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Includes films in U.S. commercial release between Jan. 1, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2011. Consequently certain entries, especially foreign films, are indexed here despite being produced or exhibited elsewhere in earlier years. Click Here for Frames Version |
| • | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff Dir. Craig McCall. Documentary about legendary DP B– |
| • | Outside the Law Dir. Rachid Bouchareb. With Roschdy Zem, Jamel Debbouze, Sami Bouajila B– |
| • | Of Gods and Men Dir. Xavier Beauvois. With Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale, Olivier Rabourdin C+ |
| • | War Horse Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan, Emily Watson, David Thewlis B+ |
| • | Bombay Beach Dir. Alma Har'el. Documentary about poor, eccentric Salton Sea community in California B |
| • | Pina Dir. Wim Wenders. Quasi-documentary performance collage of Pina Bausch's famous dances A– |
| • | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Dir. Stephen Daldry. With Thomas Horn, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hanks C |
| • | Carnage Dir. Roman Polanski. With Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz, Kate Winslet C+ |
| • | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Dir. David Fincher. With Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer B |
| • | The Iron Lady Dir. Phyllida Lloyd. With Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Alexandra Roach C– |
| • | Fright Night Dir. Craig Gillespie. With Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Colin Farrell, David Tennant B– |
| • | Rampart Dir. Oren Moverman. With Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Brie Larson B+ |
| • | Rise of the Planet of the Apes Dir. Rupert Wyatt. With Andy Serkis, James Franco, Freida Pinto C |
| • | Albert Nobbs Dir. Rodrigo García. With Glenn Close, Janet McTeer, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson D+ |
| • | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol Dir. Brad Bird. With Tom Cruise, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg B+ |
| • | Sleeping Beauty Dir. Julia Leigh. With Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll A |
| • | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Dir. Göran Hugo Olsson. Chronicle of African-American activism B |
| • | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Dir. Tomas Alfredson. With Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Strong B |
| • | A Dangerous Method Dir. David Cronenberg. With Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen B+ |
| • | If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Dir. Marshall Curry. Documentary C+ |
| • | The Guard Dir. John Michael McDonagh. With Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham C |
| • | Another Happy Day Dir. Sam Levinson. With Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Daniel Yelsky, Ellen Burstyn C |
| • | A Separation Dir. Asghar Farhadi. With Peyman Moaadi, Leila Hatami, Sarina Farhadi, Sareh Bayat A– |
| • | A Better Life Dir. Chris Weitz. With Demián Bichir, José Julián, Joaquin Cosío, Dolores Heredia C+ |
| • | Project Nim Dir. James Marsh. Documentary about attempt to teach sign language to a chimpanzee B |
| • | X-Men: First Class Dir. Matthew Vaughn. With James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon C |
| • | The Last Circus Dir. Álex de la Iglesia. With Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang C |
| • | Silent Souls Dir. Aleksei Fedorchenko. With Igor Sergeev, Yuri Tsurilo, Yuliya Aug, Ivan Tushin B |
| • | Young Adult Dir. Jason Reitman. With Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser C |
| • | Trust Dir. David Schwimmer. With Clive Owen, Liana Liberato, Catherine Keener, Jason Clarke, Viola Davis C– |
| • | Hugo Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen C– |
| • | Tyrannosaur Dir. Paddy Considine. With Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Samuel Bottomley B– |
| • | Shame Dir. Steve McQueen. With Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie B |
| • | My Week with Marilyn Dir. Simon Curtis. With Eddie Redmayne, Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh C– |
| • | The Muppets Dir. James Bobin. With Jason Segel, Amy Adams, voices of Peter Linz, Steve Whitmire C+ |
| • | Fast Five Dir. Justin Lin. With Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson B– |
| • | The Descendants Dir. Alexander Payne. With George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause F |
| • | 3 Dir. Tom Tykwer. With Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper, Devid Striesow, Angela Winkler, Annedore Kleist B |
| • | Like Crazy Dir. Drake Doremus. With Felicity Jones, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence, Alex Kingston B |
| • | J. Edgar Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench C |
| • | Le Havre Dir. Aki Kaurismäki. With Andre Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin C+ |
| • | Immortals Dir. Tarsem Singh. With Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans C |
| • | Pariah Dir. Dee Rees. With Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Kim Wayans, Charles Parnell, Aasha Davis B |
| • | Margin Call Dir. J.C. Chandor. With Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Stanley Tucci B– |
| • | Winnie-the-Pooh Dirs. Stephen J. Anderson & Don Hall. Animated. Voices of Jim Cummings, Bud Luckey C+ |
| • | The Ides of March Dir. George Clooney. With Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood B– |
| • | Martha Marcy May Marlene Dir. Sean Durkin. With Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, Hugh Dancy B– |
| • | Moneyball Dir. Bennett Miller. With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ken Medlock B |
| • | Take Shelter Dir. Jeff Nichols. With Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham B– |
| • | The Skin I Live In Dir. Pedro Almodóvar. With Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes B |
| • | We Need To Talk About Kevin Dir. Lynne Ramsey. With Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller B– |
| • | Kinyarwanda Dir. Alrick Brown. With Hadidja Zaninka, Edouard Bamporiki, Cassandra Freeman B |
| • | Margaret Dir. Kenneth Lonergan. With Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jeannie Berlin, Matt Damon A– |
| • | Weekend Dir. Andrew Haigh. With Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race, Loretto Murray A– |
| • | Melancholia Dir. Lars von Trier. With Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland A– |
| • | Tomboy Dir. Céline Sciamma. With Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Mathieu Demy B+ |
| • | Higher Ground Dir. Vera Farmiga. With Vera Farmiga, Joshua Leonard, Dagmara Dominczyk B |
| • | Coriolanus Dir. Ralph Fiennes. With Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox, Vanessa Redgrave B |
| • | The Artist Dir. Michel Hazanavicius. With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman B+ |
| • | Drive Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn. With Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks B+ |
| • | The Interrupters Dir. Steve James. Documentary about anti-violence workers in South Side of Chicago A– |
| • | Source Code Dir. Duncan Jones. With Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright C– |
| • | Contagion Dir. Steven Soderbergh. With Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet B |
| • | Warrior Dir. Gavin O'Connor. With Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison B |
| • | The Whistleblower Dir. Larysa Kondracki. With Rachel Weisz, Roxana Condurache, Paula Schramm C |
| • | Senna Dir. Asif Kapadia. Documentary about Formula One champion and Brazilian icon Ayrton Senna B |
| • | The Future Dir. Miranda July. With Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky, Joe Putterlik B |
| • | Circumstance Dir. Maryam Keshavarz. With Nikohl Boosheri, Sarah Kazemy, Reza Sixo Safai, Soheil Parsa B |
| • | Another Earth Dir. Mike Cahill. With Brit Marling, William Mapother, Kumar Pallana, Jordan Baker B– |
| • | Friends with Benefits Dir. Will Gluck. With Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake, Woody Harrelson D+ |
| • | The Help Dir. Tate Taylor. With Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard C+ |
| • | Crazy, Stupid, Love Dirs. Glenn Ficarra & John Requa. With Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore B– |
| ★ | Sleep Furiously Dir. Gideon Koppel. Documentary quietly observing village life in rural Wales B |
| • | The Lincoln Lawyer Dir. Brad Furman. With Matthew McConaughey, Ryan Phillippe, Marisa Tomei C |
| • | The Trip Dir. Michael Winterbottom. With Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Margo Stilley, Rebecca Johnson B |
| • | Nostalgia for the Light Dir. Patricio Guzmán. Documentary about astronomy and memory in Chile A– |
| • | Beginners Dir. Mike Mills. With Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent A– |
| • | Le Quattro Volte Dir. Michelangelo Frammartino. With Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano B+ |
| • | The Tree of Life Dir. Terrence Malick. With Hunter McCracken, Jessica Chastain, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn A |
| • | Midnight in Paris Dir. Woody Allen. With Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Michael Sheen C |
| • | Bridesmaids Dir. Paul Feig. With Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Chris O'Dowd B |
| • | Incendies Dir. Denis Villeneuve. With Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette B |
| • | Meek's Cutoff Dir. Kelly Reichardt. With Bruce Greenwood, Michelle Williams, Rod Rondeaux, Paul Dano B |
| • | The Beaver Dir. Jodie Foster. With Mel Gibson, Anton Yelchin, Jodie Foster, Jennifer Lawrence C+ |
| • | Cave of Forgotten Dreams Dir. Werner Herzog. Documentary about cave art in Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc, France B– |
| • | Win Win Dir. Thomas McCarthy. With Paul Giamatti, Alex Shaffer, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Burt Young C+ |
| • | Rango Dir. Gore Verbinski. Animated. Voices of Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy B |
| • | Putty Hill Dir. Matt Porterfield. With James Siebor, Jr., Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, Charles "Spike" Sauers B |
| • | Tabloid Dir. Errol Morris. Documentary about onetime beauty and scandal magnet queen Joyce McKinney C+ |
| ★ | Hanna Dir. Joe Wright. With Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Tom Hollander, Jessica Barden B |
| • | Mildred Pierce Dir. Todd Haynes. TV Miniseries. With Kate Winslet, Morgan Turner, Evan Rachel Wood B |
| • | The Sleeping Beauty Dir. Catherine Breillat. With Carla Besnaïnou, Julia Artamonov, Kérian Mayan C |
| • | Jane Eyre Dir. Cary Fukunaga. With Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench B |
| • | The Arbor Dir. Clio Barnard. Documentary. With Natalie Gavin, Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley B– |
| • | The Adjustment Bureau Dir. George Nolfi. With Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery C– |
| • | Poetry Dir. Lee Chang-dong. With Yun Jeong-hie, Lee Da-wit, Hira Kim, Ahn Nae-sang B+ |
| • | Kaboom! Dir. Gregg Araki. With Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Juno Temple, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida D+ |
| • | The Tree Dir. Julie Bertuccelli. With Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas, Tom Russell B |
| • | A Screaming Man Dir. Mahamet-Saleh Haroun. With Youssouf Djaoro, Dioucounda Koma, Hadje Fatima N'Goua B– |
| • | Tuesday, After Christmas Dir. Radu Muntean. With Mimi Brănescu, Maria Popistaşu, Mirela Oprişor B+ |
| • | How I Ended This Summer Dir. Aleksei Popogrebsky. With Grigoriy Dobrygin, Sergei Puskepalis A– |
| • | The Robber Dir. Benjamin Heisenberg. With Andreas Lust, Franziska Kreczi, Markus Schleinzer, Peter Vilnai B+ |
| • | Caterpillar Dir. Kôji Wakamatsu. With Shinobu Terajima, Shima Ohnishi, Keigo Kasuya, Ken Yoshizawa B |
| • | If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle Dir. Florin Şerban. With George Piştireanu, Ada Condeescu, Clara Vodă C+ |
| ★ | The Housemaid Dir. Im Sang-soo. With Jeon Do-yeon, Youn Yuh-Jung, Seo Woo, Lee Jung-Jae, Park Ji-Young C+ |
| • | Heartbeats Dir. Xavier Dolan. With Monia Chokri, Xavier Dolan, Niels Schneider, Anne Dorval B |
| • | Certified Copy Dir. Abbas Kiarostami. With Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Gianna Giachetti, Adrian Moore A– |
| • | My Joy Dir. Sergei Loznitsa. With Viktor Nemets, Alisa Slepyan, Pavel Vorozhtsov, Dmitriy Rkovskiy A |
| • | Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul. With Sakda Kaewbuadee B |
| ★ | Leap Year Dir. Michael Rowe. With Monica del Carmen, Gustavo Sánchez Parra, Marco Zapata B |
| • | To Die Like a Man Dir. João Pedro Rodrigues. With Fernando Santos, Alexander David, Cindy Scrash B |
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