The 10 best movies of 2011

From young love to a documentary on capital punishment, here are the 10 movies that wowed Monitor film critic Peter Rainer at the multiplex this year

10. 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'

Courtesy of Focus Features

The Cold War may be (sort of) dead but John Le Carre’s close-to-the-vest spy George Smiley is very much alive in this complexly compelling adaption directed by the Swedish Tomas Alfredson. It won’t replace the Alec Guinness BBC mini-series but it can stand beside it.

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