At the end of 2011 review aggregator Metacritic collected every year-end Top Ten list published by major film critics and publications. Below shows the tally of the top 30 films most frequently mentioned by individual critics on their year-end Top Ten lists. The points system works as follows, 3 points for each 1st place ranking, 2 points for each 2nd place ranking and 1 point for being ranked 3rd – 10th, or for being included on an unranked list.
| # 1st Place | # 2nd Place | # Other | Points | ||
| 1 | The Tree of Life | 15 | 8 | 52 | 113 |
| 2 | The Artist | 13 | 7 | 23 | 76 |
| 3 | Melancholia | 10 | 8 | 20 | 66 |
| 4 | Drive | 7 | 7 | 30 | 65 |
| 5 | The Descendants | 7 | 7 | 29 | 64 |
| 6 | Hugo | 7 | 7 | 26 | 61 |
| 7 | A Separation | 3 | 5 | 36 | 55 |
| 8 | Certified Copy | 6 | 6 | 20 | 50 |
| 9 | Take Shelter | 2 | 3 | 33 | 45 |
| 10 | Moneyball | 2 | 1 | 32 | 40 |
| 11 | Margaret | 3 | 4 | 19 | 36 |
| Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy | 3 | 1 | 25 | 36 | |
| 13 | Martha Marcy May Marlene | 2 | 1 | 26 | 34 |
| 14 | Shame | 2 | 3 | 22 | 34 |
| 15 | Beginners | 3 | 1 | 22 | 33 |
| 16 | Bridesmaids | 1 | 2 | 18 | 25 |
| Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives | 2 | 2 | 15 | 25 | |
| 18 | The Skin I Live In | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 19 | Meek’s Cutoff | 2 | 2 | 12 | 22 |
| 20 | A Dangerous Method | 2 | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| Poetry | 2 | 0 | 15 | 21 | |
| We Need to Talk About Kevin | 0 | 1 | 19 | 21 | |
| 23 | Mysteries of Lisbon | 2 | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| Weekend | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | |
| 25 | Midnight in Paris | 0 | 2 | 15 | 19 |
| 26 | The Interrupters | 1 | 1 | 13 | 18 |
| Margin Call | 2 | 0 | 12 | 18 | |
| 28 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | 2 | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| War Horse | 1 | 2 | 10 | 17 | |
| 30 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |