Best and Worst Films of 2011

On today's episode of Sounds of Cinema I counted down my picks of the best and worst films of the past year:

Best:

1. Margin Call


2. Shame


3. The Artist


4. Melancholia


5. Hanna


6. A Better Life


7. Page One: Inside the New York Times


8. 50/50


9. Hugo


10. Warrior



Worst:

1. Jack and Jill
2. Your Highness
3. The Hangover Part II
4. Priest
5. Sleeping Beauty
6. Bad Teacher
7. Road to Nowhere
8. Mr. Popper's Penguins
9. 30 Minutes or Less
10. Sucker Punch

You can find more information, including rationales for each film and lists of honorable mentions and cinematic trends of 2011, here.

And lastly, here is a clip from Hardball with Chris Matthews in which the host interviews Margin Call director J.C. Chandor and actor Kevin Spacey about their film.