Mid-Year Top Ten (Percent)

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I realize that having only seen 33 titles that qualify there is little point in making a mid-year list (see my rules here; see below for list of eligible titles). But since I can’t resist, here is my favorite 10% of the films I’ve seen so far this year. I’m not breaking any new grounds with this one.

Worth noting: I count Meek’s Cutoff among the eligible, but I did have to leave the theatre about 40 minutes into the movie; I do hope to see it uninterrupted in full by the end of the year. Also, Road to Nowhere will not be eligible until August 5.

Top 10% (in alphabetical order)
Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami; 2010)
Tree of Life, The (Terrence Malick; 2011)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul; 2010)

Honorable Mention
Hadewijch (Bruno Dumont; 2009)

Titles Eligible
13 Assassins (Takashi Miike; 2010)
Adjustment Bureau, The (George Nofli; 2011)
Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan; 2011)
Bridesmaids (Paul Feig; 2011)
Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami; 2010)
Company Men, The (John Wells; 2010)
Drive Angry 3D (Patrick Lussier; 2011)
Fast Five (Justin Lin; 2011)
Green Hornet, The (Michel Gondry; 2011)
Green Lantern (Martin Campbell; 2011)
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (Damien Chazelle; 2009)
Hadewijch (Bruno Dumont; 2009)
Hall Pass (Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly; 2011)
Hangover Part II, The (Todd Phillips; 2011)
Hanna (Joe Wright; 2011)
Limitless (Neil Burger; 2011)
Lincoln Lawyer, The (Brad Furman; 2011)
Lovers of Hate (Bryan Poysner; 2010)
Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt; 2010)
Mechanic, The (Simon West; 2011)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen; 2011)
No Strings Attached (Ivan Reitman; 2011)
Ong Bak 3 (Tony Jaa and Panna Rittikrai; 2010)
Rango (Gore Verbinski; 2011)
Rio (Carlos Saldanha; 2011)
Source Code (Duncan Jones; 2011)
Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder; 2011)
Super 8 (J.J. Abrams; 2011)
Thor (Kenneth Branagh; 2011)
Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (Michael Bay; 2011)
Tree of Life, The (Terrence Malick; 2011)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul; 2010)
Unknown (Jaume Collet-Serra; 2011)
X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn; 2011)