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GGtMC – Best films of 2011

You listen to The Gentlemen’s Guide to Midnite Cinema right? Of course you do. Anyone who doesn’t is a monster; a soulless damaged husk of a human being, a gibbering shadow, less than a man, a mere beast.  Well, the gentlement have just put out their highly anticipated episode listing their favourite films of 2011.  Go and listen to it now, then come back here.

OK, now you’ve heard the episode, go and donate all your spare cash to their kickstarter page.

Now , mostly for my own reference, is the list of films they chose.

Big Willy’s Top 30

# Title Director Stars
30 Swordsmen (Wu Xia) Peter Chan Kara Hui, Wu Jiang, Takeshi Kaneshiro
29 Certified Copy (Copie conforme) Abbas Kiarostami Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière
28 Attack the Block Joe Cornish John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail
27 These Amazing Shadows Paul Mariano, Kurt Norton Jeff Adachi, James H. Billington, Robin Blaetz
26 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
(Tropa de Elite 2 – O Inimigo Agora É Outro)
José Padilha Wagner Moura, Irandhir Santos, André Ramiro
25 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest Michael Rapaport Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad
24 Take Shelter Jeff Nichols Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
23 The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae) Hong-jin Na Jung-woo Ha, Yun-seok Kim, Seong-Ha Cho
22 Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano
21 Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan
20 You’re Next Adam Wingard Sharni Vinson, Ti West, Barbara Crampton
19 Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ Chad Schaffler Jim Blake, Jerry Calhoun, Guy Coffey
18 Le quattro volte Michelangelo Frammartino Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano
17 Bullhead (Rundskop) Michael R. Roskam Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy
16 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy
15 Black Bread Agustí Villaronga Francesc Colomer, Marina Comas, Nora Navas
14 Hugo Martin Scorsese Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee
13 Moneyball Bennett Miller Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill
12 The Last Ronin (Saigo no chuushingura) Shigemichi Sugita Jun Fubuki, Masatô Ibu, Nizaemon Kataoka
11 Snowtown Justin Kurzel Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris
10 Kill List Ben Wheatley Neil Maskell, MyAnna Buring, Harry Simpson
9 The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Göran Olsson Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale
8 Nostalgia for the Light Patricio Guzmán Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez
7 We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay) Jorge Michel Grau Francisco Barreiro, Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas
6 The Skin I Live In Pedro Almodóvar Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet
5 Drive Nicolas Winding Refn Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
4 Biutiful Alejandro González Iñárritu Javier Bardem, Maricel Álvarez, Hanaa Bouchaib
3 Senna Asif Kapadia Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams
2 Incendies Denis Villeneuve Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette
1 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain

Honourable Mentions:
Villain, A Separation, Boy With a Bike, Steak land, Submarine

The Samurai’s Top 30

# Title Director Stars
30 Beautiful Boy Shawn Ku Michael Sheen, Maria Bello, Kyle Gallner
29 The Last Mountain Bill Haney Susan Bird, Don Blankenship, Ron Burris
28 The Devil’s Double Lee Tamahori Dominic Cooper, Ludivine Sagnier, Raad Rawi
27 Melancholia Lars von Trier Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
26 Hugo Martin Scorsese Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee
25 Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes
24 Buck Cindy Meehl Buck Brannaman, Robert Redford
23 50/50 Jonathan Levine Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick
22 Midnight in Paris Woody Allen Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
21 Hanna Joe Wright Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana
20 Beginners Mike Mills Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent
19 Catching Hell Alex Gibney Moises Alou, Steve Bartman, Bill Buckner
18 We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hay) Jorge Michel Grau Francisco Barreiro, Adrián Aguirre, Miriam Balderas
17 The Trip Michael Winterbottom Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Paul Popplewell
16 Win Win Thomas McCarthy Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor
15 The Tree of Life Terrence Malick Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
14 Stake Land Jim Mickle Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis
13 Warrior Gavin O’Connor Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
12 Memphis Heat: The True Story of Memphis Wrasslin’ Chad Schaffler Jim Blake, Jerry Calhoun, Guy Coffey
11 Rango Gore Verbinski Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Timothy Olyphant
10 Snowtown Justin Kurzel Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris
9 Senna Asif Kapadia Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Frank Williams
8 Tyrannosaur Paddy Considine Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan
7 Take Shelter Jeff Nichols Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
6 Moneyball Bennett Miller Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill
5 Attack the Block Joe Cornish John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail
4 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Tomas Alfredson Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy
3 Drive Nicolas Winding Refn Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
2 The Skin I Live In Pedro Almodóvar Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Jan Cornet
1 Eurocrime! The Italian Cop, Gangster Films That Ruled the ’70s Mike Malloy Franco Nero, John Saxon, Fred Williamson

Honourable Mentions:
Tron Legacy, A Better Life, Super 8, Shaolin, Contagion, Kill List, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Hobo With a Shotgun, Rubber, Trust, Kidnapped

Adiós!

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