Year-End Lists

Sergio Angelini: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• To Rome with Love
  Woody Allen
• Killing Them Softly
  Andrew Dominik
• The Dark Knight Rises
  Christopher Nolan
• Skyfall
  Sam Mendes

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Geoffrey O’Brien: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Farewell, My Queen
  Benoît Jacquot
• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Peter Bradshaw: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 10 Best Films of 2012 • Best Films of 2011]

• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Stories We Tell
  Sarah Polley
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• This is Not a Film
  Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Alexander Horwath: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Anton's Right Here
  Lyubov Arkus
• All Divided Selves
  Luke Fowler
• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Paradise: Love
  Ulrich Seidl
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Something in the Air
  Olivier Assayas
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Henry K. Miller: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg
• Damsels in Distress
  Whit Stillman
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• The Turin Horse
  Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
• Dredd 3D
  Pete Travis

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

James Quandt: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

• Night Across the Street
  Raoul Ruiz
• The Last Time I Saw Macao
  João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
• In Another Country
  Hong Sang-soo
• No
  Pablo Larraín
• Perret in France and Algeria
  Heinz Emigholz

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Philip Horne: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Beyond the Hills
  Cristian Mungiu
• The Descendants
  Alexander Payne
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Robert Koehler: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2019 • 2017]

• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Leviathan
  Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• Neighboring Sounds
  Kleber Mendonça Filho
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Mark Le Fanu: Top Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Carancho
  Pablo Trapero
• The Minister
  Pierre Schoeller
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes

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• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Tony Rayns: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Emperor Visits the Hell
  Li Luo
• Morning of Saint Anthony’s Day
  João Pedro Rodrigues
• Noodle Fish
  Kim Jinman
• Walker
  Tsai Ming-liang
• White Night
  Lee-Song Hee-il

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012