Year-End Lists

Dylan Cave: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Dreams of a Life
  Carol Morley
• The Nine Muses
  John Akomfrah
• Young Adult
  Jason Reitman
• The Curse
  Fyzal Boulifa
• Gimme the Loot
  Adam Leon

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Nick Hasted: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
  Nuri Bilge Ceylan
• Lawless
  John Hillcoat
• A Royal Affair
  Nikolaj Arcel
• Rust and Bone
  Jacques Audiard
• London: The Modern Babylon
  Julien Temple

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Dan Callahan: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

[see also 2016]

• Francine
  Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
• Bernie
  Richard Linklater
• Lincoln
  Steven Spielberg
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh
• Cosmopolis
  David Cronenberg

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Ian Christie: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Amour
  Michael Haneke
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• Shame
  Steve McQueen
• We Went to War
  Michael Grigsby
• The Avengers
  Joss Whedon

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Michel Ciment: Top 5 Films of 2012, as submitted to the Sight & Sound Poll

• Dormant Beauty
  Marco Bellocchio
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Mud
  Jeff Nichols
• Tabu
  Miguel Gomes
• You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
  Alain Resnais

This list contributes to:

• Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012

Miriam Bale: Top 10 Films of 2012, as published by Fandor’s Keyframe blog

[see also 2010s • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013]

1. Kuichisan
   Maiko Endo
2. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
3. The Turin Horse
   Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
4. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
5. Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
   Jillian Mayer
6. Cosmopolis
   David Cronenberg
7. Sun Don’t Shine
   Amy Seimetz
8. Bernie
   Richard Linklater
9. Almayer’s Folly
   Chantal Akerman
10. The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye
    Marie Losier

Roger Ebert: 20 Best Movies of 2012, as published by The Chicago Sun-Times, alphabetically

[see also 2011]

• Arbitrage
  Nicholas Jarecki
• Argo
  Ben Affleck
• Beasts of the Southern Wild
  Benh Zeitlin
• End of Watch
  David Ayer
• Flight
  Robert Zemeckis
• Life of Pi
  Ang Lee
• Lincoln
  Steven Spielberg
• Oslo, August 31st
  Joachim Trier
• The Sessions
  Ben Lewin
• A Simple Life
  Ann Hui

Grand Jury Prizes (alphabetical)

• The Central Park Five
  Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon
• The Impossible
  Juan Antonio Bayona
• In the Family
  Patrick Wang
• Last Ride
  Glendyn Ivin
• A Late Quartet
  Yaron Zilberman
• The Master
  Paul Thomas Anderson
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
  Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
• Rampart
  Oren Moverman
• Searching for Sugar Man
  Malik Bendjelloul
• West of Memphis
  Amy Berg

Sean Burns: Top 10 Films of 2012, as published by Philadelphia Weekly

[see also 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2011]

1. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
2. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
3. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
4. Killer Joe
   William Friedkin
5. Oslo, August 31st
   Joachim Trier
6. Cosmopolis
   David Cronenberg
7. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
8. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
9. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
10. This is Not a Film
    Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

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Matt Prigge: Top 10 Films of 2012, as published by Philadelphia Weekly

[see also 2016 • 2015 • 2011]

1. It’s Such a Beautiful Day
   Don Hertzfeldt
2. The Comedy
   Rick Alverson
3. Cosmopolis
   David Cronenberg
4. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
5. The Loneliest Planet
   Julia Loktev
6. The Deep Blue Sea
   Terence Davies
7. The Grey
   Joe Carnahan
8. Damsels in Distress
   Whit Stillman
9. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
10. Holy Motors
    Leos Carax

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

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 • 2013 • 2011]

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

Nos. 11-20 (in alphabetical order)

• Argo
  Ben Affleck
• The Deep Blue Sea
  Terence Davies
• The Five-Year Engagement
  Nicholas Stoller
• Footnote
  Joseph Cedar
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh
• Oslo, August 31st
  Joachim Trier
• Holy Motors
  Leos Carax
• The Queen of Versailles
  Lauren Greenfield
• The Sessions
  Ben Lewin
• Silver Linings Playbook
  David O. Russell