MUMBAI: Film Comment has announced its critics‘ list of the year‘s best films.

While Terrence Malick‘s Tree of Life has topped the list of best films released in 2011, Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb‘s This is Not a Film was named best unreleased film of 2011.
 
Released films: TREE OF LIFE, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS AST LIVES, MELANCHOLIA, A SEPARATION, A DANGEROUS METHOD, MYSTERIES OF LISBON, CERTIFIED COPY, MEEK‘S CUTOFF, HUGO, POETRY, FILM SOCIALISME, LE HAVRE, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NICOLAE CEAUSESCU, LE QUATTRO VOLTE and THE DESCENDANTS among others.
 
Among the unreleased films are: THIS IS NOT A FILM, THE TURIN HORSE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA, THE KID WITH A BIKE, THE LONELIEST PLANET, MISS BALA, OOTNOTE, KILL LIST, SLEEPING SICKNESS, PLAY, POLICEMAN,THE COLOR WHEEL, TWO YEARS AT SEA, ALPS and GOODBYE FIRST LOVE among others.