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-NeoGAF's Movies of the Year for 2011-
The Voting Thread

Format: Ranking, Title of Film, Number of Votes, Breakdown of votes (Number of votes for first, second, third etc.)

01 Drive 677 (27-22-9-8-8-3-2-1-3-1)
02 The Tree of Life 345 (18-6-7-3-0-3-2-1-3-2)
03 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 249 (7-8-5-2-4-4-0-1-2-2)
04 Midnight in Paris 199 (4-3-4-7-6-1-1-2-0-0)
05 50/50 196 (4-6-7-3-3-0-0-2-0-1)
06 Hugo 188 (4-1-4-5-7-1-3-2-2-3)
07 Moneyball 168 (4-3-4-2-2-5-3-1-1-1)
08 A Separation 163 (5-7-4-0-3-0-0-0-0-0)
09 Rise of the Planet of the Apes 155 (0-4-4-5-1-4-3-2-2-4)
10 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 152 (3-4-3-3-3-0-3-2-2-1)
11 Shame 129 (3-3-4-1-1-3-1-1-2-1)
12 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 125 (3-2-3-1-4-0-4-1-1-1)
13 Warrior 124 (1-4-3-3-4-1-0-1-0-1)
14 Take Shelter 111 (3-3-2-1-1-3-0-1-2-3)
15 Rango 106 (0-3-1-3-3-4-1-2-1-0)
16 Hanna 101 (0-2-1-1-8-1-3-0-1-1)
17 The Skin I Live In 98 (1-4-1-2-0-4-2-0-1-0)
18 Melancholia 97 (3-2-4-0-0-1-1-1-1-3)
19 The Adventures of Tintin 94 (2-1-3-1-3-0-1-3-1-1)
20 The Artist 94 (1-3-0-4-2-1-0-2-2-2)
21 The Descendants 93 (1-0-3-4-1-2-1-3-1-0)
22 X-Men: First Class 92 (0-1-3-2-0-5-3-1-1-3)
23 Senna 80 (1-2-1-1-0-3-4-1-1-1)
24 Attack the Block 71 (0-3-1-1-1-2-1-2-1-1)
25 Bridesmaids 69 (0-1-1-1-3-1-2-3-2-1)
... Source Code 69 (0-2-1-2-3-1-0-1-1-1)
27 The Ides of March 68 (1-0-2-3-0-2-2-1-0-0)
28 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 58 (1-0-2-3-1-0-1-0-0-1)
29 Super 8 55 (1-0-1-0-3-2-0-2-1-1)
30 Certified Copy 45 (0-0-2-3-0-0-1-1-0-1)
... Fast Five 45 (1-3-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
32 Crazy, Stupid, Love 42 (0-1-0-1-2-0-1-2-1-2)
33 Bill Cunningham New York 41 (0-2-1-0-2-0-0-1-0-0)
34 Contagion 37 (0-0-1-2-1-0-1-1-0-2)
35 We Need to Talk About Kevin 36 (0-0-1-2-0-1-1-0-2-1)
36 Once Upon a Time in Anatolia 35 (1-1-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Real Steel 35 (1-0-1-0-0-2-1-1-0-0)
38 Beginners 34 (0-1-1-0-0-2-0-1-2-0)
39 Martha Marcy May Marlene 32 (0-1-0-2-0-0-1-1-1-0)
... Submarine 32 (0-0-1-2-1-0-0-0-1-2)
41 I Saw the Devil 31 (1-0-1-0-1-1-0-0-1-0)
... The Yellow Sea 31 (1-0-2-0-0-0-1-0-0-1)
43 The Adjustment Bureau 30 (1-0-0-1-0-1-0-2-1-0)
... The Guard 30 (0-1-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... The Muppets 30 (1-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-2)
46 Kung Fu Panda 2 26 (1-0-1-0-0-0-0-2-1-0)
... The Borrower Arrietty 26 (0-0-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0)
... TT3D: Closer to the Edge 26 (0-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-0)
49 13 Assassins 24 (0-0-1-1-0-1-0-1-0-1)
... Weekend 24 (1-0-0-1-0-0-1-1-0-0)
51 Cave of Forgotten Dreams 23 (0-2-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
52 Tyrannosaur 22 (2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
53 This Is Not a Film 20 (2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
54 Hobo with a Shotgun 19 (1-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
55 Meek's Cutoff 18 (0-0-0-1-0-1-1-0-1-0)
.. Poetry 18 (1-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0)
57 Jane Eyre 16 (1-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-0)
58 The Inbetweeners Movie 15 (0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
59 Immortals 14 (0-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
... A Dangerous Method 14 (0-0-1-0-0-0-1-0-1-0)
61 The Future 12 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
62 Drive Angry 3D 11 (0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-1)
... Into the Abyss 11 (0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-0)
... Tangled 11 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
... The King's Speech 11 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-1-1)
... Wu Xia 11 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
... Margaret 11 (0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0-0)
68 Bleak Night 10 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Bucky Larson: Born to Be A Star 10 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Pariah 10 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Tabloid 10 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... The Flowers of War 10 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... The Turin Horse 10 (1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
74 A Horrible Way to Die 9 (0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Glee 9 (0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Horrible Bosses 9 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0)
... The Day He Arrives 9 (0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... The Help 9 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1-0-0)
... The Perfect Host 9 (0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Thor 9 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-1-0-1)
... Transformers: Dark of the Moon 9 (0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... War Horse 9 (0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0)
... Red State 9 (0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
84 Don 2 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Ironclad 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Kill List 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Kill the Irishman 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Killer Elite 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Love Exposure 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Paul 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... The Thing 8 (0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0)
... Tucker & Dale vs. Evil 8 (0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0)
... You're Next 8 (0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0)
94 Black Swan 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... J. Edgar 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Michael 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Mysteries of Lisbon 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Sucker Punch 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Super 7 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0)
... The Fighter 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... You Are the Apple of My Eye 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... Young Adult 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
... The Interrupters 7 (0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0)
105 Another Earth 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Bellflower 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... In Time 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Of Gods and Men 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Our Idiot Brother 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Starry Starry Night 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Sugar Ros: Inni 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Too Big to Fail 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Uncle Kent 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... Your Sister's Sister 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
.... I Wish 6 (0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0)
117 Blue Valentine 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... Bullhead 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... Leap Year 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... Mrs. Carey's Concert 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... Sunny 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... Winnie the Pooh 5 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-0)
.... Wuthering Heights 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... Outrage 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
.... True Grit 5 (0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0)
126 Beats, Rhymes & Life 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Cedar Rapids 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Don't Go Breaking My Heart 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Elena 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Kill Me Please 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Nostalgia for the Light 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Snowtown 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... The Change-Up 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... The Green Hornet 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... Tuesday, After Christmas 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
.... We Bought A Zoo 4 (0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0)
138 Le Moine 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
.... Oslo, August 31st 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
.... Road to Nowhere 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
.... The City of Life and Death 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
.... The Trip 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
.... The Way Back 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
.... Tomboy 3 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0)
145 Breathing 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... Captain America: The First Avenger 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... Friends with Benefits 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... Incendies 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... Punch 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... The Last Lions 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... The Lincoln Lawyer 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... Wrecked 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... Straw Dogs 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
.... 30 Seconds or Less 2 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0)
155 Bad Teacher 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Carnage 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Colombiana 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Final Destination 5 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Fright Night 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Knuckle 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Pain 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... The Mechanic 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... The Time That Remains 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)
.... Project Nim 1 (0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1)

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

I'M OKAY WITH THIS

 

[TheKaeptain]

Shame was robbed!

 

[Az987]

The Mechanic was robbed!

 

[Broder Salsa]

Real Steel should have been #1.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Drive is well deserved #1.

And sooo glad to see A Separation make it so high off of so few lists.

 

[sfedai0]

Im honestly confused how Drive is so popular. Maybe Ive been desensitized by the gratuitous violence from Asian films.

 

[Robot 492]

The Tree of Life, Drive, A Separation, Take Shelter and The Skin I Live In all in the top 20. Not bad, GAF.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

Great effort Cajole!

 

[TheKaeptain]

That 20 is like the best ever on Gaf.

 

[Violet_0]

I'm one of those guys who voted Drive as their #1, so yeah, this list looks pretty good

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Kind of incredibly surprised by 50/50 more than anything else. Outside of gaf, I never got that must see vibe from anywhere else.

 

[jtb]

that is a DAMN good list, and I love that the artist just barely makes it on the list at 20. time to fill in the gaps and catch up on stuff like A Separation.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

With all the venom being spewed towards The Artist in the Oscar thread, I'm surprised it made GAF's list at all.

 

[CygnusXS]

I have seen 2 of the top 20. One of those two was Drive. I think I'm covered.

 

[Eric Hall]

Midnight in Paris at 4?

Uh, sure

 

[Qwomo]

I'm just pleasantly surprised Hanna is on there. My MOTY.

 

[T1tan]

Glad to see Ghotocol doing so well!

Drive was my MOTY

 

[AgentChris]

Drive <3

 

[C4Lukins]

Im honestly confused how Drive is so popular. Maybe Ive been desensitized by the gratuitous violence from Asian films.

The violence is well done in the movie, but I think people who enjoyed it got a lot more out of the experience than just the violence.

 

[Steelrain]

Ugh, I need to watch movies.

I don't know any of these.

 

[RatskyWatsky]

Oh yeah, good job with the OP Cajole!

 

[TheKaeptain]

The only 2 movies in the top 20 I didn't like where Hanna and MIGP

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Genuinely surprised Rango is up that high.

 

[VGChampion]

I must subconsciously skip over the voting threads. Wish Tintin was higher up. Such a great movie.

 

[Discotheque]

I never agree with the rankings in these threads but I'm still aiight with most of the films in the top 20.

Really wish Attack the Block made it in though. My second favorite film of the year.

 

[Dynamite Ringo Matsuri]

Damn... Drive was beastin'. My favorite of '11

 

[disappeared]

I happened to catch the Warrior completely by accident at a buddy's one afternoon. For what was obviously just a smaller film, it worked out half-decent. I take not a shred of interest in the MMA, but the movie managed to divorce itself enough from the spectacle of it (except towards the conclusion, obviously) that it allowed some small amount of breathing room for the actors to play who they were outside the ring. Probably not a movie I'd see a second time, but I recommend watching it once.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Whoa, wait, Attack the Block didn't make the top 20 and The Skin I live In did, what in the fuck. Not a bad movie, but how was that more popular? That's insane.

 

[Lafiel]

I'm happy for #1 & #2. At least both of those movies are better than last years winner *shrugs*

Still need to see 50/50, Midnight in paris, Hugo, Shame, The Artist, Melacncholia, Take shelter, MI GP and Tintin. They should all hopefully be getting blu-ray releases within the next two months here!

 

[Az987]

The violence is well done in the movie, but I think people who enjoyed it got a lot more out of the experience than just the violence.

Pretty much

Had I not known it was violent from reading up on it here I wouldn't have expected it at all when it came and I was already loving it up to that point.

When someone says why they hated it they usually say something about them not talking hardly at all and just smiling. Those reasons are part of why I liked it so much.

 

[Discotheque]

Whoa, wait, Attack the Block didn't make the top 20 and The Skin I live In did, what in the fuck. Not a bad movie, but how was that more popular? That's insane.

Aye bruv...allow it.

 

[Robot 492]

Whoa, wait, Attack the Block didn't make the top 20 and The Skin I live In did, what in the fuck. Not a bad movie, but how was that more popular? That's insane.

The Skin I Live In is great. If anything, it deserves to be higher on that list.

 

[Krev]

I forgot a bunch of movies I liked when I was voting, like Tintin, Another Year and 13 Assassins. D'oh

The Skin I Live In is great. If anything, it deserves to be higher on that list.

Yeah, I loved it. I wasn't expecting to after the last few Almodovar films, but to my surprise he's back to being interesting.

Attack the Block is good, but I'm not surprised it isn't in the 20.

 

[Hot Coldman]

I saw number one, life validated

Fast Five should be higher

 

[big ander]

no qualms.

I like the fact that Bucky Larson: Born to be a Star and The Turin Horse have an equal number of first place votes, which are also the only votes they got. Something about this tickles me.

They are also both tied with Tabloid. It's perfect.

 

[MIMIC]

I still haven't seen that movie from last year...."Dogtooth" I think it was??

Been meaning too for the longest time. lol Now I gotta see that and "A Separation"

EDIT: The Descendants at #21??? Wow....not many people saw it (or heard about it) I assume.

 

[brianjones]

drive and dragon tattoo?

pretty embarrassing

 

[overcast]

Happy to see Drive and Dragon Tattoo in the top 3. Have some catching up for this year.

 

[big ander]

I still haven't seen that movie from last year...."Dogtooth" I think it was??

Been meaning too for the longest time. lol Now I gotta see that and "A Separation"

EDIT: The Descendants at #21??? Wow....not many people saw it (or heard about it) I assume.

no a lot of people saw it. a lot. had a big ad campaign and was in theaters for a while. in fact, it had a bigger BO gross than Drive, Tree of Life, A Separation, and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy combined.

 

[AAequal]

Seems like a good list. I really need to see Drive!

 

[CajoleJuice]

drive and dragon tattoo?

pretty embarrassing

Happy to see Drive and Dragon Tattoo in the top 3. Have some catching up for this year.

I laughed.

 

[Moaradin]

I guess I need to watch Drive?

 

[kaizenmx]

Ghost Protocol, bitches.

 

[smokeymicpot]

I guess I need to watch Drive?

You should it is a good flick plus the music makes it so good.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I'll put this thread in my GAF has bad taste file...

 

[big ander]

I'll put this thread in my GAF has bad taste file...

lol
tell me, what are the 50 movies that are better than every film on this list

 

[OrangeGrayBlue]

I don't think Drive was the best film this year, but it makes sense that it would be gaf's number one. Outside of that, pretty good list.

 

[C4Lukins]

Pretty much

Had I not known it was violent from reading up on it here I wouldn't have expected it at all when it came and I was already loving it up to that point.

When someone says why they hated it they usually say something about them not talking hardly at all and just smiling. Those reasons are part of why I liked it so much.

I went into it thinking it was going to be more of an artsy heist film with a romantic subplot. I watched it with my parents who knew nothing about it and they thought it was going to turn into a Nascar film when they bought the race car. We were all surprised to say the least, and all three of us really enjoyed it.

I think it is a pretty great top 20. I only saw ten of the movies, and plan to see 8 of the remaining ten. Tree of Life and Melancholia are the only two I am avoiding because I dislike the directors previous works but I will probably end up checking them out.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

I'll put this thread in my GAF has bad taste file...

I would but my file's full from the Christopher Nolan threads alone.