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2012 Movies

Glenn Kenny: 25 Best Films of 2012

03 January 2013

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Glenn Kenny: 25 Best Films of 2012

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  1. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. The Turin Horse
    Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
  3. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  4. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  5. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  6. Cosmopolis
    David Cronenberg
  7. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  8. Looper
    Rian Johnson
  9. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  10. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes
  11. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  12. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  13. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
  14. Hello, I Must Be Going
    Todd Louisa
  15. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  16. Flight
    Robert Zemeckis
  17. Bernie
    Richard Linklater
  18. Not Fade Away
    David Chase
  19. Beasts of the Southern Wild
    Benh Zeitlin
  20. Skyfall
    Sam Mendes
  21. The Dark Knight Rises
    Christopher Nolan
  22. Damsels in Distress
    Whit Stillman
  23. Goodbye First Love
    Mia Hansen-Løve
  24. Prometheus
    Ridley Scott
  25. Red Hook Summer
    Spike Lee

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