Es una tradición y a nosotros nos encanta, año tras año el intrépido bloggero Jeffrey Wells hace su muy peculiar predicción de lo que más espera para el 2011; algunos de esos títulos no llegarán a España hasta 2012 pero en cualquier caso es una lista que puede ser de utilidad para descubrir qué puede dar de sí un año en el que, por parte nacional, veremos las nuevas películas de Almodóvar, Bayona, Vigalondo y Sánchez Arévalo entre muchos otros.

TOP 2011

1. The Descendants (d: Alexander Payne). Con: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Shailene Woodley, Robert Forster, Michael Ontkean, Mary Birdsong.

2. Los hombres que no amaban a las mujeres  (d: David Fincher). Con: Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Robin Wright, Joely Richardson, Steven Berkoff. 

3. The War Horse + Tintín (d: Steven Spielberg). Con: Jeremy Irvine, Tom Hiddleston, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Kebbel

4. The Tree of Life (d: Terrence Malick). Con: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Joanna Going, Fiona Shaw. 

5. The Ides of March (d: George Clooney). Con: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Max Minghella, Jeffrey Wright.  

6. Young Adult (d: Jason Reitman, w: Diablo Cody). Con: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, Collette Wolfe, Patton Oswalt. 

7. We Bought A Zoo (d: Cameron Crowe, w: Crowe, Aline Brosh Mckenna). Begins shooting in early '11. Con: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Elle Fanning, Patrick Fugit, Thomas Haden Church, Angus Macfadyen, Colin Ford. 

8. Moneyball (d: Bennett Miller). Con: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Robin Wright, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Pratt, Tammy Blanchard. 

9. Tan fuerte, tan cerca (d: Stephen Daldry, w: Eric Roth). Con: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn. Synopsis: "A nine-year-old searches New York for the lock that matches a key left by his father when he was killed in the 9.11 attacks," etc.

FINALISTAS TOP

Hugo Cabret (d: Martin Scorsese). Con: Asa Butterfield, Chloe Moretz, Jude Law, Richard Griffiths, Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Christopher Lee, Ray Winstone, Michael Stuhlbarg. 

Nanjing Heroes (d: Zhang Yimou). Con: Christian Bale. 

Contagion (d: Steven Soderbergh). Con: Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Jennifer Ehle, John Hawkes.  

Haywire (d: Steven Soderbergh, w: Lem Dobbs). Con: Gina Carano, Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Bill Paxton, Mathieu Kassovitz . 

Perros de paja (d: Rod Lurie). Con: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander SkarsgÃ¥ard, James Woods, Dominic Purcell, Willa Holland.  

The Beaver (d: Jodie Foster). Con: Mel Gibson, Foster, Jennifer Lawrence, Anton Yelchin. 

Water for Elephants (d: Francis Lawrence). Con: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook. 

En el camino (d: Walter Salles). Con: Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Amy Adams, Steve Buscemi, Kirsten Dunst, Viggo Mortensen, Terrence Howard, Alice Braga.

A Dangerous Method (d: David Cronenberg). Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) y. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender).  

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (d: Thomas Alfredson). Con: Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Stephen Graham, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciaran Hinds, Christian McKay.

Jane Eyre (d: Cary Fukunaga). Con: Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Jamie Bell, Judi Dench, Imogen Poots, Sally Hawkins.

My Week With Marilyn (d: Simon Curtis). Con: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Dougray Scott, Julia Ormond, Dominic Cooper, Derek Jacobi.  

The Whistleblower (d: Larysa Kondracki). Con: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Benedict Cumberbatch, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn, David Hewlett. 

Cumbres borrascosas (d: Andrea Arnold). Con: James Howson, Kaya Scodelario, Nichola Burley, Oliver Milburn, Steve Evets, Amy Wren.  

Tenemos que hablar de Kevin (d: Lynne Ramsay). Con: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Siobhan Fallon.  

Rampart (d: Oren Moverman). Con: Steve Buscemi, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver, Woody Harrelson, Ben Foster, Brie Larson. Synopsis: "Veteran police officer Dave Brown struggles to take care of his family, fights for his own survival," etc.

Source Code (d: Duncan Jones) Con: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright. 

Midnight in Paris (d: Woody Allen). Con: Rachel Mcadams, Michael Sheen, Marion Cotillard, Owen Wilson, Alison Pill, Adrien Brody, Kathy Bates. 

Take This Waltz (d: Sarah Polley). Con: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Aaron Abrams, Luke Kirby. 

At-Swim-Two-Birds (d: Brendan Gleeson). Con: Cillian Murphy, Michael Fassbender, Colin Farrell , Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne. 

Dream House (d: Jim Sheridan). Con: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Marton Csokas, Claire Geare, Taylor Geare.

The Help (d: Tate Taylor). Con: Emma Stone, Jessica Chastain, Bryce Dallas Howard, Mike Vogel, Allison Janney, Sissy Spacek, Viola Davis.

Albert Nobbs (d: Rodrigo Garcia). Con: Glenn Close, Aaron Johnson, Mia Wasikowska, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, Brenda Fricker, Janet McTeer.

This Must Be The Place (d: Paolo Sorrentino). Con: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Harry Dean Stanton, Shea Whigham, Judd Hirsch, Kerry Condon. 

One Day (d: Lone Scherfig). Con: Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Jodie Whittaker, Georgia King. 

Red Riding Hood (d: Catherine Hardwicke). Con: Amanda Seyfried, Lukas Haas, Gary Oldman, Virginia Madsen, Michael Shanks, Julie Christie.  

Hobo With A Shotgun (d: Jason Eisener).

Super 8 (d: J.J. Abrams). Con: Elle Fanning, Noah Emmerich, Amanda Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Zach Mills. 

Hanna (d: Joe Wright). Con: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Olivia Williams, Tom Hollander. 

Larry Crowne (d: Tom Hanks) Con: Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks.