| 1. |  | X-Men: First Class (2011) In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start world war III.Dir: Matthew Vaughn With: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer LawrenceAction | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller  132 mins. | 136,827 |
| 2. |  | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2(2011) Harry, Ron and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord.Dir: David Yates With: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert GrintAdventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery 130 mins. | 135,003 |
| 3. |  | Thor (2011) The powerful but arrogant warrior Thor is cast out of the fantastic realm of Asgard and sent to live amongst humans on Earth, where he soon becomes one of their finest defenders.Dir: Kenneth Branagh With: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie PortmanAction | Adventure | Fantasy 115 mins. | 124,554 |
| 4. |  | Source Code (2011) An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.Dir: Duncan Jones With: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera FarmigaAction | Sci-Fi | Thriller 93 mins. | 111,431 |
| 5. |  | Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) During experiments to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, a genetically-enhanced chimpanzee uses its greater intelligence to lead other apes to freedom.Dir: Rupert Wyatt With: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida PintoAction | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller 105 mins. | 101,199 |
| 6. |  | Limitless (2011) A writer discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities.Dir: Neil Burger With: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie CornishMystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 105 mins. | 95,199 |
| 7. |  | Super 8 (2011) During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.Dir: J.J. Abrams With: Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, Kyle ChandlerMystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller 112 mins. | 94,485 |
| 8. |  | Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending the USA's ideals.Dir: Joe Johnston With: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. JacksonAction | Adventure | Sci-Fi 124 mins. | 93,724 |
| 9. |  | Fast Five (2011) Dominic and his crew find themselves on the wrong side of the law once again as they try to switch lanes between a ruthless drug lord and a relentless federal agent.Dir: Justin Lin With: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne JohnsonAction | Crime | Thriller 130 mins. | 88,030 |
| 10. |  | Drive (2011) A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn With: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan CranstonCrime | Drama | Thriller  100 mins. | 78,558 |
| 11. |  | Horrible Bosses (2011) Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness.Dir: Seth Gordon With: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason SudeikisComedy | Crime 98 mins. | 77,230 |
| 12. |  | The Adjustment Bureau (2011) The affair between a politician and a ballerina is affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.Dir: George Nolfi With: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Michael KellyRomance | Sci-Fi | Thriller 106 mins. | 74,446 |
| 13. |  | Unknown (2011) A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.Dir: Jaume Collet-Serra With: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January JonesDrama | Mystery | Thriller 113 mins. | 68,838 |
| 14. |  | Paul (2011) Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.Dir: Greg Mottola With: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth RogenAdventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi 104 mins. | 63,184 |
| 15. |  | Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a new-found friend Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.Dir: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa With: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne MooreComedy | Drama | Romance 118 mins. | 62,158 |
| 16. |  | Hanna (2011) A 16-year-old who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.Dir: Joe Wright With: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric BanaAction | Mystery | Thriller 111 mins. | 56,203 |
| 17. |  | Bridesmaids (2011) Competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.Dir: Paul Feig With: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose ByrneComedy | Romance 125 mins. | 56,088 |
| 18. |  | Rango (2011) Rango is an ordinary chameleon who accidentally winds up in the town of Dirt, a lawless outpost in the Wild West in desperate need of a new sheriff.Dir: Gore Verbinski With: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy OlyphantAnimation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Western  107 mins. | 54,696 |
| 19. |  | Midnight in Paris (2011) A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.Dir: Woody Allen With: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy BatesComedy | Fantasy | Romance 94 mins. | 49,095 |
| 20. |  | The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) A sleazy defense attorney has a crisis of conscience when he represents a wealthy client who has a foolproof plan to beat the system.Dir: Brad Furman With: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan PhillippeCrime | Drama | Thriller 118 mins. | 44,210 |
| 21. |  | Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon.Dir: Jennifer Yuh Nelson With: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie ChanAnimation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family 91 mins. | 43,716 |
| 22. |  | Rio (2011) When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.Dir: Carlos Saldanha With: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George LopezAnimation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical  96 mins. | 42,116 |
| 23. |  | The Tree of Life (2011) The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.Dir: Terrence Malick With: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica ChastainDrama 139 mins. | 41,223 |
| 24. |  | Contagion (2011) A thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak.Dir: Steven Soderbergh With: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude LawDrama | Thriller 106 mins. | 30,907 |
| 25. |  | Real Steel (2011) Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.Dir: Shawn Levy With: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota GoyoAction | Drama | Sci-Fi | Sport 127 mins. | 28,304 |
| 26. |  | Water for Elephants (2011) A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.Dir: Francis Lawrence With: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph WaltzDrama | Romance 120 mins. | 27,313 |
| 27. |  | Warrior (2011) The youngest son (Hardy) of an alcoholic former boxer (Nolte) returns home, where he's trained by his...Dir: Gavin O'Connor With: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel EdgertonAction | Drama | Sport 140 mins. | 26,833 |
| 28. |  | The Help (2011) An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960's decides to write a book detailing the African-American maid's point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.Dir: Tate Taylor With: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia SpencerDrama 146 mins. | 26,611 |
| 29. |  | Melancholia (2011) Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide into the Earth.Dir: Lars von Trier With: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer SutherlandDrama | Sci-Fi 136 mins. | 26,197 |
| 30. |  | The Adventures of Tintin (2011) Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. But someone else is in search of the ship.Dir: Steven Spielberg With: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel CraigAnimation | Action | Adventure | Family | Mystery 107 mins. | 22,532 |
| 31. |  | 50/50 (2011) Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.Dir: Jonathan Levine With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna KendrickComedy | Drama 100 mins. | 21,353 |
| 32. |  | A Separation (2011) A married couple are faced with a difficult decision, to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimers.Dir: Asghar Farhadi With: Peyman Maadi, Leila Hatami, Sareh BayatDrama 120 mins. | 20,361 |
| 33. |  | Moneyball (2011) The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.Dir: Bennett Miller With: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah HillBiography | Drama | Sport 133 mins. | 19,296 |
| 34. |  | The Ides of March (2011) An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.Dir: George Clooney With: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour HoffmanDrama 101 mins. | 15,428 |
| 35. |  | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name.Dir: Brad Bird With: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon PeggAction | Adventure | Thriller 133 mins. | 12,829 |
| 36. |  | Win Win (2011) A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he's double-crossed comes into his life.Dir: Thomas McCarthy With: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey TamborComedy | Drama 106 mins. | 12,655 |
| 37. |  | The Guard (2011) An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.Dir: John Michael McDonagh With: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark StrongComedy | Crime | Thriller 96 mins. | 12,227 |
| 38. |  | Jane Eyre (2011) A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.Dir: Cary Joji Fukunaga With: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie BellDrama | Romance 120 mins. | 12,169 |
| 39. |  | The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) Four socially troubled 18-year-olds from the south of England go on holiday to Malia.Dir: Ben Palmer With: James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe ThomasComedy97 mins. | 11,555 |
| 40. |  | Margin Call (2011) A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.Dir: J.C. Chandor With: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin SpaceyDrama | Thriller 107 mins. | 11,277 |
| 41. |  | Hugo (2011) Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.Dir: Martin Scorsese With: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher LeeAdventure | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Mystery 126 mins. | 11,177 |
| 42. |  | The Skin I Live In (2011) A brilliant plastic surgeon, haunted by past tragedies, creates a type of synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.Dir: Pedro Almodóvar With: Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan CornetDrama | Thriller 117 mins. | 10,912 |
| 43. |  | Another Earth (2011) On the night of the discovery of a duplicate planet in the solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.Dir: Mike Cahill With: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee ErlbachDrama | Sci-Fi 92 mins. | 10,014 |
| 44. |  | Puss in Boots (2011) A story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends.Dir: Chris Miller With: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach GalifianakisAdventure | Animation | Comedy | Fantasy 90 mins. | 9,698 |
| 45. |  | The Muppets (2011) With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon.Dir: James Bobin With: Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris CooperComedy | Family | Musical 103 mins. | 9,662 |
| 46. |  | The Devil's Double (2011) A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.Dir: Lee Tamahori With: Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad RawiBiography | Drama 109 mins. | 9,433 |
| 47. |  | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.Dir: Guy Ritchie With: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared HarrisAction | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller 129 mins. | 9,208 |
| 48. |  | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.Dir: Tomas Alfredson With: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom HardyThriller 127 mins. | 6,814 |
| 49. |  | Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011 Documentary) A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic...Dir: Peter Joseph With: Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor MateDocumentary201 mins. | 6,692 |
| 50. |  | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) Three friends decide to turn their fantasy vacation into reality after one of their number becomes engaged.Dir: Zoya Akhtar With: Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol, Farhan AkhtarAdventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance155 mins. | 6,083 |
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Top 50 Movies of the year 2011
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