Year-End Lists

Sight & Sound Poll: Top 11 Films of 2012 (a poll of over 90 critics, published by Sight & Sound Magazine)

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1. The Master
   Paul Thomas Anderson
2. Tabu
   Miguel Gomes
3. Amour
   Michael Haneke
4. Holy Motors
   Leos Carax
5. Beasts of the Southern Wild
   Benh Zeitlin
5. Berberian Sound Studio
   Peter Strickland
7. Moonrise Kingdom
   Wes Anderson
8. Beyond the Hills
   Cristian Mungiu
8. Cosmopolis
   David Cronenberg
8. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
   Nuri Bilge Ceylan
8. This is Not a Film
   Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb

This list summarizes other lists, including these:

• Top 10 Films of 2012 Amy Taubin · Artforum
• Top 10 Films of 2012 Jonathan Rosenbaum · IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
• Top 10+ Films of 2012 Kenneth Turan · Los Angeles Times
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Adrian Martin · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Agnieszka Gratza · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Alexander Horwath · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Andrea Picard · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Andrew Schenker · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Anna Smith · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Anton Bitel · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Armond White · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Barbara Wurm · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Brad Stevens · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Cameron Bailey · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Carmen Gray · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Catherine Wheatley · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Charles Gant · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Christoph Huber and Olaf Möller · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Dan Callahan · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Daniela Michel · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 David Jenkins · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 David Thompson · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Demetrios Matheou · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Derek Malcolm · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Dylan Cave · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Fernanda Solorzano · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Francine Stock · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Gabe Klinger · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Gareth Evans · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Geoff Andrew · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Geoffrey Macnab · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Geoffrey O’Brien · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Graham Fuller · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Henry K. Miller · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Ian Christie · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Isabel Stevens · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 James Bell · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 James Mottram · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 James Quandt · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Jane Giles · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Jason Wood · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Jasper Sharp · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Jean-Michel Frodon · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 John Wrathall · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Jonathan Romney · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Kate Muir · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Kate Stables · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Kieron Corless · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Kim Newman · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Kong Rithdee · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Mar Diestro-Dopido · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Maria Delgado · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Mark Cousins · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Mark Le Fanu · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Matthew Taylor · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Melissa Anderson · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Michael Atkinson · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Michael Brooke · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Michel Ciment · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Naman Ramachandran · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Nick Bradshaw · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Nick Hasted · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Nick James · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Nick Roddick · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Nicolas Rapold · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Nicole Brenez · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Paul Tickell · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Peter Bradshaw · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Peter Hames · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Philip French · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Philip Horne · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Philip Kemp · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Robert Koehler · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Roger Clarke · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Ryan Gilbey · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Sam Wigley · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top Films of 2012 Sergio Angelini · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 So Mayer · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Sukhdev Sandu · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Suzy Gillett · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Thirza Wakefield · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Thomas Dawson · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Tim Robey · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Tom Charity · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Tony Rayns · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Vadim Rizov · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Vic Pratt · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Vlastimir Sudar · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 Wendy Ide · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
• Top 5 Films of 2012 William Fowler · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll