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Best of 2011 Movies
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Starring Daniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert Grint
By David Yates, 2011.
In Part 2 of the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the Wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. The stakes have never been higher and no one is safe. But it is Harry Potter who may be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice as he draws closer to the climactic...
- Captain America: The First Avenger
Starring Chris EvansHugo WeavingTommy Lee Jones
By Joe Johnston, 2011.
Captain America: The First Avenger focuses on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America.
- X-Men: First Class
Starring James McAvoyMichael FassbenderRose Byrne
By Matthew Vaughn, 2011.
X-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their...
- The Muppets
Starring Jason SegelAmy AdamsChris Cooper
By James Bobin, 2011.
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets'...
- Bridesmaids
Starring Kristen WiigMaya RudolphRose Byrne
By Paul Feig, 2011.
This Spring, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, Superbad) and director Paul Feig (creator of Freaks and Geeks) invite you to experience Bridesmaids. Kristen Wiig leads the cast as Annie, a maid-of-honor whose life unravels as she leads her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), and a group of colorful...
- Horrible Bosses
Starring Jason BatemanJason SudiekisCharlie Day
By Seth Gordon, 2011.
Disgruntled buddies Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) can't leave their miserable jobs, so they cook up a creative strategy for eliminating each other's micromanaging and maniacal employers (Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey) instead, in this crackpot...
- Crazy, Stupid, Love
Starring Steve CarellRyan GoslingJulianne Moore
By Glenn Ficarra, 2011.
At forty-something, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream -- good job, nice house, great kids and marriage to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his "perfect" life quickly unravels.
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Starring James FrancoFreida PintoAndy Serkis
By Rupert Wyatt, 2011.
James Franco headlines the reboot of the immensely popular Planet of the Apes franchise, a prequel which boasts cutting-edge CGI effects and a gripping story set in modern-day San Francisco, where scientists are conducting genetic research on apes. The evolved primates, including Caesar (Andy...
- Melancholia
Starring Kirsten DunstCharlotte GainsbourgAlexander SkarsgardKiefer Sutherland
By Lars von Trier, 2011.
In this beautiful movie about the end of the world, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland).
- Winnie the Pooh
Starring Jim CummingsCraig FergusonTom Kenny
By Stephen J. Anderson, 2011.
Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with "Winnie the Pooh." Featuring the timeless charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical "bear of very little brain" and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga...
- 50/50
Starring Joseph Gordon-LevittSeth RogenAnna Kendrick
By Jonathan Levine, 2011.
As far as movie formulas go, cancer and comedy shouldn't mix. But 50/50 defies these odds by finding the perfect balance of humor and honesty. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a 27-year old nice guy who's been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Luckily, he doesn't have to face this dark journey...
- The Help
Starring Emma StoneJessica ChastainBryce Dallas Howard
By Tate Taylor, 2011.
In 1960s Jackson, Miss., aspiring writer Eugenia Phelan crosses taboo racial lines by conversing with Aibileen Clark about her life as a housekeeper, and their ensuing friendship upsets the fragile dynamic between the haves and the have-nots. When other long-silent black servants begin opening up...
- Drive
Starring Ryan GoslingCarey MulliganBryan Cranston
By Nicolas Winding Refn, 2011.
Drive is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day (Ryan Gosling), a loner by nature, who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. He finds himself a target for some of LA's most dangerous men after agreeing to aid the husband of his beautiful neighbor, Irene...
- J. Edgar
Starring Leonardo DiCaprioNaomi WattsArmie Hammer
By Clint Eastwood, 2011.
During his lifetime, J. Edgar Hoover would rise to be the most powerful man in America. As head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 50 years, he would stop at nothing to protect his country. Through eight presidents and three wars, Hoover waged battle against threats both real and...
- Rango
Starring Johnny DeppIsla FisherAbigail Breslin
By Gore Verbinski, 2011.
A chameleon that aspires to be a swashbuckling hero finds himself in a Western town plagued by bandits and is forced to literally play the role in order to protect it. Rango is a pet chameleon who lives in a terrarium. He has long thought himself a hero, but then finds himself removed from his...
- Attack the Block
Starring Nick FrostLuke TreadawayJodie Whittaker
By Joe Cornish, 2011.
When aliens attack a South London neighborhood, a teen gang pulls together to protect their turf by any means necessary. But extraterrestrials prove far more formidable than anyone they ever jumped on the streets.
- My Week with Marilyn
Starring Michelle WilliamsEddie RedmayneKenneth Branagh
By Simon Curtis, 2011.
In the early summer of 1956, 23-year-old Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne), just down from Oxford and determined to make his way in the film business, worked as a lowly assistant on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl. The film that famously united Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) and Marilyn...
- The Ides of March
Starring Ryan GoslingGeorge ClooneyMarisa Tomei
By George Clooney, 2011.
The Ides of March takes place during the frantic last days before a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary, when an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself involved in a political scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency.
- Moneyball
Starring Brad PittJonah HillRobin Wright
By Bennett Miller, 2011.
Based on a true story, Moneyball is a movie for anybody who has ever dreamed of taking on the system. Brad Pitt stars as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland A's and the guy who assembles the team, who has an epiphany: all of baseball's conventional wisdom is wrong.
- The Descendants
Starring George ClooneyShailene WoodleyBeau Bridges
By Alexander Payne, 2011.
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning Sideways, set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife...
- Warrior
Starring Tom HardyNick NolteJoel Edgerton
By Gavin O'Connor, 2011.
The youngest son (Tom Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nick Nolte) returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament -- a path that puts the fighter on a collision corner with his older brother (Joel Edgerton).
- Beginners
Starring Mélanie LaurentEwan McGregorChristopher Plummer
By Mike Mills, 2011.
Beginners imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent) only months after his father Hal (Christopher Plummer) has passed away.
- The Tree of Life
Starring Brad PittSean PennFiona Shaw
By Terrence Malick, 2011.
Brad Pitt and Sean Penn star in Terrence Malick's 1950s adventure about a confused man named Jack, who sets off on a journey to understand the true nature of the world. Growing up in the Midwest with two brothers, Jack has always been torn between his mother's guidance to approach everything he...
- Midnight in Paris
Starring Owen WilsonRachel McAdamsKathy Bates
By Woody Allen, 2011.
Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy that follows a family traveling to the city for business. The party includes a young engaged couple that has their lives transformed throughout the journey. The film celebrates a young man's great love for Paris, and simultaneously explores the illusion people...
- Submarine
Starring Craig RobertsSally HawkinsPaddy Considine
By Richard Ayoade, 2011.
Writer/director Richard Ayoade adapts author Joe Dunthorne's acerbic coming-of-age novel to the big screen with this comedy centered on the efforts of precocious Welsh 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and prevent his mother (Sally Hawkins) from...
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Starring Gary OldmanMichael FassbenderColin Firth
By Tomas Alfredson, 2011.
The time is 1973. The Cold War of the mid-20th Century continues to damage international relations. Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), a.k.a. MI6 and code-named the Circus, is striving to keep pace with other countries' espionage efforts and to keep the U.K. secure.
- Carnage
Starring Jodie FosterJohn C. ReillyKate WinsletChristoph Waltz
By Roman Polanski, 2011.
Carnage is a film based on the play "God of Carnage" by Yasmina Reza. Two sets of parents meet after their children get into a playground brawl only to find out that childishness knows no age. Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, and John C.
- We Bought a Zoo
Starring Matt DamonScarlett JohansenThomas Haden Church
By Cameron Crowe, 2011.
Acclaimed filmmaker Cameron Crowe directs an amazing and true story about a single dad who decides his family needs a fresh start, so he and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. With the help of an eclectic staff, and with many misadventures along the way, the family works...
- The Artist
Starring Jean DujardinMalcolm MacDowellJohn Goodman
By Michel Hazanavicius, 2011.
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit -- major movie stardom awaits.
- Hugo
Starring Asa ButterfieldChloe Grace MoretzChristopher Lee
By Martin Scorsese, 2011.
Adapted from the Caldecott-winning Brian Selznick novel by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator), Hugo is the story of a resourceful boy who lives in a train station and teams up with a spirited young girl to solve a mystery that is based in his past and affects...
- Cedar Rapids
Starring Ed HelmsJohn C. ReillyAnne Heche
By Miguel Arteta, 2011.
To call insurance agent Tim Lippe (Ed Helms), "naive" is a gross understatement. He's never left his small hometown. He's never stayed at a hotel. And he's never experienced anything like Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sent to represent his company at the annual insurance convention, Tim is soon distracted by...
- Martha Marcy May Marlene
Starring Elizabeth OlsenSarah PaulsonJohn Hawkes
By Sean Durkin, 2011.
Martha Marcy May Marlene stars Elizabeth Olsen as Martha, a damaged woman haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, who struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
- Win Win
Starring Paul GiamattiAmy RyanJeffrey Tambor
By Thomas McCarthy, 2011.
Struggling attorney Mike Flaherty, who volunteers as a high-school wrestling coach, takes on the guardianship of an elderly client in a desperate attempt to keep his practice afloat. When the client's teenage grandson runs away from home and shows up on his grandfather's doorstep, Mike's life is...
- We Need to Talk About Kevin
Starring Tilda SwintonJohn C. ReillyEzra Miller
By Lynne Ramsay, 2011.
Always an ambivalent mother, Eva and Kevin have had a contentious relationship, starting even from Kevin's birth. Kevin (Ezra Miller), now 15-years-old, escalates the stakes when he commits a heinous act, leaving Eva to grapple with her feelings of grief and responsibility, as well as the ire of...
- War Horse
Starring Jeremy IrvineEmily WatsonDavid Thewlis
By Steven Spielberg, 2011.
War Horse begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he...
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Starring Daniel CraigRooney MaraChristopher Plummer
By David Fincher, 2011.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster "The Millennium Trilogy." Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy.
- A Dangerous Method
Starring Viggo MortensenMichael FassbenderKeira Knightley
By David Cronenberg, 2011.
On the eve of World War I, Zurich and Vienna are the setting for a dark tale of sexual and intellectual discovery. Drawn from true-life events, A Dangerous Method explores the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein, the...
- Coriolanus
Starring Gerard ButlerRalph FiennesBrian Cox
By Ralph Fiennes, 2011.
As director and star, Ralph Fiennes brings William Shakespeare's visceral history play to the big screen for the first time. Coriolanus is a drama for the ages, a commentary on the precarious draw of war and an auspicious directorial debut from one of the world's great classical actors.
- 13 Assassins
Starring Kji YakushoYsuke IseyaTsuyoshi Ihara
By Takashi Miike, 2011.
Cult director Takeshi Miike ('Ichi the Killer,' 'Audition') delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japan's feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a...
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Starring Thomas HornSandra BullockTom Hanks
By Stephen Daldry, 2011.
Eleven-year-old Oskar Schell is an exceptional child: amateur inventor, Francophile, pacifist. And after finding a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11, he embarks on an exceptional journey -- an urgent, secret search through the five boroughs of...
- Young Adult
Starring Charlize TheronPatton OswaltPatrick Wilson
By Jason Reitman, 2011.
Academy Award winner Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, a writer of teen literature who returns to her small hometown to relive her glory days and attempt to reclaim her happily married high school sweetheart, Buddy Slade (Patrick Wilson). When returning home proves more difficult than she thought...
- Shame
Starring Michael FassbenderCarey MulliganJames Badge Dale
By Steve McQueen, 2011.
Shame is an erotic drama film co-written and directed by Steve McQueen. The film stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan. Brandon is a 30-something man living in New York City who has trouble controlling and managing his sexual compulsions once his willful younger sister moves in.
- In the Land of Blood and Honey
Starring Zana MarjanovicGoran KosticRade Serbedzija
By Angelina Jolie, 2011.
Set against the backdrop of the Bosnian War that tore the Balkan region apart in the 1990s, In the Land of Blood and Honey tells the story of Danijel (Goran Kostic) and Ajla (pronounced Ayla) (Zana Marjanovic), two Bosnians from different sides of a brutal ethnic conflict.
- The Adventures of Tintin
Starring Daniel CraigSimon PeggJamie Bell
By Steven Spielberg, 2011.
Blockbuster filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson team up for this 3-D motion capture adaptation of Georges Remi's classic comic strip, centered around the adventures of fearless young journalist Tintin (Jamie Bell) and his trusty dog, Snowy. Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Nick...
- The Skin I Live In
Starring Antonio BanderasElena AnayaMarisa Paredes
By Pedro Almodóvar, 2011.
Pedro Almodóvar's disturbing and gripping new thriller sees the director reteaming with star Antonio Banderas after 21 years. Banderas plays an accomplished plastic surgeon who creates a new kind of synthetic skin and uses his worst enemy as a guinea pig.
- Rampart
Starring Woody HarrelsonSigourney WeaverRobin Wright
By Oren Moverman, 2011.
Officer Dave Brown (Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing "the people's dirty work" and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind.
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Starring Werner HerzogDominique BaffierJean Clottes
By Werner Herzog, 2011.
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams," a breathtaking new 3D documentary from the incomparable Werner Herzog ("Encounters at the End of the World," "Grizzly Man") follows an exclusive expedition into the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France, home to the most ancient visual art known to have been created...
- The Iron Lady
Starring Meryl StreepJim BroadbentOlivia Colman
By Phyllida Lloyd, 2011.
The Iron Lady is a surprising and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), the first and only female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the 20th century's most famous and influential women, Thatcher came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard...
