CINEMA - Best films of 2011

Best films of 2011

Bellow is the list (in no particular order) of the ten best films I saw in 2011, even though some films might have been released already previously in some countries.

This is followed by a list of other good films, which are worth mentioning!

Beginners - Mike Mills (USA)

Black Swan - Darren Aronofosky (USA)

Carnage -  Roman Polansky (UK) 
Drive– Nicolas Winding Refn (CAN, DK)

In a better world - Susanne Bier (DK)

Incendies – Denis Villeneuve (CAN)

Mapa de los sonidos de Tokio (Map of the sounds of Tokyo) – Isabel Coixet (ES)

Melancholia - Lars von Trier (DK, FR)

A Separation - Asghar Farhadi (Iran)

Shame - Steve McQueen (UK)

special mention also to :

50/50 - Jonathan Levine (USA)

Le Cochon de Gaza – Sylvain Estibal (FR)

Contagion – Steven Soderbergh (USA)

Contracorriente – Javier Fuentes-Léon (Peru)

Crazy Stupid love – Glenn Ficarra (USA)

Et maintenaint on va où ? - Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)

Hebemus Papam – Nanni Moretti (IT)

Intouchables – Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache (FR)

La piel que habito – Pedro Almodovar (ES)

Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen (USA)

Poetry – Lee Chang-dong (KOR)

Santiago 73 – Pablo Larrain (Chile, Mex, DE)

Super 8 – J.J.Abrams (USA)

This must be the place – Paolo Sorrentino (IT)

And a mention to the best actors in 2011... 
Best actor: Ryan Gosling (with four great films)
Best actress: Carey Mulligan