Year-End Lists

James Mottram: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Kate Muir: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Two Years at Sea
  Ben Rivers
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Kim Newman: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Sightseers
  Ben Wheatley
• Excision
  Richard Bates, Jr.
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Geoffrey O’Brien: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Farewell, My Queen
  Benoît Jacquot
• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Henry K. Miller: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Quandt: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

• Night Across the Street
  Raoul Ruiz
• The Last Time I Saw Macao
  João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
• In Another Country
  Hong Sang-soo
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Perret in France and Algeria
  Heinz Emigholz

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Tony Rayns: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Emperor Visits the Hell
  Li Luo
• Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Noodle Fish
  Kim Jinman
• Walker
  Tsai Ming-liang
• White Night
  Lee-Song Hee-il

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Vadim Rizov: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2021 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017]

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Abendland
  Nikolaus Geyrhalter
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Nicolas Rapold: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Almayer’s Folly
  Chantal Akerman
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Silver Linings Playbook
  David O. Russell

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Jonathan Romney: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Berberian Sound Studio
  Peter Strickland
• In the Fog
  Sergei Loznitsa

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012