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2012 Movies

New York Times: A.O. Scott: 25 Favorite Films of 2012

16 December 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

A.O. Scott: 25 Favorite Films of 2012, as published by The New York Times

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  1. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  2. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  3. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  4. Footnote
    Joseph Cedar
  5. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  6. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  7. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
  8. Goodbye First Love
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  9. Neighboring Sounds
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
  10. The Grey
    Joe Carnahan

Honorable Mention, Alphabetically

Top Five Documentaries

  1. The Gatekeepers
    Dror Moreh
  2. The Queen of Versailles
    Lauren Greenfield
  3. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
    David France
  4. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  5. The Central Park Five
    Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon

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