson) **
47. Gnomeo and Juliet (Kelly Asbury) **
48. The Trip (Michael Winterbottom) **
49. Melancholia (Lars von Trier) **
50. The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius) **
51. Submarine (Richard Ayoade) **
52. Hanna (Joe Wright) **
53. Take Me Home Tonight (Michael Dowse) **
54. Umshini Wan (Harmony Korine) **
55. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2 (David Yates) **
56. The Myth of the American Sleepover (David Robert Mitchell) **
57. Albert Nobbs (Rodrigo Garcia) * 1/2
58. Crazy, Stupid, Love (Glenn Ficarra, John Requa) * 1/2
59. Limitless (Neil Burger) * 1/2
60. Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (Kevin Munroe) * 1/2
61. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 (Bill Condon) * 1/2
62. The Darkest Hour (Chris Gorak) *
63. The Sitter (David Gordon Green) *
64. The Art of Getting By (Gavin Wiesen) *
65. Soul Surfer (Sean McNamara) *
66. Sarah Palin: The Undefeated (Stephen K. Bannon) *
67. The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence (Tom Six) *
68. Blinky (Ruairi Robinson) *
69. Paranormal Activity 3 (Henry Joost & Ariel Schuman) *
70. Our Idiot Brother (Jesse Peretz) *
71. Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan) *
72. Red State (Kevin Smith) *
73. Rubber (Quentin Dupieux) *
74. iComedy Movie (Vince Offer) 1/2 *
75. X-Men First Class (Matthew Vaughn) 1/2 *
76. Cowboys & Aliens (Jon Favreau) 1/2 *
77. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Michael Bay) 1/2 *
78. Water for Elephants (Francis Lawrence) Zero stars

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[soitgoes...]

Sticking to 2011 US release dates I have the following:

1. Poetry (C. Lee)
2. Certified Copy (Kiarostami)
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives (Weerasethakul)
4. The Man from Nowhere (J. Lee)
5. I Saw the Devil (Kim)
6. Ip Man 2 (Yip)
7. Film socialisme (Godard)

Otherwise for a strict 2011 IMDb list I have nothing.

[Stay Puft]

1. The Four Times
2. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
3. Rango
4. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
5. Unknown
6. Super
7. Drive Angry
8. Ip Man 2
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10.

I think that's what I've got so far, US release dates. I don't know the release dates for some of the festival stuff I've seen in the last couple years, though.

[B-side]

1. Umshini Wam (Korine)

[Boner M]

Already proud of my list.

1. Certified Copy
2. Meek's Cutoff
3. The Four Times
4. Leap Year
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6. On Tour
7. How I Ended This Summer
8. Rubber
9. Film Socialisme
10. Poetry

[dmk]

1. The Tree of Life (Malick)
2. Meanwhile (Hartley)
3. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Ramsay)
4. The Deep Blue Sea (Davies)
5. Terri (Jacobs)
6. Damsels In Distress (Stillman)
7. Margaret (Lonergan)
8. Un Eté brulant (Garrel)
9. La folie Almayer (Akerman)
10. The Innkeepers (West)

worst:
1. some Australian drama
2. generic Hollywood comedy/action blockbuster someone dragged me to.
3. The film that will win Best Foreign Oscar next year

Good year.

[Raiders]

Already proud of my list.

Weren't you a big fan of Meek's Cutoff? It is without a doubt my most anticipated film in the forseeable future (opens in late April I believe).

[Boner M]

Weren't you a big fan of Meek's Cutoff? It is without a doubt my most anticipated film in the forseeable future (opens in late April I believe).

Shit, forgot it somehow.

[Dukefrukem]

I've seen two 2011 movies.

1. SECONDS APART
2. VANISHING ON 7TH STREET
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I don't expect either to be in the top 20 by the end of the year.

[MadMan]

This spot reserved. List to be finished by 2040. Unless the world ends next year :P

1. Scream 4-83
2. The Hangover Part II-77

Well that's two. I really need to see Thor and Pirates 4.

[Morris Schæffer]

1. Bullhead (Roskam)
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[Ivan Drago]

1. The Tree of Life
2. Rango
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. Super 8
5. Thor
6. Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
7. The Green Hornet
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
9. Green Lantern
10. X-Men: First Class



11. Scream 4
12. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
13. Battle: Los Angeles
14. Hanna
15. Source Code
16. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
17. Season of the Witch

[TGM]

1. Sucker Punch
2. Drive
3. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
4. Another Earth
5. Hugo
6. Super 8
7. Kung Fu Panda 2
8. The Ides of March
9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
10. Captain America: The First Avenger

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11. The Adventures of Tintin
12. Martha Marcy May Marlene
13. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
14. Green Lantern
15. X-Men: First Class
16. Priest
17. Source Code
18. Immortals
19. In Time
20. Real Steel

21. 50/50
22. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
23. Anonymous
24. Attack the Block
25. Melancholia
26. Puss in Boots
27. Contagion
28. Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
29. Kevin Hart: Laugh At My Pain
30. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

31. Moneyball
32. Battle: Los Angeles
33. Scream 4
34. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
35. Hanna
36. Water for Elephants
37. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
38. The Muppets
39. Tower Heist
40. Thor

41. I Am Number Four
42. Fright Night
43. Horrible Bosses
44. The Adjustment Bureau
45. Sanctum
46. Unknown
47. Season of the Witch
48. J. Edgar
49. War Horse
50. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

51. Killer Elite
52. Limitless
53. Cowboys & Aliens
54. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
55. The Green Hornet
56. The Tree of Life
57. Bridesmaids
58. The Hangover: Part II

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[Philosophe_rouge]

11. Shame (Steve McQueen)
2. Melancholia (Lars Von Trier)
3. Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
4. Martha May Marcy Marlene
5. We Need To Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay)
6. The Wicker Tree (Robin Hardy)
7. The Woman (Lucky McKee)
8. Bullhead (Michael R. Roskam)
9. Senna (Asif Kapadia)
10. Poetry (Chang-Dong Lee)

[baby doll]

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
3. Copie conforme (Abbas Kiarostami)
4. Des Hommes et des dieux (Xavier Beauvois)
5. Film socialisme (Jean-Luc Godard)
6. Les Amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan)
7. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
8. Rubber (Quentin Dupieux)
9. The Tree of Life (Terrence Malick)
10. Polytechnique (Denis Villeneuve)

Honorable mention: Mildred Pierce (Todd Haynes)

[TripZone]

1. Unknown
2. Rango

[Sycophant]

If a few things (like Love Exposure or Outrage) get American releases this year, my list could fill out a bit more (though I don't know if Vampire will release in the US this year after all). In the meantime:

1. Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance
2. Source Code
3. Vampire
4. Paul
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9.
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And Paul was terrible.

[Boner M]

1. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
2. Des Hommes et des dieux (Xavier Beauvois)
3. Les Amours imaginaires (Xavier Dolan)
4. The Time That Remains: Chronicle of a Present Absentee (Elia Suleiman)
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10.

Danny Glover is an associate producer on two of those films. Neat.

[Philosophe_rouge]

1. Rango
2. The Green Hornet
3. Hobo with a shotgun
4. Insidious
5. Drive Angry
6. Sanctum
7. No Strings Attached
8. The Roommate
9. Cedar Rapids
10. Paul

So far, Rango is the only one I'd call good.

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