By Kim Morgan
Special to MSN Movies

This year was crazy. So much drama, whether in everyday life or in the movie world. Here's a brief rundown of the cinematic ones: Was "Drive" a pretentious pretend tough-guy movie? Did "The Tree of Life" need dinosaurs? Was "The Help" racist or not? Could the brilliant auteur Lars Von Trier please put that microphone down? And did Clint Eastwood really need to slather so much old-age makeup on Leo DiCaprio and Armie Hammer? As much as I like Eastwood, I at times felt like I was watching the Max Fischer Production of "J. Edgar," which, come to think of it, would be pretty great.

But we're here to discuss stars and their careers of this year. As I do nearly every year, I look over who has triumphed and who has struggled. And everyone struggles, so there's nothing mean-spirited here. I love movie stars. I love directors. I love movies. And let's face it, we all love drama.

So with that, the best and worst careers of 2011: