Critically acclaimed movies of 2011

Rango(2011)

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Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 81

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.



Shame(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A man's carefully cultivated private life is disrupted when his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.



War Horse(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 80

Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.



A Dangerous Method(2011)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.



The Deep Blue Sea(2011)

Combined Rating:
75
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.



Captain America: The First Avenger(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization.



Rise of the Planet of the Apes(2011)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives rise to a super-intelligent chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.



Jane Eyre(2011)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he's hiding a terrible secret.



Margin Call(2011)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.



50/50(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

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.



Attack the Block(2011)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.



Win Win(2011)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.



Crazy, Stupid, Love.(2011)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 78

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 newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.



The Adventures of Tintin(2011)

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Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.



The Ides of March(2011)

Combined Rating:
84
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An idealistic staffer for a new presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.



Bernie(2011)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 78

In small-town Texas, an affable mortician strikes up a friendship with a wealthy widow, though when she starts to become controlling, he goes to great lengths to separate himself from her grasp.



Young Adult(2011)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend, who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.



The Guard(2011)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 78

An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is partnered with an up-tight F.B.I. agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring.



Monsieur Lazhar(2011)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 78

At a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.



We Need to Talk About Kevin(2011)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 77

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.




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