''On The Road'' among The Top Ten Films of 2011

The Top Ten Films of 2011

Sean Penn in a hair band? Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud? Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams and Sam Riley "On the Road"? These are the indies we'll talk about next year.

Okay, so it may be a little early to talk about the best films of next year. But based on the number of high-profile auteurs with new works on the horizon, 2011 looks like it will be a banner annum for art cinema. While Terrence Malick's "Tree of Life" is already trailering around the world and Sundance will parade a number of hot new projects from American indie stalwarts (Miguel Arteta, Tom McCarthy) and doc-makers (Eugene Jarecki, Steve James), look abroad to the next Berlin or Cannes and you're likely to see the most thrilling examples of contemporary cinema. Here are ten films we believe could top the best-of lists 12 months from now (in no particular order):

"On the Road"

Directed by Walter Salles

The Jack Kerouac Beat classic finally gets a modern screen redo from the makers of the "Motorcycle Diaries," Brazilian director Walter Salles and Puerto Rican writer Jose Rivera. Starring Sam Riley ("Control") as Sal Paradise and Garrett Hedlund ("Tron: Legacy") as Dean Moriarty, the film follows the two young men journeying across North America in search of themselves. The film features an impressive cast of supporting players, including Kristen Stewart, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams and Viggo Mortensen as Old Bull Lee, considered to be a stand-in for William Burroughs. "There is a strange modernity to the theme," Salles told CNN. "And maybe 'On the Road' is more contemporary today than it ever was."

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