Year-End Lists

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2012 Movies

Time Out Chicago: Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012

01 January 2013

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Ben Kenigsberg: 10 Best Movies of 2012, as published by Time Out Chicago

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  1. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  3. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  4. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  5. Miss Bala
    Gerardo Naranjo
  6. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  7. In the Family
    Patrick Wang
  8. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  9. The Color Wheel
    Alex Ross Perry
  10. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier

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