Sunday, May 5, 2013

Top Movies of 2011



1.
Drive (2011)
  7.9/10 
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbor. (100 mins.)
 
2.
Black Swan (2010)
  8.1/10 
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan. (108 mins.)
Director: Darren Aronofsky
 
3.
Warrior (2011)
  8.2/10 
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother. (140 mins.)
Director: Gavin O'Connor
 
4.
Blue Valentine (2010)
  7.4/10 
The film centers on a contemporary married couple, charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods. (112 mins.)
Director: Derek Cianfrance
 
5.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
  7.1/10 
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6. (127 mins.)
Director: Tomas Alfredson
 
6.
Kill List (2011)
  6.2/10 
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness. (95 mins.)
Director: Ben Wheatley
 
7.
Animal Kingdom (2010)
  7.3/10 
Tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him. (113 mins.)
Director: David Michôd
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8.
A Separation (2011)
  8.5/10 
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease. (123 mins.)
Director: Asghar Farhadi
 
9.
Bridesmaids (2011)
  6.9/10 
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef. (125 mins.)
Director: Paul Feig
 
10.
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
  7.5/10 
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined. (112 mins.)
Director: Lynne Ramsay
 
11.
The Guard (2011)
  7.3/10 
An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. (96 mins.)
 
12.
Source Code (2011)
  7.5/10 
An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. (93 mins.)
Director: Duncan Jones
 
13.
True Grit (2010)
  7.8/10 
A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn young woman track down her father's murderer. (110 mins.)
Director: Ethan CoenJoel Coen
 
14.
Headhunters (2011)
  7.5/10 
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary. (100 mins.)
Director: Morten Tyldum
 
15.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
  7.6/10 
A substance, designed to help the brain repair itself, gives rise to a super-intelligent chimp who leads an ape uprising. (105 mins.)
Director: Rupert Wyatt
 
16.
Rango (2011)
  7.3/10 
Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff. (107 mins.)
Director: Gore Verbinski
 
17.
Neds (2010)
  6.9/10 
Encompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug. (124 mins.)
Director: Peter Mullan
 
18.
The King's Speech (2010)
  8.1/10 
The story of King George VI of Britain, his impromptu ascension to the throne and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch become worthy of it. (118 mins.)
Director: Tom Hooper
 
19.
The Skin I Live In (2011)
  7.6/10 
A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession. (120 mins.)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
 
20.
Tyrannosaur (2011)
  7.5/10 
Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. (92 mins.)
Director: Paddy Considine
 
21.
Super 8 (2011)
  7.1/10 
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. (112 mins.)
Director: J.J. Abrams
 
22.
Take Shelter (2011)
  7.5/10 
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. (121 mins.)
Director: Jeff Nichols
 
23.
Senna (2010 Documentary)
  8.5/10 
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34. (106 mins.)
Director: Asif Kapadia
 
24.
The Artist (2011)
  8.1/10 
A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. (100 mins.)
 
25.
Hugo (2011)
  7.6/10 
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. (126 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
 
26.
The Snowtown Murders (2011)
  6.6/10 
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder. (119 mins.)
Director: Justin Kurzel
 
27.
127 Hours (2010)
  7.7/10 
A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder while canyoneering alone near Moab, Utah and resorts to desperate measures in order to survive. (94 mins.)
Director: Danny Boyle
 
28.
X-Men: First Class (2011)
  7.8/10 
In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III. (132 mins.)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
 
29.
Shame (2011)
  7.3/10 
In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay. (101 mins.)
Director: Steve McQueen
 
30.
Submarine (2010)
  7.2/10 
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life. (97 mins.)
Director: Richard Ayoade
 
31.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011)
  8.1/10 
Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord. (130 mins.)
Director: David Yates
 
32.
Melancholia (2011)
  7.1/10 
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with the Earth.(136 mins.)
Director: Lars von Trier
 
33.
Moneyball (2011)
  7.6/10 
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. (133 mins.)
Director: Bennett Miller
 
34.
Attack the Block (2011)
  6.6/10 
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. (88 mins.)
Director: Joe Cornish
 
35.
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
  7.4/10 
Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. (107 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
 
36.
Thor (2011)
  7.0/10 
The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.(115 mins.)
Director: Kenneth Branagh
 
37.
The Interrupters (2011 Documentary)
  7.5/10 
A year in the life of a city grappling with urban violence. (125 mins.)
Director: Steve James
 
38.
Meek's Cutoff (2010)
  6.5/10 
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions. (104 mins.)
Director: Kelly Reichardt
 
39.
Contagion (2011)
  6.7/10 
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. (106 mins.)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
 
40.
How I Ended This Summer (2010)
  6.9/10 
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel... (130 mins.)
 
41.
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
  7.4/10 
A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars. (118 mins.)
 
42.
13 Assassins (2010)
  7.6/10 
A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord. (141 mins.)
Director: Takashi Miike
 
43.
The Ides of March (2011)
  7.2/10 
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. (101 mins.)
Director: George Clooney
 
44.
The Help (2011)
  8.0/10 
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. (146 mins.)
Director: Tate Taylor
 
45.
50/50 (2011)
  7.8/10 
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease. (100 mins.)
Director: Jonathan Levine
 
46.
Essential Killing (2010)
  6.1/10 
An Afghan POW attempts his escape. (83 mins.)
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
 
47.
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
  7.3/10 
A sleazy defense attorney has a crisis of conscience when he represents a wealthy client who has a foolproof plan to beat the system. (118 mins.)
Director: Brad Furman
 
48.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
  7.9/10 
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. (158 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
 
49.
Horrible Bosses (2011)
  6.9/10 
Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness. (98 mins.)
Director: Seth Gordon
 
50.
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  6.8/10 
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending USA ideals. (124 mins.)
Director: Joe Johnston
 



























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