Many newspapers, broadcasters and film magazines have published their list of what they believe to be the top films of 2011, some of which are below. There are several movies which appear in almost every list, proving these are widely respected - these include Drive, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Submarine, The Tree of Life and so on.
I will base my list on UK releases, hence why films such as Black Swan, The Fighter etc are in the list. Some of these films were released in 2010 overseas but were only released in the UK in 2011.
Total Film's 50 best movies of 2011
Total Film's 10 films of 2011
Sam Ashurst: 1. Kill List 2. Animal Kingdom 3. 13 Assassins 4. I Saw The Devil 5. The Tree Of Life 6. Snowtown 7. I Spit On Your Grave 8. The Guard 9. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes 10. Rubber
Matt Maytum: 1. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 2. Blue Valentine 3. Drive 4. The Skin I Live In 5. The Fighter 6. The Tree Of Life 7. Black Swan 8. X-Men: First Class 9. Source Code 10. The Artist
BBC News Top 10 films of 2011
From cutting edge, motion-capture and 3D technology to a love letter to the golden age of silent movies, the list represents a diverse year in cinema.
Guardian's best films of 2011
Quite a few critics' best-of lists have implied 2011 was a pretty average year for popcorn movies. Throw in the fact that 2012 is set to deliver The Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus and the first part of The Hobbit, and it doesn't augur well for an annual round-up of the past 12 months' top fanboy-friendly films. But while there has been nothing this year to compare with the head-spinning brio of 2010's Inception or the epic, flawed genius of 2009's Watchmen, the overall quality of fantasy, sci-fi and comic book fare has definitely been on the way up.
Wikipedia list of films in 2011
