Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2012
Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Vlastimir Sudar

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Thirza Wakefield

Post Tenebras Lux - Carlos Reygadas

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Sam Wigley

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia - Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Paul Tickell

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Matthew Taylor

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Kate Stables

The Turin Horse - Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky

Top 10 Films of 2012 IndieWire Poll: Jonathan Rosenbaum

Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: John Wrathall

Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Jasper Sharp

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Isabel Stevens

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Francine Stock

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Fernanda Solorzano

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: David Thompson

A Dangerous Method - David Cronenberg

Top Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Brad Stevens

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Barbara Wurm

Skyfall - Sam Mendes

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Anna Smith

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound Poll: Andrew Schenker

Amour - Michael Haneke

5 Best Movies of 2012 New Republic: David Thomson

The Unspeakable Act - Dan Sallitt

15 Favorite Films of 2012 Jaime Christley

The Kid with a Bike - Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

Top 30 Films of 2012 National Catholic Register: Steven D. Greydanus

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

Top 12 Films of 2012 Michael Sicinski

Favorite 18 Films of 2012 Dan Sallitt

Leviathan - Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

8 Best Films of 2012 New Yorker: Anthony Lane