Best of 2011
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1. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,513 | Gross: $7.10M
BEST PICTURE
A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Warrior
Untouchable (Intouchables)
The Artist
Moneyball
Hugo
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)
The Help
2. The Artist (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell
Votes: 248,596 | Gross: $44.67M
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn - Drive
Asghar Farhadi - A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life
David Fincher - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Alexander Payne - The Descendants
Lynne Ramsay - We Need to Talk About Kevin
3. The Artist (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell
Votes: 248,596 | Gross: $44.67M
BEST ACTOR
Jean Dujardin - The Artist
Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Ryan Gosling - Drive
Tom Cullen - Weekend
Payman Maadi - A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Omar Sy - Untouchable (Intouchables)
Brad Pitt - Moneyball
4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 167,732 | Gross: $1.74M
BEST ACTRESS
Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis - The Help
Meryl Streep - The Iron Lady
Rooney Mara - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Michelle Williams - My Week With Marilyn
Glenn Close - Albert Nobbs
Kristen Wiig - Bridesmaids
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong
Votes: 212,487 | Gross: $24.15M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Strong - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Albert Brooks - Drive
Brad Pitt - The Tree of Life
Tom Hardy - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Kenneth Branagh - My Week With Marilyn
Nick Nolte - Warrior
Ezra Miller - We Need to Talk About Kevin
6. The Help (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Drama
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.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 492,759 | Gross: $169.71M
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Octavia Spencer - The Help
Jessica Chastain - The Help
Sareh Bayat - A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Bérénice Bejo - The Artist
Melissa McCarthy - Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer - Albert Nobbs
Shailene Woodley - The Descendants
7. The Help (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Drama
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.
Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard
Votes: 492,759 | Gross: $169.71M
BEST CASTING
The Help
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bridesmaids
A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Drive
Midnight in Paris
The Artist
8. Midnight in Paris (2011)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 449,836 | Gross: $56.82M
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Midnight in Paris
Bridesmaids
A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Weekend
Untouchable (Intouchables)
The Artist
Warrior
9. The Descendants (2011)
R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama
A land baron tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident.
Director: Alexander Payne | Stars: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause
Votes: 251,793 | Gross: $82.58M
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Hugo
10. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg
Votes: 243,204 | Gross: $77.59M
BEST TITLES/CREDITS DESIGN
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Three Musketeers
Hugo
The Muppets
11. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
R | 158 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 494,797 | Gross: $102.52M
BEST EDITING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Drive
Warrior
Moneyball
Hugo
War Horse
We Need to Talk About Kevin
12. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,116 | Gross: $13.30M
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Tree of Life
Hugo
War Horse
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Drive
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
13. Hugo (2011)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 336,820 | Gross: $73.86M
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Hugo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
War Horse
The Artist
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Midnight in Paris
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
14. W.E. (2011)
R | 119 min | Drama, History, Romance
The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
Director: Madonna | Stars: Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 13,624 | Gross: $0.58M
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
W.E.
Immortals
The Artist
Jane Eyre
Hugo
House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
15. The Iron Lady (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown
Votes: 113,617 | Gross: $30.02M
BEST MAKE-UP & HAIR
The Iron Lady
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
X-Men: First Class
House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close)
Albert Nobbs
Hugo
16. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.
Director: Rupert Wyatt | Stars: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, Karin Konoval
Votes: 558,890 | Gross: $176.76M
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Real Steel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Super 8
Captain America: The First Avenger
Hugo
17. W.E. (2011)
R | 119 min | Drama, History, Romance
The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.
Director: Madonna | Stars: Abbie Cornish, James D'Arcy, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 13,624 | Gross: $0.58M
BEST SCORE
W.E.
Hugo
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
War Horse
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Artist
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
18. The Tree of Life (2011)
PG-13 | 139 min | Drama, Fantasy
The story of a family in Waco, Texas in 1956. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence and struggles with his parents' conflicting teachings.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken
Votes: 184,116 | Gross: $13.30M
BEST SOUNDTRACK/ADAPTED SCORE
The Tree of Life
Gnomeo & Juliet
We Need to Talk About Kevin
House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close)
Midnight in Paris
19. Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)
G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Separated by a garden fence and a feud, are blue gnomes on one side and red gnomes on the other. This doesn't stop blue Gnomeo and red Juliet from falling in love with each other. Do they have a future together?
Director: Kelly Asbury | Stars: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Maggie Smith, Ashley Jensen
Votes: 59,666 | Gross: $99.97M
BEST SONG
Gnomeo & Juliet - "Hello Hello"
The Help - "The Living Proof"
The Muppets - "Life's a Happy Song"
W.E. - "Masterpiece"
Hugo - "Coeur Volant"
The Muppets - "Man or Muppet"
Captain America: The First Avenger - "Star Spangled Man"
20. The Muppets (2011)
PG | 103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.
Director: James Bobin | Stars: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones
Votes: 96,857 | Gross: $88.63M
BEST DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY
The Muppets
The Artist
21. War Horse (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 165,605 | Gross: $79.88M
BEST SOUND
War Horse
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Hugo
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Drive
Super 8
22. War Horse (2011)
PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch
Votes: 165,605 | Gross: $79.88M
BEST SOUND EDITING
War Horse
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Hugo
Super 8
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
23. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)
PG-13 | 132 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.
Director: Brad Bird | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton
Votes: 528,384 | Gross: $209.40M
BEST STUNTS
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Fast & Furious 5
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-Men: First Class
The Three Musketeers
The Adjustment Bureau
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
24. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
PG | 107 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg
Votes: 243,204 | Gross: $77.59M
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Gnomeo & Juliet
Cars 2
25. A Separation (2011)
PG-13 | 123 min | Drama
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat, Shahab Hosseini
Votes: 258,513 | Gross: $7.10M
BEST FOREIGN FILM
A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Untouchable (Intouchables)
The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito)
House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close)
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