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best of 2011: a summary of world cinema

Most Awarded Films of 2011

FILM FESTIVALS 2011
country AWARDED FILM EVENT
The Tree of Life Cannes Film Festival
France
Faust Venice Fim Festival
Italy
Nader and Simin, a separation Berlin Film Festival
Germany
Los pasos dobles San Sebastián Film Festival
Spain
Where Do We Go Now? Toronto Film Festival
Canada
Like Crazy Sundance Film Festival
USA
The Artist Hamptons Film Festival
USA
Abrir puertas y ventanas (Back to Back to Stay) Mar de Plata Film Festival
Argentina
Las olas Moscow Film Festival
Rusia
Red State Sitges Film Festival
Spain
Hasta la Vista Valladolid Film Festival
Spain

AWARDS 2011
country AWARDED FILM AWARD
The Artist Academy Awards
USA

The Descendants (Drama)
The Artist (Comedy)
Golden Globes
USA
Melancholia European Film Awards
Europe
The Artist British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
UK
The Artist Cesar Awards France
Caesar Must Die David di Donatello Awards
Italy
No Rest for the Wicked Goya Awards
Spain
She Monkeys Guldbagge Awards
Sweden

CRITICS ASSOCIATIONS AWARDS 2011
country AWARDED FILM AWARDS
Hugo Cabret National Board of Review (NBR)
USA
The Artist New York Film Critics Circle
USA
The Descendants Los Angeles Film Critic Awards
USA
The Artist Critics Choice Awards
USA


Best Films of 2011 by World Famous Critics

Roger Ebert, Chief Critic of Chicago Sun-Times (Listed in order of preference)
pos. country FILM
1 Nader and Simin, a separation
2 Shame
3 The Tree of Life
4 Hugo Cabret
5 Take Shelter
6 Kinyarwanda
7 Drive
8 Midnight in Paris
9 Le Havre
10 The Artist
11 Melancholia
12 Terri
13 The Descendants
14 Margaret
15 Martha Marcy May Marlene
16 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
17 Trust
18 Life, Above All
19 The Mill and the Cross
20 Another Earth

Peter Travers, Chief Critic of Rolling Stone - Article (Listed in order of preference)
pos. country FILM
1 Drive
2 The Artist
3 The Descendants
4 Moneyball
5 Midnight in Paris
6 Hugo Cabret
7 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
8 Margin Call
9 The Tree of Life
10 War Horse

A. O. Scott, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times (Alphabetical listing)
country FILM
Bridesmaids
A Brighter Summer Day
Cedar Rapids
A Dangerous Method
The Descendants
The Future
The Help
Incendies
Into the Abyss - A Tale of Death, a Tale of Life
Margin Call
Meek's Cutoff
Mysteries of Lisbon
Le quattro volte
The Tree of Life
Tuesday, After Christmas
War Horse
Warrior
Weekend
Winnie the Pooh
Young Adult

Manohla Dargis, Co-Chief Critic of The New York Times (Alphabetical listing)
country FILM
Abracadabra
Aurora
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Bridesmaids
Contagion
A Dangerous Method
J. Edgar
Le Havre
Hugo Cabret
Melancholia
Moneyball
My Joy
Mysteries of Lisbon
Of Gods and Men
Poetry
Le quattro volte
The Return
Seeking the Monkey King
The Skin I Live In
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Voluptuous Sleep
Warrior

Peter Bradshaw, Chief Critic of The Guardian (Alphabetical listing)
country FILM
The Artist
Margaret
Nader and Simin, a separation
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Poetry
The Tree of Life
Le quattro volte
We Need to Talk About Kevin
The Skin I Live In
Bridesmaids

The Highest Grossing Films of 2011

THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS OF 2011 WORLDWIDE
pos. country FILM GENRE PRODUCER BOX OFFICE
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Fantastic Warner Bros. $1,328,100,000
2 Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Sci-Fi Dreamworks / Paramount $1,123,200,000
3 Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides Adventures Walt Disney $1.043,900,000
4 Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom Animation Dreamworks $663,000,000
5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Fantastic Summit Entertainment $648,000,000
6 Fast Five Action Universal $626,100,000
7 The Hangover 2 Comedy Touchstone $581,500,000
8 The Smurfs Animation Columbia $562,400,000
9 Cars 2 Animation Pixar $551,900,000
10 Rio Animation 20th Century Fox $484,600,000

THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS OF 2011 IN THE USA
pos. country FILM GENRE PRODUCER BOX OFFICE
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Fantastic Warner Bros. $381,000,000
2 Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon Sci-Fi Dreamworks / Paramount $352,000,000
3 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Fantastic Summit Entertainment $267,000,000
4 The Hangover 2 Comedy Touchstone $254,000,000
5 Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides Adventures Walt Disney $241,000,000
6 Fast Five Action Universal $210,000,000
7 Cars 2 Animation Pixar $191,000,000
8 Thor Fantastic Marvel / Paramount $181,000,000
9 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sci-Fi 20th Century Fox $176,000,000
10 Captain America: The First Avenger Action Marvel / Paramount $176,000,000

THE HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS OF 2011 IN THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
country FILM GENRE PRODUCER BOX OFFICE
Kokowääh Comedy Warner Bros. Germany $42,932,362
Little Surfer Girl Drama Damasco Filmes $12,356,515
Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis Comedy Amiguetes Entertainment $29,031,125
Untouchable Comedy Quad Productions $123,953,414
From Up on Poppy Hill Animation Studio Ghibli $56,029,615
Salvando al Soldado Pérez Comedy Lemon Films $7,929,739
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II Fantastic Warner Bros. $117,228,296

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