My 2011 Favorites

My favorites from this year in movies.

What I liked, not necessarily the "best" or what I would recommend. Caveat Spectator!

In no particular order or ranking.


Special Jury Prize

Sucker Punch

Top 10

Drive
The Tree of Life
Melancholia
A Dangerous Method
Take Shelter
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
The Future
Like Crazy
The Descendants
Hugo

Documentary

Senna
Tabloid
Project Nim

Male performance

Michael Fassbender (Shame, A Dangerous Method, et al)
Woody Harellson (Rampart)
Tom Hardy (Tinker, Warrior)

Female performance

Felicity Jones (Like Crazy)
Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
Andrea Riseborough (Brighton Rock, W.E.)
Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, et al)
Carey Mulligan (Shame, Drive)
Emily Browning (Sucker Punch, Sleeping Beauty)
Keira Knightly (A Dangerous Method)

The rest

The Artist
Certified Copy
The Tree
Meek's Cutoff
Jane Eyre
Midnight in Paris
Contagion
Attack the Block
Win Win
Tomboy
Beginners
Harry Potter
Sleeping Beauty