It's that time again: My Top 10 Movies of the year. I've been keeping tabs this year, watching how the list evolved—yes, at one point
Never Say Never: Justin Bieber 3D was on there—and I must say that 2011 was quite an interesting year.
I began my list after the Oscar season was over, starting with
I Am Number Four—which, by the way, ended up at #33 with a C+—and tracking every movie I've seen that was released this year. Of course, there's still two months until the Oscars are handed out, so there is quite the laundry list of movies I have yet to see that would most likely make a good case for inclusion on the 2011 list. My apologies to
War Horse,
Drive,
50/50,
Young Adult and many more. I'll get to you soon. I promise.
Looking back at
my 2010 list, I think I was more passionate about that Top 5 than this year's and I remember having a very difficult time figure out their order. This year, however, the fight for the Top 10 was way more intense. 2010 had maybe 11-12 duking it out; 2011 has at least 20. So, in the interest of honoring as many films as possible, I'm going to do a bit of a cheat and give Honorable Mention to the five films that were still in the "A" range but didn't quite make it to the finals. It's my list, I can cheat if I want to.
So, without further ado, here are my favorite movies of 2011...