Year-End Lists

Village Voice Film Poll: Best Films of 2011 (as published by The Village Voice, compiled from the votes of 95 critics)

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1. The Tree of Life
   Terrence Malick
2. A Separation
   Asghar Farhadi
3. Melancholia
   Lars von Trier
4. Certified Copy
   Abbas Kiarostami
5. Mysteries of Lisbon
   Raoul Ruiz
6. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
   Apichatpong Weerasethakul
7. Margaret
   Kenneth Lonergan
8. Meek’s Cutoff
   Kelly Reichardt
9. Drive
   Nicolas Winding Refn
10. Take Shelter
    Jeff Nichols
11. Hugo
    Martin Scorsese
12. A Dangerous Mind
    David Cronenberg
13. Martha Marcy May Marlene
    Sean Durkin
14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
    Tomas Alfredson
15. The Descendants
    Alexander Payne
16. Weekend
    Andrew Haigh
17. The Artist
    Michel Hazanavicius
18. Poetry
    Lee Chang-dong
18. Shame
    Steve McQueen
20. Film Socialisme
    Jean-Luc Godard
21. The Interrupters
    Steve James
22. Tuesday, After Christmas
    Radu Muntean
23. A Brighter Summer Day
    Edward Yang
24. The Arbor
    Clio Barnard
25. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu
    Andrei Ujica
26. Le quattro volte
    Michelangelo Frammartino
27. To Die Like a Man
    João Pedro Rodrigues
27. Nostalgia for the Light
    Patricio Guzmán
29. Midnight in Paris
    Woody Allen
30. The Future
    Miranda July
31. City of Life and Death
    Lu Chuan
32. We Need to Talk About Kevin
    Lynne Ramsay
33. Beginners
    Mike Mills
34. Le Havre
    Aki Kaurismäki
34. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Rupert Wyatt
36. Jane Eyre
    Cary Fukunaga
37. Bellflower
    Evan Glodell
37. Into the Abyss
    Werner Herzog
39. The Skin I Live In
    Pedro Almodóvar

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Village Voice Film Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum: Favorite Films of 2011