2011 (MMXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2011th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 11th year of the 3rd millennium, the 11th year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2010s decade.
A series of protests and government overthrows, known as the Arab Spring, swept through the Middle East in 2011.
2011 was designated as:
- International Year of Forests
- International Year of Chemistry
- International Year for People of African Descent
In 2011, the nation of Samoa only had 364 days as it moved across the International Date Line skipping 30 December 2011; it is now 24 hours (25 hours in southern hemisphere summer) ahead of American Samoa.
Films released in 2011[]
- Act Naturally
- Amityville Haunting, The
- Attack the Block
- Beneath the Darkness
- Children of the Corn: Genesis
- Cowboys & Aliens
- Family Guy: It's a Trap!
- Final Destination 5
- Fright Night (2011)
- Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Help, The
- Homecoming
- Mega Python vs. Gatoroid
- Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol
- Monster Brawl
- Parasite Doctor Suzune: Evolution
- Parasite Doctor Suzune: Genesis
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- Rio
- Sanctum
- Super 8
- Thor
- Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Tower Heist