Top 10 Movies Released in 2011: Must Watch
- The Artist:
- Description: A black-and-white silent film that tells the story of a fading silent film star and a rising young actress during the transition to talkies.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Director: Michel Hazanavicius
- Actors: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo
- Budget: $15 million
- Box Office: $133.4 million
- Awards: 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- Hugo:
- Description: A fantasy adventure film based on the book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret,” about a young orphan who lives in a Paris train station and unravels a mystery.
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Actors: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley
- Budget: $150 million
- Box Office: $185.8 million
- Awards: 5 Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- The Descendants:
- Description: A comedy-drama film about a wealthy landowner in Hawaii who tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is involved in a boating accident.
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Director: Alexander Payne
- Actors: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller
- Budget: $20 million
- Box Office: $177.2 million
- Awards: 1 Academy Award, including Best Adapted Screenplay
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- Drive:
- Description: A neo-noir crime thriller about a stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver and gets involved in a dangerous heist.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
- Actors: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
- Budget: $15 million
- Box Office: $76.2 million
- Awards: Nominated for 1 Academy Award
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- The Help:
- Description: A period drama set in the 1960s that explores the racial divide in Mississippi through the eyes of three women, two African American maids, and a young white aspiring writer.
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Tate Taylor
- Actors: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer
- Budget: $25 million
- Box Office: $216.6 million
- Awards: 1 Academy Award, including Best Supporting Actress for Octavia Spencer
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- Midnight in Paris:
- Description: A romantic comedy-fantasy film about a nostalgic screenwriter who finds himself transported to the 1920s every night at midnight, where he meets famous writers and artists.
- Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Director: Woody Allen
- Actors: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard
- Budget: $17 million
- Box Office: $151.1 million
- Awards: 1 Academy Award, including Best Original Screenplay
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- Moneyball:
- Description: A biographical sports drama based on the true story of the Oakland Athletics’ general manager, Billy Beane, who used innovative techniques to build a competitive team on a limited budget.
- Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
- Director: Bennett Miller
- Actors: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Budget: $50 million
- Box Office: $110.2 million
- Awards: Nominated for 6 Academy Awards
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- The Tree of Life:
- Description: An experimental drama that explores the origins and meaning of life through the journey of a Midwestern family in the 1950s.
- Genre: Drama, Fantasy
- Director: Terrence Malick
- Actors: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
- Budget: $32 million
- Box Office: $54.3 million
- Awards: 1 Academy Award, including Best Cinematography
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol:
- Description: An action spy film where Ethan Hunt and his team must stop a nuclear war after being framed for a terrorist bombing.
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Director: Brad Bird
- Actors: Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg
- Budget: $145 million
- Box Office: $694.7 million
- Awards: N/A
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo:
- Description: A psychological thriller based on the Swedish novel, where a journalist and a computer hacker investigate a decades-old disappearance, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Director: David Fincher
- Actors: Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer
- Budget: $90 million
- Box Office: $232.6 million
- Awards: 1 Academy Award
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video
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