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Sunday, March 24, 2013

The 20 Best Films of 2011

1.Moneyball (2011)

   7.6/10  
Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players. (133 mins.)
Director: Bennett Miller
Stars: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman


2.Hugo (2011)

   7.7/10  
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. (126 mins.)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley

3.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

   7.9/10  
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker. (158 mins.)
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård

4.Drive (2011)

   7.9/10  
A mysterious Hollywood stuntman, mechanic and getaway driver lands himself in trouble when he helps out his neighbour. (100 mins.)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks

5.Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

   7/10  
Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult. (102 mins.)
Director: Sean Durkin
Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Christopher Abbott

6.The Artist (2011)

   8.1/10  
A silent movie star meets a young dancer, but the arrival of talking pictures sends their careers in opposite directions. (100 mins.)
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell

7.The Descendants (2011)

   7.4/10  
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident. (115 mins.)
Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause

8.Win Win (2011)

  7.2/10  
A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he's double-crossed comes into his life. (106 mins.)
Director: Thomas McCarthy
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale

9.The Help (2011)

   8/10  
An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis. (146 mins.)
Director: Tate Taylor
Stars: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard

10.Super 8 (2011)

   7.1/10  
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town. (112 mins.)
Director: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney

11.Contagion (2011)

   6.7/10  
A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. (106 mins.)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Stars: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard

12.Jane Eyre (2011)

   7.3/10  
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret. (120 mins.)
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Su Elliot

13.Bridesmaids (2011)

   6.9/10  
Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef. (125 mins.)
Director: Paul Feig
Stars: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Terry Crews

14.Midnight in Paris (2011)

   7.7/10  
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancé's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight. (94 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller

15.The Muppets (2011)

   7.2/10  
With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon. (103 mins.)
Director: James Bobin
Stars: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones

16.Take Shelter (2011)

   7.5/10  
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself. (121 mins.)
Director: Jeff Nichols
Stars: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart

17.Shame (2011)


   7.3/10  
In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay. (101 mins.)
Director: Steve McQueen
Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters

18.The Ides of March (2011)

   7.2/10  
An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail. (101 mins.)
Director: George Clooney
Stars: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ryan Gosling

19.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

   8.1/10  
Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord. (130 mins.)
Director: David Yates
Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Michael Gambon

20.The Beaver (2011)

   6.7/10  
A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating. (91 mins.)
Director: Jodie Foster
Stars: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Cherry Jones


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