Year-End Lists

Village Voice: Best Films of 2012 (a poll of over 80 critics)

1. The Master – Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Zero Dark Thirty – Kathryn Bigelow
3. Holy Motors – Leos Carax
4. Moonrise Kingdom – Wes Anderson
5. This Is Not a Film – Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
6. Amour – Michael Haneke
7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia – Nuri Bilge Ceylan
8. The Turin Horse – Béla Tarr
9. Lincoln – Stephen Spielberg
10. Tabu – Miguel Gomes
11. The Deep Blue Sea – Terence Davies
12. The Kid with a Bike – Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
12. [tie] Beasts of the Southern Wild – Benh Zeitlin
12. [tie] Oslo, August 31st – Joachim Trier
15. The Loneliest Planet – Julia Loktev
16. Cosmopolis – David Cronenberg
17. Django Unchained – Quentin Tarantino
18. Bernie – Richard Linklater
19. Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell
20. Rust and Bone – Jacques Audiard
21. Argo – Ben Affleck
21. [tie] Barbara – Christian Petzold
23. Almayer’s Folly – Chantal Akerman
24. Neighboring Sounds – Kleber Mendonça Filho
25. Magic Mike – Stephen Soderbergh