Favorite Films of 2011:

• 50/50
• Submarine
• Moneyball
• Midnight In Paris
• Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Honorable Mentions: (in alphabetical order)

• 13 Assassins
• 30 Minutes Or Less
• The Adventures of Tintin
• The Arbor
• Attack The Block
• Cedar Rapids
• The Descendants
• Drive
• Fright Night
• Hanna
• Hugo
• The Interrupters
• I Saw The Devil
• Jane Eyre
• Martha Marcy May Marlene
• Melancholia
• Mission Impossible 4
• The Muppets
• Pina
• Project Nim
• A Separation
• The Skin I Live In
• Source Code
• Take Shelter
• The Tree Of Life
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
• We Need To Talk About Kevin
• Win Win
• X-Men: First Class
• Young Adult

Films I Still Need to See: (alphabetical)

• The Artist
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
• Pina
• The Trip
• War Horse

Disappointments: (in decreasing order of how excited I was to see it)

• The Tree Of Life
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
• The Descendants
• Super 8
• Drive
• Paul
• Beginners
• Certified Copy
• The Guard
• Weekend†

Pleasant Surprises: (alphabetical)

• 30 Minutes or Less‡
• The Adventures of Tintin
• Fright Night
• Hanna
• Melancholia §
• Rango
• Source Code
• Thor
• Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Other Movies I Saw: (alphabetical)

• Bridesmaids
• Captain America
• Contagion
• Harry Potter 7b
• Meek’s Cutoff
• Trollhunter
• Winnie The Pooh

† Easily the most overrated film of 2011.

‡ This is the film about which I most disagree with the critics.

§ I usually kind of hate Lars Von Trier.