Top 15 Films of 2011

This year for some reason it was particularly difficult for me to see all the late-year releases. It's never taken me until mid-January to get it done. But I finally did it! At long last, here is my list of Top 15 Films of 2011.

1.  Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2.   Drive

3.   Incendies

4.   Martha, Marcy May, Marlene

5.   Beginners

6.   Meek’s Cutoff

7.   Hugo

8.   Weekend

9.   Sarah’s Key

10. Another Earth

11. The Future

12. A Separation

13. Trust

14. The Help

15. The Adjustment Bureau

Honorable Mentions for Being Artistically Ambitious, if Flawed in Delivery (in no particular order):

•   Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

•   Margaret

•   The Tree of Life

•   Bellflower

•   Higher Ground

•   Hesher

•   The Skin I Live In

•   Shame

•   We Need to Talk About Kevin

Honorable Mentions for Being Thoroughly Entertaining and Full of Movie-Making Passion:

•  Warrior

•   Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

•   Moneyball

•   Crazy Stupid Love

•   Bridesmaids

•   Thor

•   The Green Hornet

•   Country Strong

•   The Artist

•   Midnight in Paris