Favorite Films of 2011

Now that the Academy Awards are creeping up on us, I thought I should list my top 20 favorite films of 2011. It was a good year for cinema, folks. REAL GOOD YEAR.

Here they are...

1. Drive (BEST FILM OF THE YEAR)

Dir.: Nicolas Winding Refn

2. Midnight in Paris

Dir.: Woody Allen

3. Moneyball

Dir.: Bennett Miller

4. The Artist

Dir.: Michael Hazanavicius

5. The Descendants

Dir.: Alexander Payne

6. Hugo

Dir.: Martin Scorsese

7. Warrior

Dir.: Gavin O'Conner

8. Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Dir.: Rupert Wyatt

9. Bridesmaids

Dir.: Paul Feig

10. Shame

Dir.: Steve McQueen

11. Red State

Dir. Kevin Smith (Yup. KEVIN SMITH)

12. Mission: Impossible 4

Dir.: Brad Bird

13. Hanna

Dir.: Joe Wright

14. The Tree of Life

Dir.: Terrence Malick

15. Carnage

Dir.: Roman Polanski

16. Hesher

Dir.: Spencer Susser

17. The Wave

Dir.: Dennis Gansel

18. I Saw The Devil

Dir.: Jee-woon Kim

19. Beginners

Dir.: Mike Mills

20. Super

Dir.: James Gunn