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Exclusive: Quentin Tarantino’s favorite films of 2011

Posted on 14 January 2012 in Exclusives, Featured, Frontpage news by Sebastian 275 Comments
Midnight in Paris

Last year we posted something that almost crashed our servers and caused huge ripples around the internet: Quentin Tarantino‘s list of his favorite films of 2010 (click here to read). There were some controversial choices and some omissions in the opinions of a lot of commenters, and the discussions were very active. Even earlier, during his filming of Inglourious Basterds he let us have lists of his top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns (click here to read) and exploitation films (click here to read), and now that the new year is upon us, we have been receiving some emails whether Q will once more come down from the mountain he is currently climbing like Moses and bestow his judgement upon last years cinematic works. He is currently out and about filming his new movie Django Unchained, with Jamie Foxx, Leo DiCaprio and a whole ensemble cast of amazing actors, to bring it to theaters before the end of the year, just in time for christmas. And you know what… here it is, Quentin Tarantino’s list of favorite movies last year, just in time for the awards season.

But hold! This time it is an official Top 11 (12 to be exact, it includes one tie), and there are some goodies attached below! This is now a full awards show ladies and gents, there are some other categories, some best director and writer awards in there as well. Santa brought a whole bag! Special Thanks to Quentin for taking some time off and compiling this list!

The Quentin Tarantino Archives is proud to present….

Quentin Tarantino’s official Top Eleven of 2011

Red State1. Midnight In Paris
2. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
3. Moneyball
4. The Skin I Live In
5. X-Men: First Class
6. Young Adult
7. Attack The Block
8. Red State
9. Warrior
10. The Artist / Our Idiot Brother (tie)
11. The Three Musketeers

Others he liked (no particular order)

50/50
Beginners
Hugo
The Iron Lady
Carnage
Green Hornet
Green Lantern
Captain America
The Descendants
My Week With Marilyn
Fast Five
Tree Of Life
The Hangover Part II
Mission Impossible 4
The Beaver
Contagion
The Sitter
War Horse

Nice Try Award

Drive
Hannah
Drive Angry
Real Steel

Best Director

Pedro Almodovar
Bennett Miller
Woody Allen
Jason Reitman
Michel Hazanavicius

Best Original Screenplay

Midnight In Paris
Young Adult
Red State
Attack The Block
Our Idiot Brother
Beginners

Best Adapted Screenplay

Moneyball
The Skin I live In
Carnage
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Hugo
X-Men: First Class

That concludes this year’s Tarantino awards! Fire away in the comments below, does Quentin’s list match your own? Personally, I loved Midnight in Paris, I left the theater totally dazzled, what an amazing movie, I am happy he thinks the same way. Make sure you also follow us on our social media channels, and dive into the Community to exchange with other fans. We’ll be back with more Django news shortly (some also posted on Facebook and the likes). Happy New Year you Basterds!

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  • Lol

    All hail rob, king of the self-righteous 

  • Lol

    It is a movie that has already been made, and didn’t need to be remade.

  • Lol

    You’re a load of trash.

  • Lol

    lolwut. Trantino has never made a film worse than Drive. Drive was horrible. 

  • Lol

    Are you serious? I can’t tell if you’re joking, or just stupid.

  • Lol

    It definitely was not a second viewing of Sucker Punch. That movie was truly terrible.

  • Lol

    You must be joking. The pacing was actually what destroyed this movie. It was forced, inorganic, senseless and took away from the movie experience.

  • Lol

    Wrong. Worst film since 2000.

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  • guest

    i think melancholia deserves a spot on the ‘nice try’ list, but i disagree with drive being ‘poorly paced,’ as everyone keeps putting it. i loved it as a whole, it was definitely a package deal. also, why would anyone say quentin hasn’t made a good film in the last ten years? that’s clearly overlooking inglourious basterds!

  • REvan

    You didn’t exactly refute his claims now did you? Although the idea of movies getting “accolades” because they are “art house” projects is funny. It’s like movies are made for the sole purpose of winning awards. It’s not about myth building or story telling (whether good story telling or not.) It’s all about bringing home the trophy.

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  • B4070416

    don’t be like that

  • Patricio

    For me, Midnight in Paris was like “A Night at the Museum” for snob people, I liked it, but I thought it was way overrated.

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  • Kikistal9967

    Good to see Rise of the Planet of the Apes high on the list.

  • Asdh34

    You’re a trophy. 

    Hmmm… Didn’t work as well that time…

  • Guest

    Wrong. Best film since 1891.

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  • mindful jedi

    this is a list of movies quentin likes it doesnt mean that they are bad or good. its like when you watch a movie and you know its a good movie but you just didnt like it.

  • Rob

    Jon

    First, I am not ” offended” by his choices. As I stated in previous post, with someone as knowledgeable about films based on his interviews, writing and own films, Tarantino’s choices are disappointing. Maybe you and others need to see more films that got released this year to get a better idea of the quality of films that came out.

    Second, I’m not argue about the technological advances that have ocurred over the last couple of years which allow certain people with such capabilities to access

  • Lou-UK

    Drive for “nice try” WHAT!?! that film was awesome! I need to speak some sense into the guy about that….lol 

  • Lou-UK

    shame The Guard did not make the list – I thoroughly enjoyed it :) but we are all entitled to our opinions I guess

  • King Hero

    what is with the f****** asian movies Quentin ??

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  • Anonymous

    How is Bellflower not on his list? He must not have seen it.

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  • http://twitter.com/Natan_Cohen Natan Cohen

    We matched in the top 11, and the “others he liked” too, (exept for a few)…. I loved the Woddy Allen Script too. 

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  • Birgulcan

    no no no !!!! hollywood is dead .. asian directors are making great movies.Im not watching hollywood movies anymore…..

  • Terryjackson1nyc

    The pacing was steady throughout. It told a simple story in a simple way. There was nothing awful about it. It was confident.

  • Terryjackson1nyc

    The point of that song’s use and placement is to say that he is a human being. It is to say that he is complicated, even though he is stoic. There is nothing heroic about anything that he does; his actions are merely those of someone with few options trying his best to take care of people he doesn’t even know well at all because he knows these people are decent. We have no idea what his name is or what has happened to him to make him shut down emotionally, but we know that he is flawed. He has ideas about what is right and wrong and he acts on them. That isn’t what a hero does; that is what a person does. 

    Ryan Gosling is the most promising actor of his generation. He has never given a bad performance. He was excellent in each of his three big releases this year (which included Ides of March and Crazy, Stupid, Love).

  • Terryjackson1nyc

    Not everyone. And, again, taste is subjective.

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  • stephan boxie

    um, tree of life was the film of the year, but midnight in paris was the second ( i think “a nice try” list is condescending, luv tarantino’s work tho)

  • paddy fairfax

    Poor quentin, doesn’t have an ounce of the visual talent to make a film like drive, still good to see him support films like attack the block and the artist

  • Corey

    I’m glad to see that Our Idiot Brother made the top ten. Surprised not to see any mention of Rango, though.

  • Mcclaine

    Drive is sooooooooooooo overrated… Nice photography, that’s all.

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  • AlexDeLarge

    Guest, you sir, are a moron.

  • AlexDeLarge

    Nice try to Drive and Hannah?…that’s a travesty. I’ll admit, some of Mr. Tarantino’s own films were well done and that he has considerable talent as a director. That being said, I think that his talent as a film critic leaves something to be desired. It appears that he has been bitten by the jealousy bug. Drive and Hannah were two of the most original and praiseworthy films of the year. Shame on you Quentin.

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  • Quentin not Tarantino

    As Frenchman My heart belongs to “the artist” but i loved “Omar m’a tuer” an other french movie ;-)

  • Ben

    No mention of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil?  Preposterous!!!!

  • Guest

    I CANT BELIEVE TARANTINO WOULD HAVE THE LIP TO SAY DRIVE WAS A ‘NICE TRY’ WHEN HE KNOWS HE HASNT MADE A GOOD FILM SINCE JACKIE BROWN

  • Guillaumebouillon

    Wow. And I thought Tarantino was a movie connoisseur. He doesn’t age well.

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