Christopher Rosen's Favorite Movies of 2011: 'Harry Potter,' 'Midnight in Paris,' 'The Artist' and 'Moneyball'

The conclusion of year is all about one factor: lists! Ahead, the most popular 11 movies of 2011, from Harry Potter to Billy Beane. Apologies in advance just in case your fave didn't increase the risk for cut! 11. 'Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows Part 2' The Harry Potter films were more often than not disappointing, but both regions of the 'Deathly Hallows' were great movies rather than live-action book bloodstream pressure dimensions. Everything ended ... well. Also, R.I.P. Snape. 10. 'Midnight in Paris' Reasons 'Midnight in Paris' is hella charming: Owen Wilson's non-Woodsy Allen impersonation (very hard task searching for you, Will Ferrell, Kenneth Branagh, Josh Brolin, Scarlett Johansson), everything Corey Stoll states as Ernest Hemingway, Alison Pill's Zelda Fitzgerald, Marion Cotillard. Reasons it is not: Rachel McAdams. Charming wins! Easily among Woody's least heavy and several enjoyable films shortly. 9. 'War Horse' Be brave. 'War Equine,' Steven Spielberg's latest epic, complements a psychological ringer -- also to the advantage -- before suggesting that hope can spring forth within the pitch-dark places in the world. Using the youthful adult novel by Michael Morpurgo (and modified for your screen by Richard Curtis and Lee Hall), 'War Horse' is often as wordless as fellow Best Picture contender 'The Artist.' Such as the film is told from the objective of take a look at Joey the equine -- from his upbringing while using Narracot family (Jeremy Irvine, Peter Mullan and Emily Watson, offering up sturdy, 19 fifties-era performances) to his first encounters using the First World War (don't blink or you'll miss Tom Hiddleston since the kindest soldier ever). Unabashedly schmaltzy, 'War Horse' can be a throwback to an occasion when people reserve their versions for your greater good. This Season, that idea is quaint possibly 'War Horse' may help help help remind everyone that quaint isn't necessarily bad. 8. 'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo' In the event you needed any proof about the value of the director inside the filmmaking process, cast your gaze toward 'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo,' which David Fincher transforms in the stock thriller into something much more. Part of that's because of his success with stars. Since the titular inked female, Rooney Mara becomes an instantaneous star by getting an legendary performance as Lisbeth Salander. As her cohort, disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist, Difficulties provides needed stability, whilst getting more fun than he ever seems to inside the Jason Bourne films. Due to Fincher's expert technique, 'The Girl While using Dragon Tattoo' might be the mainstream movie of year ... for grownups. No small task, that certain provides round the hype. 7. 'Warrior' You almost certainly didn't see 'Warrior,' the shame since it was among 2011's most psychologically satisfying products of adult drama. The story of two estranged brothers and sisters (Joel Edgerton and Tom Sturdy) who meet inside the octagon-created ring from the ufc -- a log line which certainly provides ample opportunity for schmaltz -- 'Warrior' plays things getting a detailed-to-the-vest honesty that handful of 2011 releases even attempted. Edgerton and Sturdy are outstanding as two sides of the gold gold coin, while Nick Nolte, their alcoholic and formerly abusive father, steals his moments while using gusto from the guy gunning with an Oscar nomination. In the just world, Nolte, Sturdy and author/director Gavin O'Connor would get some good Academy recognition for 'Warrior' sadly, as 'Warrior' proves in content and reception, the earth isn't necessarily just. 6. '50/50' The best bromantic cancer comedy ever? Possibly! '50/50' can be a near impossible sell -- can you wanna spend two several hours watching a young guy endure his cancer diagnosis? -- but people who needed the chance were paid out getting an interesting and honest film about associations and the way people deal with illness. Demerits for Bryce Dallas Howard's one-note lady villain are balanced through the bonuses acquired by "Yellow Ledbetter" being selected since the film's closing music signal. 5. 'Young Adult' The non-feel-good movie of 2011. Written with welcome vitriol by Diablo Cody and directed, remarkably, without any cloying pretense by Jason Reitman, 'Young Adult' focuses on Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron), a busted YA author who wallows in booze, Diet Coke, one-evening stands as well as the idea she's still destined for your greatness that her high-school years as Full Bee guaranteed. Mavis is self-destructive and mostly awful, however, you will sympathise along with her sometimes ultimately, who not harbor anticipation for "greater than this"? Well, maybe one person: Matt Freehauf (Patton Oswalt), a vintage high-school classmate of Mavis which has extended closed off his heart to just a his lot around. The bond that forms between Mavis and Matt comprises nearly all this anti-romcom, and hurtles 'Young Adult' toward its unwavering climax. This is often a movie that basically should not are actually managed to get was -- that Mavis, as around the face unlikable a lead character as has embellished the screen shortly, can be obtained -- is great news for audiences. Also, not so great, since 'Young Adult' can make you request some harsh queries about yourself during your search inside the mirror. 4. 'Beginners' Or, a sum happen if Wes Anderson and Woodsy Allen stood a baby? 'Beginners,' director Mike Mills's second feature following 'Thumbsucker,' might be the indie naval-gazer that people that don't like indie naval-gazers will enjoy. In regards to the changing relationship from the father and boy (Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor) following a elder guy arrives as homosexual at 75 (Mills based the film, simply, by themself existence), 'Beginners' squeezes a good deal into its 100 minute running-time: love, loss, commitment-fear, Woodsy Allen-like jazz music, together with your dog that talks in subtitles. A buffet of mish-mashed emotion, the film never strays off course, due to some deft sleight-of-hands by Mills and also the amazing cast. Plummer is becoming deserved Oscar buzz for his role since the recently out Hal, but it's Ewan McGregor who drives 'Beginners' along with his sad-sack lost-boy performance. 3. 'The Artist' It's a gimmick film, that's true. And within reach of a less-gifted creative group than director Michel Hazanvicius and stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, 'The Artist' would most likely be an intolerable twee exercise that hipsters, real and faux, embrace as a bit of old-school awesome. Exactly why is Hazanavicius's quiet black-and-white-colored curio exceed that fray? At its core, 'The Artist' is among the evolution of society in the fee for your old guard. It's a poignant indication the very best dogs won't constantly be on top, but that doesn't mean we have to discard all of them with no care or concern. (Especially Uggie.) Every year of feel-good movies, 'The Artist' is amongst the feel-good-y it's also one of the better -- despite just what the growing cacophony of haters might have you believe. 2. 'Crazy Stupid Love' Certainly, the romantic comedy of year -- potentially years. Buoyed having a winning cast (Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore), 'Crazy Stupid Love' doesn't make an effort to reinvent the rom-com wheel rather, it revels inside the genre cliches, yet feels new by remembering that people desire to fall deeply deeply in love with figures. The final results are enjoyable beyond belief. Credit for 'Crazy Stupid Love' visits company company directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (for doing their utmost James L. Brooks impersonation), film author Serta Fogelman (for doing his best Cameron Crowe impersonation), together with the enjoyable cast. For Gosling completists, this might be his ultimate performance -- a charm offensive including many moments in the Gos, sans shirt. Hey, girl, indeed. 1. 'Moneyball' You actually can't call 'Moneyball' a home run. Not as it is this kind of hack pun connected using the premise of Bennett Miller's adaptation of Michael Lewis's seminal book about how precisely record analysis changed baseball forever, but because 'Moneyball' isn't about home runs. It comes down lower towards the small things. This is often a movie which includes a montage devoted to taking pitches for goodness sake. Oh, sure: there's a bit of on-area gallantry inside the third act, but even that's fleeting ultimately, it takes place in September through the standard season instead of October as well as the World Series. This can be baseball since it has not been described onscreen before: 'Moneyball' is full of small failures, small accomplishments, and doesn't conclude getting a trophy. Kaira Pitt can get the role of his existence as Billy Beane -- his golden hair and golden-er skin recalls a far more youthful Robert Redford -- nevertheless the real surprise in the cast is Jonah Hill as Pitt's onscreen apprentice. The most effective baseball movie ever, as well as the best movie of 2011 in 'Moneyball' terms, it's a lot better than a home run -- it'll access it base. [Photo: The brand new the new sony] The Most Effective Movies of 2011 The Most Effective Movies of 201150. 'Breaking Beginning཭. 'Transformers: Dark in the Moonཬ. 'The Tripཫ. 'Warriorཪ. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreamsཀྵ. 'The Iron Ladyཨ. 'We Bought a Zooཧ. 'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocolས. 'Horrible Bossesཥ. 'Contagionཤ. 'Winnie the Poohལ. 'Win Winཡ. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spyར. 'Hannaའ. 'Extremely Noisy and very Closeཟ. 'The Interruptersཞ. 'Crazy, Stupid, Loveཝ. 'The Guardཛྷ. 'Captain America: The Initial Avengerཛ. 'The Ides of Marchཚ. 'Beginnersཙ. 'Martha Marcy May Marleneམ. 'A Dangerous Methodབྷ. 'The Adventures of Tintinབ. 'Bill Cunningham NYཕ. 'We Need to Discuss Kevinཔ. 'Young Adultན. 'My Week With Marilynདྷ. 'Margin Callད. 'X-Males: Top Qualityཐ. 'Attack the Blockཏ. 'Shameཎ. 'Super 8ཌྷ. 'Melancholiaཌ. 'The Muppetsཋ. 'Rise in the Planet in the Apesཊ. 'Tree of Existenceཉ. 'Rango཈. 'The Helpཇ. 'Moneyballཆ. ཮/50Ə. 'DriveƎ. 'The Girl While using Dragon Tattooƍ. 'Harry Potter as well as the Deathly Hallows, Part IIƌ. 'Midnight in ParisƋ. 'BridesmaidsƊ. 'The DescendantsƉ. 'War Equineƈ. 'The ArtistƇ. 'Hugo' See All Moviefone Galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook