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Indiewire elabora el top con lo mejor de 2011 a partir de las valoraciones de sus críticos, periodistas y escritores a los que se les ha pedido voto.
MEJOR PELÍCULA 1. The Tree of Life
2. Melancholia
3. A Separation
4. Drive
5. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
6. Certified Copy
7. Mysteries of Lisbon
8. Hugo
9. Margaret
10. Meek's Cutoff
MEJOR DIRECTOR1. Terrence Malick "The Tree of Life"
2. Lars von Trier "Melancholia" y Martin Scorsese "Hugo"
3. Nicolas Winding Refn "Drive"
4. Raul Ruiz "Mysteries of Lisbon"
5. Kelly Reichart "Meek's Cutoff"
6. Asghar Farhadi "A Separation", Jean-Luc Godard "Film Socialism" y Steve McQueen "Shame"
7. Abbas Kiarostami "Certified Copy", David Cronenberg "A Dangerous Method", Lynne Ramsay "We Need to Talk About Kevin", Michel Hazanavicius "The Artist"
8. Apichatpong Weerasethakul "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"
9. Alexander Payne "The Descendants", David Fincher "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", Jeff Nichols "Take Shelter", Lee Chang-dong "Poetry" y Tomas Alfredson "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
10. Lu Chuan "City of Life and Death", Mike Mills "Beginners", Patricio Guzmán "Nostalgia de Luz", Roman Polanski "Carnage" y Wim Wenders "Pina"
MEJOR ACTOR/ACTRIZ1. Michael Fassbender "Shame" y Michael Shannon "Take Shelter"
2. Anna Paquin "Margaret"
3. Juliette Binoche "Certified Copy"
4. Yun Jeong-hee "Poetry"
5. Kirsten Dunst "Melancholia"
6. Elizabeth Olsen "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
7. Tilda Swinton "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
8. Jean Dujardin "The Artist"
9. Charlize Theron "Young Adult"
10. George Clooney "The Descendants"
MEJOR ACTOR/ACTRIZ DE REPARTO1. Christopher Plummer "Beginners"
2. Albert Brooks "Drive"
3. Jeannie Berlin "Margaret"
4. Jessica Chastain "Take Shelter"
5. Viggo Mortensen "A Dangerous Method"
6. Carey Mulligan "Shame"
7. Shailene Woodley "The Descendants"
8. Melissa McCarthy "Bridesmaids"
9. John Hawkes "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
10. J. Smith Cameron "Margaret"
MEJOR GUIÓN 1. "A Separation"
2. "Margaret"
3. "Moneyball"
4. "Young Adult"
5. "A Dangerous Method", "Certified Copy" y "Mysteries of Lisbon"
6. "Weekend"
7. "Take Shelter", "The Descendants" y "We Need to Talk About Kevin"
8. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
9. "Extraordinary Stories", "Midnight in Paris" y ""Poetry"
10. "50/50", "Margin Call", "Meek's Cutoff", "Terri", ""The Future", ""The Guard", "The Tree of Life"
MEJOR REPARTO1. "Margaret"
2. "Bridesmaids"
3. "A Separation" y "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
4. "Margin Call"
5. "House of Pleasures", "Melancholia", "Midnight in Paris", "The Descendants"
6. "Carnage", "Drive", "Meek's Cutoff"
7. "A Dangerous Method", "Mysteries of Lisbon", "Win Win"
8. "Contagion", "Le Havre", "Of Gods and Men", "The Arbor, "The Artist"
MEJOR FOTOGRAFÍA1. "The Tree of Life"
2. "Hugo"
3. "Drive" y "Melancholia"
4. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
5. "Meek's Cutoff"
6. "Film Socialism", "House of Pleasures", "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
7. "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"
8. "Mysteries of Lisbon" y "Pina"
MEJOR OPERA PRIMA1. "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
2. "Margin Call"
3. "Attack the Block"
4. "Bellflower"
5. "Pariah"
6. "The Arbor"
7. "Another Earth", "In the Family" y "You All Are Captains"
8. "Circumstance", "Coriolanus", "Extraordinary Stories", "Submarine" y "Viva Riva"