(fiction) Films of 2011 (best to worst)
based on the CANADIAN release date. well actually i saw a ton of films at VIFF that are on this list but released later. ordered from least hated to most hated, these are 2011 films i have seen.
the line between fiction and non-fiction (documentary) is constantly blurring and i myself don't see a huge difference, but "fiction" is in the title because i have excluded documentaries from these lists.
some documentaries i liked this year were: "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga", "Tabloid", "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"; mostly herzog stuff like always. also saw a couple good ones at VIFF.
*kinda forgetting to update this, im not sure what's missing. nothing notable i guess
the line between fiction and non-fiction (documentary) is constantly blurring and i myself don't see a huge difference, but "fiction" is in the title because i have excluded documentaries from these lists.
some documentaries i liked this year were: "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga", "Tabloid", "Cave of Forgotten Dreams"; mostly herzog stuff like always. also saw a couple good ones at VIFF.
*kinda forgetting to update this, im not sure what's missing. nothing notable i guess
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