Year-End Lists

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

Beyond the Hills - Cristian Mungiu

Daniela Michel: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

House with a Turret - Eva Neymann

Peter Hames: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Holy Motors - Leos Carax

James Mottram: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Kate Muir: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Berberian Sound Studio - Peter Strickland

Kim Newman: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Cameron Bailey: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Geoffrey O’Brien: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Cosmopolis - David Cronenberg

Henry K. Miller: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

No - Pablo Larraín

James Quandt: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Emperor Visits the Hell - Li Luo

Tony Rayns: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Rust and Bone - Jacques Audiard

Charles Gant: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

The Master - Paul Thomas Anderson

Nicolas Rapold: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Geoff Andrew: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev

Ryan Gilbey: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Tabu - Miguel Gomes

Jonathan Romney: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Amour - Michael Haneke

Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Beasts of the Southern Wild - Benh Zeitlin

Tim Robey: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Almayer’s Folly - Chantal Akerman

Michael Atkinson: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Dreams of a Life - Carol Morley

Dylan Cave: Sight & Sound Top 5 Films of 2012

Kuichisan - Maiko Endo

Miriam Bale: Fandor Top 10 Films of 2012

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times 20 Best Movies of 2012

Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson

Sean Burns: Philadelphia Weekly Top 10 Films of 2012

It’s Such a Beautiful Day - Don Hertzfeldt

Matt Prigge: Philadelphia Weekly Top 10 Films of 2012

Zero Dark Thirty - Kathryn Bigelow

Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune 20 Best Movies of 2012