Year-End Lists

Nick Schager: Top 20 Films of 2012, as published by Slant Magazine

1. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Lincoln
   Steven Spielberg
3. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
4. The Deep Blue Sea
   Terence Davies
5. Zero Dark Thirty
   Kathryn Bigelow
6. Neighboring Sounds
   Kleber Mendonça Filho
7. Oslo, August 31st
   Joachim Trier
8. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
9. Keep the Lights On
   Ira Sachs
10. Beyond the Black Rainbow
    Panos Cosmatos

Honorable Mention

• The Kid with a Bike
  Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
• The Grey
  Joe Carnahan
• Magic Mike
  Steven Soderbergh
• Moonrise Kingdom
  Wes Anderson
• Photographic Memory
  Ross McElwee
• The Loneliest Planet
  Julia Loktev
• Haywire
  Steven Soderbergh
• 21 Jump Street
  Phil Lord and Chris Miller
• Last Ride
  Glendyn Ivin
• Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning
  John Hyams