There are many different ways to judge if a year was good, bad, or just kind of there. There is only one way to judge if a year was Badass, and that's by looking at what movies were released theatrically.
(Italicized titles are movies that were Badass)
January
Season Of The Witch
Ong Bak 3
The Dilemma
The Green Hornet
The Company Men
No Strings Attached
The Rite
Ip Man 2
The Mechanic
From Prada To Nada
February
The Roommate
Sanctum
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Just Go With It
The Eagle
Gnomeo And Juliet
Unknown
Vanishing On 7th Street
I Am Number Four
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Drive Angry
Hall Pass
March
Rango
Beastly
I Saw the Devil
Take Me Home Tonight
The Adjustment Bureau
Black Death
Mars Needs Moms
Battle: Los Angeles
Red Riding Hood
The Lincoln Lawyer
Limitless
Paul
Sucker Punch
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
April
Super
Insidious
Rubber
Source Code
Hope
Your Highness
Arthur
Soul Surfer
Hanna
Atlas Shrugged
Rio
Scream 4
Stake Land
African Cats
Madea's Big Happy Family
Water for Elephants
Legend of The Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen
13 Assassins
Hoodwinked Too! Hood Vs. Evil
Fast Five
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
Prom
May
Last Night
Something Borrowed
Hobo With a Shotgun
Jumping the Broom
Thor
Daydream Nation
The Beaver
Go For It!
Priest
True Legend
Bridesmaids
The High Cost of Living
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Midnight In Paris
The Hangover Part II
Kung Fu Panda 2
The Tree Of Life
June
YellowBrickRoad
Beautiful Boy
X-Men: First Class
Super 8
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Trollhunter
Green Lantern
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Bad Teacher
Cars 2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
July
Larry Crowne
Monte Carlo
Ironclad
Horrible Bosses
The Ward
Zookeeper
Winnie The Pooh
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2
Friends With Benefits
Another Earth
Captain America: The First Avenger
Attack The Block
Cowboys And Aliens
Assassination Games
The Smurfs
Crazy Stupid Love
August
The Change-Up
Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Bellflower
The Help
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie
Final Destination 5
30 Minutes or Less
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Fright Night
One Day
Conan the Barbarian
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Our Idiot Brother
Colombiana
The Debt
September
Shark Night 3D
Apollo 18
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Creature
Warrior
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Contagion
Drive
Straw Dogs
I Don't Know How She Does It
The Legend Is Born - Ip Man
Dolphin Tale
Killer Elite
Abduction
Moneyball
Dream House
Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil
50/50
What's Your Number?
Courageous
October
Real Steel
The Ides Of March
The Big Year
Trespass
Footloose
The Three Musketeers
The Thing
Paranormal Activity 3
The Mighty Macs
Johnny English Reborn
Anonymous
In Time
The Rum Diary
Puss In Boots
November
Tower Heist
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
J. Edgar
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Immortals
Jack And Jill
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1
Happy Feet Two
Hugo
The Muppets
Arthur Christmas
December
Young Adult
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
New Year's Eve
The Sitter
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked
The Descendants
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol
The Adventures of Tintin
We Bought A Zoo
War Horse
The Darkest Hour
55 Badass Movies and 115 non-Badass Movies
Even though 2011 had great films like Hobo With A Shotgun, Drive Angry, and Fast Five (and saw the birth of this blog), it just wasn't Badass enough.
2011 was not Badass.
