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2012 Movies

Chicago Tribune: Michael Phillips: 20 Best Movies of 2012

26 December 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Michael Phillips: 20 Best Movies of 2012, as published by The Chicago Tribune

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  1. Zero Dark Thirty
    Kathryn Bigelow
  2. Lincoln
    Steven Spielberg
  3. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  4. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  5. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  6. Chico & Rita
    Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal
  7. The Color Wheel
    Alex Ross Perry
  8. Searching for Sugar Man
    Malik Bendjelloul
  9. Flight
    Robert Zemeckis
  10. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson

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