The results of our second annual user poll are in ...

For the second consecutive year, we asked our users to vote for their favorite movies, videogames, TV shows, albums, and songs of the year. And, over the past month, 1,879 of you did just that. We asked users to list their five favorites of 2011 in each category, and then assigned a value of 5 points to each first-place vote, 4 points for second place, and so on down to 1 point for each fifth-place vote. The leading point-getters in each category are listed below.

For the first time, we also asked users to name the "most overrated" release of the year in each category, and those "winners" are also listed below.

Movies

It remains to be seen whether Nicholas Winding Refn's Drive will get any love from Academy voters, though the violent drama is doing fairly well on the awards circuit, and has appeared with regularity on critic top 10 lists. Metacritic users, however, see it as the clear #1 film of the year. Drive was named on 41% of all user ballots cast, and earned over 900 points more than the year's runner-up movie, critic favorite The Tree of Life.

Metacritic users actually agreed with professional critics on many of the year's best films; each group's consensus list of their 10 highest-ranked films shared six titles. Users preferred crowd pleases like the final Harry Potter installment, Midnight in Paris, Bridesmaids, and 50/50 more than critics did, while the professionals showed a greater preference for artier fare like Certified Copy, Take Shelter, The Artist, and the year's best-reviewed film, A Separation. (Admittedly, most of our users probably have not had a chance to even see the latter film; it opened just over a week ago and has yet to reach most cities.) The only two films in the users' consensus top 20 that rarely showed up on critic top 10 lists this year were X-Men: First Class and Source Code.

Best Movie of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Movie	Points
1	Drive 79	2,418
2	The Tree of Life 85	1,511
3	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 87	1,210
4	Hugo 83	900
5	Midnight in Paris 81	750
6	Moneyball 87	745
7	The Descendants 84	589
8	Melancholia 81	575
9	Bridesmaids 75	555
10	50/50 72	544
11	Super 8 72	531
12	The Artist 89	495
13	Rise of the Planet of the Apes 68	481
14	X-Men: First Class 65	479
15	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 85	374
16	The Muppets 75	329
17	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 71	325
18	The Help 62	278
19	Source Code 74	262
20	Warrior 71	260

There were far fewer votes cast for the "most overrated" film of the year then there were for the year's best films, but two films appear in the top five in both lists (with the divisive Tree of Life unsurprisingly at the top). Note that for this and the other "overrated" categories, we asked users to list one title (rather than rank five titles in order), so the tallies below are simply the number of times each film was named by users.

Most Overrated Movie of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Movie	Mentions
1	The Tree of Life 85	136
2	The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 45	93
3	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 87	70
4	Bridesmaids 75	60
5	The Artist 89	45

Games

While Batman: Arkham City narrowly edged out The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim by a fraction of a point to take the official title of Metacritic's Game of the Year for 2011, our users preferred Skyrim, and by a wide margin. The latter was named on just over half of the ballots cast for games, while 43% of users listed Arkham City as one of their five favorites.

The latest installment in the Call of Duty franchise, meanwhile, fared relatively poorly with our users, barely cracking the top 10 in the best games list and scoring the most votes for the year's most overrated game.

Best Videogame of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Game *	Platforms	Points
1	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 94	360 PC PS3	2,143
2	Batman: Arkham City 94	360 PC PS3	1,588
3	Portal 2 95	360 PC PS3	1,351
4	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 92	PS3	1,095
5	Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 93	Wii	782
6	Battlefield 3 86	360 PC PS3	426
7	Deus Ex: Human Revolution 89	360 PC PS3	332
8	Dark Souls 89	360 PS3	301
9	L.A. Noire 87	360 PC PS3	290
10	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 82	360 PC PS3 Wii	280
11	Gears of War 3 91	360	277
12	FIFA Soccer 12 85	360 PC PS3 Wii	191
13	Minecraft 94	PC	182
14	Saints Row: The Third 84	360 PC PS3	181
15	Dead Space 2 89	360 PC PS3	156
16	Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings 88	PC	154
17	Assassin's Creed: Revelations 81	360 PC PS3	149
18	Bastion 87	360 PC	139
19	Super Mario 3D Land 90	3DS	131
20	Rayman Origins 89	360 PS3 Wii	102

* If a game has been released on more than one platform, the Metascores displayed are averages of the individual scores

Most Overrated Game of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Game	Mentions
1	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	300
2	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	144
3	Battlefield 3	50
4	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	24
5	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	23

TV shows

The Metacritic community has spoken, and 2011's top television show was ... Community, though by the tiniest of margins. The NBC comedy—currently on hiatus, though it will return at some point this season—edged out critical favorite Breaking Bad by just two points even though each collected over 3,400 total points. Community, however, appeared on 859 (46%) of all ballots cast in the TV category, while Breaking Bad was named on 822 (44%) of the ballots submitted.

How did the users' overall list compare to the preferences of professional TV critics in their year-end top 10 lists? Critics rated the PBS period drama Downton Abbey, CBS' The Good Wife, and the departed Friday Night Lights more more highly than our users did. Metacritic users, meanwhile, seemed to like Showtime's Dexter and AMC's The Walking Dead more than the professionals. As a group, however, users seemed to share many favorite programs with the critics.

Best Television Show of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Show	Points
1	Community (NBC)	3,478
2	Breaking Bad (AMC)	3,476
3	Parks and Recreation (NBC)	1,816
4	Game of Thrones (HBO)	1,529
5	Homeland (Showtime)	1,186
6	The Walking Dead (AMC)	1,018
7	Louie (FX)	898
8	Boardwalk Empire (HBO)	799
9	Modern Family (ABC)	774
10	Dexter (Showtime)	518
11	Justified (FX)	440
12	American Horror Story (FX)	394
13	Fringe (Fox)	322
14	How I Met Your Mother (CBS)	313
15	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX)	300
16	30 Rock (NBC)	293
17	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	275
18	Downton Abbey (PBS)	248
19	Sons of Anarchy (FX)	223
20	New Girl (Fox)	215

While Metacritic users are certainly not alone among TV viewers in feeling disappointed by the past season of Glee, we suspect that the same fans who elevated Community to #1 above were at least partially responsible for The Big Bang Theory's #2 finish among the year's most overrated programs (the two shows shared a timeslot last year).

Most Overrated TV Show of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Show	Mentions
1	Glee (Fox)	113
2	The Big Bang Theory (CBS)	102
3	Modern Family (ABC)	65
4	The Walking Dead (AMC)	62
5	Breaking Bad (AMC)	42

Music

This year, PJ Harvey's Let England Shake has dominated the music critics' top 10 lists for album of the year, while Tom Waits finished 2011 with the highest-scoring album of the year, Bad As Me. The latter album, however, failed to crack our users' consensus top 20, while PJ Harvey's disc finished third in voting. Metacritic users, it seems, preferred Bon Iver's self-titled release, by an almost two-to-one margin over the next leading point-earner, Adele's massive hit 21.

In addition to the Tom Waits album, other critic favorites that were absent from the users' top 20 included Black Up by Shabazz Palaces, David Comes to Life by Fucked Up, and Smoke Ring for My Halo by Kurt Vile. Metacritic users, meanwhile, seemed to like Radiohead's The King of Limbs and The Black Keys' El Camino more than critics did. However, seven of the users' top 10 picks were also in the critics' consensus top 10.

Fans of NBC's Community made themselves felt in our album voting as well, nearly pushing Camp by Childish Gambino (the recording name of Community star Donald Glover) into the top 20; with 262 points, it just missed, finishing at #21.

Best Album of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Album/Artist	Listen	Points
1	Bon Iver 86 by Bon Iver	Spotify	1,371
2	21 76 by Adele		744
3	Let England Shake 86 by PJ Harvey	Spotify	733
4	Helplessness Blues 85 by Fleet Foxes	Spotify	694
5	El Camino 83 by The Black Keys		509
6	Watch the Throne 76 by Jay-Z & Kanye West	Spotify	505
7	Hurry Up, We're Dreaming 76 by M83	Spotify	504
8	Strange Mercy 85 by St Vincent	Spotify	452
9	The King of Limbs 80 by Radiohead		445
10	House of Balloons 87 by The Weeknd	Soundcloud	379
11	w h o k i l l 86 by tUnE-yArDs	Spotify	369
12	Kaputt 84 by Destroyer	Spotify	366
13	Ceremonials 77 by Florence + The Machine	Spotify	364
14	Take Care 80 by Drake	Spotify	334
15	undun 88 by The Roots	Spotify	324
16	James Blake 81 by James Blake	Spotify	311
17	Father, Son, Holy Ghost 79 by Girls	Spotify	303
18	Born This Way 71 by Lady Gaga	Spotify	296
19	Wasting Light 78 by Foo Fighters	Spotify	292
20	The Whole Love 83 by Wilco	Spotify	278

Most Overrated Album of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Album/Artist	Mentions
1	21 76 by Adele	124
2	Bon Iver 86 by Bon Iver	84
3	Born This Way 71 by Lady Gaga	70
4	Watch the Throne 76 by Jay-Z and Kanye West	61
5	Let England Shake 86 by PJ Harvey	43

Yes, despite finishing #2 in points for the best album of 2011, Adele's 21 also topped the list of the year's most overrated albums. Adele is laughing all the way to the bank, though; 21 was the year's best-selling album by a huge margin. She's also the only artist to place two separate songs in our list of the 10 best tracks of 2011, as voted by Metacritic users. One of those songs, "Rolling in the Deep," actually predates 2011 by a month, but since it also appears on her 2011 album, we'll allow it.

Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" (certainly an appropriate enough song to appear on a Metacritic chart) isn't on any album, yet—it comes from her major label debut Born to Die, out later this month—making it the only non-album track to crack our top 10. And the overall #1 song among Metacritic users may seem like a bit of a surprise, since the French electronica outfit M83 is probably the most obscure band to place a song in our top 10. But "Midnight City" has already drawn acclaim around the web, topping lists of the year's best songs at several leading music publications (including Pitchfork and PopMatters).

Best Song of 2011 as Voted by Metacritic Users

	Song/Artist	Listen	Watch	Points
1	"Midnight City" by M83 from the album Hurry Up, We're Dreaming	Spotify	Video	572
2	"Rolling in the Deep" by Adele from the album 21	Spotify	Video	540
3	"Holocene" by Bon Iver from the album Bon Iver	Spotify		362
4	"Someone Like You" by Adele from the album 21		Video	315
5	"Video Games" by Lana Del Rey from the single "Video Games"	Spotify	Video	206
6	"Ni**as in Paris" by Jay-Z and Kanye West from the album Watch the Throne	Spotify		199
7	"Lonely Boy" by The Black Keys from the album El Camino		Video	181
8	"Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People from the album Torches	Spotify		169
9	"Lotus Flower" by Radiohead from the album The King of Limbs		Video	159
10	"Helplessness Blues" by Fleet Foxes from the album Helplessness Blues	Spotify		157

How did you do?

What do you think of the consensus picks of your fellow users? Let us know in the discussion section below, and don't forget to visit our Best of 2011 section for all of our year-end coverage.