Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index of notable year-end lists. Follow the link for each list to see essential commentary from its author, at the source.
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2012 Movies

Boston Globe: Wesley Morris: Top 25 Movies of 2012

11 January 2013

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Wesley Morris: Top 25 Movies of 2012, as published by The Boston Globe

[see also 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

  1. The Master
    Paul Thomas Anderson
  2. How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS
    David France
  3. The Paperboy
    Lee Daniels
  4. Amour
    Michael Haneke
  5. Django Unchained
    Quentin Tarantino
  6. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
  7. Polisse
    Maïwenn
  8. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax
  9. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
    Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  10. 21 Jump Street
    Phil Lord and Chris Miller

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