As the year stands behind us and we gear up for the upcoming award shows including the Critics Choice Awards which will be broadcast on VH1, Thursday, January 12th @ 8pm ET. Make sure you tune in.
As for our own critics here at the Awards Circuit, I am pleased to present the Staff Writers choices for the Top 10 Best Films of 2011. Having a hand in hiring most of these writers that are on board, I am also eager to see the eclectic tastes as we try to form a non-consensus here at the site. We fully embrace how we are all different and look at film in a different way from our next critic or reader. We respect and we view with curiosity. I sincerely hope the readership of the Awards Circuit will share your Top Ten films in the comment section because I’m eager to hear what you guys and gals loved in 2011 as well.
Without further ado, here is the Top Ten Films of 2011 for each writer including the Editor-in-Chief:
| POSITION |
CLAYTON DAVIS (EDITOR-IN-CHIEF) |
| 1 |
The Artist |
| 2 |
The Help |
| 3 |
Drive |
| 4 |
Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| 5 |
Shame |
| 6 |
The Ides of March |
| 7 |
Moneyball |
| 8 |
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close |
| 9 |
Win Win |
| 10 |
We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| POSITION |
JOEY MAGIDSON |
| 1 |
Drive |
| 2 |
Shame |
| 3 |
The Descendants |
| 4 |
Bellflower |
| 5 |
The Beaver |
| 6 |
Red State |
| 7 |
50/50 |
| 8 |
Midnight in Paris |
| 9 |
Warrior |
| 10 |
Moneyball |
| POSITION |
ROBERT HAMER |
| 1 |
The Tree of Life |
| 2 |
A Separation |
| 3 |
The Interrupters |
| 4 |
Certified Copy |
| 5 |
Weekend |
| 6 |
Beginners |
| 7 |
The Artist |
| 8 |
Melancholia |
| 9 |
13 Assassins |
| 10 |
Rango |
| POSITION |
MICHAEL WARD |
| 1 |
The Artist |
| 2 |
The Descendants |
| 3 |
50/50 |
| 4 |
A Separation |
| 5 |
Project Nim |
| 6 |
The Tree of Life |
| 7 |
Of Gods and Men |
| 8 |
The Muppets |
| 9 |
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2 |
| 10 |
Midnight in Paris |
| POSITION |
ANNA BELICKIS |
| 1 |
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2 |
| 2 |
Bridesmaids |
| 3 |
Shame |
| 4 |
Hugo |
| 5 |
Crazy, Stupid, Love |
| 6 |
50/50 |
| 7 |
Young Adult |
| 8 |
The Artist |
| 9 |
The Help |
| 10 |
Warrior |
| POSITION |
JOSEPH BRAVERMAN |
| 1 |
Shame |
| 2 |
Insidious |
| 3 |
50/50 |
| 4 |
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol |
| 5 |
The Eagle |
| 6 |
Drive |
| 7 |
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2 |
| 8 |
13 Assassins |
| 9 |
The Artist |
| 10 |
Horrible Bosses |
| POSITION |
JOHN H. FOOTE |
| 1 |
The Descendants |
| 2 |
Hugo |
| 3 |
War Horse |
| 4 |
Shame |
| 5 |
Midnight in Paris |
| 6 |
Moneyball |
| 7 |
The Artist |
| 8 |
Rampart |
| 9 |
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2 |
| 10 |
Super 8 |
Clayton Davis is the respected and esteemed AwardsCircuit.com editor. Clayton has become a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association where he votes and attends the kick off to awards season show, The Critics Choice Movie Awards. Most recently, Clayton is a now an active member of the International Press Academy, which hosts the popular Satellite Awards as well as the newly integrated Broadcast Television Journalists Association, which hosts the Critics Choice Television Awards.
jmlatinsir2
January 5, 2012 at 3:19 pm
If you don’t mind indulging me, below is my top ten. I’ve included honorable mentions, performances and screeplay. My list consists of films that I,in particular, have seen in 2011 so there is some overlaps from 2010.
thanks for this site, guys. It’s great.
BEST OF FILMS SEEN IN 2011 (Final)
Top Ten
1. The Fighter
2. The Descendants
3. The Artist
4. Animal Kingdom
5. King’s Speech
6. Barney’s Version
7. Drive
8. Rise of The Planet of The Apes
9. The Help
10. War Horse
Honorable mention (in descending order): Bridesmaids, Win Win, Let Me In, The Social Network, Source Code, I Love You Philip Morris
Foreign Film: In A Better World
Honorable Mention: Eyes Wide Open, Of Gods and Men, Sarah’s Key
Documentary: Waiting For Superman
Honorable mention: Inside Job, Trouble The Water
Animated Feature: Tangled
Honorable mention: The Illusionist
Best Director: David O. Russell (The Fighter)
Honorable Mention: Alexander Payne (The Descendants), Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
Best Actor: Paul Giamatti (Barney’s Version, Win Win)
Honorable Mention: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), George Clooney (The Descendants), Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
Best Actress: Viola Davis
Honorable Mention: Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids). Berenice Bejo (The Artist), Kristin Scott Thomas (Sarah’s Key).
Best Supporting Actor: Christian Bale (The Fighter)
Honorable Mention: Christopher Plummer (Beginners), Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech), Ewan MacGregor (I Love You Philip Morris)
Best Supporting Actress:
Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Honorable Mention: Leslie Manville (Another Year), Jessica Chastain (The Help), Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
Best Screenplay (Adapted): The Descendants
Best Screenplay (Original): The Fighter
Honorable Mention: The Artist, Barney’s Version, Drive
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Clayton Davis
January 5, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Awesome! Like all “The Fighter” love. Are you in the UK? is that why we have overlapping?
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jmlatinsir2
January 6, 2012 at 4:03 pm
I’m in NJ overlooking the Big Apple. Work in films in NYC
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MattR
January 5, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Wow, a truly diverse list. Never thought I’d see more love for HP than for Drive AND Tree of Life, as well as almost every other Oscar contenders. In a small way that makes me happy
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 5:45 pm
We certainly have diversity here, no doubt about that.
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MarkJohnson
January 5, 2012 at 3:38 pm
Great lists! Always fun to see different opinions on what was the “best” of the year. Though the absence of ‘Hugo’ on many of the lists makes me sad. I always enjoy reading everyone’s work here.
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Clayton Davis
January 5, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Thanks Mark. Always great to see you around here.
Did you release your Top Ten yet?
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Michael Ward
January 5, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Mark…I strongly considered it. Truth be told, I even re-read your review as I considered it because I know you are so passionate for it. Only quibble is with the screenplay and the feeling that the film is bifurcated between Hour 1 and Hour 2. Love them individually, but that I cannot make those two halves fit back together is my only main complaint.
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Well said Mike…that was my major issue with the flick as well.
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MarkJohnson
January 6, 2012 at 4:05 pm
I’m honored that you re-read my review when considering Hugo, Michael. Thanks! I can see where you and Joey would have a problem with the two halves connecting. I was just so moved by Scorsese’s passion of film history that I got swallowed up in the magic of it. No movie has struck me as deeply as Hugo (other than maybe The Tree of Life) so far this year.
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Very fair point Mark.
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MarkJohnson
January 6, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Thanks Clayton. I haven’t put a list together yet. I still have a lot to see before I can feel good about ranking the best of the year. Hoping to be caught up by the end of the month though.
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Arturo Aldana
January 5, 2012 at 5:16 pm
SOOOO this staff menber of BFCA, how come they have potter on most of these list but potter didn’t get into BFCA top 10??????????????????????????????????????????????????
i’m just saying babies
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Clayton Davis
January 5, 2012 at 5:34 pm
I’m the only member of the BFCA on the site.
For me, Harry Potter was not one of the year’s best. Plain and simple. But I’ve never been a fan of the franchise so I’m a bit biased. It’s a solid film, not great though.
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 5:47 pm
Same here, it’s just not my cup of tea.
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GL
January 5, 2012 at 5:59 pm
My Top Ten List:
Best Film: “The Tree of Life”
Runner-Up: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Melancholia
Hugo
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Midnight In Paris
Project Nim
Ides of March
The Help
The Artist
Best Director: Terrence Malick “The Tree of Life”
Runner-up: Martin Scorsese “Hugo”
Best Actor: Jean Dujardin “The Artist”
Runner-up: Brad Pitt “Moneyball”
Best Actress: Tilda Swinton “We Need To Talk About Kevin”
Runner-up: Ellen Barkin “Another Happy Day”
Best Supporting Actor: Kenneth Branagh “My Week With Marilyn”
Runner-up: Ben Kinglsey “Hugo”
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain “The Help”
Runner-up: Amy Ryan “Win Win”
Best Original Screenplay: Terrence Malick “The Tree of Life”
Runner-up: Woody Allen “Midnight In Paris”
Best Adapted Screenplay: Steve Kloves “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2″
Runner-up: Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin “Moneyball”
Best Animated Feature: “Winnie The Pooh”
Runner-up: “Rio”
Best Documentary: “Project Nim”
Runner-up: “Pina”
Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki “The Tree of Life”
Runner-up: Jeff Cronenweth “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Best Editing: Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Runner-up: Matthew Newman “Drive”
Best Original Score: Alexandre Desplat “The Tree of Life”
Runner-up: Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”
Best Costume: Jany Temime “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2″
Runner-up: Jill Taylor “My Week With Marilyn”
Best Art Direction: Stuart Craig “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2″
Runner-up: Laurence Bennett “The Artist”
Best Visual Effects: “Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2″
Runner-Up: “Hugo”
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 6:08 pm
Not bad at all!
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thereisaray
January 5, 2012 at 6:12 pm
Interesting lists with some surprises. I wonder what a cumulative staff top 10 would look like.
I did my top 10 at the beginning of last month – actually a top 50, which I posted on another forum. I didn’t anticipate adding much going by the schedule.
I still have to catch Hugo before it closes (2D only now!
), technically I could have saw The Artist which opened 30th December, will see that soon.
Of the films I saw in December, 50/50 narrowly misses the cut. I did cheat with the #3 film, saw it early at a film festival, otherwise it’s another 2012 release here.
1. Animal Kingdom
2. Weekend
3. Shame
4. Bridesmaids
5. Oslo, August 31
6. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
7. Black Swan
8. Rabbit Hole
9. Beginners
10. The Help (flawed of course, but…)
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 6:17 pm
If you look at the most chosen films on our lists, they’re The Artist, Drive, and Shame I believe.
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John
January 5, 2012 at 6:13 pm
here’s my top 10
1. Shame
2. The Artist
3. The Tree Of Life
4. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
5. 50/50
6. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
7. Hugo
8. Drive
9. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
10. Midnight In Paris
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 6:18 pm
Thanks, and right back at you!
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George
January 5, 2012 at 6:33 pm
I really like all the love for Shame, I found it to be really powerful. And I have to give props to Hammer for putting Tree of Life at number one, good job! And thank you Joey for the Bellflower endorsement! That movie was so good and really really intense. I thought it was one of the best dissections of what it means to be a man in the modern world since Fight Club. It does have some flaws but it was so ambitious that I could gloss over them.
My top 10:
1) The Tree of Life
2) Midnight in Paris
3) Another Earth
4) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
5) The Artist
6) The Descendants
7) Drive
8) Shame
9) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
10) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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Joey Magidson
January 5, 2012 at 6:40 pm
My pleasure about Bellflower, it’s easily one of the best things I saw all year, and undoubtedly one of the most original.
Shame is definitely one of the year’s best.
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Joseph Braverman
January 5, 2012 at 6:43 pm
Loving the Mission Impossible love
.
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George
January 5, 2012 at 7:12 pm
I thought it was just great entertainment and The Dark Knight Rises prologue put me in a great mood to watch it because it was so awesome!
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:24 pm
The IMAX prologue certainly didn’t hurt…
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Joseph Braverman
January 5, 2012 at 6:42 pm
So I did the stats. Based on an accumulation of votes and rankings for these lists, the Awards Circuit Top 10 Best Picture list, if we were the Academy, would look something like this:
1. The Artist
2. Shame
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
4. 50/50
5. The Descendants
6. Drive
7. Midnight in Paris
8. Moneyball
9. The Tree of Life
10. A Separation
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John
January 5, 2012 at 7:13 pm
is that on the writers, the readers, or both?
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Joseph Braverman
January 5, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Just this these staff lists solely.
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jmlatinsir2
January 6, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Interesting, that HUGO is not on the list. I really wanted to love that movie, but felt it just didn’t come together as well as it should have. So I am not so lonely now.
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Nope, you’re certainly not.
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Matthew Mulderink
January 5, 2012 at 7:21 pm
1. Drive
2. The Tree of Life
3. 50/50
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
5. Midnight in Paris
6. We Bought a Zoo
7. Moneyball
8. Melancholia
9. We Need to Talk About Kevin
10. Super 8
11. The Ides of March
12. Contagion
13. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part II
14. Warrior
15. The Help
16. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
17. Hugo
18. The Descendants
19. Bridesmaids
20. War Horse
21. Red State
22. The Muppets
23. X-Men: First Class
24. Like Crazy
25. Martha Marcy May Marlene
Honorable Mentions: Young Adult, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Crazy Stupid Love, Beginners
Have Yet to See: Shame, A Dangerous Method, Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, My Week With Marilyn, MI – Ghost Protocol
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Glad to see Red State in the top 25!
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Matthew Mulderink
January 5, 2012 at 7:22 pm
Also haven’t seen The Artist yet.
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FilmFreak
January 5, 2012 at 8:32 pm
Top Ten Pictures: 1. Drive 2. The Tree of Life 3. Take Shelter 4. Rampart 5. A Better Life 6. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 7. Martha Marcy May Marlene 8. Moneyball 9. Pariah 10. Hugo
Best Documentary Feature: Hot Coffee
Best Foreign Film: 13 Assassins
Best Actor: Michael Shannon for Take Shelter
Best Actress: Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Best Supoorting Actor: Albert Brooks for Drive
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain for The Tree of Life
Best Villain: Albert Brooks in Drive
Most Overrated Picture of the Year: The Help
Most Underrated Picture of the Year: Source Code
Best Actioner: X-Men: First Class and Source Code
Best Comedy: Crazy, Stupid, Love
Best Horror Picture: Fright Night
Worst Film of the Year: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Best Scene: Drive- Opening Chase Sequence
Best Quote: “Any dreams you have or plans or hopes for your future I think you’re going to have to put that on hold. For the rest of your life you’re going to have to look over your shoulder.” Albert Brooks in Drive.
Final Consensus for films in 2011. Its been the best year for motion pictures in several years and it helped that a picture like Drive hasn’t blown me away since 2000′s Memento. Its pictures like these that continue to inspire and fuel my desire to succeed in the film industry. Other films such as The Help and The Ides of March continue to baffle my critical nature because of their continually increasing hype and acknowledgment as some of the best pictures of 2011. There were some excellent small gems such as Pariah and Take Shelter that dug a deep hole into my heart and soul. Overall, in 2011, filmmakers succeeded in delivering what we love most about this ultimate artform: Movies that inspire us, thrill us, break our hearts and movies that make us stand up and cheer in sheer delight. This is why we go to the movies. This is why we as movie buffs and critics continue to discuss, debate, and share our love for film. I hope that 2012 continues this uphill pattern of great years for movies.
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:27 pm
We may differ on the individual details, but the end analysis is a good one. I don’t see this as a down year at all.
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koook160
January 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm
My top ten and winners:
1. The Tree of Life
2. Drive
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
4. The Descendants
5. Shame
6. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
7. Rango
8. The Guard
9. Win Win
10. The Debt
Best Picture: The Tree of Life
Best Director: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Shame
Best Actress: Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Best Original Screenplay: The Guard
Best Adapted Screenplay: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:28 pm
Cool.
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Andrew Rech
January 5, 2012 at 8:58 pm
I have a few gaping holes that I need to catch up with (We Need to Talk About Kevin, A Separation, Margaret, and The Descendants chiefly) but at this moment my top 10 would look like this.
1. The Tree of Life
2. Drive
3. Poetry
4. Melancholia
5. TIE Certified Copy and Weekend
6. Hugo
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. Shame
9. The Skin I Live In
10. Hanna
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:31 pm
I highly recommend Margaret. Didn’t miss my Top Ten by much at all.
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Myles Edward Hughes
January 5, 2012 at 9:34 pm
I still need to see a couple of the year’s big films, but here’s my Top 10 as it stands:
1. In A Better World
2. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
3. The Tree of Life
4. Shame
5. 50/50
6. Drive
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
8. Moneyball
9. The Muppets
10. Young Adult
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:32 pm
I may have been privy to this list earlier, but it remains a quality list today. Well done bud.
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Troy F
January 5, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Lots to see yet as i only get the mainstream movies at my theatre
(Artist, Shame, A Seperation among many to see)
my temporary top 10:
1. Hugo
2. Drive
3. The Decendents
4. Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
5. Young Adult
6. The Muppets
7. 50/50
8. Tree of Life
9. Moneyball
10. Ides of March
Most Overated: Midnight in Paris
Most Underated: Young Adult (in my opinion should be more than a limited contender).
Best Animated: Rango
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:32 pm
Your list doesn’t suffer in the least, so no worries.
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Troy F
January 6, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Hey Joey is there any section on this site that recaps previous years staff top 10s?
If not I’d find it cool if the Awards Circuit did a recap article looking back on the last few years of top 10s.
Possibly seeing how top 10s have changed since the original renditions. I personally always find my top 10s changing as years go by.
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 6:49 pm
There actually is. If you click on the ACCA tab, there’s a list of Staff Top 10′s. It’s in the process of being updated for the new writers, so keep checking it for the most accurate information.
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Troy F
January 6, 2012 at 7:34 pm
Awesome, Thanks!
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 7:37 pm
My pleasure.
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UBourgeois
January 6, 2012 at 12:19 am
Though I’ve yet to see all the big-hitting films of the year (most notably Shame and Bridesmaids) this is my standing Top 10:
The Artist
Midnight in Paris
Drive
Hugo
Margin Call
Win Win
The Descendants
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Though this list had me making a few painful exclusions, and those last two or three spots are easily displaced. Mentions go to The Tree of Life, The Help, War Horse, My Week With Marilyn, Young Adult, and Beginners… and that’s just of what I’ve seen. This year had a wealth of high-quality films, that’s for sure.
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:34 pm
Agreed.
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jedgentry
January 6, 2012 at 9:27 am
Still need to see SHAME, War Horse, Hugo, and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, but here were my favorites of the year:
01. The Artist
02. The Muppets
03. Midnight in Paris
04. The Help
05. Martha Marcy May Marlene
06. Rango
07. 50/50
08. Super 8
09. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
10. Crazy Stupid Love
Runner-Ups:
11. The Adventures of Tin Tin
12. The Descendants
13. The Devil’s Double
14. Melancholia
15. Moneyball
16. Beginners
17. Drive Angry (always a fan of bad cinema in its own way, but this one was too much fun to not mention)
18. Thor
19. Horrible Bosses
20. Another Earth
Top 5 Disappointments: (as in, not bad necessarily, but they were let downs for me)
01. The Tree of Life (the only film on this list that I will say is terrible.)
02. Drive (I wanted to love this movie and walked out disappointed)
03. Young Adult (excellent performances and swell direction don’t make a shitty script good)
04. My Week With Marilyn (a tv movie with very, very exceptional acting)
05. The Ides of March (how the fuck does Gosling give his best performance yet in such a mundane, boring film?)
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Good to know.
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jmlatinsir2
January 6, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Wow. Great Lists you all. Enjoyed reading them. This site is so much fun.
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Joey Magidson
January 6, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Thank you kindly!
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Jessie Makowski
January 7, 2012 at 7:08 am
Great lists…here’s mine, for what it’s worth:
1. The Descendants
2. 50/50
3. Red State
4. Shame
5. Warrior
6. We Bought a Zoo
7. My Week with Marilyn
8. Trust
9. The Ides of March
10. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
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Joey Magidson
January 7, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Well done Jess!
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Jazz
January 8, 2012 at 12:46 pm
Great choices – It’s my favorite time of year.
Had to keep tweaking these as I kept thinking about different performances & movies that I loved this year.
Here we go (my winner italicized):
Best Film:
*The Artist
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Take Shelter
Warrior
Moneyball
Midnight in Paris
50/50
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part II
Hugo
Drive
Best Actor:
*Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
Michael Fassbender – Shame
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – 50/50
Mel Gibson – The Beaver
Best Actress:
Charlize Theron – Young Adult
Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy
Michelle Williams – Meek’s Cutoff
*Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Best Supp. Actor:
Albert Brooks – Drive
*John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Bruce Greenwood – Meek’s Cutoff
Nick Nolte – Warrior
Patton Oswalt – Young Adult
Best Supp. Actress:
Carey Mulligan – Shame
*Berenice Bejo – The Artist
Angelica Huston – 50/50
Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
Bryce Dallas Howard – The Help
Best Director:
*Michael Hazanavicius – The Artist
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Martin Scorsese – Hugo
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
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Joey Magidson
January 8, 2012 at 10:56 pm
Thanks!
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Jeff Neal
January 9, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Here’s my top ten for the films I saw in 2011. I still haven’t seen Extremely Loud and Increibly Close, Shame, A Dangerous Method, We Need to Talk About Kevin, and Hugo.
1. The Artist
2. The Descendants
3. Young Adult
4. 50/50
5. Super8
6. Rabbit Hole
7. Win/Win
8. The Beaver
9. Warrior
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Honorable Mentions: Midnight in Paris, The Help, Bridesmaids, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Horrible Bosses
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Joey Magidson
January 10, 2012 at 12:00 am
A very fine list though!
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Marty
February 23, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Well done gentlemen and lady!
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Joey Magidson
February 23, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Why thank you!
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Calvin
February 27, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Ok it’s a little late, but may I?
1- The Artist
2- War Horse
3- The Help
4- Midnight in Paris
5- Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy
6- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
7- The Skin I Live In
8- Hugo
9- Drive
10- Rango
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Clayton Davis
February 27, 2012 at 5:05 pm
Of course you m ay. Great list.
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