Best 2011 movies

Stacker compiled a list of the best 2011 movies of all time based on our own Stacker score, a weighted index split evenly between IMDb user rating and Metascore. The top movie on this list has a Stacker score of 100; the remaining movies are ranked relative to it. To qualify, the film had at least 10,000 IMDb user votes and a Metascore. Any ties were broken by number of IMDb votes.

#20. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 518,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: David Fincher
- Actors: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer
- Runtime: 2 hours 38 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $102,515,793

#19. Source Code
- Stacker score: 89.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 572,000)
- Metascore: 74
- Director: Duncan Jones
- Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga
- Runtime: 1 hour 33 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $54,712,227

#18. The Guard
- Stacker score: 90.4
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 100,000)
- Metascore: 78
- Director: John Michael McDonagh
- Actors: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong
- Runtime: 1 hour 36 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $5,360,274

#17. Melancholia
- Stacker score: 91.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.1 (votes: 204,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Lars von Trier
- Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland
- Runtime: 2 hours 15 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $3,030,848

#16. Warrior
- Stacker score: 91.0
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 519,000)
- Metascore: 71
- Director: Gavin O'Connor
- Actors: Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Joel Edgerton
- Runtime: 2 hours 20 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $13,657,115

#15. The Tree of Life
- Stacker score: 91.6
- IMDb user rating: 6.8 (votes: 190,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Terrence Malick
- Actors: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
- Runtime: 2 hours 19 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $13,303,319

#14. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Stacker score: 92.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.0 (votes: 222,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Tomas Alfredson
- Actors: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy
- Runtime: 2 hours 7 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $24,149,393

#13. Monsieur Lazhar
- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 22,000)
- Metascore: 82
- Director: Philippe Falardeau
- Actors: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $2,009,517

#12. Weekend
- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 34,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Andrew Haigh
- Actors: Tom Cullen, Chris New, Jonathan Race
- Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $484,592

#11. The Descendants
- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 257,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Actors: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
- Runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $82,584,160

#10. Midnight in Paris
- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 464,000)
- Metascore: 81
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates
- Runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $56,817,045

#9. Drive
- Stacker score: 94.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 744,000)
- Metascore: 79
- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Actors: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: R
- Box office: $35,061,555

#8. Take Shelter
- Stacker score: 94.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.3 (votes: 113,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Jeff Nichols
- Actors: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham
- Runtime: 2 hours
- Rating: R
- Box office: $1,730,296

#7. Hugo
- Stacker score: 94.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.5 (votes: 345,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee
- Runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $73,864,507

#6. Pina
- Stacker score: 95.2
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 16,000)
- Metascore: 83
- Director: Wim Wenders
- Actors: Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo
- Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes
- Rating: PG
- Box office: $3,524,826

#5. Oslo, August 31st
- Stacker score: 95.8
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 32,000)
- Metascore: 84
- Director: Joachim Trier
- Actors: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava
- Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: $101,475

#4. Moneyball
- Stacker score: 97.6
- IMDb user rating: 7.6 (votes: 494,000)
- Metascore: 87
- Director: Bennett Miller
- Actors: Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, Jonah Hill
- Runtime: 2 hours 13 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $75,605,492

#3. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- Stacker score: 98.8
- IMDb user rating: 8.0 (votes: 11,000)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- Actors: Gary Gitchell, Todd Moore, Dana Moore
- Runtime: 2 hours 1 minutes
- Rating: Not Rated
- Box office: N/A

#2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Stacker score: 99.4
- IMDb user rating: 8.1 (votes: 1.0 million)
- Metascore: 85
- Director: David Yates
- Actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
- Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $381,447,587

#1. The Artist
- Stacker score: 100.0
- IMDb user rating: 7.8 (votes: 253,000)
- Metascore: 89
- Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Actors: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
- Runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
- Rating: PG-13
- Box office: $44,671,682