Our Top 10 Movies of 2011 -- Time To Throw Down!

I'll go about ranking them throughout the week. I've still got plenty to check out but I'm going to try and rank them 1 through however many I end up seeing.




The Mechanic ** 1/2
Drive Angry **
No Strings Attached ** 1/2
The Rite * 1/2
Hall Pass ** 1/2
Unknown ***
Battle Los Angeles ***
Scream 4 **
Insidious ***
Cave of Forgotten Dreams ****
Midnight in Paris ****
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark ***
Fright Night ***
Final Destination 5 **
Tree of Life, A ****
Creature * 1/2
Straw Dogs ***
Shark Night 3D 1/2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes ***
Drive ****
Thing, The **
Paranormal Activity 3 ***
Ides of March, The *** 1/2
J. Edgar *** 1/2
Hugo ****
My Week with Marilyn ****
Descendants, The ****
Take Shelter ****
Young Adult *** 1/2
Hobo with a Shotgun ***
The Perfect Host ***
Trollhunter **
Tucker and Dale vs Evil ***
Ward, The ***
Everything Must Go ***
Good Neighbours **
Red Riding Hood *
Quarantine 2 ** 1/2
Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), The ***
Red State ***
Bridesmaids ** 1/2
Howling Reborn, The *
How to Die in Oregon ****
Blackthorn ** 1/2
Melancholia ***
Bad Teacher ** 1/2
Pearl Jam Twenty ****
Beaver, The ***
Horrible Bosses *** 1/2
Super **
Transformers: Dark of the Moon 1/2
Angels Crest **
People vs. George Lucas, The ****
Adventures of Tintin, The ***
Forks Over Knives **
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol *** 1/2
War Horse *** 1/2
Apollo 18 * 1/2
Conspirator, The ***
Super 8 ***
Artist, The ****
Carnage *** 1/2
Iron Lady, The * 1/2
Beginners ***
Rango ***
Source Code *** 1/2
Help, The *** 1/2
Shame *** 1/2



Edited by Michael Elliott - 1/23/12 at 12:48pm

 

01) The Artist

02) Hugo [3D]

03) The Descendants

04) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

05) The Help

06) Midnight in Paris

07) Beginners

08) 50/50

09) Moneyball

10) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

 

It's a close call for the one and two spots, but if I were to pick which one I wanted to see right now it would be The Artist.

Edited by John Stell - 1/3/12 at 8:31am

 

my top 10 for this year:

1) the girl with the dragon tattoo
2) moneyball
3) rise of the planet of the apes
4) x-men first class
5) bridesmaids
6) captain America
7) Hugo
8) Lincoln lawyer
9) water for elephants
10) Rango

I also saw the re-release of the lotr ee trilogy on the big screen. I also saw the re-release of ghostbusters 1. I never saw it in the theatre.

Jacob

Not yet seen: Hanna, Beginners, Source Code, Adjustment Bureau, In Time, Rango, Puss in Boots, The Iron Lady, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, or Sherlock Holmes.

I've seen around 60 2011 films, other than these 35, most of the remainder (such as Descendants or Ides of March) were mediocre and not worth mentioning.

 

 

Numerous films not seen yet but:

 

1. MoneyBall

2. Margin Call
3. Another Earth
4. Drive
5. Muppets
6. The Artist
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. Shame
9. Harry Potter 7B
10.Tree of Life

 

 

As of now, I've seen 54 movies released in 2011 but I still haven't seen The Artist, The Descendents, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Tree Of Life and probably a number of other good movies that I'm unaware of so I'm just going to name 9 and fill in a tenth when I see something good or bump up one of my honorable mentions.

My top 9 (in alphabetical order):

Bridesmaids
Drive
50/50
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Hugo (3-D)
The Ides Of March
Moneyball
The Muppets
Scream 4

Honorable Mentions (in alphabtical order):
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows- Part 2, Insidious, Midnight In Paris, Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol, Red State (primarily because they released it without a studio), Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Super, Super 8, War Horse, Young Adult.

Top 10 of 2011
(As of February 11th)
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. Hugo
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
4. Drive
5. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
6. Young Adult
7. Midnight in Paris
8. Super 8
9. Moneyball
10. The Artist

Bottom 5
(as of February 11th)
1. Red Riding Hood
2. Green Lantern
3. Cowboys and Aliens
4. Final Destination 5
5. Battle: L.A.
Edited by Travis_S - 2/11/12 at 4:59pm

I saw about 180 2011 films, 100 of them in the theater. I used to watch way way more films than I do nowadays, but I don't think I've ever seen this many films in the year they were released.

My Top 10 of 2011:

1. Drive
2. Margaret
3. The Kid with a Bike
4. The Guard
5. Le Havre
6. Tree of Life
7. Another Happy Day
8. Midnight in Paris
9. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
10. Hugo

Honorable Mention: A movie nobody liked except me, whose many flaws I recognize but still for some reason I really enjoyed: Cowboys & Aliens

Beyond the top 10:

11. The Way
12. A Separation
13. I Saw the Devil
14. Take Shelter
15. The Muppets
16. Poetry (Shi)
17. The Trip
18. Shame
19. Beginners
20. Win Win

I also really dug:
-New Kids Turbo
-Bad Teacher
-The Skin I Live In
-Melancholia
-Margin Call
-Everything Must Go
-The Artist
-The Mill and the Cross
-The Descendents
-We Need to Talk About Kevin
-Moneyball
-Project Nim
-Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol



Worst Films of 2011:

1. Your Highness
2. Passion Play
3. Mars Needs Moms
4. Green Lantern
5. Sleeping Beauty
6. Sucker Punch
7. Atlas Shrugged: Part 1
8. Hop
9. I Am Number Four
10. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

and beyond:
11. The Change-Up
12. The Three Musketeers
13. Zookeeper
14. Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1
15. Drive Angry

(Dis)honorable mention: Jack and Jill, Just Go With It, Conan the Barbarian, Immortals, Straw Dogs, Johnny English Reborn, Gnomeo & Juliet, Battle: Los Angeles, Arthur, Kung Fu Panda 2, Jane Eyre, The Dilemma, Larry Crowne

A preliminary list. I probably saw the least amount of movies in 2011 since joining HTF, and especially lacked in the foreign films department.

2011 movies seen: 62

1. Tree of Life
2. Hugo
3. Contagion
4. The Artist
5. Drive
6. Win Win
7. Warrior
8. The Descendants
9. The Debt
10. The Adventures of Tintin
Edited by Kirk Tsai - 2/8/12 at 5:32pm

My list (strangely this was a pretty good year for films starting with m)

 

1. Margin Call

2. Source Code

3. Moneyball

4. 50/50

5. Contagion

6. The Descendents

7. Martha Marcy May Marlene

8. Meek's Cutoff

9. Hugo

10. Drive

 

WORSTS: In no particular order

 

I Am Number Four

Priest

Green Lantern

Red Riding Hood

Transformers Dark of the Moon

Vanishing on 7th Street

The Hangover Part II

Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides

The Smurfs

 

 

1.The Muppets 

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

3. Hugo

4. The Artist

5. X-Men: First Class

6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

7. Super 8

8. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

9. Captain America: The First Avenger

10. Thor

 

Honorable mentions: The Descendants, War Horse, Midnight in Paris, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

 

Worst of the year: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

I can't even recall 10 moves that I watched in 2011. Looks like I have a lot of catching up to do.
Based on all these reviews, i'll probably start with Hugo, Contagion, The Muppets, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Moneyball, and 50/50.
Thanks all!