BEST MOVIE
1. The Social Network
Directed by Aaron Sorkin
314 points, 52 mentions
The Facebook movie
2. Carlos
Directed by Olivier Assayas
247 points, 36 mentions
The “Carlos the Jackal” movie
3. Winter's Bone
Directed by Debra Granik
194 points, 34 mentions
A teenager goes looking for her missing father, tries to hold what's left of her family together and navigates the unspoken codes of Missouri Ozarks life in Granik's backwoods thriller.
4. The Ghost Writer
Directed by Roman Polanski
163 points, 27 mentions
Writer is hired to pen a former British prime minister's memoirs. Writer travels to remote, wintry island to do so. Things are not what they seem. Intrigue ensues.
5. Everyone Else
Directed by Maren Ade
143 points, 26 mentions
A young, handsome couple's relationship is tested when, on Sardinian vacation, they have dinner with an older, more confident and successful pair in Ade's study in intimacy and its fallout.
6. Dogtooth
Directed by Giorgos Lanthimos
128 points, 20 mentions
Confined to their walled-off family estate, terrorized by their father and raised learning only an alternate language (sea = armchair, pussy = big light), three college-age children get a tiny taste of the outside world and things get even crazier.
7. Black Swan
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
118 points, 19 mentions
A newly anointed Swan Queen goes absolutely nuts in this ballet of blood, sex and hallucination.
8. Mother
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
115 points, 21 mentions
When her son/village idiot is arrested for murdering a neighbor girl, the mother of horror comedy Mother goes into maternal overdrive to prove his innocence.
9. Wild Grass
Directed by Alain Resnais
115 points, 18 mentions
Love, or something like it, blooms between the fiery redheaded owner of a lost wallet and the older, married gentleman who finds it in 88-year-old Resnais' latest.
10. Toy Story 3
Directed by Lee Unkrich
109 points, 17 mentions
After a decade-plus hiatus, Andy and his toys return for Pixar's darkest, most melancholy installment yet.
BEST ACTOR
1. Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network)
87 points, 38 mentions
2. Edgar Ramirez (Carlos)
68 points, 31 mentions
3. Colin Firth (The King's Speech)
29 points, 14 mentions
4. Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine)
22 points, 12 mentions
5. Ronald Bronstein (Daddy Longlegs)
21 points, 10 mentions
BEST ACTRESS
1. Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone)
50 points, 25 mentions
2. Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
45 points, 23 mentions
3. Kim Hye-ja (Mother)
35 points, 18 mentions
4. Tilda Swinton (I Am Love)
33 points, 19 mentions
5. Jeon Do-yeon (Secret Sunshine)
32 points, 13 mentions
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
48 points, 20 mentions
2. Christian Bale (The Fighter)
36 points, 16 mentions
3. Andrew Garfield (The Social Network)
28 points, 14 mentions
4. Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right)
24 points, 12 mentions
5. Pierce Brosnan (The Ghost Writer)
23 points, 11 mentions
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Jacki Weaver (Animal Kingdom)
44 points, 21 mentions
2. Olivia Williams (The Ghost Writer)
26 points, 12 mentions
2. Dale Dickey (Winter's Bone)
26 points, 11 mentions
4. Greta Gerwig (Greenberg)
24 points, 9 mentions
5. Mila Kunis (Black Swan)
19 points, 8 mentions
BEST DIRECTOR
1. Olivier Assayas (Carlos)
13 mentions
2. David Fincher (The Social Network)
11 mentions
3. Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
6 mentions
BEST SCREENPLAY
1. Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
25 mentions
2. Maren Ade (Everyone Else)
5 mentions
2. Robert Harris and Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer)
5 mentions
4. Olivier Assayas and Dan Franck (Carlos)
4 mentions
4. Noah Baumbach (Greenberg)
4 mentions
4. Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg (The Kids Are All Right)
4 mentions
4. Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (Winter's Bone)
4 mentions
4. Todd Solondz (Life During Wartime)
4 mentions
BEST UNDISTRIBUTED FILM
1. Film Socialisme
Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
34 points, 17 mentions
2. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Directed by Andrei Ujica
21 points, 8 mentions
3. Mysteries of Lisbon
Directed by Raoul Ruiz
19 points, 9 mentions
4. Black Venus
Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche
16 points, 8 mentions
5. The White Meadows
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
15 points, 6 mentions
BEST DOCUMENTARY
1. Exit Through the Gift Shop
13 mentions
2. The Oath
9 mentions
2. Sweetgrass
9 mentions
4. Boxing Gym
7 mentions
4. Inside Job
7 mentions
BEST ANIMATED FILM
1. Toy Story 3
33 mentions
2. The Illusionist
11 mentions
3. My Dog Tulip
5 mentions
3. Despicable Me
5 mentions
BEST FIRST FEATURE
1. Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)
14 mentions
2. Animal Kingdom (David Michod)
8 mentions
3. Night Catches Us (Tanya Hamilton)
7 mentions
WORST FILM
1. The Last Airbender
4 mentions
2. Inception
4 mentions
3. Hereafter
3 mentions
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