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2012 Movies

In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2012

31 December 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

In Review Online: Top 20 Films of 2012

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  1. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  2. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  3. The Deep Blue Sea
    Terence Davies
  4. Tabu
    Miguel Gomes
  5. The Turin Horse
    Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
  6. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
  7. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  8. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  9. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  10. Cosmopolis
    David Cronenberg
  11. The Color Wheel
    Alex Ross Perry
  12. The Day He Arrives
    Hong Sang-soo
  13. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
  14. Neighboring Sounds
    Kleber Mendonça Filho
  15. Girl Walk // All Day
    Jacob Krupnick
  16. The Kid with a Bike
    Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
  17. Barbara
    Christian Petzold
  18. The Comedy
    Rick Alverson
  19. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
    Stephen Chbosky
  20. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh

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