Quentin Tarantino's top films of 2011

Everybody's favourite outspoken director Quentin Tarantino has revealed his list of 2011's finest contributions to cinema. The 'Pulp Fiction' filmmaker continues his tradition of starting fires and fanning flames by placing awards favourite 'The Artist' joint tenth with critically mauled comedy 'Our Idiot Brother', but that's Tarantino.

Without his appreciation of schlock and serious classics, we wouldn't have films as varying in texture and tone as 'Inglourious Basterds' and 'Grindhouse', not to mention his scattershot scripting duties for the likes of Oliver Stone's 'Natural Born Killers' and Tony Scott's 'True Romance'.

His pick of films certainly doesn't cater for 'classical' tastes, but his palatte is decidely modern much like his movies. His latest film, action western 'Django Unchained' (with a typically diverse cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx and Kurt Russell) hasn't been released yet, but it'll most likely be featuring on more 'serious' lists next year around. 

Quentin Tarantino’s official Top Eleven of 2011

1. 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

Other mentions

• 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

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