Year-End Lists
A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.
Movies
TV Shows
Music
Books
Poetry
Podcasts
Highlights
The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2024
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2024
more...
2012 Movies
Empire: 20 Best Films of 2012
25 December 2012
Empire
:
20 Best Films of 2012
[see also
2020
•
2011
]
The Avengers
Joss Whedon
Argo
Ben Affleck
The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan
Skyfall
Sam Mendes
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Benh Zeitlin
Sightseers
Ben Wheatley
Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson
The Raid: Redemption
Gareth Evans
Headhunters
Morten Tyldum
Rust and Bone
Jacques Audiard
Life of Pi
Ang Lee
Chronicle
Josh Trank
Holy Motors
Leos Carax
Looper
Rian Johnson
The Descendants
Alexander Payne
The Imposter
Bart Layton
Magic Mike
Steven Soderbergh
Young Adult
Jason Reitman
Amour
Michael Haneke
The Hunt
Thomas Vinterberg