2011: Movies Must See/Video Films/TV Movies
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1. Rage of the Yeti (2011 TV Movie)
86 min | Horror
A quest for riches becomes a fight for survival after treasure hunters find snow monsters on a mountain in the Arctic.
Director: David Hewlett | Stars: David Chokachi, Matthew Kevin Anderson, Yancy Butler, Laura Haddock
Votes: 878
2. Iron Golem (2011 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 87 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Alien bacteria arrives on a meteorite and infects metal, animating a giant iron statue that goes on a killing rampage in a small town.
Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Kavan Smith, Colby Johannson, Nicole de Boer, Merritt Patterson
Votes: 1,233
3. Killer Mountain (2011 TV Movie)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A group of mountain climbers disappears while climbing the Himalayas in the 1950s. In the present, another group takes the same route and also disappears. A shady rich man hires a professional mountaineer and some scientists to find them.
Director: Sheldon Wilson | Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Aaron Douglas, Paul Campbell, Andrew Airlie
Votes: 950
4. The Artist (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When George, a silent movie superstar, meets Peppy Miller, a dancer, sparks fly between the two. However, after the introduction of talking pictures, their fortunes change, affecting their dynamic.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell
Votes: 248,276 | Gross: $44.67M
5. Seeking Justice (2011)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score. Then he discovers they want a 'favor' from him in return.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Nicolas Cage, January Jones, Guy Pearce, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 47,902 | Gross: $0.04M
6. Headhunters (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard
Votes: 106,765 | Gross: $1.20M
7. Hysteria (2011)
R | 100 min | Biography, Comedy, Romance
The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
Director: Tanya Wexler | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones
Votes: 33,130 | Gross: $1.80M
8. The Big Bang (2010)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
A private detective is hired to find a missing stripper. A simple job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead.
Director: Tony Krantz | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Thomas Kretschmann, William Fichtner, Sienna Guillory
Votes: 7,380
9. Red Faction: Origins (2011 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi
On a Mars colony in the year 2145, an officer in a rebel militia discovers that his sister, who was abducted a dozen years before, is still alive and has been raised as a soldier whose goal is to bring about the destruction of her brother's faction.
Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Brian J. Smith, Danielle Nicolet, Kate Vernon, Tamzin Merchant
Votes: 3,846
10. Swamp Shark (2011 TV Movie)
R | 85 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
An animal smuggling deal goes wrong, resulting in a large shark escaping into the swampy backwoods river.
Director: Griff Furst | Stars: Christopher Berry, Wade Boggs, Marcus Lyle Brown, Jason Rogel
Votes: 3,091
11. Killer Joe (2011)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
When a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Thomas Haden Church
Votes: 83,120 | Gross: $1.99M
12. Retreat (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Director: Carl Tibbetts | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Yuill
Votes: 12,669
13. Should've Put a Ring on It (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
Thea plans on proposing to Jamar. Much to her chagrin, he expresses men should play the traditional role in marriage. She's scrambles to remove all traces of the surprise engagement party before he finds out. Will he now put a ring on it?
Director: J. Horton | Stars: Robin Givens, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Bobby V, Veronica Rodriguez
Votes: 93
14. How to Stop Being a Loser (2011)
109 min | Comedy
James is useless with women, but his luck changes under the tutelage of pick-up artist, Ampersand. As James learns the art of seduction he begins to wonder about Ampersand's intentions and questions what would truly make him happy in life.
Director: Dominic Burns | Stars: Simon Phillips, Craig Conway, Gemma Atkinson, Stephanie Leonidas
Votes: 722
15. Demoted (2011)
R | 94 min | Comedy
What goes around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross).
Director: J.B. Rogers | Stars: Michael Vartan, Sean Astin, David Cross, Celia Weston
Votes: 2,162
16. Cooper and Stone (2011 TV Movie)
Drama
About two smart young female detectives on Chicago's North Side who are best friends, equally adept at discussing fashion, music, pop culture as they are solving homicides.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Vanessa Ferlito, Alexandra Breckenridge, Laura Wiggins, Riley Smith
Votes: 24
17. Hunt for the I-5 Killer (2011 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Action, Thriller
The true story of the year-long manhunt for the killer who raped and murdered his way up and down the I-5 corridor through California, Washington, and Oregon for over a year in 1981, leaving 44 victims in his wake.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: John Corbett, Sara Canning, Tygh Runyan, Andrew Wheeler
Votes: 724
18. Breakaway (2011)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
An ethnic Canadian hockey player struggles against traditional family values and discrimination from mainstream hockey players.
Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: Vinay Virmani, Camilla Belle, Russell Peters, Rob Lowe
Votes: 2,489
19. Creature (2011)
R | 93 min | Horror
In the back country of Louisiana, a group of friends unearth a terrible secret that unleashes a monster from the depths of the swamp.
Director: Fred Andrews | Stars: Mehcad Brooks, Serinda Swan, Daniel Bernhardt, Dillon Casey
Votes: 3,086 | Gross: $0.33M
20. The Raid: Redemption (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
Director: Gareth Evans | Stars: Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy, Donny Alamsyah
Votes: 216,475 | Gross: $4.11M
21. The Art of Getting By (2011)
PG-13 | 83 min | Drama, Romance
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
Director: Gavin Wiesen | Stars: Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Sasha Spielberg
Votes: 60,745 | Gross: $1.43M
22. The Family Tree (2011)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
A mother and wife stricken with memory loss allows a dysfunctional family a second chance at harmony and happiness.
Director: Vivi Friedman | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot
Votes: 2,088 | Gross: $0.00M
23. The Grey (2011)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.
Director: Joe Carnahan | Stars: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts
Votes: 262,902 | Gross: $51.58M
24. Shame (2011)
NC-17 | 101 min | Drama
A sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Lucy Walters
Votes: 205,791 | Gross: $4.00M
25. Inseparable (2011)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Mystery
A troubled young man, Li faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. Chuck, rescues Li from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor. But who is Chuck really?
Director: Dayyan Eng | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Daniel Wu, Beibi Gong, Ni Yan
Votes: 2,213
26. Margin Call (2011)
R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Stanley Tucci, Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany
Votes: 143,670 | Gross: $5.35M
27. The Chicago 8 (2011)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama
Eight anti-war protesters go on trial for conspiring to cause riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Director: Pinchas Perry | Stars: Gary Cole, Steven Culp, Philip Baker Hall, David Julian Hirsh
Votes: 258
28. Junkhearts (2011)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama
Ex-soldier Frank is haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine, on the surface smart and successful, tackles life as a single working mother ... See full summary »
Director: Tinge Krishnan | Stars: Eddie Marsan, Tom Sturridge, Romola Garai, Candese Reid
Votes: 795
29. Rampart (2011)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama
Set in 1999 Los Angeles, veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, works to take care of his family, and struggles for his own survival.
Director: Oren Moverman | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Bernthal
Votes: 25,180 | Gross: $0.97M
30. Yelling to the Sky (2011)
94 min | Drama
As her family falls apart, 17-year-old Sweetness O'Hara is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain.
Director: Victoria Mahoney | Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Tim Blake Nelson, Sonequa Martin-Green
Votes: 909
31. Girl Walks Into a Bar (2011)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sharp-witted comedy that follows a group of apparent strangers in interlocking stories taking place in ten different bars during the course of one evening throughout Los Angeles.
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez | Stars: Gil Bellows, Xander Berkeley, Alexis Bledel, Emmanuelle Chriqui
Votes: 5,153
32. Vampire (I) (2011)
R | 118 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A biology teacher looks for young suicidal women online to satisfy his taste for blood. Rather than violent, his acts are quite peaceful and always consented.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Kevin Zegers, Keisha Castle-Hughes, Amanda Plummer, Trevor Morgan
Votes: 1,811
33. The Lost Valentine (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Lucas Thomas's grandmother Caroline returns every Valentine's Day to the station where, at their first wedding anniversary, she waved off to the Pacific Theater of War in 1944 her husband ... See full summary »
Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Betty White, Sean Faris, Billy Magnussen
Votes: 6,481
34. Life Happens (2011)
R | 100 min | Comedy
BFFs Kim and Deena fight to maintain normalcy in their lives after Kim gets pregnant and has a baby.
Director: Kat Coiro | Stars: Krysten Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson, Geoff Stults
Votes: 8,180 | Gross: $2.00M
35. Laugh to Keep from Crying (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 139 min | Comedy
A play that focuses on a diverse group of tenants living in an inner-city apartment building struggling with family, job, and money issues. Withstanding all, the neighborhood comes together in hopes of finding a better life.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Celestino Cornielle, Chandra Currelley-Young, Anthony Dalton, Tamar Davis
Votes: 337
36. Absolute Killers (2011)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Johnny Graham, raised by the Torino crime family after the death of his parents, is repeatedly torn between loyalty to his adoptive family and his conscience. When Anthony Torino, the ... See full summary »
Director: Heather Hale | Stars: Edward Furlong, Grace Johnston, Meat Loaf, Elaine Hendrix
Votes: 170
37. Juan of the Dead (2011)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government.
Director: Alejandro Brugués | Stars: Alexis Díaz de Villegas, Jorge Molina, Andros Perugorría, Andrea Duro
Votes: 10,975 | Gross: $0.02M
38. Silent House (2011)
R | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
A girl is trapped inside her family's lakeside retreat and becomes unable to contact the outside world as supernatural forces haunt the house with mysterious energy and consequences.
Directors: Chris Kentis, Laura Lau | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens, Julia Chan
Votes: 24,539 | Gross: $12.56M
39. Born to Race (2011 Video)
PG-13 | 99 min | Action, Sport
Danny's sent to stay with his estranged dad after yet another illegal street race and arrest. He befriends Jessica at school and has problems with her speed crazy bully ex. There's a drag race with a racing school scholarship as prize.
Director: Alex Ranarivelo | Stars: Joseph Cross, John Pyper-Ferguson, Brando Eaton, Nicole Badaan
Votes: 6,724
40. Assassination Games (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two assassins agree to work together as one tries to avenge his wife and the other collects a reward for a job.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Ivan Kaye, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 18,386
41. Death of a Superhero (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon | Stars: Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Lilly Forgách, Ian Fitzgibbon, Michael McElhatton
Votes: 3,700 | Gross: $0.00M
42. Bellflower (2011)
R | 106 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Two friends spend all their free time building flame-throwers and weapons of mass destruction in hopes that a global apocalypse will occur and clear the runway for their imaginary gang "Mother Medusa".
Director: Evan Glodell | Stars: Evan Glodell, Tyler Dawson, Jessie Wiseman, Rebekah Brandes
Votes: 8,083 | Gross: $0.17M
43. Ecstasy (II) (2011)
TV-MA | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Small drug smuggler from Scotland is trying to figure out his way through life until he meets beautiful girl from Canada who seeks a change after bad relationship she just got out of it.
Director: Robert Heydon | Stars: Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk, Billy Boyd, Carlo Rota
Votes: 1,911
44. Another Earth (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Director: Mike Cahill | Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava
Votes: 99,810 | Gross: $1.32M
45. Cedar Rapids (2011)
R | 87 min | Comedy
Tim Lippe has no idea what he's in for when he's sent to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to represent his company at an annual insurance convention, where he soon finds himself under the "guidance" of three convention veterans.
Director: Miguel Arteta | Stars: Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Votes: 39,540 | Gross: $6.86M
46. Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
R | 129 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Sam Childers is a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to become soldiers.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Shannon, Kathy Baker
Votes: 68,863 | Gross: $0.54M
47. The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime.
Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy
Votes: 253,131 | Gross: $58.01M
48. A Dangerous Method (2011)
R | 99 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 108,179 | Gross: $5.70M
49. Flypaper (2011)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A man caught in the middle of two simultaneous robberies at the same bank desperately tries to protect the teller with whom he's secretly in love.
Director: Rob Minkoff | Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Ashley Judd, Tim Blake Nelson, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 33,962 | Gross: $0.00M
50. The Oranges (2011)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.
Director: Julian Farino | Stars: Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Allison Janney
Votes: 13,505 | Gross: $0.36M
51. The Day (I) (2011)
R | 87 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A group of five people working to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic future discover what they think is a safe, abandoned farmhouse, but they soon find themselves fighting to stay alive as a gang of bloodthirsty predators attack.
Director: Douglas Aarniokoski | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Brianna Barnes, Ashley Bell, Brayden Edwards
Votes: 13,285 | Gross: $0.02M
52. 360 (2011)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A modern and stylish kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Foster
Votes: 17,440 | Gross: $0.10M
53. Faces in the Crowd (2011)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A horror-thriller centered on a woman living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
Director: Julien Magnat | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi, Michael Shanks
Votes: 20,080
54. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Mark Strong
Votes: 211,933 | Gross: $24.15M
55. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow
Votes: 105,041 | Gross: $31.85M
56. The Hunter (IV) (2011)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Director: Daniel Nettheim | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgan Davies, Jacek Koman
Votes: 41,110 | Gross: $0.18M
57. Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)
R | 80 min | Horror, Thriller
A young couple try to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results.
Director: Joel Soisson | Stars: J.J. Banicki, Diane Peterson, Kai Caster, Kelen Coleman
Votes: 3,755
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