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2012 Movies

A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2012

20 December 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

The A.V. Club: 20 Best Films of 2012

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  1. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  3. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  4. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  5. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  6. The Loneliest Planet
    Julia Loktev
  7. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  8. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
    Don Hertzfeldt
  9. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  10. Wuthering Heights
    Andrea Arnold
  11. The Cabin in the Woods
    Drew Goddard
  12. Looper
    Rian Johnson
  13. Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
  14. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  15. Only the Young
    Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims
  16. The Queen of Versailles
    Lauren Greenfield
  17. Killer Joe
    William Friedkin
  18. Miss Bala
    Gerardo Naranjo
  19. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  20. I Wish
    Hirokazu Kore-eda

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