My Favorite Movies Of 2011

There were a lot of amazing tributes to the films of yesteryear. It's nice to see Hollywood remember itself. Nostalgia is a good thing.

1. Hugo - Martin Scorsese
2. The Descendants - Alexander Payne
3. Bridesmaids - Paul Feig
4. Drive - Nicolas Refn
5. Rango - Gore Verbinski
6. Young Adult - Jason Reitman (Ivan Reitman's kid)
7. Limitless - Neil Burger
8. Source Code - Duncan Jones (David Bowie's kid)
9. Melancholia - Lars Von Trier
10. Crazy, Stupid, Love. - Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
11. The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius
12. Midnight In Paris - Woody Allen
13. Contagion - Steven Soderbergh
14. 50/50 - Jonathan Levine
15. Take Shelter - Jeff Nichols
16. Weekend - Andrew Haigh
17. Lincoln Lawyer - Brad Furman
18. Attack The Block - Joe Cornish
19. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - Rupert Wyatt
20. Captain America: The First Avenger - Joe Johnston

My honorable mentions were good films, but I also felt were massively overrated: The King's Speech and Tree Of Life. And let's not even discuss Meek's Cutoff.

My Favorite Movies Of 2010

1. The Social Network
2. Exit Through The Gift Shop
3. Inception
4. Toy Story 3
5. The Kids Are All Right
6. Kick-Ass
7. 127 Hours
8. Inside Job/The Tillman Story
9. Greenberg
10. Catfish
11. How To Tame Your Dragon/Tangled
12. Blue Valentine
13. Ghost Writer
14. Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt.1
15. Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
16. The Town
17. I Am Love
18. Black Swan
19. Enter The Void
20. Winter's Bone

Honorable Mention: Never Let Me Go, Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work, I <3 You Phillip Morris, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Senna, The Fighter