The Top Ten Best Cinematic Endeavors of 2011
“Top top lists are artificial exercises, assertions of critical ego, capricious and necessarily imperfect.”
First off, here is a list of every movie I saw this year so you don’t have to ask, “Was he stupid enough to not include that, or did he just not see it?”
The Movies I Saw
50/50
Another Earth
The Artist
Beginners
Bridesmaids
The Descendants
Drive
The Future
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hanna
The Help
Hugo
The Ides of March
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Melancholia
Midnight In Paris
Moneyball
The Muppets
The Rum Diary
Shame
Source Code
Super 8
Take Shelter
Terri
The Tree of Life
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Trust
Tyrannosaur
X-Men: First Class
All right, I’m not going to praise each movie and explain to you why you should see each and every one of them this time. I’m too lazy for that. Just know that these are all fantastic movies. In fact, they are the best.
Top Ten Movies of 2011
1. Take Shelter
2. Drive
3. Hugo
4. Melancholia
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
6. Shame
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. Midnight In Paris
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
10. The Descendants
Best Actors
1. Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
2. Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
3. Michael Fassbender (Shame)
4. George Clooney (The Descendants)
5. Peter Mullan (Tyrannosaur)
Best Actresses
1. Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
2. Liana Liberato (Trust)
3. Kirsten Dunst ( Melancholia)
4. Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
5. Rhoda Williams (Another Earth)
Best Supporting Actors
1. John C. Reilly (Terri)
2. Ben Kingsley (Hugo)
3. Phillip Seymour Hoffman (Moneyball, The Ides of March)
4. John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
5. Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
Best Supporting Actresses
1. Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter, The Help, The Tree of Life)
2. Carey Mulligan (Shame, Drive)
3. Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia)
4. Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
5. Sarah Paulson (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
