These 21 Movies Turn 10 This Year And We Are Feeling Old
Some of these movies are considered as modern-day classics.
1. Bridesmaids
Synopsis: Competition between the maid of honour and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef.
Release Date: 13 May 2011
Genre: Romance, comedy
Main Cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, and Rose Byrne
2. Captain America: The First Avenger
Synopsis: Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier, transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a warmonger and a terrorist organisation.
Release Date: 22 July 2011
Genre: Action, adventure
Main Cast: Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, and Samuel L. Jackson
3. Contagion
Synopsis: Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.
Release Date: 9 September 2011
Genre: Drama, thriller
Main Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, and Jude Law
4. Crazy, Stupid, Love
Synopsis: A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
Release Date: 29 July 2011
Genre: Comedy, drama, romance
Main Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Emma Stone
5. Fast Five
Synopsis: Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent.
Release Date: 29 April 2011
Genre: Action, adventure
Main Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Gal Gadot
6. Friends With Benefits
Synopsis: A young man and woman decide to take their friendship to the next level without becoming a couple but soon discover that adding sex only leads to complications.
Release Date: 22 July 2011
Genre: Comedy, romance
Main Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, and Woody Harrelson
7. Green Lantern
Synopsis: Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.
Release Date: 17 June 2011
Genre: Action, adventure
Main Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, and Peter Sarsgaard
8. Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Synopsis: Harry, Ron, and Hermione search for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes in their effort to destroy the Dark Lord as the final battle rages on at Hogwarts.
Release Date: 15 July 2011
Genre: Adventure, drama, fantasy
Main Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint
9. Hugo
Synopsis: In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
Release Date: 23 November 2011
Genre: Drama, family, fantasy
Main Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, and Ben Kingsley
10. Midnight In Paris
Synopsis: While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight.
Release Date: 10 June 2011
Genre: Comedy, fantasy, romance
Main Cast: Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, and Marion Cotillard
11. Real Steel
Synopsis: In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling ex-boxer feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot.
Release Date: 7 October 2011
Genre: Action, drama, sci-fi
Main Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, and Dakota Goyo
12. Rio
Synopsis: When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.
Release Date: 15 April 2011
Genre: Animation, adventure, comedy
Main Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, and George Lopez
13. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Synopsis: A substance designed to help the brain repair itself gives advanced intelligence to a chimpanzee who leads an ape uprising.
Release Date: 5 August 2011
Genre: Action, drama, sci-fi
Main Cast: James Franco, Andy Serkis, and Frieda Pinto
14. Sucker Punch
Synopsis: A young girl institutionalised by her abusive stepfather retreats to an alternative reality as a coping strategy and envisions a plan to help her escape.
Release Date: 25 March 2011
Genre: Action, adventure, fantasy
Main Cast: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jena Malone
15. Super 8
Synopsis: During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Release Date: 10 June 2011
Genre: Mystery, sci-fi, thriller
Main Cast: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler
16. The Adventures Of Tintin
Synopsis: Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor.
Release Date: 21 December 2011
Genre: Animation, action, adventure
Main Cast: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, and Daniel Craig
17. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Synopsis: Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Release Date: 21 December 2011
Genre: Crime, drama, mystery
Main Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, and Christopher Plummer
18. The Smurfs
Synopsis: When the evil wizard Gargamel chases the tiny blue Smurfs out of their village, they tumble from their magical world into New York City.
Release Date: 29 July 2011
Genre: Animation, adventure, comedy
Main Cast: Neil Patrick Harris, Katy Perry, and Hank Azaria
19. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Synopsis: The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the townspeople of Forks.
Release Date: 18 November 2011
Genre: Adventure, drama, fantasy
Main Cast: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner
20. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Synopsis: The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Release Date: 29 June 2011
Genre: Action, adventure
Main Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Tyrese Gibson
21. We Bought A Zoo
Synopsis: Set in Southern California, a father moves his young family to the countryside to renovate and re-open a struggling zoo.
Release Date: 23 December 2011
Genre: Comedy, drama, family
Main Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, and Elle Fanning