David Edelstein: Top Ten Movies of 2012 [as published by New York Magazine]

1. Zero Dark Thirty – Kathryn Bigelow
2. Lincoln – Steven Spielberg
3. Amour – Michael Haneke
4. The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh
5. The Deep Blue Sea – Terence Davies
6. Life of Pi – Ang Lee
7. How to Survive a Plague – David France
7. [tie] Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry – Alison Klayman
8. Pitch Perfect – Jason Moore
9. Oslo, August 31st – Joachim Trier
10. Friends With Kids – Jennifer Westfeldt

Best Film of 2005 (First Viewed in 2012)

• Margaret – Kenneth Lonergan

I Love You, Too, Damn It

• Holy Motors – Leos Carax
• Flight – Robert Zemeckis
• Starlet – Sean Baker
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
• Detropia – Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady
• Monsieur Lazhar – Philippe Falardeau
• Killer Joe – William Friedkin
• Skyfall – Sam Mendes
• Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
• Take This Waltz – Sarah Polley
• Return – Liza Johnson
• Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin