Year-End Lists

Matt Singer: 20 Best Films of 2012, as published by IndieWire

1. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
2. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
3. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
4. The Cabin in the Woods
   Drew Goddard
5. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
6. Klown
   Mikkel Nørgaard
7. Compliance
   Craig Zobel
8. Argo
   Ben Affleck
9. Looper
   Rian Johnson
10. Girl Walk // All Day
    Jacob Krupnick
11. Cloud Atlas
    Lana & Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer
12. Jeff, Who Lives at Home
    Jay and Mark Duplass
13. Not Fade Away
    David Chase
14. Oslo, August 31st
    Joachim Trier
15. ParaNorman
    Chris Butler & Sam Fell
16. Sleepless Night
    Frédéric Jardin
17. Life of Pi
    Ang Lee
18. Moonrise Kingdom
    Wes Anderson
19. Magic Mike
    Steven Soderbergh
20. Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
    John Hyams