Best Movies of 2011
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Best Movies of 2011
TOP Movies: The Intouchables (2011), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), No Strings Attached (2011), Fast Five (2011), One Day (2011), The Mechanic (2011), Cars 2 (2011), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011), The Help (2011), Season of the Witch (2011), Beastly (2011), Contagion (2011), Blitz (2011), Warrior (2011), Rango (2011), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), 50/50 (2011), Super 8 (2011), The Hangover Part II (2011), The Adventures of Tintin (2011).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, touching, uplifting, sincere ...
Audience:
date night, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
friendship, disability, unlikely friendships, life philosophy, friendship between men, disabled person, human relationship, handicapped, interracial friendship, culture clash, caregiver, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey. But Po’s new life of awesomeness is threatened by the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, pre-teens ...
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mentor, kung fu, animal, danger, furry, master warrior, hand to hand combat, chosen one, good versus evil, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
china, iran, ancient china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, sweet, rom com, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love story, sex, friends in love, love and romance, fall in love, couples, best friends in love, lovers, opposites attract, sexual relations, casual sex, couple relations ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, hawaii
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The new found married bliss of Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen is cut short when a series of betrayals and misfortunes threatens to destroy their world. Bella soon discovers she is pregnant, and during a nearly fatal childbirth, Edward finally ...
Style:
romantic, teen, touching, saga, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, werewolf, supernatural romance, wedding, vampire human love, dangerous attraction, supernatural, pregnancy, hybrid, childbirth, vampirism, female vampire ...
Time:
year 2011, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, washington d.c., usa, latin america, brazil
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430K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Brazil, Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Former cop Brian O'Conner partners with ex-con Dom Toretto on the opposite side of the law. Since Brian and Mia Toretto broke Dom out of custody, they've blown across many borders to elude authorities. Now backed into a corner in Rio de ...
Style:
exciting, saga, action packed, fast, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
heist, car chase, chase, car, organized crime, car race, fast car, on the run, racing, street racing, tough heroes, violence ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
brazil, south america, iran, latin america, monaco ...
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179K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, love story, male female friendship, couples, friends in love, friendship, relationships, life philosophy, opposites attract, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iran, scotland, london, paris france, england
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182K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But ...
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, action packed, brutal ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hitman, chase, assassin, mentor, martial arts, loner, lone hero, tough guy, expert, vigilante, revenge, killer ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, colombia, usa, new orleans
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251K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, Japan, India, UK, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rocky as Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage.
Style:
3d animation, entertaining, semi serious, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
car race, racing, car racing, friendship, car, conspiracy, car chase, fantasy world, best friend, secret agent, friends, spy ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
arizona, london, tokyo, asia, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates, USA, India
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways as the residents find new purpose ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sentimental, uplifting, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
elderly, hotel, loneliness, self discovery, aging, goodhearted, old age, marital problem, life changing experience, choice, retirement home, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia, delhi, mumbai india, seattle ...
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525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, dark, stylized, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, knight, supernatural, sword and sorcery, medieval, legends and myths, witchcraft, good versus evil, inquisition, monk, possessed girl, demon ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, year 2011, year 2000 ...
Place:
seattle, europe
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82K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A curse transforms a handsome and arrogant young man into everything he detests in this contemporary retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Wealthy Kyle Kingson has everything a teenager could want in life, but he still gets off on humiliating the ...
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, modern fairy tale, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, date night ...
Plot:
high school, love, teenage love, love story, love and romance, unlikely couple, true love, teen romance, fall in love, curses spells and rituals, beauty and the beast, witch ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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96K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A tough, renegade cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Style:
intense, exciting, serious, talky, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
police investigation, police detective, revenge, murder, police, vigilante, life philosophy, serial killer, fight scenes, law enforcer killer, law enforcement, tough law enforcer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, iran, europe, new orleans ...
Is relevant?
526K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine ...
Style:
emotional, tense, inspirational, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly
Plot:
martial arts, courage, mixed martial arts, fight scenes, boxing, fistfight, estrangement, muscleman, happy ending, father son relationship, athlete and trainer, fight ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, iraq, atlantic city new jersey, el paso texas ...
Is relevant?
316K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging town of Dirt, the less-than-courageous lizard suddenly finds he stands out. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, new Sheriff Rango is forced to play ...
Style:
witty, funny, 3d animation, computer animated, road movie ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, adult, preschool
Plot:
desert, chase, save the day, friendship, identity crisis, lizard, sheriff, cowboy, duel, heroic mission, mentor, disorder ...
Time:
year 2011, 19th century, 2010s
Place:
nevada, iran, usa, las vegas, north america
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, romantic comedy, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
divorce, womanizer, infidelity, marriage, love and romance, happy ending, love story, dating, relationships, flirting, mentor, family drama ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style:
heroic, exciting, saga, psychotronic, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, heroism, mad scientist, heroes, heroic mission, soldier, courage, world war two, super soldier, danger, nazi ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 20th century, year 1942, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, london ...
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352K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
Style:
touching, inspirational, tragicomedy, independent film, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens
Plot:
cancer, friendship, terminal illness, happy ending, relationships, chemotherapy, meaning of life, doctor, hopes, buddies, patient, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2011, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, iran, washington d.c. ...
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379K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The Hangover crew heads to Thailand for Stu's wedding. After the disaster of a bachelor party in Las Vegas last year, Stu is playing it safe with a mellow pre-wedding brunch. However, nothing goes as planned and Bangkok is the perfect setting ...
Style:
funny, humorous, sex comedy, realistic, bad ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
wedding, party, strip club, road trip, sex, hung over, friendship, disappearance, weed, bachelor party, memory loss, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, asia, thailand, usa, bangkok thailand ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of ...
Style:
computer animated, 3d animation, exciting, motion capture, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
treasure, treasure hunt, reporter, dog, adventurer, journalist, childhood, ship, escapades, riddles and clues, danger, captain ...
Time:
year 2011, 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1949 ...
Place:
ethiopia, morocco, belgium, iran, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, saga, humorous, intense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, mutant, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, supernatural power, avenger, team, x men, escapades, comic hero, vengeance, comic book ...
Time:
60s, future, 1940s, year 1962, year 1944 ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, turkey, usa, russia ...
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378K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA, India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.
Style:
futuristic, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, father son relationship, underdog, robot, androids and robots, technology, against the odds, boy, contests and competitions, giant robot, arena, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2011, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, austin texas, iran, north america, brazil ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman ...
Style:
romantic, mind bending, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
destiny, alternate reality, power of love, fall in love, fictional reality, politics, changing the past or future, foreknowledge, creator, supernatural, mind control, forbidden love ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, poignant, thought provoking ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids
Plot:
childhood, autism, 9/11, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, orphan, acceptance, disability, coming of age, bereavement, single mother ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2001, 2000s, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jamie is a New York-based executive recruiter who entices Dylan, an art director from Los Angeles, to take a job at the New York office of GQ magazine. Finding that they have much in common, the two become fast friends. Feeling jaded by a number of ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, romantic comedy, rom com, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
sexual relations, best friends in love, relationships, love, friendship, sex scene, love and romance, lovers, sexual activity, sex, couples, looking for sex ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
117K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Style:
thought provoking, political, touching, inspirational, period piece ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, british prime minister, british history, female protagonist, female politician, monarchy, british politics, women, biopic, alzheimer's disease, political leader ...
Time:
20th century, year 2011, 2010s, 90s, 70s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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172K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Follows a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, and how their bond is broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend.
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, epic, uplifting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
world war one, horse, war, friendship, animal training, animal, battles, human animal relationship, wartime, cavalry charge, human spirit, danger ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 2010s, year 2011, 1920s ...
Place:
england, america, britain, belgium, europe ...
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270K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a ...
Style:
humorous, touching, entertaining, 3d animation, colorful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
bird, parrot, kids and family, jungle, friendship, happy ending, good versus evil, fantasy world, childhood, animal life, talking animal, animal ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, minnesota, brazil, south america, iran ...
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