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The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 27 sequels released.[1]

Evaluation of the year

Richard Brody of The New Yorker observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely".[2] Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of RogerEbert.com considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as Drive, The Tree of Life, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Keyhole, Contagion, The Adventures of Tintin, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He stated that "2011 housed not just some of the greatest art films of our age, but a revolution in the language of blockbuster filmmaking. One big-budget action film after another used digital cameras to show the world behind explosions in starker, stranger light, while constructing a backbone of classical ideas and images."[3]

Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2011 by worldwide gross are as follows:[4]

Highest-grossing films of 2011
RankTitleDistributorWorldwide gross
1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Warner Bros. $1,341,511,219
2 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Paramount $1,123,794,079
3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Disney $1,045,713,802
4 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 Summit $712,205,856
5 Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Paramount $694,713,380
6 Kung Fu Panda 2 $665,692,281
7 Fast Five Universal $626,137,675
8 The Hangover Part II Warner Bros. $586,764,305
9 The Smurfs Sony $563,749,323
10 Cars 2 Disney $559,852,396

Box office records

2011 was the first year when three films grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, surpassing the previous year's record of two films and also the first time when at least 10 films grossed more than $500 million worldwide (in 11th and 12th place, Puss in Boots and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows also earned over $500 million making it twelve films to do so)

Events

Awards

Category/Organization17th Critics' Choice Awards
January 12, 2012
69th Golden Globe Awards
January 15, 2012
Producers, Directors, Screen Actors, and Writers Guild Awards65th BAFTA Awards
February 12, 2012
84th Academy Awards
February 26, 2012
DramaMusical or Comedy
Best FilmThe ArtistThe DescendantsThe Artist
Best DirectorMichel Hazanavicius
The Artist
Martin Scorsese
Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist
Best ActorGeorge Clooney
The Descendants
Jean Dujardin
The Artist
Best ActressViola Davis
The Help
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams
My Week with Marilyn
Viola Davis
The Help
Meryl Streep
The Iron Lady
Best Supporting ActorChristopher Plummer
Beginners
Best Supporting ActressOctavia Spencer
The Help
Best Screenplay, AdaptedSteven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Moneyball
Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
The Descendants
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
The Descendants
Best Screenplay, OriginalWoody Allen
Midnight in Paris
Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris
Michel Hazanavicius
The Artist
Woody Allen
Midnight in Paris
Best Animated FilmRangoThe Adventures of TintinRango
Best Original ScoreThe Artist
Ludovic Bource
The Artist
Ludovic Bource
Best Original Song"Life's a Happy Song"
The Muppets
"Masterpiece"
W.E.
"Man or Muppet"
The Muppets
Best Foreign Language FilmA SeparationThe Skin I Live InA Separation
Best DocumentaryGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material WorldBeats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called QuestSennaUndefeated

2011 films

The list of films released in 2011, arranged by country, are as follows:

Births

Deaths

MonthDateNameAgeCountryProfessionNotable films
January 2Anne Francis80USActress
2Pete Postlethwaite64UKActor
2Miriam Seegar103USActress
2Patricia Smith80USActress
2Margot Stevenson98USActress
3Jill Haworth65UKActress
3Yosef Shiloach69IranActor
9Peter Yates81UKDirector
11David Nelson74USActor
15Susannah York72UKActress
16Paul Picerni88USActor
16Juan Piquer Simón75SpainDirector
20Bruce Gordon94USActor
21Theoni V. Aldredge82GreeceCostume Designer
24Bernd Eichinger61GermanyProducer, Screenwriter
26María Mercader92SpainActress
26Mario Scaccia91ItalyActor
27Charlie Callas83USActor
30John Barry77UKComposer
31Michael Tolan86USActor
February 2Margaret John84UKActress
3Maria Schneider58FranceActress
4Fred Hole75UKArt Director
4Tura Satana72JapanActress
5Donald Peterman79USCinematographer
10Bill Justice97USAnimator
11Myrna Dell86USActress
12Betty Garrett91USActress, Dancer, Singer
12Kenneth Mars75USActor
13Larry Holden49USActor
13T. P. McKenna81IrelandActor
14David F. Friedman87USProducer
16Alfred Burke92UKActor
16Len Lesser88USActor
17Perry Moore39USProducer, Director
18Walter Seltzer96USProducer
20Raphaël Bretton91FranceSet Decorator
26Greg Goossen65USActor
27Gary Winick49USDirector, Producer
28Annie Girardot79FranceActress
28Nick LaTour84USActor
28Jane Russell89USActress
March 4Charles Jarrott83UKDirector
11Hugh Martin96USComposer
17Michael Gough94UKActor
18Enzo Cannavale82ItalyActor
21Joe Wizan76USProducer
22Helen Stenborg86USActress
23Elizabeth Taylor79UKActress
27Farley Granger85USActor
April 2Bill Varney77USSound Engineer
3Kevin Jarre56USScreenwriter
4Wayne Robson64CanadaActor
6Skip O'Brien60USActor
9Sidney Lumet86USDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
11Angela Scoular65UKActress
14Trevor Bannister76UKActor
17Michael Sarrazin70CanadaActor
23Terence Longdon88UKActor
24Marie-France Pisier66FranceActress
28William Campbell87USActor
May 3Jackie Cooper88USActor, Director
4Mary Murphy80USActress
5Arthur Laurents93USScreenwriter
5Dana Wynter79GermanyActress
8Hilton Rosemarin58CanadaSet Decorator
9Dolores Fuller88USActress
15Barbara Stuart76USActress
16Edward Hardwicke78UKActor
20Randy Savage58USActor
21David J. Hudson67USSound Engineer
21Bill Hunter71AustraliaActor
22Joseph Brooks73USDirector, Screenwriter, Songwriter
22Gimel Everett60USProducer, Screenwriter
27Jeff Conaway60USActor
30Clarice Taylor93USActress
June 3James Arness88USActor
3Pat Jackson95UKDirector
3Miriam Karlin85UKActress
6John Boswall91UKActor
7Jorge Semprún87SpainScreenwriter
7Leonard B. Stern87USScreenwriter, Director
8John Mackenzie83UKDirector
11Gunnar Fischer100SwedenCinematographer
12Laura Ziskin61USProducer
14Badi Uzzaman72IndiaActor
19Joel Simon60USProducer
20Ryan Dunn34USActor
22David Rayfiel87USScreenwriter
23Peter Falk83USActor
25Alice Playten63USActress
25Margaret Tyzack79UKActress
26Edith Fellows88USActress
27Elaine Stewart81USActress
July 1Leslie Brooks88USActress
3Anna Massey73UKActress
5Gordon Tootoosis69CanadaActor
8Roberts Blossom87USActor
15Googie Withers94UKActress
17David Ngoombujarra44AustraliaActor
19Sheila Burrell89UKActress
22Tom Aldredge83USActor
22Linda Christian87MexicoActress
24Tresa Hughes81USActress
24G. D. Spradlin90USActor
25Michael Cacoyannis89GreeceDirector, Producer, Screenwriter
26Silvio Narizzano84CanadaDirector
27Polly Platt72USProducer, Screenwriter, Production Designer
August 2Richard Pearson93UKActor
3Bubba Smith66USActor
5Francesco Quinn48ItalyActor
6John Wood81UKActor
14Shammi Kapoor79IndiaActor, Director
19Raúl Ruiz70ChileDirector
19Jimmy Sangster83UKScreenwriter
23Sybil Jason83USActress
23Michael Showers45USActor
24Frank DiLeo63USActor
24Jack Hayes93USComposer, Orchestrator
27Eve Brent82USActress
September 10Cliff Robertson88USActor
11Andy Whitfield39UKActor
13John Calley81USProducer, Executive
13Jack Garner84USActor
15Frances Bay92CanadaActress
16Norma Eberhardt82USActress
19John Dunning84CanadaProducer
21Paulette Dubost100FranceActress
22Peter E. Berger67USFilm Editor
22Jonathan Cecil72UKActor
26David Zelag Goodman81USScreenwriter
26Jerry Haynes84USActor
27Fritz Manes79USProducer
October 2Peter Przygodda69GermanyFilm Editor
4Doris Belack85USActress
5Steve Jobs56USStudio Executive
5Charles Napier75USActor
6Diane Cilento78AustraliaActress
7George Baker80UKActor
8David Hess75USActor
10Ray Aghayan83USCostume Designer
10Alan Fudge67USActor
13Sheila Allen78UKActress
13Barbara Kent103CanadaActress
18Norman Corwin101USScreenwriter
20Sue Lloyd72UKActress
31Gilbert Cates77USDirector, Producer
November 2Sid Melton94USActor
2Leonard Stone87USActor
3Rosángela Balbó70ItalyActress
3Bruno Rubeo65ItalyProduction Designer
4Theadora Van Runkle83USCostume Designer
6Margaret Field89USActress
6Hal Kanter92USScreenwriter, Director
8Gene Cantamessa80USSound Engineer
8Heavy D44USRapper, Actor
15Dulcie Gray95UKActress
15Karl Slover93USActor
16Maureen Swanson78UKActress
19Russell Garcia95USComposer
19John Neville86UKActor
20Dorothy Morris89USActress
21Syd Cain93UKProduction Designer
27Ken Russell84UKDirector, Screenwriter
28Vittorio De Seta88ItalyDirector, Screenwriter
28Patrice O'Neal41USComedian, Actor
December 1Bill McKinney80USActor
3Dev Anand88IndiaActor, Director, Producer
4Marion Dougherty88USCasting Director
6Giancarlo Badessi83ItalyActor
7Harry Morgan96USActor
8Đơn Dương54VietnamActor
11Harold Hopkins67AustraliaActor
12Bert Schneider78USProducer
14Don Sharp67AustraliaDirector
16Robert Easton81USActor, Dialogue Coach
16Nicol Williamson73UKActor
18Doe Avedon86USActress
20Yoshimitsu Morita61JapanDirector
22William Duell88USActor
23Denise Darcel87USActress
26Pedro Armendáriz, Jr.71MexicoActor
27Betty Jane Rhodes90USActress, Singer

Film debuts

References

  1. "2011 Preview: Sequels – Now, More Than Ever". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
  2. Adams, Ryan (7 December 2011). "Richard Brody names "The 26 Best Films of 2011"". Awards Daily. Sasha Stone. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. Tafoya, Scout (1 December 2015). "The Unloved, Part 24: "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows"". RogerEbert.com. Ebert Digital LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. "2011 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
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