2011 Movie Recommendations

[Art Andrews]

2011 was a GREAT year for movies!




I am always on the lookout for good movies I haven't seen. They don't have to be blockbusters or Oscar winners. Just something good that I may have missed. Right now, I am looking back at 2011.


Here are the movies I liked from 2011. If you can think of any movies from 2011 that you liked that aren't on this list, please post them and I'll give them a shot!


My top 3 films for 2011 (this has been my hardest list to pick so far, because I love so many movies from this year):
The Tree of Life (This may be one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. I don't know ANY movie that has struck me like this one did)
Limitless
Melancholia

Honorable mention to:
Drive
Hanna
Source Code
We Need to Talk About Kevin


Worth Watching Not necessarily advocating these... just saying, they might be worth your time):
13 Assassins
The Adjustment Bureau
Another Earth
Atlas Shrugged
Bag of Bones
The Bang Bang Club
Battle: Los Angeles
The Cabin in the Woods
Captain America: The First Avenger
Cowboys & Aliens
The Grey
Immortals
Insidious
The Lincoln Lawyer
Midnight Son
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rango
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sucker Punch
Super 8
These Amazing Shadows
The Thing
Thor (hard to recommend this one...)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (same here)
War Horse
X-Men: First Class


This is a first... movies I think are NOT worth watching:
The Skin I Live In
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Contagion
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

 

[ddspike22]

Crazy, Stupid, Love with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

 

[Vivek]

Moneyball
Midnight in Paris
Super
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

 

[Art Andrews]

Adding all of these to the list. I have seen a small bit of Moneyball on a plane... but that was it.

 

[Axlotl]

Oh, man... Melancholia...
I'm so torn about that film.
On the one hand it's so boring and tedious, but on the other -
it's so hauntingly beautiful.

 

[Art Andrews]

Crazy, Stupid, Love with Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone.

On its surface this does NOT seem like my kind of movie. In fact, it seems like a movie I would hate. I am not a big Carell fan so I went in not expecting much... and was super surprised that I really liked this film! it was fun and quirky but rarely fell into just being silly. I also appreciated that there was absolutely NO crude humor which is a rarity. Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[Art Andrews]

Oh, man... Melancholia...
I'm so torn about that film.
On the one hand it's so boring and tedious, but on the other -
it's so hauntingly beautiful.

The hauntingly beautiful part is what I love. When I first watched it I was a little taken aback, but it is a movie that I just couldn't get out of my mind.

 

[Art Andrews]

Moneyball
Midnight in Paris
Super
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

Not a fan of sports movies but really enjoyed Moneyball.

Midnight in Paris... ehhhh... I hate Owen Wilson and he didn't do anything here for me. The premise was interesting and I loved Hemingway, but this movie felt like it was missing something.

Super is still on the list.

Tintin... just couldn't connect. Didn't make it past the 20 minute mark.